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Baytex Energy Closes Peace River Acquisition

Baytex Energy Closes Peace River Acquisition

Acquisition adds 3,000 BOEPD

Baytex Energy Corp. (ticker: BTE) announces the closing of its previously announced acquisition of heavy oil assets located in the Peace River area of northern Alberta.

Cash consideration for the acquisition of $65 million (net of …

January 20, 2017 - 5:21 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
5 Questions Facing Canada’s Oil Patch as Trump Takes Office

5 Questions Facing Canada’s Oil Patch as Trump Takes Office

From BNN

WOULD ANY ‘BIG BORDER TAX’ APPLY FOR CANADIAN OIL IMPORTED INTO THE USA?

Trump has threatened many companies, though largely those involved in the automotive industry, with a “big, big border tax” for production coming from outside the …

January 20, 2017 - 3:07 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Tamarack Valley Reports Record Production

Tamarack Valley Reports Record Production

Tamarack Valley production exceeds guidance in Q4’2016; targets 140-150 new wells in 2017

Alberta-based Tamarack Valley (ticker: TVE) announced its fourth quarter results as well as the company’s 2017 capital program. The company said that production exceed it previous guidance …

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Oil Bonds the U.S. and Canada

Trudeau and Trump won’t change the Canada–U.S. alliance

From the Financial Post

With Inauguration Day just around the corner, it is important to remember that every new administration brings changes.

The incoming U.S. president has expressed skepticism about several international …

January 17, 2017 - 11:44 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Stabilizing Oil Prices Lead Canadian Entrepreneurs to Target $96 Billion Investment for 2017

Stabilizing Oil Prices Lead Canadian Entrepreneurs to Target $96 Billion Investment for 2017

70% of entrepreneurs expect increased sales, up from 45% last year: Canadian businesses are ready to invest and they have growth on their minds–BDC

Lack of confidence in the economy is no longer a top barrier to investment, according to …

MEG Energy Announces Proposed Offering of US$750 Million Senior Secured Notes due 2025

MEG Energy Announces Proposed Offering of US$750 Million Senior Secured Notes due 2025

MEG Energy Corp. (ticker: MEG) announced today that is planning to commence, subject to market and other conditions, a private offering of US $750 million in aggregate principal amount of new senior secured notes due 2025 (the “Secured Notes”). The …

January 12, 2017 - 3:20 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Tamarack Valley Energy Closes Acquisition and Increases Borrowing Base to $220 Million

Tamarack Valley Energy Closes Acquisition and Increases Borrowing Base to $220 Million

Tamarack Valley Energy (ticker: TVE) has completed the acquisition of Spur Resources Ltd.

Immediately prior to the closing of the acquisition, Spur conveyed all of its non-Viking assets to a newly formed private company, to be led by the former …

January 12, 2017 - 10:41 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Blackbird Energy Completes Elmworth Gathering System, Updates Montney Drilling and Stage Completions

Blackbird Energy Completes Elmworth Gathering System, Updates Montney Drilling and Stage Completions

Blackbird Energy Inc. (ticker: BBI) completed the construction of its 100% owned and operated 12-14-70-7W6 Elmworth facility and gathering system near the budget of $16.1 million. Commencement of production is anticipated by the end of January 2017, Blackbird said in …

AltaGas Announces Positive FID on Ridley Island, Canada’s First Opportunity to Ship its Propane Directly to Asia

AltaGas Announces Positive FID on Ridley Island, Canada’s First Opportunity to Ship its Propane Directly to Asia

Canadian advantage:  Ridley Island’s planned 1.2 MMTPA capacity will allow Western Canada’s producers to sell propane to Asia from B.C. with transit time of 10 days vs. 25 days from U.S. Gulf coast

AltaGas Ltd. (ticker: ALA) announced a positive …

Crew Energy Announces 2017 Capital Budget of $200 Million Targeting Montney Growth of 40%+

Crew Energy Announces 2017 Capital Budget of $200 Million Targeting Montney Growth of 40%+

