While some U.S. unconventional oil basins may be in their later innings, with many operators gradually exhausting their existing Tier 1 drilling inventories, that doesn’t mean there aren’t decades of future growth left in these plays, Devon Energy Corporation president and chief executive officer Rick Muncrief told analysts during the company’s second quarter 2023 conference call.
August 24, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. is currently exploiting its deep inventory of light oil development projects in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, with one rig drilling full time in each province.
August 15, 2023, 9:20 AM MDT
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. reported record quarterly average oil royalty production in the second quarter with most of the growth focused on three oil bearing plays.
July 18, 2023, 8:45 AM MDT
Lucero Energy Corp. has executed and closed a definitive purchase and sale agreement with an arm's length purchaser, to divest of certain non-strategic, non-operated assets within Lucero's North Dakota Bakken/Three Forks play for cash consideration of C$140.2 million1 (US$104.6 million) before customary closing adjustments.
June 16, 2023, 12 AM MDT
The number of wells drilled in Western Canada is expected to increase by 12 per cent to 6,180 in 2023 (2022: 5,500) and total metres drilled by 14 per cent to 20 million (2022: 17.5 million), says Enserva.
June 14, 2023, 8:04 AM MDT
Ovintiv Inc. closed the previously announced acquisition of core Midland Basin assets, adding approximately 1,050 net 10,000 foot well locations and approximately 65,000 net acres of largely undeveloped land adjacent to Ovintiv's existing Permian operations.
June 13, 2023, 7:41 AM MDT
Source Rock Royalties Ltd. has closed the acquisition of fee title mineral interests in two quarter sections of land and a two per cent gross overriding royalty (GORR) in approximately 5,800 gross acres (nine sections) of land in southeast Saskatchewan.
June 1, 2023, 2:42 PM MDT
May 23, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Crescent Point Energy Corp. says its growing utilization of multilateral drilling on some of its Saskatchewan-based assets is paying dividends and extending the life of plays like the Viewfield Bakken, analysts on a Q1 results conference call heard Friday.
May 15, 2023, 6 AM MDT
Higher well productivity in the Permian Basin resulted in growing production for Ovintiv Inc. in the first quarter of 2023, president and chief executive officer Brendan McCracken said in releasing the company’s first quarter results after market close on Tuesday.
May 10, 2023, 9:22 AM MDT
In total, 349 gross wells were drilled on Freehold Royalties Ltd.’s royalty lands in Q1-2023, a 43 per cent increase versus the same quarter in 2022.
May 10, 2023, 3:45 PM MDT
Strong and steady drilling activity on its royalty lands helped PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. to another strong quarter and led to the company posting its sixth consecutive quarter of record third-party leasing.
April 18, 2023, 8:56 AM MDT
April 18, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Saskatchewan’s heavy oilfields surrounding Lloydminster and Kindersley continue seeing incremental production growth as operators bring on new thermal wells, drill multilateral development wells, and expand into new areas.
March 16, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Southeast Saskatchewan operators have shifted activity from unconventional targets in the Bakken/Torquay to the conventional Frobisher Beds as the use of extended reach horizontal drilling and multilateral well design increased well productivity.
March 14, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Saskatchewan’s oilpatch was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent oil price crash in early 2020, with production declining by almost 70,000 bbls/d by year-end as wells were shut-in and field activity collapsed.
March 13, 2023, 12 AM MDT
Ensign Energy Services Inc. saw year-over-year “meaningful improvements” both operationally and financially for its fourth quarter 2022 and year-end results.
March 7, 2023, 6 AM MST
Crescent Point Energy Corp.’s entry into Alberta’s Kaybob Duvernay formation in 2021 has succeeded to the point where the purchase will have paid for itself by the end of the first quarter 2023, investors were told during the company’s fourth-quarter results conference call.
March 3, 2023, 6:33 AM MST
In total, 1,057 gross wells were drilled on Freehold Royalties Ltd.’s royalty lands in 2022, a 61 per cent increase versus 2021.
March 2, 2023, 12 AM MST
Current weakness in natural gas markets has Ovintiv Inc. shifting capital away from its Anadarko natural gas resource play into its U.S. oil plays and condensate-rich areas of the Montney, chief executive officer Brendan McCracken told analysts Tuesday at the company’s 2022 year-end and fourth quarter conference call.
March 1, 2023, 12 AM MST
High commodity prices resulted in Ovintiv Inc. generating net earnings of $3.6 billion in 2022, with free cash flow of $2.3 billion after capital expenditures of $1.8 billion.
February 28, 2023, 10:17 AM MST
It was another active quarter for third-party operators across PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.’s royalty properties.
February 6, 2023, 2:24 PM MST
Saturn Oil & Gas Inc.’s $525-million acquisition of Ridgeback Resources Inc. adds two mature tight oil plays in the Bakken and Cardium to its rapidly growing asset base, which the company says will provide long-term steady production and free cash flow once debt is paid down.
January 24, 2023, 10:29 AM MST
Crescent Point Energy Corp. reported a slight increase in Q3 output as it continues to generate strong operational results in its Kaybob Duvernay play, resulting in attractive asset level returns.
October 26, 2022, 11:28 AM MDT
Improved productivity has kept supply costs stable, but inflation now hitting hard as service companies struggle to find solid ground
August 4, 2022, 6 AM MDT
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