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Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources, Kevin Heffernan, President
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Shale gas and tight gas revolutionized the North American gas industry, and forced players to adapt to new realities
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16 | Sliding off the peak The proliferation of light tight oil in North America has put talk of peak oil in the dustbin By Peter McKenzie-Brown
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Increasingly, Alberta is known around the world as an energy leader. Our province is home to the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world. Just as important, we are home to a wealth of unconventional energy industry experts who are committed to sustainable and responsible resource development. Raising the awareness of unconventional resource potential and development within the country is not only a key component of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources, it is also a key component of the Government of Alberta’s mandate to ensure Alberta is at the forefront of new and responsible energy development. I hope you take full advantage of this publication, and I wish all participants in the creation of this directory continued success.
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Shale gas and tight gas revolutionized the North American gas industry, and forced players to adapt to new realities
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he revolution in unconventional gas, which uses horizontal wells, fracturing and new completion strategies to produce natural gas directly from shale and tight sands, has turned the natural gas business upside down at a pace no one could ever have imagined. Although it caused pain among gas producers, it has also created opportunity for Alberta as one of the world’s great gas-producing basins. The gas revolution—dubbed the “shale gale” by Mike Dawson, former president of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources—began driving gas prices into the cellar four years ago and, by doing so, fundamentally changed the industry. Companies got a lot bigger through mergers. This helped them bring costs down so the resulting economies of scale could help them better deal with lower prices. It also enabled them to better finance the multi-million dollar wells and production systems that are part and parcel of this brave new world of gas production. The companies most at risk were those heavily leveraged to natural gas. Many of the smaller ones successfully revitalized themselves by prospecting for oil or, of particular interest, shifting their focus to liquids-rich gas. A small amount of liquids in the gas stream can make a big difference in production economics because the value of those liquids is closer to the market price for oil.
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Even the basic structure of the industry changed. As it pushed prices down, unconventional gas backed many Canadian producers out of traditional United States markets. And recently, a consortium announced a proposal to construct a pipeline from Ohio’s Utica shale gas play to southern Ontario. If this project receives regulatory approval—a strong probability—it could represent a future challenge to western Canada’s dominance as a natural gas supplier to central Canada. At present, according to a resource report from Ziff Energy Group, sand reservoirs in the Montney and Duvernay are the main sources of unconventional gas in Canada. Twothirds of Canadian gas will originate in similar tight reservoirs by 2020, with the higher-cost Horn River shale gas in northeastern British Columbia serving as the main supply source for exports to Asia. By contrast, in the United States, six major shale gas plays and some minor shale plays will contribute more than a third of that country’s gas supply by 2020. Put another way, unconventional gas production—mostly tight gas in Canada, shale gas in the United States—is here to stay.
Seven Reasons Roughly speaking, the drilling, operating, and marketing of gas tends to cost producers more than $5 per thousand cubic feet, while North America’s gas price now languishes
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“ We’re experiencing
a bigger gas bubble than we have seen in western Canada for more than 20 years, and this makes [LNG exports from shale gas] a particularly viable proposition.” — Rosemary Boulton, founder, Kitimat LNG
in the $2- to $3-per-thousand-cubic-foot range. If that is so, why in the world is anyone drilling for the stuff? According to Bill Gwozd, Ziff Energy Group’s senior vice-president, there are several perfectly good reasons why natural gas drilling hasn’t gone the way of the dinosaur. For one, after you have locked up the land, you have to drill to keep possession. “It’s a marginal economics problem,” Gwozd says. “You’re screwed if you don’t drill, but you’re also screwed if you do; you will lose money on every molecule you produce. The issue is, how do you get screwed less?” Also, of course, if you can produce liquids-rich gas, the gas is a loss-leader. Profit from the liquids offsets losses from gas sales. A third reason? Gwozd observes that, when you form a joint venture, you may find yourself in a position in which partners have covered all your sunk costs, “so your expenses are covered at rack rate. Your costs may be only $2, so for you the economics of producing that gas may be very good.” There’s always the matter of financial hedging. It doesn’t happen often, but companies sometimes find opportunities to lock up gas for production next year at prices that are favourable today. There are other reasons based on the realities of being a producing company. Good producers understand the need to maintain staff, proving up reserves to show shareholders what assets are behind the stock price and simultaneously demonstrating the viability of the company. And
some, because of many years of success, have easy access to capital—as Gwozd puts it, “friends with lots of money who believe they should invest that money in developing production.” And then, of course, there is the matter of due diligence. Many people in leadership positions are optimistic about longer-term gas prices. They think that by drilling now they will be able to lock in lower-cost gas before prices jump in the near future. These folks are the contrarians in today’s gas markets. Are they right?
ascendancy… According to Dave Russum of AJM Deloitte, a petroleum consulting agency, “It is really very difficult to predict just what is going to happen in the natural gas market within the next five years. I think we will continue to see oversupply until we see projects completed that can take natural gas out of Canada, or out of the States. That would seem to be the main driver for improving prices.” While the gas industry isn’t exactly in the ascendant, some trends suggest that a slow rise to ascendancy might not be far off. We’ve already seen how the industry is responding to low prices by adapting new technologies, cutting costs, seeking profitable niches and developing better markets. Consumers are happy with lower prices and policymakers see it as a low-carbon alternative to other fuels.
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WITH THE RECENT DROP in Canadian conventional natural gas production, shale gas could allow Canada to meet its own need for natural gas well into the 21st century. The table summarizes Canadian shale gas plays that are currently being evaluated, including the: • Horn River Basin: Wells in this basin in northeastern British Columbia are prolific and produce an average initial flow rate of eight million cubic feet per day, with the top wells ranking amongst the most productive drilled in western Canada last year. Exploration companies have spent over $2 billion to acquire resource rights in this basin.
