Dejour Enterpirses Ltd. says it has completed waterflood construction, commenced water injection into the Woodrush Halfway oil pool in British Columbia as planned and will now work to optimize the flood performance.
March 8, 2011, 12 PM MST
A project to supply carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in Alberta is on track to break ground next year.
March 7, 2011, 12 PM MST
Terrex Energy Inc. reports Energy Resources Conservation Board approval of the company's enhanced oil recovery project at Strathmore.
January 26, 2011, 12 PM MST
Saskatchewan's Petroleum Technology Research Centre says it will review and later respond to a new report commissioned by landowners near the Weyburn carbon dioxide enhanced recovery project that suggests CO2 is leaking from the underground reservoir.
January 12, 2011, 12 PM MST
SaskPower has deferred a plan to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant near Estevan in southeast Saskatchewan for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
January 5, 2011, 12 PM MST
Terrex Energy Inc.'s third quarter activities focused on the design of a chemical alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) flood for its only property, Strathmore, near Calgary, Alberta, where much of the up-front technical work, including fluid analysis, core flood analysis and reservoir simulations, has been completed and the overall plan is being finalized.
November 30, 2010, 12 PM MST
Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. says it received final Alberta Environment approval for its initial two well-pair THAI Dawson project on Nov. 23. Energy Resources Conservation Board approval was received on Oct. 28.
November 29, 2010, 12 PM MST
Strong crude oil prices have encouraged more oil drilling in Western Canada, but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) schemes.
November 11, 2010, 12 PM MST
A few years ago there was much talk about the large-scale use of carbon dioxide to boost Alberta's oil recovery, but polymer flooding actually made the greatest commercial inroads.
November 11, 2010, 12 PM MST
Producers pursuing Cardium light oil must figure out how to successfully waterflood the tight sands formation if recovery factors are to be raised by even three to five percentage points, investors heard Monday.
November 9, 2010, 12 PM MST
Husky Energy Inc. will invest in a broad range of oil projects in the coming months as it works to boost short-term production of the high-priced commodity.
November 5, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Reef Resources Ltd. has successfully initiated a gas recycling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) pilot project on its Silurian pinnacle reef in southwestern Ontario.
October 22, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Preliminary work is progressing on Enhance Energy Inc.'s planned carbon dioxide pipeline as talks continue to conclude a funding agreement with the Alberta government.
October 1, 2010, 12 PM MDT
During its first five months of operation, Terrex Energy Inc. secured a total of $15 million of equity financing, recruited a strong board of directors, built an experienced management team and technical group and acquired its first oil property and enhanced oil recovery project.
August 23, 2010, 12 PM MDT
With the current value of carbon dioxide (C02) emissions alone insufficient to drive large-scale development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS), valuable uses for carbon dioxide such as enhanced oil recovery will help offset costs, says a new report.
June 21, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Second Wave Petroleum Inc. has announced preliminary results from its Battle Creek, Saskatchewan carbon dioxide pilot flood and the successful farm out of its Tableland, Saskatchewan exploration acreage.
June 17, 2010, 12 PM MDT
A leading player in carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in Western Canada has put its planned projects on the back burner due to lack of CO2.
June 10, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Cenovus Energy Inc. has taken the first steps to move its chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project at Suffield to commercial development.
June 8, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Having locked up a dominant land position in both the Bakken and Lower Shaunavon plays in Saskatchewan, Crescent Point Energy Corp. hopes to more than double its reserves with further exploitation and enhanced recovery.
June 1, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Production from Canadian Natural Resources Limited's Primrose East thermal oil project will be constrained through this year as the company closely watches performance to prevent another oil leak to surface.
May 10, 2010, 12 PM MDT
Though most of Canadian Natural Resources Limited's western Canadian production comes from heavy crude oil and natural gas, the company will spend $300 million this year to start to unlock the value of its light oil assets.
March 5, 2010, 12 PM MST
Blackdog Resources Ltd. advises that the operator of its light oil property at Woking, 100 kilometres north of Grande Prairie, has been notified by the Energy Resources Conversation Board that it has received approval to implement an enhanced oil recovery scheme for the Halfway B pool on the company's property.
November 23, 2009, 12 PM MST
A Pengrowth Energy Trust carbon dioxide flood pilot project at Judy Creek could boost the ultimate recovery rate by another two to three per cent, an enhanced oil recovery conference heard this week.
October 2, 2009, 12 PM MDT
Production responses to a waterflood enhanced oil recovery (EOR) scheme in the Bakken pool in Manitoba were successful, and Tundra Oil and Gas Limited wants to do it again with two more projects.
July 28, 2009, 12 PM MDT
The final report of the Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council suggests the federal and provincial governments will have to ante up an additional $1 billion to $3 billion annually for up to eight years to allow CCS to become technically and financially viable on a large scale.
July 27, 2009, 12 PM MDT
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