In 2022, there were a total of 6,926 wells that were spudded across British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan with the Licensed Substance as gas or oil. Of these wells, 3,037 were put on production by year-end.
September 13, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Lower Cretaceous Sparky formation continues to deliver consistent and economic rates in the Lloydminster, Wainwright and Provost areas of eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan.
August 22, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Frobisher formation continues to deliver impressive results across Southeast Saskatchewan from the Weyburn area to Gainsborough area. Whitecap Resources Inc., Surge Energy Inc. and Aldon Oils Ltd. lead development activity in the Steelman, Minard and Bryant fields.
June 20, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Viking formation is one of the most active formations being drilled in the WCSB. To date, the main focus areas were predominantly in the Provost and Kindersley/Kerrobert areas, as shown in the map views, but Tourmaline has recently expanded the search for Viking as far northwest in Alberta as the Marsh area.
June 6, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Cardium formation remains a dominant development and exploration target in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) with operators reporting positive results.
May 23, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Spirit River formation (Notikewin, Falher and Wilrich) in the Deep Basin continues to outperform expectations from the Pembina field northwest to the Wapiti area.
May 9, 2023, 9:30 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has defined in the Carbon Sequestration Agreement the pore space by zone that has been approved to be studied for each of the proposed carbon hub projects. The specific saline aquifers are highlighted on the map below and tied to the specific carbon hub projects.
April 4, 2023, 8:50 AM MDT
The Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) and B.C. government announced a historic agreement in January setting out a framework that guides future industrial development on BRFN traditional land claims.
March 8, 2023, 9:30 AM MST
The Duvernay shale play shows no sign of slowing down in the Kaybob and Two Creek areas based on wells brought on production between 2020 and 2022.
February 2, 2023, 9:30 AM MST
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