• Montney Formation: The production of natural gas from horizontal shale gas wells in the Montney of northeastern British Columbia has risen from zero in 2005 to 376 million cubic feet per day and is expected to continue rising. As of July 2009, 234 horizontal wells were producing from the Montney shale. Exploration companies have spent more than $2 billion since 2005 to acquire rights in the Montney Formation from the B.C. government. • Colorado Group: The Colorado Group of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan have been producing natural gas from shale for over 100 years. Because of poor rock conditions and the risk of
caving in the wellbore, only vertical wells are planned in Colorado shale. • Utica Group: These shales, located between Montreal and Quebec City near the Appalachian Mountain front, have an increased potential for natural fractures. The potential for shale gas from the Utica Group is still in the early evaluation stages. • Horton Bluff Group: While still in the early evaluation stage, two vertical wells drilled in New Brunswick have flowed 0.15 million cubic feet per day after undergoing small fractures. The comparable formation in Nova Scotia is the Frederick Brook.
comparison of canadian Gas Shales Horn River
Montney
Colorado
Utica
Horton Bluff
2,500 to 3,000
1,700 to 4,000
300
500 to 3,300
1,120 to 2,000+
150
up to 300
17 to 350
90 to 300
150+
Published estimate of natural gas (Tcf)*
144 to 600+
80 to 700
> 100
> 120
> 130
Horizontal well cost, including fractures (million $Cdn)
7 to 10
5 to 8
0.35 (vertical only)
5 to 9
unknown
Depth (metres)
Thickness (metres)
*Recoverable gas will be considerably less. These numbers come from a variety of sources, including exploration companies that selectively release information to the public. The National Energy Board has made no attempt to verify these numbers. Source: natIonaL enerGy board, 2009
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Dana Skinner, a Canadian entrepreneur from the Lacombe, Alta., area, is hoping his new frac compound will revolutionize the hydraulic fracture stimulation industry.
Bit technology is always moving forward, helping operators drill deeper and faster.
Producers, however, want higher prices, and so does the Government of Alberta. One result of the collapse has been five consecutive deficit budgets—including what may be a $3-billion deficit this year. When it announced this unhappy number at the end of August, the province said it was partly because its mandarins had revised natural gas price estimates down to $2 per gigajoule, from $3 in the original budget, released last March. The best way to reduce the oversupply—and push prices higher—is for producers to increase sales, and this is beginning to take place. Consumption of gas as a power plant fuel is on the rise, for example. It is now economically viable and environmentally attractive to switch some coal-fired plants to gas. In addition, there is a push to increase gas use in automotive transport. Encana Corporation, for example, has publicly promoted this idea. Some of the more visionary thinkers talk about installing gas-fired Stirling engines in homes and offices, to generate both heat and power. If this idea gains much traction, it will benefit consumers, gas producers and marketers, and the environment. But the biggest fix for gas producers may soon begin to build in Kitimat, on British Columbia’s northern coast. When finished, the $4.5 billion Kitimat LNG project— owned by Apache Corporation, EOG Resources, Inc. and Encana—will become another face in the global liquefied
natural gas (LNG) market. It will compete with, for example, Qatar. Shell Canada Limited has also announced plans to construct its Canada LNG export terminal at Kitimat, a much bigger project, estimated to cost $12 billion. Shell’s partners are Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, the Korean Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and PetroChina Company Limited. According to Rosemary Boulton, who founded Kitimat LNG and later sold the company to Apache and its partners, “we’re experiencing a bigger gas bubble than we have seen in western Canada for more than 20 years, and this makes [LNG exports] a particularly viable proposition. We need to develop LNG to meet the needs of gas markets other than those in the U.S.” Countries like India and China will eventually begin developing their own shale gas resources, but at present “Japan and Korea are the world’s biggest importers of natural gas. They have no indigenous supply.” She adds that “there are a number of ways you can write a price contract, and one of them is based on the price of WTI [West Texas Intermediate, historically the benchmark North American crude oil]. Markets in Asia price natural gas relative to the price of oil, so that could be very attractive.” Of course, market forces can change quickly. Only a few years ago—before the shale gale blew across North America—there were endless proposals for LNG receiving terminals across North America. Only one of those
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projects, the Canaport terminal in Saint John, N.B., is operating today. Since going into operation in 2009, the project has been able to receive and regasify up to 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day, although it hasn’t yet worked to that capacity. When it was designed and constructed, Canaport expected to help solve a forecast supply shortage—a testament to the speed with which resource economics can change.
less and More There is shale gas potential around the continent. Does the existence of shale and tight gas reservoirs that haven’t even been tested yet portend a market glut beyond the
“ We have tremendous
advantages compared to other places in North America and, really, many other places in the world.” — Dave Russum, AJM Deloitte
foreseeable future? AJM Deloitte’s Russum straddles the fence on this one. Development of shale gas in eastern Canada isn’t likely to develop too soon, he says. “There are environmental considerations and regulatory questions. A lot of these issues have to be resolved before those supplies can come on stream.” The future for unconventional gas, he says, remains in western Canada, which “already has infrastructure and the necessary regulatory systems [plus horizontal drilling and fracking technology and expertise]. We have tremendous advantages compared to other places in North America and, really, many other places in the world.” Bill Gwozd offers a thought that is counterintuitive and yet, in the end, cautiously optimistic. “Activity associated with natural gas is dropping. There will be fewer rigs, fewer wells, fewer hotshot drivers, fewer safety people, fewer hotel rooms…just less. However, production volumes will not decline. [Using the new technologies that are available] you can maintain production with only 2,000–3,000 new wells per year”—a far cry from the 6,000 conventional wells being drilled less than a decade ago. Therein, perhaps, lies the good news. It’s anyone’s guess what the future might bring, of course. Notionally, however, a combination of more gas consumption in North America, growing overseas sales and less activity in the gas fields should bring the gas universe into balance.
