Drilling & Completions
Halliburton sees ‘multi-year upcycle’ as oil services return
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 6:54 AM MDT
Halliburton Co., the biggest provider of fracking services, is gearing up for several years of expansion in both the U.S.…
U.S. drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge
Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 6:13 AM MDT
Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since…
‘Replacing the money’: public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Thursday, July 8, 2021, 6:38 AM MDT
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy…
Report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup
Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 6:04 AM MDT
Most of Alberta's energy wells no longer hold enough oil and gas to pay for their cleanup and the public…
Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska's Arctic refuge
Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 6:27 AM MDT
The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump…
Biden administration defends Trump era Alaska oil decision
Friday, May 28, 2021, 6:35 AM MDT
U.S. government attorneys are defending a decision made during the Trump administration to approve a major oil project on Alaska's North Slope.…
Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator
Friday, May 28, 2021, 6:13 AM MDT
The head of Alberta's energy regulator says his agency has all the tools it needs to be able to clean…
Canadian drilling contractor association changes name to reflect energy transition
Friday, May 28, 2021, 6:06 AM MDT
A 72-year-old bastion of the Canadian oilpatch is changing its name and mandate in a sign of the times as…
Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 6:21 AM MDT
A report from the University of Calgary says the costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and…
Spud highlights for Q1 2021 reported in geoXPLORER
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1:15 PM MDT
Producers tested play boundaries during the first quarter of 2021 in several areas for the Montney, Duvernay, Charlie Lake and…
Halliburton plunges on disappointing forecast for slowing growth
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 6:25 AM MDT
Halliburton tumbled after warning investors that demand for its oil-drilling and fracking services won’t continue grow as much as it did…
Judge: U.S. didn't properly weigh oil impact on beluga whales
Thursday, April 1, 2021, 6:36 AM MDT
A U.S. agency did not properly consider how tugboat noise tied to planned oil and gas drilling in Alaska could affect endangered beluga whales,…
