Canada

Razor Energy Increases Reserves by 112% in 2017

Razor Energy Increases Reserves by 112% in 2017

Razor Energy Corp. (ticker: RZE) released a new reserves report today.

Total reserve values, on a proved developed producing basis discounted at 10% before tax, were $178.3 million, which represents an increase of 112% over year-end 2016. Total PDP reserve …

Precision Drilling Increased Rig Automation, Exits 2017 with 63 Active Rigs

Precision Drilling Increased Rig Automation, Exits 2017 with 63 Active Rigs

Targets 2018 upgrades to stay below $34 million

Precision Drilling Corporation (ticker: PDS) had fourth quarter 2017 revenues of CDN$347 million, an increase of 15% over Q4 2016. Precision posted a Q4 2017 net loss of CDN$47 million, or (CDN$0.16) …

Rail Crunch Leaves Oil, Wheat Stranded Out on Canada’s Prairies

Rail Crunch Leaves Oil, Wheat Stranded Out on Canada’s Prairies

From Bloomberg

Farmers wait months to deliver grain to elevators due to competition for limited rail cars –  shortfall comes amid growing demand from other sectors, including frac sand and crude oil

A shortage of rail cars in Canada is …

February 15, 2018 - 12:28 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Commodity Pricing, Energy News
Source: BBI

Blackbird Energy’s Middle Montney Well Produces High Level of Condensates

Blackbird Energy Inc. (ticker: BBI) has released test results from its 2-20-70-6W6 Middle Montney delineation well, which is located on the company’s eastern multi-interval delineation block. The well is more than five kilometers east of Blackbird’s previous operated development drilling.…

February 13, 2018 - 6:43 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Texas Oil Industry Group Says Keep NAFTA in Tact; Latest Round of Talks ‘Complicated’

Texas Oil Industry Group Says Keep NAFTA in Tact; Latest Round of Talks ‘Complicated’

Shipments to Mexico and Canada account for nearly 50% of Texas exports

EnerCom Dallas conference features a trade expert speaking on NAFTA

The nation’s largest state independent oil and gas association has come out in favor of keeping the North …

February 5, 2018 - 5:52 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Mexico, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Source: BBI

Blackbird Energy Glides Into 2018

Blackbird Energy Inc. (ticker: BBI) has provided an update regarding its operations. Blackbird’s total corporate January sales production averaged an estimated 1,978 BOEPD (58% liquids) for the 17 days the company was able to produce during the month.

Estimated sales …

Specialty Sand Market Heats Up with Drilling

Specialty Sand Market Heats Up with Drilling

From CBC

Signs of the Canadian oil and gas industry’s recovery from a punishing two-year downturn are emerging in unlikely places, including fine grains of sand.

Demand for the especially round and crush-proof type of sand used to help extract …

January 30, 2018 - 7:39 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Fracing
Suncor Energy Switches on Production at Fort Hills

Suncor Energy Switches on Production at Fort Hills

Adds 194,000 barrel capacity

Suncor Energy Inc. (ticker: SU) will steadily ramp up its Fort Hills production following the safe startup of secondary extraction on January 27, 2018. Fort Hills, which is located 90 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, has …

Why Canada is the Next Frontier for Shale

Why Canada is the Next Frontier for Shale

Duvernay, Montney could rival the richest U.S. deposits

From Reuters/CBC

The revolution in U.S. shale oil has battered Canada’s energy industry in recent years, ending two decades of rapid expansion and job creation in the nation’s vast oilsands.