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Wells oilfield actually produced from the shale. Imperial [Oil Limited] discovered the reef somewhat later. “We’re a very small company,” he adds, “and there are a lot of synergies between us and Shell. We know the North. We can work with the First Nations, for example, and that’s useful for them. But they have a great completions department.” Acknowledging that Shell also has a lot of land in the neighbourhood, he is philosophical. “They will work with us to understand the reservoir, but I’m sure that they will then move on to do their own thing. Shell is a leader in this, and we’re more than happy to work with them.”
The turnaround The MGM/Shell agreement illustrates several things about unconventional oil resources in today’s market. For one thing, both big players and little ones are getting in. For another, these resources can be found in many parts of the country— in the North, in western Canada and even in southwestern Ontario, where Canada’s petroleum industry began. Across North America, it is leading to a turnaround in oil production. To put the discussion in context, only a few years ago everyone seemed to be talking about peak oil—a point in time when petroleum extraction maxes out and the production curve enters terminal decline. For Canadians, peak oil seemed to be the potion that would make the oilsands a resource of continually
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unior producer MGM Energy Corp.’s vice-president, exploration and operations, John Hogg, gets animated when he talks about his unconventional oil prospect near Norman Wells. Located in the Canol shale, he thinks his liquids-rich shale play is going to trump other shale oil plays in western Canada: Horn River and Muskwa in British Columbia, and some of the Duvernay plays in Alberta. To take just one metric, Hogg says total organic content in the Canol averages eight per cent—twice the value of its Devonian competitors in British Columbia and Alberta. His arguments are sufficiently convincing that last June Shell Canada Energy announced a farmout agreement with MGM, which would be the operator. Shell will fund 100 per cent of the cost to drill and complete a well to earn a 37.5 per cent interest. That’s commitment. “Our original plan was to drill a vertical well, which could give us some scientific and engineering background,” Hogg says. “But because we have Shell as a partner, we’re now planning to drill a 1,000-metre horizontal well. The challenge in the North is that the regulatory system is much more complex.” According to Hogg, Canol seems to be the source rock from which oil migrated into the 90-year-old Norman Wells field—a reef structure that is expected to produce 300 million barrels of oil during its lifetime. “That’s the same oil we are looking for, but we’re looking for it in shale. The early wells drilled into the Norman
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increasing value. However, the recent technologies for producing shale oil and light tight oil have thrown a spanner in the peak oil works. New production systems are leading to increases in the light oil production that’s supposed to be declining from its peaks. Oil production from Texas is a particularly dramatic example. In steady decline from the early 1970s until about 2009, when daily production totalled one million barrels per day, things have dramatically changed. Today, production is more than 1.7 million barrels per day and growing. Similarly, after being in decline for decades, light oil production in Alberta is again at 2003 levels. In three years, nearly 100,000 barrels per day of new production have taken the total to 400,000 barrels per day. Before moving on, a few words of clarification. Oil shale is sedimentary rock high in total organic content. If you cook it in a retort, you can get oil from the stone; this has been done since prehistoric times. While there are certainly more than one trillion barrels of shale oil around the planet (estimates range up to three trillion), and small amounts are produced in some countries, technical difficulties are likely to prevent this energy source from soon becoming an important source of energy supply. Last year, a study by the American Bureau of Land Management proclaimed that “There are no economically viable ways yet known to extract and process [shale oil] for commercial purposes.”
More than any other series of innovations, the technology-intensive processes that now surround directional drilling have enabled the industry to get production out of otherwise unproductive rock. Shale oil refers to flowing oil that you can get out of a shale source rock using horizontal wells and multistage fracturing. Light, tight oil refers to oil in sandstone or other mostly depleted reservoirs using these same techniques. To keep things simple, this article uses the term “tight oil” to refer to commercial production from either type of source rock.
New geography The techniques that transformed the natural gas business a few years ago are today turning the oil world upside down. Tight oil production from petroleum-bearing shale or sand formations of relatively low porosity and permeability uses the same horizontal well and hydraulic fracturing technology that led to the boom in shale gas production. Daniel Yergin, an American oil and gas consultant and author, discussed such unconventional opportunities in his book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World: “What all the conventional resources have in common is that they are not the traditionally produced onshore flowing oil that has been the industry staple since Colonel Drake drilled his well in Titusville [Pa.] in 1859. And they are all expanding the definition of oil to help meet growing global demand. By 2030, these non-traditional
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The development of tight oil and shale gas in western Canada has brought added interaction between agriculture and the industry.
The explosion of shale gas and light tight oil developments has dispelled any talk of peak oil.
liquids could add up to a third of [North America’s] total liquids capacity.” The new geography of oil and gas describes the rapidly changing picture of oil and gas production systems. The shales that are at least theoretically capable of tight oil production include the Muskwa/Duvernay, which stretches from the Northwest Territories through northeastern British Columbia into south-central Alberta. The Bakken/Exshaw formation can be found in all three Prairie provinces and in British Columbia. The Viking and the Lower Shaunavon formations cross the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, while the Lower Amaranth is a child of Manitoba. The oil and gas industry has a long history of going from boom to bust and has therefore become quite adaptable. According to MGM’s Hogg, “in western Canada, the [unconventional oil] plays are mostly tight Cardium, tight Viking. There is good porosity at the top, but poor porosity at the bottom. [But geologically speaking] there’s a continuum between shale oil and condensate and gas. Right now people are focusing on the liquid components. If the price of gas goes up, they will move toward the gassy end of the continuum.” From Hogg’s perspective, his company’s joint venture with Shell gives the concept of new geography a whole new meaning because “there is going to be devolution of the resources to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.”
