The purpose of Birchcliff Energy Ltd.’s science and technology multi-well pad program is to collect high quality and high value data from the vertical well and the straddling horizontal wells, which can be used to enhance its technical capabilities and understanding with respect to the drilling, completion and production from a multi-layer resource play.
February 15, 2018, 6:41 AM MST
In September 1948, a Union Oil Company employee named Harold Ritchey applied for a patent for his method of using microwaves to heat an oil reservoir to enhance production. Eight years later he got the patent.
February 7, 2018, 6 AM MST
As Canada, and many other countries in often inhospitable northerly climates, move to grow wind power generation on an industrial scale, a new problem has emerged: wintertime icing of windmill blades is sapping a considerable level of output—while causing a safety hazard.
February 7, 2018, 8:44 AM MST
Calling all energy entrepreneurs.
February 7, 2018, 8 AM MST
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) announces the successful completion of four Bulldog annular frac system installations in Western Canada.
February 7, 2018, 8:33 AM MST
When Seven Generations Energy Ltd. performed analytics on some of its security data a few years ago, a disturbing pattern emerged.
February 6, 2018, 8:35 AM MST
Fractal Systems Inc. has successfully completed the large-scale demonstration of its Enhanced JetShear technology with a major oilsands producer proving its ability to dramatically lower the viscosity of bitumen, improve netbacks, increase bitumen volumes shipped in existing pipelines and improve overall greenhouse gas performance.
February 6, 2018, 9:16 AM MST
February 6, 2018, 9:56 AM MST
Converting semisolid bitumen to refinery-ready light crude has always been called “upgrading,” but the co-inventor of a different approach says traditional upgrading should be called “downgrading.”
February 5, 2018, 6 AM MST
Fort McMurray area upgraders that convert semisolid bitumen into refinery-ready crude oil produce large volumes of petroleum coke — also called petcoke — a waste product that can’t be converted to transportation fuel.
February 5, 2018, 6 AM MST
While the oilsands industry has moved away from building elaborate upgraders that produce light crude oil but duplicate many of the functions of refineries, several producers are evaluating “partial” upgrading processes.
February 5, 2018, 6 AM MST
Over $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.
February 1, 2018, 9:40 AM MST
February 1, 2018, 4:58 AM MST
The University of Calgary has launched its Centre for Smart Emissions Sensing Technologies (SENST).
February 1, 2018, 8:43 AM MST
Blackbird Energy Inc. says with strong production results, it is in the “late stages” of de-risking the majority of its acreage.
February 1, 2018, 3:24 AM MST
NXT Energy Solutions Inc. appointed Jakub Brogowski as vice-president of finance and chief financial officer, effective immediately.
February 1, 2018, 6:57 AM MST
January 31, 2018, 6 AM MST
Suncor Energy Inc. will proceed with the phased implementation of autonomous haulage systems (AHS) at company-operated mines, starting with the North Steepbank mine.
January 31, 2018, 6 AM MST
Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. (formerly named Ironhorse Oil & Gas Inc.) completed its business combination with Pond Technologies Inc. by way of a three-cornered amalgamation.
January 31, 2018, 8:27 AM MST
The start-up of the Fort Hills mine operated by Suncor Energy Inc. comes just over 50 years since the company’s predecessor, Great Canadian Oil Sands, began operations as the world’s first commercial oilsands surface mining and upgrading plant.
January 29, 2018, 10:43 AM MST
FluidOil, a small U.K.-based owner of heavy oil upgrading technology, says it has an “incentive agreement” for a 50,000-bbl/d plant with an unnamed Canadian partner.
January 23, 2018, 10:19 AM MST
Calgary-based Iron Bridge Resources Inc. has launched a wholly-owned cryptocurrency mining and hosting subsidiary, called Iron Chain Technology Corp. (ICT), that will own and operate cryptocurrency mining datacentres at its oil and gas field sites.
January 23, 2018, 3:18 AM MST
In British Columbia, Schlumberger Limited said that the HEAL System technology was used for several oil and gas customers to increase productivity by an average of 75 per cent in 25 horizontal wells in the Montney.
January 19, 2018, 7:34 AM MST
Legendary Calgary oilman Jim Gray neatly set out the challenge ahead for Canada’s oil capital, still struggling through the biggest energy sector downturn in a generation.
January 18, 2018, 6 AM MST
Digitalizing the oilfield may be all the rage in technology circles as the oilpatch strives to achieve lower costs in today’s low commodity price environment, but one Calgary company is old hat when it comes to the application of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to optimize field assets.
January 18, 2018, 6 AM MST
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