Drilling & Completions
Permian oil explorers expand activity as drilling costs decline
Monday, June 3, 2019, 7:09 AM MDT
Oil explorers deployed more rigs for the first time in four weeks as shrinking drilling costs outweighed concern about sliding…
AER restricts fracking near Brazeau dam following earthquake
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 7:33 AM MDT
CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator is moving to restrict oilfield fracking activity near the Brazeau Reservoir in east central…
Schlumberger suffers credit hit as oil clients stick to cuts
Monday, May 27, 2019, 7:10 AM MDT
Schlumberger Ltd. had its debt rating lowered by S&P Global Inc. as belt-tightening in the U.S. shale patch translates into…
U.S. drilling rights go for less than a cup of coffee per acre
Friday, May 24, 2019, 7:08 AM MDT
The Trump administration’s auction of drilling rights on roughly 300,000 acres in Nevada last September appeared to be a bust…
Energy Excellence Award champion Citadel Drilling’s reluctant transition from Canada to the Permian Basin is a sign of the times
Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 7:30 AM MDT
The Daily Oil Bulletin’s first annual Energy Excellence Awards were held in Calgary on Thursday, May 2.Awards were handed out…
Saskatchewan drilling sleepy at 10 rigs while 65 running in nearby North Dakota
Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:17 AM MDT
Estevan – Drilling activity in Saskatchewan usually doesn’t pick up until June, and that’s definitely the case again this year,…
Ensign exec forecasts Canadian drilling rebound as oil discounts ease
Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:34 AM MDT
CALGARY — A reduction in price discounts on Canadian oil following Alberta government-ordered production cuts this year has put more…
Permian drillers pull back amid heated U.S.-China trade spat
Monday, May 13, 2019, 7:10 AM MDT
Crude explorers deployed fewer rigs in U.S. fields this week amid an escalating U.S.-China trade war that weighed on oil…
U.S. revives proposal for new oil, gas drilling in California
Friday, May 10, 2019, 2:45 PM MDT
The U.S. federal government wants to reopen over 1.7 million acres in California to oil and gas drilling that includes…
Three Mile Island nuclear plant to proceed with closure
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 2:51 PM MDT
(The Canadian Press) — The owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States’ worst commercial nuclear power accident,…
Meet the 2019 Daily Oil Bulletin Energy Excellence Award champions
Friday, May 3, 2019, 7:41 AM MDT
Canada’s energy industry champions in operational and project excellence, innovation and research excellence, and exporting excellence were announced on Thursday…
Canada's drilling forecast lowered by another 300 wells
Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7:09 AM MDT
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has cut its 2019 drilling forecast by 300 wells, just three months after slashing…
