The active rate in Canada fell into the high 20 per cent range in the first quarter of 2019, and it hasn’t been able to claw back to 30 per cent or above since then.
October 18, 2019, 8:48 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 18, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 18, 2019, 11:22 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is down five rigs from last week to 851, with oil rigs up one to 713, gas rigs down six to 137 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at one.
October 18, 2019, 11:08 AM MDT
Several companies announced upcoming drilling projects this week, including Castlegate Energy Ltd., ConocoPhillips Canada Limited, Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited, Rising Star Resources Ltd. and Serafina Energy Ltd. To review this week’s drilling leads, click here to go to the list of weekly project reports.
October 18, 2019, 10:52 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 17, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 17, 2019, 11:40 AM MDT
Granite Oil Corp. is evaluating the potential of a recompletion program to add production and increase the overall oil recovery of legacy producing wells originally completed with longer frack interval spacing.
October 17, 2019, 9:37 AM MDT
Saturn Oil + Gas Inc.’s second-half 2019 drilling program exceeded expectations with strong volumes achieved from four (4.0 net) extended-reach horizontal Viking light oil wells completed and brought online in early September.
October 17, 2019, 9:54 AM MDT
Advantagewon Oil Corp. says it has entered the Canadian oilpatch with the completion of the first oil well of a three-well joint venture reactivation plan.
October 17, 2019, 10:50 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 16, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 16, 2019, 11:49 AM MDT
Several companies announced upcoming drilling projects this week, including Husky Energy Inc., Vesta Energy Ltd. and Steelhead Petroleum Ltd. To review this week’s drilling leads, click here to go to the list of weekly project reports.
October 11, 2019, 9:45 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 11, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 11, 2019, 11:23 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is up one rig from last week to 856, with oil rigs up two rigs to 712, gas rigs down one to 143 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at one.
October 11, 2019, 11:27 AM MDT
During the quarter, TransGlobe Energy Corporation drilled and cased three Cardium development oil wells (one-mile horizontal wells) in the Harmattan area and one Cardium outpost (appraisal) well (a two-mile horizontal well) in the South Harmattan area, which completed the 2019 drilling program.
October 10, 2019, 7:27 AM MDT
October 10, 2019, 7:46 AM MDT
Governments across Canada licensed 5,617 new wells in the first nine months of 2019, down 20 per cent from 7,019 permits granted in January-September 2018.
October 9, 2019, 8:07 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 9, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 9, 2019, 11:41 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 8, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 8, 2019, 11:34 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 7, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 7, 2019, 11:45 AM MDT
October 7, 2019, 7:41 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 4, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 4, 2019, 11:13 AM MDT
Several companies announced upcoming drilling projects this week, including Caltex Resources Ltd., Encana Corporation, Highwood Oil Company Ltd., NAL Resources Limited and Pele Energy Inc. To review this week’s drilling leads, click here to go to the list of weekly project reports.
October 4, 2019, 10:52 AM MDT
The U.S. rig count is down five rigs from last week to 855, with oil rigs down three to 710, gas rigs down two to 144 and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at one.
October 4, 2019, 11:05 AM MDT
Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Oct. 3, 2019, as reported this morning by Rig Locator.
October 3, 2019, 11:34 AM MDT
During the second half of September, Hemisphere Energy Corporation put the final two wells of its 11-well summer program on production.
October 3, 2019, 7:34 AM MDT
October 3, 2019, 7:27 AM MDT