Drilling & Completions
Halliburton cuts workforce in U.S. Rockies on lower activity
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 7:07 AM MDT
Halliburton Co. is reducing its workforce in the Rockies as the biggest oilfield service contractor to announce job cuts grapples…
Canadian drilling activity at more than 25-year low: Peters & Co.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 7:26 AM MDT
Drilling activity in Western Canada is currently depressed at historic levels, according to a new report from Peters & Co.…
Pason Systems, Werklund invest $35MM in completions tech firm Intelligent Wellhead Systems
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 7:22 AM MDT
Drilling data management provider Pason Systems is investing $25 million to acquire a minority interest in completions technology company Intelligent…
Southeast Saskatchewan the focus of October oil and gas land sale
Friday, October 4, 2019, 7:19 AM MDT
Southeast Saskatchewan was the focus of this week’s public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights in the province,…
Boom goes bust: Texas oil industry hurt by plunging oil prices
Friday, September 27, 2019, 7:14 AM MDT
How bad are things in the Permian basin? You can actually book a hotel room in Midland, Texas, at a…
ConocoPhillips plans 7 wells in Alaska petroleum reserve
Monday, September 23, 2019, 7:30 AM MDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A major oil company will drill seven new exploratory wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.ConocoPhillips is planning…
Permian ‘child’ wells may cut oil recovery up to 20%, bank says
Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:08 AM MDT
Oil producers drilling so-called parent-child wells in the Permian Basin are risking the loss of 15% to 20% of the…
Oil services should get ready for a recession, Rystad warns
Thursday, September 12, 2019, 7:13 AM MDT
The oil services sector will contract in 2020 as producers cut spending in response to lower crude prices, ending three…
Democrats step on shaky political ground with fracking bans
Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 7:06 AM MDT
DENVER — Several Democratic presidential candidates are running on a promise to ban fracking — and stepping on unstable political…
North America’s largest mobile land rig on the way from Nisku to Alaska
Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 5:57 PM MDT
ConocoPhillips says that the largest mobile land rig in North America is on its way from a National Oilwell Varco…
Birchcliff upping 2019 drilling capital as others back off
Friday, August 16, 2019, 7:27 AM MDT
Natural gas and liquids producer Birchcliff Energy is going against the industry trend and increasing its capital program for 2019.…
Nominate a Rising Star!
Friday, August 16, 2019, 7:17 AM MDT
The Daily Oil Bulletin and Fluor Canada are searching for the best and brightest in the Canadian oil and gas…