Crew targets production of 30,000+ BOEPD by Q4 2017

Crew Energy Inc. (ticker: CR) reported today that it has approved a 2017 capital expenditure program of $200 million designed to achieve production growth to over 30,000 BOEPD in the fourth …

January 5, 2017 - 3:33 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
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Encana Raises Production and Margin Expectations for 2017

Strong fourth quarter results prompt Encana to increase 2017 expectations

Calgary-based Encana Corp. (ticker: ECA) announced today that following a strong performance in the fourth quarter of 2016, the company now believes that production will reach or exceed the high …

Chinook Energy Provides Update

Chinook Energy Provides Update

Chinook Energy Inc. (ticker: CKE) reported that it has successfully completed its three-well (2.62 net wells) drilling program at Birley/Umbach, that was announced on November 9, 2016.

Chinook said it drilled the wells on schedule and under budget by approximately …

January 4, 2017 - 11:04 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎
Alberta Royalty Rates will Remain Largely Unchanged Except for One Change…

Alberta Royalty Rates will Remain Largely Unchanged Except for One Change…

New incentives program designed to reward efficient drillers

Alberta’s provincial government has decided to leave royalty rates largely unchanged after the leadership ran on a platform that promised to change rates to ensure the province was receiving its fair share. …

Howard Energy Partners Reveille Processing Plant

Veresen Announces New Capital Allocations to Montney Midstream Projects

95% of 2017 Capital Program Focused on Montney, $195 million to Support Liquids-rich Gas Handling

Veresen Inc. (ticker: VSN) has announced the sanction of an additional $195 million to new gas processing facilities at Veresen Midstream, further expanding its footprint …

Transworld Technologies Lands First Canadian Bioenhanced Oil Recovery Project

Transworld Technologies Lands First Canadian Bioenhanced Oil Recovery Project

Transworld Technologies will partner with Imaginea Energy in the Jenner Oil Field, Upper Mannville

Golden, Colorado-based Transworld Technologies Inc. (TTI) announced that the company will implement its bioenhanced oil recovery (BioEOR) technology in Canada for the first time. The project …

December 15, 2016 - 5:14 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Precision Drilling Trades its Coil Tubing Business for a Service Rig Business

Precision Drilling Trades its Coil Tubing Business for a Service Rig Business

Precision Drilling announces swap with Essential Energy Services

Calgary-based Precision Drilling Corp. (ticker: PDS) announced Tuesday that the company will swap its Canadian Coil Tubing operations for Essential Energy Services’ (ticker: ESN) service rig business. In addition to the swap …

Husky Energy $2.6-$2.7 Billion Capital Program from Cash Flow, Ops Guidance for 2017

Husky Energy $2.6-$2.7 Billion Capital Program from Cash Flow, Ops Guidance for 2017

 

Husky Energy (ticker: HSE) announced today that its capital expenditure program for 2017 will be in the range of $2.6-2.7 billion and is expected to be fully funded within cash flow from operations.

Husky said its overall sustaining …

Canadian Natural Resources Raises $527 Million with Cold Lake Pipeline Sale

Canadian Natural Resources Raises $527 Million with Cold Lake Pipeline Sale

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (ticker: CNQ) said it has reached an agreement to sell all of its interests in the Cold Lake Pipeline to Inter Pipeline Ltd.

The transaction consists of the monetization of the Company’s entire 15% ownership interest …

Strategic Oil & Gas Announces Capex for 1H 2017

Strategic Oil & Gas Announces Capex for 1H 2017

$30 million capital budget will be focused on six Muskeg wells

Calgary-based Strategic Oil & Gas (ticker: SOG) announced its capital budget for the first half of 2017 Friday. The company plans to spend $30 million in the first six …

December 9, 2016 - 5:34 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
TransCanada Moving Ahead with $655 Million Gas Pipeline

TransCanada Moving Ahead with $655 Million Gas Pipeline

TransCanada’s Saddle West natural gas project will have a transportation capacity of 355 MMcf/d

Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. (ticker: TRP) announced Wednesday that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmissions Ltd. will proceed with its $655 million Saddle West natural gas …

December 9, 2016 - 12:39 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Midstream, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Manitok Sets New Record Production

Manitok Sets New Record Production

Manitok announces production of 7.1 MBOEPD

Calgary-based Manitok Energy Inc. (ticker: MEI) announced that the company has set a new production record. Manitok is currently producing at levels exceeding 7.1 MBOEPD (40% light oil and liquids), based on field estimates

Alberta’s Recession will End in 2017:  Conference Board

Alberta’s Recession will End in 2017:  Conference Board

From CBC News

Greater oil price stability, fresh hope for new pipelines, should spur recovery

Alberta is poised to emerge from one of the worst recessions in recent history and return to economic growth in 2017, says the Conference Board …

December 8, 2016 - 2:22 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Oklahoma is the Most Attractive Place for Oil and Gas Investment: Fraser

Oklahoma is the Most Attractive Place for Oil and Gas Investment: Fraser

Oklahoma finished No. 1 as the best place where ‘policy does not deter upstream investment’

Canada’s Fraser Institute says that Oklahoma has beaten Texas in something else.

According to the Canadian think tank’s annual global survey of petroleum sector executives, …

Suncor Energy Successfully Resolves CAD$1.3 Billion Tax Dispute

Suncor Energy Successfully Resolves CAD$1.3 Billion Tax Dispute

Suncor reported that the Tax Court of Canada has issued a favorable order resolving the previously disclosed dispute with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The dispute was in regards to the income tax treatment of realized losses in 2007 on …

December 6, 2016 - 9:13 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Bellatrix Sells Non-Core Harmattan Assets for $80 Million

Bellatrix Sells Non-Core Harmattan Assets for $80 Million

Western Canadian Producer Sells Acreage to Focus on Spirit River

Bellatrix Exploration (ticker: BXE) has announced that it will sell certain non-core assets in the greater Harmattan area of Alberta for $80 million. The deal will close at year-end.

The …

Calgary-based Precision Drilling Corporation (ticker: PDS) announced planned capital expenditures for 2017 of CAD$109 million.

Precision Drilling Announces its 2017 CapEx Plan

Precision Drilling has 110 drilling rigs currently running in North America: seeing strengthening demand – 45 rigs under contract for 2017; company has filled 1,000 positions

Calgary-based Precision Drilling Corporation (ticker: PDS) announced planned capital expenditures for 2017 of CAD$109 …

Canada’s Slipping National Wealth Overly Reliant on Oil and Gas: Study

Canada’s Slipping National Wealth Overly Reliant on Oil and Gas: Study

 

From CBC

A comprehensive measure of Canada’s national wealth shows it has been stagnant for decades and is too heavily dependent on housing and oil and gas, says a groundbreaking national report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.…

December 2, 2016 - 9:18 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Manitok Reports Stronger Netbacks and Higher Production

Manitok Reports Stronger Netbacks and Higher Production

Manitok Energy Inc. (the “Corporation” or “Manitok“) (TSX VENTURE:MEI) announces its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2016.

The full text of Manitok’s third quarter results are contained in its unaudited condensed interim …

Which Companies Benefit from Canada’s Pipeline Approvals?

Which Companies Benefit from Canada’s Pipeline Approvals?

From  Financial Post

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Cenovus Energy Inc., Imperial Oil Ltd. and Suncor Energy Inc. are expected to be the primary beneficiaries of the Canadian government’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement …

Canada to Allow Saskatchewan to Keep Coal Plants Running Beyond 2030

Canada to Allow Saskatchewan to Keep Coal Plants Running Beyond 2030

 

From Power Magazine

An agreement between Canada’s federal government and Saskatchewan will allow the province to continue operating its coal-fired power plants beyond 2030 as long as it achieves equivalent emission-reduction outcomes.

The Office of the Minister of Environment …

December 1, 2016 - 1:19 am Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News