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XI Technologies

XI Technologies is a leading data and software company, primarily focused on A&D research and drilling and completion programs.

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XI Technologies: What you need to know about the new Licensee Capability Assessment in Directive 088

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  While many of us were prepping for the holiday season and some much earned time off, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) finally released a new Liability Management Framework (LMF) on December 1, 2021. This change has been more than a [Read more]

XI Technologies: December 2021 Alberta Expiring Land Report

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you'd like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  XI Technologies looks at expiring land because it can provide useful business development intel for service companies and E&Ps alike. For service companies, expiring lands provide insight into where drilling activity is most [Read more]

XI Technologies: Blueberry River First Nations Drilling Overview

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like Wednesday Word to the Wise delivered directly to your inbox, subscribe here.  In November, XI provided an overview of the current state of oil and gas development within the Blueberry River First Nations territory. This was in response to the BC government signing an interim agreement with Blueberry River [Read more]

XI Technologies: M&A Snapshot – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd and Storm Resources Ltd.

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  Last week we discussed the pros and cons on drilling vs acquiring in order to capitalize on the current elevated resource prices in our article Best Growth Strategies: Drilling vs Acquisition. Now let’s look at a specific instance of [Read more]

XI Technologies: Best growth strategies: drilling vs acquisition

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  In order to capitalize on the recent trend of rising commodity prices in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, producers need to consider their best course of action. While there are any number of strategies one could deploy, the [Read more]

XI Technologies: Blueberry River First Nations area overview

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like Wednesday Word to the Wise delivered directly to your inbox, subscribe here.  This summer, a BC Supreme Court judgment agreed with the 2015 claim that years of industrial development in the region violated the Treaty 8 rights of the Blueberry River First Nations. This ruling has potential implications for [Read more]

XI Technologies: Why data isn’t enough for the pre-licensing and drill planning process

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  To complete the applications necessary for regulatory approval of new drills (such as Directive 056 and Directive 008), it is essential to have the correct data. Whether you gather that data manually or have it provided from a [Read more]

XI Technologies: M&A Snapshot – InPlay Oil Corp. and Prairie Storm Resources Corp.

Each week, XI Technologies scans its unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you’d like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  Note: This article is a collaboration between XI Technologies and Ryan Ferguson Young of Earth Horse Energy Advisors. M&A is a trend that is here to stay. As companies look to grow their portfolios, they are looking for high [Read more]

XI Technologies: Production Top 10s

Each week, XI Technologies scans their unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you'd like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  Earlier this year, we published our first Production Top 10s list, illustrating the top producing companies in Western Canada in 2020. This week, we want to look at how 2021 is shaping up by looking at the midpoint of the year to [Read more]

XI Technologies: Why data is key for service companies dealing with today’s business development challenges

Each week, XI Technologies scans their unique combination of enhanced industry data to provide trends and insights that have value for professionals doing business in the WCSB. If you'd like to receive our Wednesday Word to the Wise in your inbox, subscribe here.  For the past 18 months, we’ve all had to adjust the way we do business, often multiple times in the face of changing mandates, precautions, and pandemic waves. Much of the early focus of these changes were on things like managing [Read more]