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Flat year for energy drilling industry in Western Canada: Association
RED DEER, Alta. – This year has been as flat as the Prairies for the energy drilling industry in Western Canada.
Mark Scholz (SHOLTZ), president of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, says rig utilization has been about 41 per cent so far this year.
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Drilling forecast revised downward
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has scaled back its forecast of drilling activity for 2013.
The national trade association, which represents the service, supply and manufacturing sectors in the upstream petroleum industry, said Thursday that it now expects 11,415 wells to be drilled in Canada this year.
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Duvernay results expected to attract drilling dollars
CALGARY — Growing activity in the Alberta Duvernay liquids-rich shale play is expected to spark $1 billion in investment by drillers contracted to probe its depths, a study says.
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Drilling forecast revised upward
The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) has nudged upward its estimate of the number of wells that will be drilled this year.
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No objection offered to wells near city
The municipal planning commission will offer no objection to a pair oil wells to be drilled just outside city boundaries.
Calgary-based Conserve Oil and Gas No. II Corp. will horizontally drill the two sour oil wells and connect to existing pipelines.
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Bernum drilling application denied
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has denied applications by Bernum Petroleum Ltd. to drill two horizontal oil wells and construct a multiwell battery approximately 4.7 kilometres east of Cochrane, it was announced Apr. 4
The ERCB said it denied the battery application on the basis that it would be economic to conserve gas and therefore flaring would not be allowed as per ERCB regulations. The well applications were denied for this location as it could not accommodate the company’s future development plans. The Board found that alternative locations exist in this area that could be developed in accordance with regulations and accommodate the applied-for and future wells.
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Drilling stats down but better than expected
CALGARY — Oilfield activity in Western Canada is ramping up after the Christmas break and, while the pace is slower than last year, it’s better than some observers expected.
About 67 per cent of the drilling rig fleet was working this week, according to statistics from the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, down from 75 per cent in the same week of 2012.
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Cenovus Energy takes a flyer on portable drilling rig
EDMONTON – Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) calls its new helicopter-portable oilsands drilling rig a “gamechanger” that uses half the water of traditional rigs, and works throughout the year in muskeg regions.
While the firm could eventually reduce its yearly drilling costs by $100 million with the units, it was frustration with the traditional winter drilling rush that spawned the “SkyStrat” development three years ago.
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Frac sand company coming to Seven Persons
A mining company looking to get into the frac sand supply business will open its initial operation in Seven Persons, it was announced Thursday by Victory Nickel.
The junior mining company has purchased 3R Sand, a recycling plant for sand used in the shallow gas drilling that closed its doors as work in the local conventional drilling landscape dried up.
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