This is the 11th and penultimate post in our series detailing how resource plays (basin-wide plays where hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven the Canadian oil and gas industry throughout its history. Links to the previous posts are provided at the bottom of this article. Resource Play: East and West Shale Basin Duvernay Type Wells: See discussion below. Drilling/Completion Technology: rotary/horizontal/multi-stage hydraulically fractured Before diving into a look [Read more]
Well of the Week – No need to balk in this Saskatchewan play
This Well of the Week continues our series on the Resource Plays (basin-wide plays where hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) that have led the Canadian oil and gas industry. For the tenth WotW we traverse from the vicinity of the BC/NWT boundary and headway, way to the southeast to Viewfield Saskatchewan. Viewfield is the site of the first significant Canadian application of multi-stage fracturing in horizontal oil wells. Links to the previous posts are provided at the bottom of this [Read more]
Well of the Week – Another resource play horns in
The last WotW focused on CBM, a shallow low pressure, dry gas play in the midst of well-developed infrastructure. Now we hop way up north to the Horn River Basin and have a look at the Evie - Otter Park - Muskwa (frequently referred to as the Horn River) play. This is the ninth post in a series detailing how resource plays (basin-wide plays where hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven the Canadian oil and gas industry throughout its history. Links to the previous posts are [Read more]
Well of the Week – And now for something completely different
CBM. It's definitely not the Montney. This is the eighth post in a series detailing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays where hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have usually driven the Canadian oil and gas industry. Links to the rest of the series may be found at the bottom of this article. Resource Play: Horseshoe Canyon Coal Bed Methane Type Well: 100/08-11-041-22W4/02 Drilling/Completion Technology: Rotary/Vertical/Hydraulically Fractured While the Montney play was [Read more]
Well of the Week – The beginning of Montney mania
This is the seventh Well of the Week in a series detailing how resource plays (basin-wide plays where hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven the Canadian oil and gas industry throughout its history. Links to the previous posts are provided at the bottom of the post. Resource Play: Montney Deep Basin Gas Type Well Well UWI: 100/13-05-075-07W6/00 Drilling/Completion Technology: Rotary/Vertical/Hydraulically Fractured The Montney resource play didn't start with Montney [Read more]
Well of the Week – The Deep Basin era begins
This is the sixth post in a Well of the Week series detailing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven Canadian oil and gas industry throughout its history. Links to the previous posts are provided at the bottom of the post. There was a bit of an interregnum in the WCSB discovery timeline as the industry kickstarted by Resource Plays thrived on a series of conventional discoveries hosted in Devonian reefs and Mississippian [Read more]
Well of the Week – The first resource play with legs
This is the fifth Well of the Week post in a series describing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have long been key drivers of the Canadian oil and gas industry. Links to the previous articles may be found at the base of the article. Resource Play: Pembina Cardium Discovery Well UWI: 100/04-16-048-08W5/00 Drilling/Completion Technology: Conventional Rotary/Perforation and Fractured In 1947, Imperial Oil drilled Leduc No. 1 and kicked off [Read more]
Well of the Week – Bitumount: The start of something big
Updated post - George Skulsky, an oil sands pioneer provided some helpful suggestions and materials to improve the original article. The oil sands are such an interesting topic they probably deserve a series of their own in the near future. This is the fourth Well of the Week post in a series describing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven development throughout the history of the Canadian oil and gas industry. Links to the [Read more]
Well of the Week – second oil discovery – second oil resource play
This is the third Petro Ninja - Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week in a series describing how resource plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven development throughout the history of the Canadian oil and gas industry. Links to the previous articles are provided at the bottom of the post.Resource Play: Mudrock hosted oil (Canol)Discovery Well UWI: Northwest Discovery No. 1 (along the banks of the Mackenzie River near Norman Wells)Well Details: [Read more]
Well of the Week – first oil well in Western Canada
This is the second article in a series describing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have often driven development throughout the history of the Canadian Oil and Gas industry. A link to the previous article is provided at the bottom of the post. Resource Play Type: Mudrock Oil (Second White Specks) Discovery Well UWI: 100/14-29-001-30W4/00 Lineham No. 1 (based on information from First Oil Well in Western Canada National Historic [Read more]