THE FULL MONTNEY A look at the B.C. and

Alberta Montney

In the heart of British Columbia’s resource-rich landscape, the Montney Formation has become a major focus of oil and gas exploration and development in recent years, and many companies are investing in the area to take advantage of the significant hydrocarbon resources it contains.

The geological formation stretching from northeast B.C. to the northwest of Alberta is known for its vast natural gas resources. It is a major unconventional hydrocarbon resource, containing both natural gas and oil, and is considered one of the largest shale gas formations in North America.

The ongoing investment and development in the Montney Formation has seen increased drilling activity, production growth, expansion of infrastructure, advancements in technology such as multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, and new environmental initiatives.

XI Technologies, a Calgary-based company that creates research and analytics tools for the Western Canadian energy industry, has studied the Formation leveraging their drilling data to provide an overview of drilling trends throughout the entire play narrowing in on drill history specific to wells that terminated in Lower Triassic (Montney & Doig) formations.