In his view, the MGM/Shell joint venture near Norman Wells “is a really important project for the Northwest Territories. If it does turn into an oil shale project with production [flowing] through the Enbridge [Inc.] pipeline, it could make a huge difference for the territory as they move toward province status.” According to Ziff Energy Group’s senior vice-president, gas services, Bill Gwozd, his firm’s recent report on North American resource potential “looked at Canadian oil production in seven different regions. We looked at heavy oil, for example, and other production areas. Up in the north around Grande Prairie [Alta.], production is still declining. However, in central Alberta, we expect oil production to almost double by the end of this decade. In southeastern Saskatchewan, we expect oil production to increase because of the Bakken. Also, solution gas is adding about 50 per cent to our matrix of that fuel.”
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The about face Noting that oil drilling is now much more important than gas-directed drilling, Gwozd observes that traditionally it has always been the other way around. “Western Canada used to be a strong gas basin, but that has now diminished.” AJM Deloitte’s David Russum, whose career in geoscience has mostly focused on natural gas, confirms the trend.
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The Plays Spurred by the new tech of horizontal multistage fracking, shale oil and gas plays have taken the North American industry by storm. As these new plays develop, each has its own set of challenges for operators—geological, political, structural and economic. By Graham Chandler
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anadian shale plays have much in common: they’re unconventional and they’re massive. The Gas Technology Institute estimates over 850 trillion cubic feet of original gas in place in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin alone. With few exceptions, without horizontal drilling and multistage fracking, these plays wouldn’t be economically viable. Along with similar plays south of the border, they’ve launched an industry revolution and a rush to produce. The resulting glut has driven prices down to the point where developing many puregas plays has become marginal, driving operators to seek out those with higher liquids content like the Montney and the Duvernay, and those that are highly oil prone, like the Alberta side of the Montney and the Bakken. As markets are forced to evolve, there’s now talk of a pending glut of liquids, driving those prices lower, too. One recent report said natural gas liquids, which normally had been retailing for 55–70 per cent of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for North American crude oil, dropped to 43 per cent over the first half of 2012. Some of the exceptions are
condensates—in demand as bitumen diluent—and ethane as a feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Those chasing tight oil–prone reservoirs with the new tech are not suffering the same. Crude prices remain robust, and along with favourable royalty treatments in Alberta and Saskatchewan, continue to attract development in plays such as the Cardium, Viking and Beaverhill Lake. Challenges are geological, political, structural and economic. Perpetual Energy Inc. in the Colorado Group is encountering formations that challenge its frac experts. Questerre Energy Corporation in Quebec’s Utica shales is facing delays pending government reviews of fracking prompted by public concern. Arcan Resources Ltd. is building new pipe to bring its Beaverhill Lake production to market. Economic challenges face those companies that lack good liquids or oil production. For some of the less liquid- and oilprone plays, a few operators are looking hopefully to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to cash in on netbacks from more lucrative overseas customers. Companies producing the massive Horn River play of northeastern British Columbia can anticipate shipping their
dry gas through the planned Pacific Trail pipeline to terminals to be built at Kitimat, B.C., for shipment to oil equivalent–based pricing markets in eastern Asia. At the other end of the country, Corridor Resources Inc. in New Brunswick is hoping the Canaport LNG import terminal in St. John may sometime soon become an export facility too, as a potential outlet for future Frederick Brook shale production. These factors affect each tight play differently—no two are the same. Each has its share of challenges, disappointments and expectations, not surprising for a new technology developing new plays. Most are still riding the learning curve—many have found their sweet spots but are still delineating, which will bring down drilling costs and payback times. Costs per well run the gamut from under a million dollars to drill, complete and tie in for the Saskatchewan Viking play, to $12 million or more reported by Trilogy Energy Corp. in the Duvernay. Paybacks have been as short as three weeks for Trilogy’s best well in the Montney oil, up to 18 months and more for others. Here’s a look at 13 of the more popular shale gas and oil plays across Canada.
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ne of the two largest Tupper. Gas production from the shale gas plays in British Upper Montney in particular has seen Columbia, and account- spectacular growth. The Lower and ing for over a third of the Middle Montney aren’t far behind. In province’s original-gas- the north, activity grows with wells in-place estimates for shale regions with targeting the Upper, Lower and Middle reserves estimated by the B.C. Ministry Montney, particularly in the Altares, of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas at 450 Town and Farrell Creek areas. Vancouver The players here include Shell trillion cubic feet, the Montney is probably the most active of the province’s Canada Limited, Murphy Oil Company, Ltd., Talisman Energy Inc. and Encana unconventional gas plays. It’s described geologically as a Corporation. Shell Canada holds thick, regionally charged formation, 243,000 hectares with an estimated spreading from north-central Alberta eight trillion cubic feet and has been to northwest of Fort St. John, B.C. Major growing its Sunset Prairie–Groundbirch facies include fine-grained shoreface, activity. The Groundbirch venture shelf siltstone to shale, fine-grained already includes five gas plants, over sandstone turbidites and an organic- 250 wells and more than 900 kilometres rich phosphatic shale. The trend cov- of pipeline. Murphy Oil attributes much of its ers about 2.6 million hectares (10,196 square kilometres) in the Peace region. recent Canadian gas production growth It’s popular, accounting for 89 per cent to development in the Tupper Creek of the 2011 B.C. land sale bonus totals. area. The company holds about 63,000 Thirty-five operators completed hectares with daily Montney producdrilling on 426 wells in 2011. Their tion of over 250 million cubic feet. Talisman Energy is particularly primary focus has been the Upper and Lower Montney. The main produc- attracted to the play’s high liquids ing area is the South Peace region, potential. It has a strong land position and there’s proven production around of 144,000 net hectares with contingent Dawson Creek, B.C., and Fort St John. resources of 29 trillion cubic feet equivHigh-producing areas in the southern alent—spread among Greater Cypress Montney region include Groundbirch, (12 trillion cubic feet), Farrell Creek Swan, Dawson, Saturn, Monias and and Cypress joint venture (10 trillion
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cubic feet) and Greater Groundbirch (seven trillion cubic feet), which are the company’s focus this year. Calgary A joint venture with South Africa’s Sasol Limited for development of the lands including a feasibility study for a gas-to-liquids (GTL) conversion facilMedicine Hat ity was recently abandoned, but that Lethbridge doesn’t mean Talisman will abandon the Montney. “We took a view on the GTL, which for us isn’t the right thing to do, we’ve judged,” president and chief executive officer John Manzoni said in a conference call with analysts in August. But Talisman estimates the liquids resource is so large other conversion options remain on the table. “It’s big enough, it’s strategic enough, it’s material enough to be in some form of conversion process, which naturally now is more likely to be LNG [liquefied natural gas] than GTL,” Manzoni added. Despite lingering low natural gas prices, the Montney play continues to be one of the most active natural gas plays on the continent with its main attraction currently liquids. As operators extend their drilling activity northward, they’re gradually gaining a better understanding of the trend’s overall potential.
