E&P planning software provider now trusted by 85% of Canada’s top producers Calgary, AB - As of January 2020, 85%(*1) of Canada's top oil and gas producers have chosen Aucerna for planning, operations and reserves software solutions, according to the company. Aucerna is the oil and gas industry's leading provider of front office E&P software. Their portfolio of integrated solutions includes software like Val Nav, Canada's most trusted economics and reserves software, [Read more]
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Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Regina oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with the union about returning to the bargaining table. But Federated Co-operatives Ltd. says that won't happen as long as union members continue to block access to the plant. Unifor's national president, Jerry Dias, says the company is moving the goalposts when it comes to what conditions need to be met to resume bargaining. He says he is to meet with Regina's [Read more]
Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. Announces Receipt of Repayment Notice and Expected Appointment of Receiver
CALGARY - Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV: SOG) ("Strategic" or the "Company") announces that following discussions with GMT Capital Corp ("GMT"), manager of certain investment funds which hold $14.6 million of the Company's outstanding first-lien secured notes, GMT has delivered a Notice of Intention to Enforce Security under Section 244 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) whereby GMT sets forth its intention to enforce its security for repayment of the notes. In connection [Read more]
Oil market shrugs off Libya crisis amid ample global supply
Oil prices fell on Tuesday on expectations that a well-supplied global market, including supplies from record U.S. production, would be able to absorb disruptions that have cut Libya’s crude production to a trickle. U.S. crude fell $1.16, or 2.05%, to $58.88 per barrel. Brent futures dropped $1.28, or 2.01% to $61.36 a barrel. Libya’s barrels “although plentiful when around, have not been a reliable count,” said Brayton Tom, senior risk manager for INTL FCStone’s energy team. “At the [Read more]
Leading Bakken Producer Turns to Cold Bore SmartPAD to Digitize Completion Operations
CALGARY, AB - Cold Bore Technology Inc. (“Cold Bore”), a leader in fracking completion optimization technology, announced today that one of the largest oil producers in North Dakota’s Bakken Formation has integrated the company’s proprietary SmartPAD technology. The SmartPAD platform allows for ultra high-resolution operations data to be captured, analyzed and acted on in real-time. This results in higher levels of efficiency, increased transparency and a safer onsite environment for [Read more]
Baytex Announces Pricing of US$500 Million Private Placement Offering of Senior Notes
CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baytex Energy Corp. (“Baytex”) (TSX, NYSE: BTE) announced today the pricing of its previously announced private placement offering (the “Offering”) of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be issued at par, bear interest at a rate of 8.75% per annum and mature on April 1, 2027. The Notes will pay interest semi-annually in arrears. The Offering is subject to customary closing [Read more]
B.C. human rights commissioner responds to Indigenous LNG supporters
British Columbia's human rights commissioner is defending herself against accusations by Indigenous supporters of the liquefied natural gas industry that she didn't do her research before wading into a pipeline dispute. Karasi Govender says in a statement that she "unreservedly" recognizes that some band councils along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route in northern B.C. have consented to the project. But she says just as those bands have the right to give their consent, other Indigenous [Read more]
12 pipeline protesters arrested at B.C. ministry office: Victoria police
Victoria police say a dozen adults have been taken into custody following a day-long protest in the offices of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Police say officers were called Tuesday morning for a report that a group had occupied the lobby area of the building. Protesters said they wouldn't leave the building until the demands of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs had been met to stop the construction of the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline through their territory in [Read more]
Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Announces 2020 Capital Program, 2020 Guidance and New Five Year Plan
CALGARY - Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (“Birchcliff” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: BIR) is pleased to announce its 2020 capital program, 2020 guidance and new five year plan. “We believe that the key to creating shareholder value is through fully utilizing the available capacity of our existing infrastructure, which is expected to increase our free funds flow, drive down our per unit costs and maximize our operational efficiencies. Our board of directors has approved a new five year plan which [Read more]
North American oil company bankruptcies jump in 2019
The number of oil company bankruptcies rose 50% in 2019 over the previous year, as a slide in prices continued to shake producers in the United States and Canada, Dallas law firm Haynes and Boone said in a report released on Wednesday. U.S. and Canadian oil and natural gas exploration and production company bankruptcies totaled 42 in 2019, up from 28 in 2018, the law firm said. "Following a steep drop in oil prices in the fourth quarter of 2018, there was a sharp increase in the number of [Read more]