DIVERGENT Energy Services Corp. says that the Linear Electromagnetic Submersible Pump currently installed in a client well in Saskatchewan is shut down pending its removal from the well.
June 21, 2017, 10:21 AM MDT
Technological change is coming rapidly, and combined with an increased focus on carbon intensity, it will challenge the Canadian oil and gas industry in the coming years, according to Mike Crabtree, vice-president, energy with the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC).
June 20, 2017, 10:30 AM MDT
Encana Corporation says its cube development approach combined with advanced completion practices has significantly enhanced its Permian well performance and led to 700 new premium return locations — five times the number it will drill this year.
June 20, 2017, 10:24 AM MDT
Privately-held RocketFrac Services Ltd., which is developing an environmentally safe, proprietary hydraulic fracturing tool using solid rocket fuel, says that the former chief financial officer of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been elected to serve as chair of the board of directors.
June 20, 2017, 8:53 AM MDT
When natural gas utility ATCO Ltd. would apply for federal government funding to develop low-carbon technologies, it would sometimes take six or eight months to get a decision.
June 19, 2017, 8:36 AM MDT
June 14, 2017, 11:21 AM MDT
June 14, 2017, 10:53 AM MDT
Sanjel Energy Services Inc. is celebrating its first year in operation with significant achievements, such as completing more than 4,500 service jobs for western Canadian oil and gas companies.
June 12, 2017, 9:01 AM MDT
STEP Energy Services and NCS Multistage completed a 115-stage Cardium well for Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. on March 31 using NCS’s coil annular sleeve technology in just over 65 hours of operating time — a record number of stages in that formation.
June 11, 2017, 7:34 PM MDT
Suncor Energy Inc. hopes to test whether using a downhole heater to preheat the reservoir prior to steam injection can shorten SAGD startup times and use less steam.
June 9, 2017, 10:55 AM MDT
Anyone hoping to see the results of a Cold Lake area field trial that could revolutionize oilsands extraction will have to wait another year if the operator gets its way.
June 8, 2017, 7:56 AM MDT
Removing asphaltenes from a bitumen feedstock before it goes through a thermal cracking process actually increases total asphaltene production, while adding drill cuttings could increase liquid yields.
June 2, 2017, 9:51 AM MDT
Managing stakeholder concerns may be the main hurdle for the usage of enhanced solvent injection for in situ oilsands recovery, as something industry would consider as ‘low risk’ can be seen as ‘high risk’ for people living near operations, says an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) representative.
June 1, 2017, 6 AM MDT
As Husky Energy Inc. has become a major thermal oil producer, the company continues to advance technologies to improve the economics and environmental performance.
May 31, 2017, 10:59 AM MDT
May 29, 2017, 11:03 AM MDT
As low oil prices constrain significant growth in Alberta’s oilsands, one SAGD producer is both growing and cutting costs.
May 26, 2017, 11:49 AM MDT
The best strategy for Canadian oil and gas producers, considering all that is out of their direct control, is to focus on controllable issues such as driving down costs to remain competitive — notably through technology and innovation, suggested speakers at the launch of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s latest energy report.
May 19, 2017, 6:52 AM MDT
Blackbird Energy Inc. says that revised internal sleeve specifications on the Stage System should help give the company a competitive advantage after problems were encountered with recent wells.
May 19, 2017, 6 AM MDT
The scaled physical model rig for SAGD is the “workhorse” in Brij Maini’s laboratory at the Schulich School of Engineering — a workhorse to test solvents and additives under various conditions and proportions with the singular aim of extracting bitumen in a more efficient, economic and environmentally-friendly manner.
May 16, 2017, 8:30 AM MDT
Alberta Transportation has confirmed that Trican Well Service Ltd.’s proprietary CleanTRACK, long-term road dust suppression technology is now approved to be applied on public roads across the province, says the company.
May 16, 2017, 9:59 AM MDT
A heavy-oil industry that can compete with conventional extraction — that’s the goal of a new industrial research chair established in partnership between industry and one of the world’s most respected heavy-oil scientists.
May 15, 2017, 8:21 AM MDT
The linear pump installed on March 24, 2017 continues to operate consistently with production rates and operating parameters having little variance from day to day, said DIVERGENT Energy Services Corp.
May 15, 2017, 10:43 AM MDT
Trinidad Drilling Ltd. is developing what it calls the ‘intelligent rig information system’ (IRIS) — a system that will connect the in-house control system to the electronic daily recorder and downhole tools.
May 11, 2017, 8:32 AM MDT
Alberta Innovates has teamed up with Natural Resources (NRCan) and industry partners to take three clean oil and gas technologies to commercial demonstration.
May 11, 2017, 10:48 AM MDT
Oilsands producers could learn much from revolutionary innovators like Tesla’s Elon Musk as well as from challenges overcome in other oil and gas basins to bring about substantial cost reductions and win over customers, according to industry observers.
May 3, 2017, 6 AM MDT
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