Fulfilling asset retirement obligations associated with acquisitions is very important for Spartan Delta Corp., says top brass, as the company produces more than 25,000 boe/d from recently-bought Alberta assets.
July 10, 2020, 9:17 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 10, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 10, 2020, 11:17 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is down five rigs from last week to 258 with oil rigs down four to 181, gas rigs down one to 75 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at two, according to Baker Hughes.
July 10, 2020, 11:11 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 9, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 9, 2020, 11:38 AM MDT
Royal Helium Ltd. closed its oversubscribed private placement of units announced on June 15, 2020 and expanded on June 29.
July 9, 2020, 12:37 PM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 8, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 8, 2020, 11:37 AM MDT
July 8, 2020, 8:34 AM MDT
Survival remains key for both oilfield services and producers in the short-term, says Kevin Neveu, president and CEO of Precision Drilling Corporation.
July 7, 2020, 8:38 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 7, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 7, 2020, 11:36 AM MDT
This week’s DOB Backstory comes from a Oct. 19, 1948 article in the Daily Oil Bulletin. The Royal Dutch Shell Group intends to end two years of what might termed ‘sideline sitting’ in Alberta and get back into the oil game in this province with vigour.
July 7, 2020, 6 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 6, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 6, 2020, 11:37 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 3, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 3, 2020, 11:17 AM MDT
Drilled-but-uncompleted (DUC) wells are “kind of the story for 2020,” specifically for the liquids-rich plays, says Scott Norlin, upstream Canada research associate at Wood Mackenzie Ltd. In reference to the year so far, he told the Bulletin: “The word ‘unprecedented’ has been used an unprecedented number of times.”
July 2, 2020, 7:07 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of July 2, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
July 2, 2020, 11:33 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is down one rig from last week to 263 with oil rigs down three to 185, gas rigs up one to 76 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at two, according to Baker Hughes.
July 2, 2020, 11:16 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of June 30, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
June 30, 2020, 11:34 AM MDT
Spring breakup conditions were unusually wet in the Edson area due to the above average winter snowfall and colder temperatures that drove frost deeper into the ground.
June 30, 2020, 7:01 AM MDT
Following a complete production shut-in during the month of May, Altura Energy Inc. has returned production volumes in June to approximately 550 boe/d.
June 30, 2020, 6:04 AM MDT
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. delisted six rigs from the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC), effective as of Wednesday, taking all of them out of service.
June 30, 2020, 11:51 AM MDT
Due to technical issues, Rig Locator was not updated this morning with the latest rig activity. The same issue is affecting the publishing of other data reports. We will update this afternoon if possible.
June 29, 2020, 11:34 AM MDT
CNOOC Limited made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in the Eastern South China Sea.
June 29, 2020, 6 AM MDT
The effects from the oil price crash and fall in demand from COVID-19 worldwide lockdowns were clearly reflected in western Canadian rig activity during the second quarter.
June 26, 2020, 8:59 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of June 26, 2020, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
June 26, 2020, 11:17 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is down one rig from last week to 265 with oil rigs down 1 to 188, gas rigs unchanged at 75 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at two, according to Baker Hughes.
June 26, 2020, 11:07 AM MDT
June 26, 2020, 7:54 AM MDT