Environmental groups are hailing a decision by the federal government to vote down a long-standing proposal to develop 1,250 new shallow gas wells in an environmentally sensitive area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield.
Cenovus Energy’s plan to expand drilling in the National Wildlife Area of the base, near the South Saskatchewan River, has been rejected, according to a statement by Environment Minister Peter Kent.
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CALGARY — Canadian drilling activity will ramp up in the latter part of 2013 but the increase in wells will be only slightly better than the disappointing total this year, an industry group predicts.
In its annual forecast, the Calgary-based Petroleum Services Association of Canada says 11,400 wells will be drilled in 2013, up from the expected final tally of 11,250 wells in 2012.
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With all the talk about the fracking boom under way in the Bakken, Marcellus, and Eagle Ford, we forget there are other earth-shattering drilling projects and technologies going on around the world.
Now, two weeks ago I told you about a new technology that’s emerging in America’s oil and gas-rich shale formations…
It’s called “well pad drilling,” or “multi-well pad drilling.”
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An Alberta company is making some big moves that they say could have a global impact on the way oil is drilled.
Absolute Completion Technologies, an Edmonton based company that manufactures piping used in oil mining, unveiled a new product that looks to make the process of drilling more efficient.
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