Now Canada …

January 29, 2018 - 12:38 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
BP Names New President of U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Canada

BP Names New President of U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Canada

BP appointed Starlee Sykes as its regional president for the Gulf of Mexico and Canada, effective Feb. 1, 2018. Sykes, who will continue to be based in Houston, currently serves as vice president for BP’s global projects organization for offshore …

ENB Line 21 Replacement Project

Canada’s National Energy Board Approves $53 Million Enbridge Pipeline

The National Energy Board (NEB) will allow Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (ticker: ENB) to replace a 2.5 km segment of its Line 21 Norman Wells Pipeline located in the Northwest Territory of Canada. Enbridge applied to the NEB on March 10, …

Razor Energy to Drill Newly Consolidated Kaybob Position in 2018

Razor Energy to Drill Newly Consolidated Kaybob Position in 2018

EnerCom Dallas presenter Razor Energy Corp. releases 2018 corporate budget and guidance

Alberta-based Razor Energy Corp. (ticker: RZE) announced Monday that the company has approved a corporate budget of $38.4 million for fiscal 2018. The budget will be deployed to …

Canada’s Natural Gas Sector is in ‘Jeopardy’: Redirected B.C. Gas Volumes May Hurt Alberta Producers

Canada’s Natural Gas Sector is in ‘Jeopardy’: Redirected B.C. Gas Volumes May Hurt Alberta Producers

From the Financial Post

The Financial Post has learned that multiple natural gas producers believe the proposed pipeline will hurt rather than help the market

CALGARY – Regulatory hearings for a natural gas pipeline that has divided the Canadian oilpatch …

January 23, 2018 - 6:56 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Midstream
Alberta Premiere Notley Guarantees 20 Years of Oil for Keystone XL

Alberta Premiere Notley Guarantees 20 Years of Oil for Keystone XL

From Post Media/Fort McMurray Today

Premier Rachel Notley — once notably cool to Keystone XL — has stepped in to provide key support for the controversial pipeline.

TransCanada Corp. announced Thursday it had won a commitment of 500,000 barrels of …

January 19, 2018 - 11:02 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Midstream
Source: Enbridge

Keystone XL Pipeline on Track to Begin Primary Construction in 2019

Open season for Keystone’s additional capacity from Canadian oil producers to U.S. refineries secures 500,000 BOPD 20-year commitments

The Keystone XL open season has concluded with 500,000 BOPD 20-year commitments secured. This allows the proposed project to proceed.

TransCanada Corporation …

Spartan Energy Announces $183 Million 2018 CapEx

Spartan Energy Announces $183 Million 2018 CapEx

Spartan Energy Corp. (ticker: SPE) has approved a development capital budget of $183 million for 2018. Spartan said the capital budget includes drilling approximately 140 net development oil wells. The wells should produce an annual average production of 23,400 BOEPD …

Nova Scotia Urged to Rethink Frac Ban

Nova Scotia Urged to Rethink Frac Ban

From CBC Canada

Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is being urged to revisit its ban on hydraulic fracturing following the release of a new Energy Department analysis that found onshore natural gas resources in the province are worth between $20 billion …

January 10, 2018 - 2:12 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎
Source: blackbird energy

Blackbird Energy Provides Initial Production Results from Pipestone/Elmworth Montney Condensate Play

Blackbird Energy Inc. (ticker: BBI) had production results from three new development wells on its condensate-rich Pipestone/Elmworth Montney play. Blackbird also completed its planned delineation program and provided its preliminary 2018 outlook.

Initial Production Results

Blackbird’s total corporate December sales …

International Petroleum Acquires Shallow Conventional Alberta Assets

International Petroleum Acquires Shallow Conventional Alberta Assets

International Petroleum Corp. (ticker: IPCO) has acquired conventional oil and gas assets in Alberta, Canada.

The Suffield and Alderson conventional oil and natural gas assets are held over a large, contiguous land position of 800,000 net acres of shallow natural …

Blackbird Energy Announces Q1 2018 Results

Blackbird Energy Announces Q1 2018 Results

Blackbird Energy (ticker: BBI) has released its financial and operational results for the quarter ended October 31, 2017, Q1 2018 in Blackbird’s financial calendar.