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The PlayS
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Fort St. John
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he Horn River Formation is nestled in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia and extends well across the 60th parallel north to where it outcrops at Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories. Maximum thickness of around 320 metres occurs in the Fort Nelson, B.C., area. Above it lie the sandstone and siltstone beds of the Fort Simpson Formation, and below it are limestones. It is an over-pressured basin containing few natural gas liquids, but relatively high levels of CO2 (12 per cent). Shales are nicely brittle, so conducive to fracking. Commercially extractable quantities of natural gas occur in several horizons. Estimates of the total gas reserve vary widely from 100 trillion to 600 trillion cubic feet, generally with 10–20 per cent recoverable using horizontal drilling and multistage fracking. British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines ranks it a close second to the Montney play, with an estimate of 448 trillion cubic feet of original gas in place. Encana’s Darwin Smolinski, team lead for Greater Sierra, likes the play for several reasons. “It’s a world-class shale play,” he says. “It has high original gas in place and the shale is brittle rock [high quartz content] that is amenable to slickwater completion techniques.”
Tumbler Ridge
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The company first discovered the play in 2003 and now operates about 30 kilometres to the east—its legacy Sierra asset. “We were able to establish a great land position within the centre of the basin and because we have been operating in the area for many years with our Sierra asset, we understand the play, the challenges in terms of remoteness and logistics in the area and how to maximize our efficiency in the area,” Smolinski says. Encana’s wells have been in the neighbourhood of 2,400–2,800 metres true depth he says, with laterals gradually increasing from around 2,400 to Vancouver over 3,300 metres as the company learns more about the geology and improves its techniques. That includes fracking techniques, which are simple slickwater “plug and perf” diversion technologies with 8–12 stages per well initially. “Our long wells now have more than 30 stages per well,” Smolinski says. “And per-well production rates have increased from five million cubic feet per day to over 13 million cubic feet per day gross raw, as we have drilled longer and improved our completions techniques.” Current gas production net to Encana is about 20 million cubic feet per day. Provincial support has been important.
“The B.C. government has been very supportive of development in the region,” says Smolinski. “For example, the provEdmonton ince established the net profit royalty regime in the area, which helps this earlylife play remain competitive within our portfolio.” Deer focus has been in the Encana’sRed 2012 Kiwigana area, where it has a farmout arrangement with partner KOGAS (Korea Gas Corporation). Calgary “Our first pad came on production at Kiwigana in June and a new compressor station has been commissioned,” Smolinski notes.Medicine Hat Critical to the commercial success Lethbridge of the Horn River play will be deliverability and markets for its dry gas. Relatively isolated for such a massive play, producing large quantities of gas is expected to hinge on transporting the product through the yet-to-be-built Pacific Trail Pipeline to LNG export facilities at Kitimat, on British Columbia’s northern coast. The Canadian Energy Research Institute reckons in a July 2012 study that “the potential for revenues is substantial.” Netbacks could be as high as $7 per thousand cubic feet if demand in Asia remains high and oil-linked prices remain in effect. Latest estimates put the Kitimat terminal in operation by 2016.
