BOE Report Staff

Canada’s fleet of active drilling rigs grew from 138 to 153 since last week according to data from Baker Hughes. Total drilling count was 153 at December 13. 96 rigs were drilling for oil; 57 for natural gas. The drilling activity in both Alberta and Saskatchewan increased, with Alberta growing from 91 to 98 and Saskatchewan gaining another 8 wells, from 33 to 41. View a full breakdown of Western Canada’s rig activity. [Read more]

With an increase in the number of pipeline failures resulting from earth movement of unstable slopes, the AER recently released Bulletin 2019-28 which requires that pipeline integrity management programs take slope movement into consideration. In this bulletin, the AER encourages all operators to: Assess integrity management programs and how they address risk to pipelines as it relates to natural hazards, including slope movement; and Adopt emerging best practices for real-time [Read more]

Every year, you pay for insurance to cover your business if disaster strikes, but are you sure that your values are accurate? Gerald Kim, Partner, Valuations, Forensics & Litigation Support at MNP works with oil and gas companies and sees how businesses consistently underestimate their insurance needs – and warns of the risks. “Inadequate coverage is common, and leaves organizations footing a bill they can’t pay,” Kim explains. “It can lead to intense financial distress in the event of [Read more]

Canada’s fleet of active drilling rigs grew from 126 to 138 since last week according to data from Baker Hughes. Total drilling count was 138 at December 6. 87 rigs were drilling for oil; 51 for natural gas. The drilling activity in both Alberta and Saskatchewan increased, with Alberta growing from 86 to 91 and Saskatchewan gaining 8 wells, from 25 to 33. View a full breakdown of Western Canada’s rig activity. [Read more]

The Bowra Group Inc., in its capacity as Receiver (the “Receiver”) of Collaborative Energy Services Inc., Ascent Oilfield Services Corp., and Denarii Well Services Inc. (collectively “Collaborative Group”), is offering for sale the capital assets of Collaborative Group consisting of: Service rigs; Heavy-duty trucks; Catwalk trailers; Commercial trailers; Doghouse trailers; and, Crane carrier. The Receiver is selling its right title and interest in the shares owned by [Read more]