Here are the latest oil and gas job postings courtesy BOE Report Jobs. To search and filter all the latest jobs, visit the BOE Report job board. All job listings are free to post for companies. Sign up to create an account to post jobs; it’s simple and easy to use. Posting Date Job Title Company Location Feb. 5 Summer Student, EEEP AltaGas Edmonton Feb. 5 Summer Student, JEEP AltaGas Lacombe Feb. 5 Summer Student Relief Operator AltaGas Fort St. [Read more]
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Suncor Energy declares increased dividend and announces additional stock buyback program
CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suncor Energy’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share on its common shares, payable March 25, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2019. This dividend represents a 17% increase over the prior quarter and marks 17 years of consecutive annualized dividend increases. The dividend increase is supported by sustainable, structural improvements to free funds flow through operating [Read more]
Heavy crude differential narrows
The Canadian heavy oil differential narrowed against the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark on Tuesday: * Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy blend crude for March delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, traded on Tuesday afternoon at $9.30 a barrel below WTI crude futures , narrower than Monday's settle of $9.90 below WTI, according to Net Energy Exchange. * The differential is volatile due to uncertainty about the Alberta government's next move on mandatory curtailment levels, a Calgary-based [Read more]
Fort Macleod Core Area Opportunity: Long Run Exploration
Long Run holds 100% working interest in all P&NG rights in 64 sections in southern Alberta Fort Macleod area of Alberta. This area has all the attributes for a new core area. The lands capture a multi-zone area of potential for light oil in five prospective target formations at depths ranging from 1600 to 3000 metres. The zones in stratigraphic order are Second White Specks, Lower Cretaceous, Upper Mississippian, and Devonian Big Valley. Long Run has 40 square kilometres of recent [Read more]
ExxonMobil, Qatar Petroleum to Proceed with Golden Pass LNG Export Project
$10+ billion investment will create thousands of jobs, provide reliable LNG supply to global markets Project to have a capacity of around 16 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Exports expected to commence in 2024 IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Petroleum said today they have made a final investment decision to proceed with development of the Golden Pass LNG export project located in Sabine Pass, Texas. Construction will begin in the first [Read more]
Oil falls on U.S. factory data, but supply lifts price outlook
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, a day after data showing a decline in U.S. factory orders dragged both benchmarks down from 2019 highs. Despite the slide, investors expect U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and production cuts led by OPEC to head off a glut this year, buoying prices. U.S. crude futures were down 50 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $54.06 a barrel by 1400 GMT. They touched their highest in more than two months at $55.75 the previous day. Brent crude futures were down 46 cents, or 0.7 [Read more]
A demand for a level playing field – ban ALL oil tankers from Canadian waters or abandon Bill C-48
Growing up a Saskatchewan farm boy, my concept of oceans was a bit inane. Oceans of wheat were common enough but real oceans were mythical heartless things that, to my landlubbing mind, were nothing but bottomless death traps. Granted, they did cough up some fish now and then, in exchange for inevitably trying to drown all comers. The boats always sank, because those were the stories that made the flatland news. It was conceivable that oceans had some redeeming qualities, from shore anyway, but [Read more]
Edge Liability Risk Management Outlines Redwater Decision
Last week the Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling on the Redwater Energy Corp. appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that oil and gas production companies’ environmental liabilities should take precedent over debt re-payment to creditors in the event of an insolvency. This means that the proceeds from asset sales of insolvent oil and gas companies will now be used for environmental clean-up purposes first and foremost. This has been a closely monitored case with major implications [Read more]
New expanded Sproule training courses available in 2019
Sproule, a global energy consulting firm, has expanded its course offerings for 2019 to help meet corporate and individual professional development requirements, to help you adapt to a dynamic oil & gas industry. Individuals can now register to attend Sproule’s Type Curves, Geoscience for Non-Geoscientists and Fundamentals of SPE-PRMS courses. A half-day Introduction to the Canadian Oil & Gas Industry course has also been added to Sproule’s training portfolio. This course specifically [Read more]
A new perspective on pipeline risk and liability
Back in September, GDM Pipelines broke ground by becoming the first company to deliver on-demand risk assessments for every pipeline in Western Canada. Now, to expand on that enormous success, we are pleased to announce enhancements for users to visualize pipeline risk directly in the map. Every pipeline is color coded green, yellow, orange or red according to its risk score, so you can easily identify your highest priority pipelines. You can choose to view pipelines by their Overall Risk, [Read more]