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Quebec City
Trois Rivières
Montreal
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eneath the bucolic St. Lawrence River Lowlands between Quebec City and Montreal lies the northern extent of Quebec’s Utica Shale. The play extends along both sides of the St. Lawrence where the river has long since eroded the flat Paleozoic sedimentary sandstones, carbonates and shales. Questerre Energy, one of the earlier players, describes the Utica Shale as a member of the Ordovician Trenton Group; its highly organic black shale has been identified as the source rock for oil and gas accumulations in the area. The Utica Shale was deposited on top of the Trenton/Black River over steeply dipping faults created when the St. Lawrence rift valley was emerging. After that deposition was complete, the Appalachian Mountain front encroached to contain it in an arc forming the southeastern limit of the Lowlands. South into the United States, the Utica deepens and underlies the Marcellus Shale. Quebec Utica shales are up to 200 metres thick in parts and reach maximum depths of 2,800 metres. The Utica Shale formation boundary to the north parallels the St. Lawrence River, where the shales can be seen to
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outcrop. To the south and southeast, the shales become discontinuous with the Appalachian Mountains. Questerre Energy acquired its interest in the Utica play through its parent company, Terrenex Ltd., in early 2000. “Initially, the Utica was a secondary target to our main targets of the Trenton Black River [hydrothermal dolomite] and deeper plays,” says Jason D’Silva, chief financial officer. “Since modern fracturing technology had not yet advanced and natural gas prices were low, in early 2000 we were targeting areas of the Utica Shale where the rock was naturally fractured.” Several factors contribute to the play’s attractiveness for Questerre. “It is pipeline-quality natural gas requiring minimal dehydration and compression,” says D’Silva. “And proximity to one of the largest natural gas markets onshore North America with an established distribution network in place.” He says there are 18 trillion cubic feet of discovered reserves on Questerre’s lands, of which the company has retained about four trillion cubic feet to its interest. In total, Questerre has drilled about 25 or 30 wells with around 10 horizontals, the majority on their own acreage. D’Silva says well depths range from
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1,500 to 3,000 metres vertically with horizontal sections running up to 1,000 metres. Typical fracs are slickwater and run eight stages per well—expected to increase over time—with production rates per contributing stage estimated between 250,000 cubic feet per day and one million cubic feet per day. Servicing is a challenge for this part of the Utica, as the service industry in Quebec is virtually non-existent, says D’Silva. That forces the company to mobilize equipment from western Canada, which drives drilling and completion costs substantially higher— to around $10 million to $15 million per well. “We estimate this will drop significantly once an industry is established,” D’Silva says. However, minimal capital outlay is planned for 2012, due to a recent provincial fracking moratorium while the process is evaluated. “Our strategy is to participate in the ongoing strategic environmental assessment in Quebec that is underway currently, and work with the government on new hydrocarbon legislation and our social licence to operate,” says D’Silva. “Subject to these results, we plan to resume our advanced piloting program in early 2014.”
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Edmonton
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erially extensive within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Colorado Group occurs throughout southern and central Alberta and western and central Saskatchewan, as well as in outcrops along the Canadian Shield. Sediments can exceed 1,500 metres thick in north-central Alberta, where it overlies the Peace River Arch, to 150 metres in central Saskatchewan. It’s of Cretaceous age and primarily shale, sandstone, conglomerate and siltstone. Further south, regional cross sections constructed across the basin show eastward thinning of the Colorado Group away from the Cordillera, with maximum thickening occurring in the northwest. The play is one of the oldest, with over 100 years of development behind it, but its nature has restricted drilling so far to vertical wells. One of the earliest players in the Colorado Group was Stealth Ventures Ltd., which drilled shale gas wells at Wildmere for several years and has now drilled or acquired 120 wells. According to the company’s website, these were the first Alberta wells to be formally designated shale gas wells by the Energy Resources Conservation Board, and have proved up over 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas underlying the company’s lands.
Another player, Perpetual Energy, acquired lands through an acquisition. “There were some deeper plays, some Viking plays, et cetera, but we always had this idea for about five years to go after the up-hole stuff, which is the Colorado shale,” says Byron Cooper, Perpetual’s area geological manager for the unconventional group. “[That] is the shale group that encompasses everything from the first White Specks down to and including the Viking itself.” Cooper finds the play challenging and unpredictable. “When you penetrate it drilling for deeper zones, you always get gas in the mud system, so we’ve always known there’s gas there,” he says. “There has been a smattering of production here and there, but it wasn’t consistent. We were seeing other industry operators getting everything from dry holes to a few million cubic feet a day and everything in between. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason.” To define a model, Perpetual undertook a program to core three wells in detail. “We threw just about every lab test you could at the core every three metres,” Cooper says. From this, the company has created a hydraulic fracture model, which is currently being calibrated against six completed wells.
“We went after different zones to try to narrow it down. We may have the zone where you could have lots of free gas, but you might not necessarily be able to get it out—it’s kind of like fracking peanut butter,” he says. “It’s in there, but the rock absorbs a lot of energy from trying to fracture it. It’s quite a complex reservoir.” Cooper says water saturations are huge. But, ironically, water seems to be the best for fracking, he says. “Not fresh water because that will make the clays swell, but at most three, four or seven per cent potassium chloride water, which doesn’t cause the clays to swell as much.” Perpetual has done nitrogen and CO2 fracs as well as hybrid fracs using gelled water and gelled CO2. “We are getting a variety of results from these and it has to do more with the stress regime that these rocks are in than the fluid we are using.” The rocks are very shallow—only 450–600 metres deep—so the company is looking at a rock stress regime that’s very different. “We don’t have a ton of overburden pressure, so we are aware there are some fracture geometry issues that we are sorting out.” Despite its complexity, “the resource is very real,” Cooper says. “There is definitely gas in this rock—plenty of free gas— to the tune of several bcf [billion cubic feet] per section over the entire interval.”
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n New Brunswick, the Frederick Brook Shale is considered an emerging resource play, and reserves have not yet been proven. The only hydrocarbonrich shale in the region, all indications are that it has the potential to develop into a truly world-class shale play. Located in the southeastern half of the province, the potential of the Frederick Brook shale play has been estimated at 67 trillion cubic feet of sweet gas. Geologically, its grey-brown shale was deposited in the deepest portions of a continental lake environment during the Lower Carboniferous period. It’s very thick—in many areas more than 1,000 metres thick—but there are other attractions. It has a higher-than-normal formation pressure—20,000 kilopascals (kPa) to 40,000 kPa—with a high total organic carbon content of up to 10 per cent. Corridor Resources of Halifax, which has held land positions there for some time, noticed this back in 1998. “We drilled through that shale— the higher Brooks band—just with air and didn’t get anything,” recalls Tom Martel, Corridor’s chief geologist.
