Artificial lift systems under-perform when faced with unstable slug flows from a horizontal wellbore. Slug flows bring solids issues and pump gas interference which increases operating expenses from poor runtime, excessive workover costs, and inadequate production drawdown. Five years ago, the HEAL System was developed by a producer to address slug flow challenges. Its capability to provide desired production drawdown with artificial lift system reliability has improved horizontal well [Read more]
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Lacey: Ignorance is bliss – curtailment and other market misconceptions
Previously I wrote about the need for the Government of Alberta to enact legislation to curtail the oversupply of crude oil in the province and try to restore more 'normal' differentials. Last Sunday, Premier Rachel Notley took the bold step of telling producers they need to reduce production by 325 MBpd or roughly 8.7% of total production starting in January 2019. When layered together with an exemption for producers who were below 10 MBpd, this translated to approximately 25 producers in [Read more]
New Brunswick launching own carbon tax challenge, making new emissions plan
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he's committed to meeting and exceeding Ottawa's emission targets, but is expanding his province's fight against the federal carbon tax. Last week, the new Tory government announced it will intervene in legal challenges launched by Saskatchewan and Ontario, but now Higgs says New Brunswick will also launch its own legal challenge of the carbon tax. He says the proposed federal backstop puts New Brunswick at a disadvantage, and if it [Read more]
New Brunswick premier hopes to convince Quebec of Energy East benefits
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says he believes he can convince Quebec's skeptical premier of the benefits of reviving the Energy East pipeline project. Higgs, along with a number of other premiers and federal politicians, are pressing for a restart of the $16 billion Energy East pipeline to get oil from Alberta to refineries in eastern Canada and to an export terminal in Saint John, N.B. The pipeline would have to pass through Quebec, but so far, Premier Francois Legault has [Read more]
Enbridge Mainline oil pipeline system restarted after temporary outage – trade sources
Enbridge Inc's Mainline oil pipeline system resumed service overnight after a temporary outage and reduced flow rates due to severe weather in Saskatchewan, Canada, trade sources told Reuters on Wednesday. A number of lines on the Enbridge Inc Mainline system, which carries crude and other liquids, and TransCanada Corp's 590,000 barrel-per-day crude Keystone pipeline were hit by power outages on Tuesday in the Western Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Enbridge did not [Read more]
Alberta’s oil cuts could hit light oil producers, rail shipments
Alberta's decision to mandate output cuts to reduce a supply glut will have negative effects on North American producers of lighter oil used for blending and U.S. refiners importing crude via rail, even as several major Canadian energy companies cheered the move. Canada's oil production is at a record 4.6 million barrels a day, but producers cannot get oil to market because the pipelines that cross into the United States are full. Pipeline construction, particularly in Canada, has not kept up [Read more]
Innovative Solution Delivers Additional Natural Gas to Eastern Markets on Canadian Mainline
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News Release – TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that it has secured 675,000 gigajoules (GJ) (630 million cubic feet) per day of new natural gas transportation contracts from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) on TransCanada’s Canadian Mainline. Its North Bay Junction Open Season resulted in long-term, fixed-priced contracts for service that will reach markets in Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes [Read more]
XI Technologies: December 2018 Expiring Lands Report: Are there opportunities for you?
This week let's take a look at expiring lands. According to AssetBook data, these are the top 25 companies with expiring lands over the next six months. From this data, AssetBook allows you to easily identify and rank expiring lands based on the size of bonuses paid. This will help you prioritize companies who have the most money on the line and therefore may be more open to farm-in or partnership opportunities. E&Ps – could there be farm-in opportunities or land coming [Read more]
Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces 2019 Budget
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Commenting on the Company’s 2019 budget, Steve Laut, Executive Vice-Chairman of Canadian Natural stated, “Canadian Natural’s large, diverse, balanced and flexible asset base provides a unique opportunity for the Company to allocate capital to the highest return projects to maximize shareholder value. Canadian Natural’s robust, long life low decline assets allow us to target for the foreseeable future, a long-term production per share growth [Read more]
B.C. to introduce clean climate plan as carbon-emitting LNG industry grows
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is poised to announce its plan to fight climate change while it accommodates the carbon polluting liquefied natural gas industry. Premier John Horgan and Green Leader Andrew Weaver are expected to introduce the government's long-term strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a wide-ranging provincial transition to a low carbon economy. Environment Minister George Heyman, Energy Minister Michelle Mungall, Weaver and Horgan have scheduled a noon news [Read more]