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.…

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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…

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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