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“But when we got into the shale, we started getting flares. That was quite unusual, getting flares when you are drilling underbalanced out of a shale formation. So we knew right away there was a productive shale that was very organic and very thick.” Corridor has drilled a number of wells to varying depths since that time and several more recently, looking to see just what’s there. In the nearby McCully field, “we drilled and poked through into the shales down below,” Martel says. “One well went through the entire formation and that was 1,175 metres thick—and black shale the whole way.” Martel says a nine-tonne frac completed in a dolomitic shale section of the Frederick Brook formation in the McCully has been producing about 150 thousand cubic feet per day for the past four years. “Subsequently we drilled a vertical, took some cores and came back with positive permeabilities and porosities,” he says. “We now need the money and are looking for a partner to frac these properly.” The gas is very dry, however, so he sees any partner’s potential interest
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lying with the possibility of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). The infrastructure exists. “We do have a gas plant and a pipeline, and that is connected to the LNG plant in St. John,” Martel says. “Even though it’s an import plant, it has the potential if people are looking to export.” The other eight players in the Frederick Brook are mostly on hold, too. “Companies are evaluating their shale plays based on data collected to date; however, there is limited activity currently, but that can change as markets change,” says Craig Parks, petroleum geologist at New Brunswick’s Department of Natural Resources. “North American gas prices, coupled with the fact that New Brunswick is a greenfield in respect to exploration and potential development of unconventional plays, means a slower pace as work is carried out to determine the size of the resource and whether it can be economically developed.” To assist progress, the provincial government has appointed a ministerial natural gas steering committee to oversee the Frederick Brook project.
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Edmonton
Saskatoon Red Deer
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Calgary
AB
Winnipeg
Regina Swift Current
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Weyburn Estevan
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he areal extent of the Bakken is massive. Straddling the Canada– United States border below southeastern Saskatchewan and cutting across the southwestern corner of Manitoba, it extends south into Montana and North Dakota with an approximate northwestsoutheast long axis. But that’s not all— there’s a southern Alberta component that also straddles the international border. In Saskatchewan, geologists divide it into five zones including an Upper Bakken shale and a Lower Bakken shale, with three zones of sandstone and siltstone in between. It’s all part of the Williston Basin. It’s fast moving into a fulldevelopment play, with field production around 65,000 barrels per day and hundreds of wells still to be drilled. Transportation of oil from the play has been a concern so far, but Canadian Pacific Railway recently announced a new transload facility to supplement railcar loads already moving out of its partner Great Western Railway’s Dollard, Sask., facility. Crescent Point Energy Corp. is the dominant producer in the Bakken, with over 1,100 net sections of development land and a drilling inventory of 3,800 wells. The company believes its Bakken acreage
could deliver as much as 300 million barrels in reserves and production could peak as high as 266,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Another significant player is Torquay Oil Corp., which drilled its first well there in May 2010 on a farmin from Penn West Exploration. “We were intrigued by a well that Penn West had drilled, which is still producing oil from the Bakken formation,” says Sandy Denton, Torquay’s vice-president of exploration. “We felt we could get a better-performing well. The Bakken in the Lake Alma [Sask.] area has many similarities, with very similar porosity, permeability and oil saturation, but is about 700 metres deeper [2,300 metres, compared to 1,600 metres]. Also, there has been production from some vertical wells in the area, so we know there’s oil there.” Torquay likes the play—the 90-section land block holds oil-inplace reserves estimated at some five million barrels per section— but has been unable to sustain economic rates so far. Denton says the company has been drilling 2,200–2,300 metres vertically and 1,400 laterally with costs totalling $2.9 million to $3.2 million per well, and next will try placing more fracs and reducing pumping rates.
“Our goal is to achieve an initial rate of 150-plus barrels per day,” he says. Activity is temporarily on hold, but “we plan to resume activity at Lake Alma next year, possibly with a partner. Even though we’ve taken a breather, we’re still excited about the play and especially the magnitude of the upside. Other players such as Crescent Point and Painted Pony [Petroleum Ltd.] are having success at Flat Lake, which is very close to our land block.” On the Alberta side, Bakken reservoirs are generally deep, high pressure and oil prolific. But it’s a newer play and still being delineated by companies like DeeThree Exploration Ltd., which entered it in early 2011. Clayton Thatcher, DeeThree’s vice-president, exploration, says “we liked the play and started searching around for some thicker parts of an Upper Bakken silt—different from what other operators are chasing.” The big game changer was moving to the eastern block, where it found a much thicker package that was full of oil. Now it’s going full tilt trying to define those edges. Denton says Upper Bakken wells, at 1,250 metres, are costing a bit over $3 million each and producing 30-degree-API oil. Pressing on, “our technical team thinks the pool could be bigger than 40 sections.”
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he Cardium formation is a classic example of reborn production thanks to the gamechanging horizontal multistage fracking technology. Stretching throughout west-central Alberta, the play extends well outside of the Pembina field, towards the distal reaches of the Cardium fairway, from the Deep Basin in the northwest, south towards Calgary and east past Edmonton. It has been producing oil and gas prolifically since its discovery in 1953, but conventional vertical well production rates have fallen off considerably in recent years. The mature Pembina field has produced over 1.3 billion barrels of light crude oil and more than 12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The Cardium is generally sandstone encased in a thick shale that was long considered to be uneconomic using conventional drilling and production techniques. It stands at the centre of the longproducing Pembina field and has outstanding storage properties: the thick overlaying shales of the Wapiabi and Muskiki formations ensure stratigraphic traps, while dark underlying shales act as source rocks. After initial production declines, enhanced recovery techniques like water
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and CO2 flooding were tried with limited success before horizontal multistage fracking changed the recovery picture. One of the active players in the Cardium is Marquee Energy Ltd., with 1,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production from its west-central Alberta locations—41 per cent of that being oil and liquids. The company entered the play through its reverse takeover in December 2011 of SkyWest Energy Corp., which had the land position. “SkyWest was primarily a Cardium player,” says Richard Thompson, Marquee’s president and chief executive officer. He sees the Cardium as a resource play, but the company is still learning. “Relative to a couple of years ago, the industry is really coming up the learning curve in terms of drilling and completing the Cardium,” he says. “As a result, they are improving and costs are coming down. A year ago our average costs were $4.5 million; we are thinking now we can get those down to $3.5 [million] to $3.8 [million].” Part of that advantage will stem from reduced service costs. “There was a lot of competition two years ago for services,” Thompson says, adding that the learning is continuing.
