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BOE Report launches comment box on select articles

BOE is pleased to announce that on certain articles (more editorial/opinion type) commenting for readers will be enabled. To comment, users will have to either sign in with social media or create an account with Disqus; don't worry as it is very simple to do! So if after reading this wonderful article by Petur Radevski, you tend to disagree on some point or bring up related issues, please don't hesitate to let your thoughts known on our comments box below the article! Please try to keep [Read more]

B.C. pipeline protester takes senior role in Notley’s Calgary office

Rachel Notley has appointed a vocal protester of pipelines to run communications and stakeholder outreach in the Alberta NDP Calgary office. Marcella Munro, a former CBC reporter, NDP activist, and former Earnscliffe Strategy Group lobbyist, has a history of openly opposing pipelines such as Enbridge's Northern Gateway project. “Those of us who oppose it need to keep pushing,” she tweeted in 2013. Cheryl Oates, Notley’s press secretary, was quoted as saying “Marcella works for the Premier [Read more]

First major anti-NDP rally slated for Sunday in Edmonton

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]

Capital Oil Ltd Announces Board Appointment

Capital Oil Ltd is pleased to announce that Mr. John Kanderka has been appointed to Capital Oil Ltd's Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Kanderka adds some depth to Capital Oil Ltd's Board from his many years of valuable experience from working with some of Calgary's well known oil & gas companies. Mr. Kanderka has been a founding member of companies such as Terra-Quest Energy & Trimox Energy Inc. as well as held VP & Executive Positions with Baytex & Richland Petroleum [Read more]

PSAC Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast Remains Unchanged in Third Quarter; With No Expectation of Any Significant Improvement by Year-end

CALGARY, AB (July 30, 2015) – Today, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its third quarter update to the 2015 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast. PSAC expects a total of 5,320 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada this year. This figure remains unchanged from PSAC’s second quarter (April 2015) update, when it made a substantial downward adjustment, reducing its original forecast of 10,100 wells by 4,780 wells, representing a 47 per cent decrease. PSAC [Read more]

Nexen to update oil leak

Nexen Energy is scheduled to update its cleanup efforts following a oil pipeline leak last week near its Long Lake oilsands facility. The spill was about 32,000 barrels of bitumen, sand and produced water and was discovered by a contractor last Wednesday near Nexen’s Long Lake oilsands facility, about 35 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray. The company says the pipeline was installed last year and a warning system didn’t detect the leak. The affected area is about 4 acres. [Read more]

Exactly who is chairing Alberta’s comprehensive review of climate change policy?

Today was a big day for the NDP and what they plan to do about the environment. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced that the existing $15-per-tonne levy will increase to $20 per tonne next year and $30 per tonne in 2017. Phillips also announced that industrial facilities that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year will need to cut emissions intensity below a base line to 15% (from 12% today) in 2016 and 20% in 2017. Phillips also appointed Alberta [Read more]

The BOE Report reached over 100,000 users in May

For the BOE Report: The month of May proved exceptional for audience engagement and overall user growth. Since first launching only two and a half years  ago, the BOE Report proudly has grown its user base to over 100,000 users. For this past May, the site reached 100,474 users and 318,672 unique page views, 90% of which came from within Alberta. BOE has experienced continued growth in the news service’s readership and user base. Since the news service’s inception, user numbers have grown [Read more]

Natural Gas Climbs to 11-Week High on Outlook for Greater Demand

Natural gas advanced to an 11-week high on speculation that demand for the power-plant fuel will rise. Plants will burn 13 percent more gas this year to average a record 25.21 billion cubic feet a day, according to data from an Energy Information Administration report Tuesday. The government raised its estimate from 24.9 billion in last month’s outlook. “At these levels it absolutely makes sense that consumption will be strong this summer,” Stephen Schork, president of Schork Group Inc., a [Read more]

Apache Targets Montney, Duvernay in Summer Drilling

Apache released it's 2015 first quarter results where it made mention to its Canadian activity and operations: Apache completed four Montney wells, including a successful test of the previously untested lower Montney in the Wapiti area. During the first quarter, the region averaged four rigs and reduced the count to zero as the region moves into breakup season. Activity will be focused on completing a seven-well Duvernay pad in the summer, along with two Montney wells currently in [Read more]