Highlights

Q1 2018 Production: While on production during the quarter, Blackbird produced 5.6 MMcf/d of natural …

Trudeau to Lay Out Predictable Timelines for Pipeline Reviews

Trudeau to Lay Out Predictable Timelines for Pipeline Reviews

From Bloomberg

Justin Trudeau wants to make reviews of pipeline and other major projects run on time as Canadian producers struggle to get oil to market.

The federal government will propose new rules for regulatory vetting of all major development …

December 28, 2017 - 3:24 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Rendering of the future Heartland Complex

Inter Pipeline Building a $3.5 Billion Propane to Plastics Plant with Help From Canadian Govt.

Incentives to draw PetroChem developers was Alberta’s royalty credits

Inter Pipeline Ltd. (ticker: IPL) is getting help from the Canadian Government to build a world-scale integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene (PP) plant with a price tag of $3.5 billion.…

Canada Oil Producers Exhaust Options as Pipelines, Railcars Fill Up with Oil

Canada Oil Producers Exhaust Options as Pipelines, Railcars Fill Up with Oil

Our phone is ringing off the hook: Altex rail terminals CEO

From Reuters

CALGARY, Alberta/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Canadian oil producers are running out of options to get crude to market as pipeline and rail capacity fills up, driving prices …

December 19, 2017 - 8:02 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
A Serious Canadian Valuation Gap

A Serious Canadian Valuation Gap

Market disconnect for a Canadian junior

“Our company is undervalued” is a common phrase heard around investor conferences.

Executives are their own best cheerleaders and they constantly seek innovative ways to create value with their companies. Sometimes the assertion that …

WCP Core Areas

Whitecap Resources Inc. Closes $940 Million Saskatchewan Deal

Whitecap Resources Inc. (ticker: WCP) announced that it closed its acquisition of light oil assets in southeast Saskatchewan for cash consideration of $940 million before closing adjustments.

The acquisition includes a 62.1% operated working interest in the Weyburn Unit (14,600 …

Bellatrix Exploration Announces $60 Million – $80 Million 2018 Budget

Bellatrix Exploration Announces $60 Million – $80 Million 2018 Budget

At $56.60 WTI, Bellatrix targets production volumes between 35 MBOEPD and 37 MBOEPD

Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (ticker: BXE) announced a 2018 capital budget of $60 to $80 million. This budget is designed to create average production volumes of between 35,000 …

Raging River’s $335 Million Budget Aims at 26,000 BOEPD in Q4 2018

Raging River’s $335 Million Budget Aims at 26,000 BOEPD in Q4 2018

Raging River Exploration Inc. (ticker: RRX) set a 2018 capital budget of $335 million. The budgeted capital expenditures are expected to increase annual average production in 2018 to 24,500 BOEPD (92% oil) with fourth quarter 2018 production estimated at 26,000 …

‘Chock Full’: Enbridge Warns its Pipelines Near Maximum Capacity as Canadian Oil Prices Crash

‘Chock Full’: Enbridge Warns its Pipelines Near Maximum Capacity as Canadian Oil Prices Crash

Widest WTI/WCS price differential in 3 years

Full pipelines and reduced capacity have led to a doubling of the discount Canadian producers must accept for their barrels, as they miss out on the oil price rally

From the Financial Post

December 13, 2017 - 6:48 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Midstream, MLP News
Advantage Oil & Gas: $175 Million 2018 Budget from Cash Flow

Advantage Oil & Gas: $175 Million 2018 Budget from Cash Flow

Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (ticker: AAV) said that the company’s board of directors has approved a 2018 capital budget of $175 million. The budget is funded through cash flow and will advance the Montney development and increase liquids production …

Canada’s Natural Gas Production Climbs: Alberta Leads

Canada’s Natural Gas Production Climbs: Alberta Leads

Marketable natural gas production in Canada totaled 13.4 billion cubic meters in September, up 3.6% from the same month a year earlier, Canada’s statistics bureau said. Alberta (73.4%) and British Columbia (24.2%) continued to account for most of Canadian production …