BOE Report Staff

CALGARY, Sept. 30, 2015 - Strike Group Inc. (including subsidiaries Strike Energy Services Inc., Strike Projects Ltd., Strike Industrial Ltd., Strike Electric & Instrumentation Ltd., SSG Developments Ltd., Strike Management Ltd. and Bob Dale Oilfield Services Ltd.) and TriWest Capital Partners (“TriWest”) are pleased to announce their partnership effective September 30, 2015. The partnership will operate under the name Strike Group Limited Partnership (“Strike Group”) and will provide the [Read more]

EDINBURGH/HOUSTON, 21st September 2015 – In a comprehensive analysis looking at the impact of cost deflation on the global upstream oil & gas sector, Wood Mackenzie concludes that while operators are seeking an average cost reduction of 20-30% on projects, supply chain savings through squeezing the service sector will only achieve around 10-15% on average. In order to ensure projects are economically viable, operators will also need to focus on project optimisation and adopt smarter ways of [Read more]

Stephen Harper like to point the many hypocrisies of Mulcair's platform. Whether it is creating jobs while while simultaneously raising corporate tax rates, or maintaining a federal surplus while increasing government spending, Mulcair seems to think he can have his cake and eat it too. Whenever, it seems, Harper or even Trudeau questions these hypocrisies, Mulcair gets upset. And because of this, it becomes apparent as to why the national media now likes to refer to Mulcair as 'Angry [Read more]

During Thursday night's Federal debate, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called out the federal and provincial NDP's harsh policies towards western Canada's oil industry. He slammed both NDPs' plans to sharply increase taxes on Alberta's struggling oil and gas industry and called for lower taxes to spur economic growth and job creation. Watch the 1st video below of Harper criticizing the Federal NDP plan to increase taxes on the oil industry and the 2nd video below to see Harper talk about [Read more]

After reading articles like this one, one may begin to realize (if not already), that Alberta under the newly elected NDP leadership, is going in the wrong direction. In response to the growing dissonance, the first major anti-NDP rally is slated for Sunday in Edmonton at 2:00PM on the grounds of the Alberta legislature. Stand-Up-For-Alberta, as it's called, will highlight three important themes throughout the day: industry, small business, and the economy. The rally is both approved and [Read more]