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“We are learning a lot more about the geology and the potential of the Cardium through the Pembina area,” he says. “Some parts have higher oil and liquid contents than others and some are primarily gas weighted. There are sweet spots, and with all the wells being drilled, it is becoming apparent where they are.” Marquee initially looked at SkyWest’s Carrot Creek assets in the play—it is oil prone—but found that horizontal drilling didn’t really provide any substantial increase in production relative to the vertical wells. “But we moved finally to Willesden Green, where we have a pretty substantial land position.” It was a good decision, Thompson understates. “Far and away, it was the best well in our portfolio. It came on production at 800 barrels of oil equivalent per day.” That’s a nice improvement from Marquee’s 30-day initial production rates in the Cardium, which have averaged around 330 barrels of oil equivalent per day. “It’s kind of the jewel within our Cardium crown,” Thompson says, adding that now that the company has found the sweet spot, two more wells are planned before year-end.
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he Viking stretches from around Kindersley, Sask., west to the AlbertaSaskatchewan border, south of Lloydminster and across to Provost, Alta., then roughly northwest to Redwater, Alta. From central Alberta, it grows thinner and more shaly, to almost entirely silty shale around Redwater. Activity is concentrated in three main regions: greater Dodsland and Kindersley in westcentral Saskatchewan, and HalkirkProvost and Redwater in Alberta. According to the National Energy Board, total Alberta Viking oil production halfway through 2011 was just under 6,000 barrels per day from about 600 wells. So far, companies have reported about 58 million barrels of proved-and-probable reserves in the Viking. Operators like the play for several reasons. “The Viking is an established, large oil-in-place, aerially extensive and highnetback resource play with predictable production profiles and attractive economics,” says Ray Kwan, vice-president, institutional research, at Macquarie Securities Group in Calgary, which
analyzes the play. “It appeals to a number of players for its typical affordable well costs due to its relatively low depth.” Several companies find it appealing, Kwan notes. The main players in Saskatchewan are Penn West, WestFire Energy Ltd., Crescent Point Energy, Devon Canada Corporation and Whitecap Resources Inc. “There are also a number of junior producers with a focus on the west-central Saskatchewan area, such as Raging River Exploration Inc., Renegade Petroleum Ltd. and Novus Energy Inc.,” adds Kwan. On the Alberta side, the HalkirkProvost region is dominated by Crescent Point, Charger Energy Corp., Muirfield Resources Ltd. and Equal Energy Ltd., while in the Redwater area, WestFire, Baytex Energy Corp., Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Husky Energy Inc. are the main players, Kwan says. A typical Viking well is between 700 and 900 metres in depth. “Short horizontals are considered to be in the range of 600–800 metres in lateral length, whereas a long lateral length is 1,200–1,400 metres,” says Kwan. “Short horizontals are more common in order to keep costs low.”
Because the Viking is shallow, costs can be kept low, he adds. “Capital needed to drill, complete and tie in production is usually around $900,000 in Saskatchewan, $1.2 million at Redwater and $1.5 million for short monobores at Halkirk-Provost.” But long-reach horizontals in Halkirk-Provost wells can be in the $2-million range. Initial production rates average 40 barrels per day in Saskatchewan, 70–100 barrels per day at Redwater and in the 100–150 barrelper-day range at Halkirk-Provost. “The better part of Viking wells have payback periods of less than two years,” says Kwan. The majority of Viking wells have gas-to-oil ratios (GOR) of five to 10 per cent, except for Halkirk-Provost wells, in which GORs of 25 per cent aren’t unusual. Kwan reckons that secondary recoveries, such as infill drilling and water injection, could improve recovery factors by up to 50 per cent. Also, “technology improvements such as WestFire’s modified hot frac completion technique may prove to greatly enhance Viking productivity,” he says.
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he Shaunavon Formation is a variable mix of limestone, shale and minor sandstone deposited in the Williston Basin of Saskatchewan in the Middle Jurassic period. The Upper Shaunavon of the Williston Basin’s Swift Current Platform in western Saskatchewan has been explored for decades, but the lime mudstones of the Lower Shaunavon are very much a new and emerging tight oil play. In the southwestern corner of the province, it is 20–35 metres thick, decreasing to zero at the northern erosional edge of the formation. The National Energy Board says companies have publicly reported about 93 million barrels of reserves this year. The vast majority of recent drilling in the southwest of the province has been in the Lower Shaunavon play. It boasts over 350 wells capable of producing—71 per cent of which have been drilled since January 2007. It has been a rapid growth: Lower Shaunavon production has grown from 257 barrels per day in January 2007 to 5,673 barrels per day in August 2011.
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Crescent Point Energy touts the Lower Shaunavon as one of its key operating areas, estimating the eventual resource at more than four billion barrels of original oil in place—which would rank it as one of the largest oil pools ever discovered in western Canada. Through a series of acquisitions and Crown land sales, Crescent Point holds more than 450 net sections in the play. At year-end 2009, it was reporting production of over 7,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which at the time represented about 83 per cent of total play production. Lower Shaunavon potential has attracted the majors, too. Oilsands giant Cenovus Energy Inc. inherited the lands when it was spun out from Encana in 2009, which had purchased them in 2008, Cenovus spokeswoman Jessica Wilkinson says. “Cenovus has 54 sections of land in the Lower Shaunavon,” she says. “We feel that the Lower Shaunavon tight oil assets are early stage development opportunities for Cenovus.” The majority of the company’s growth is in the oilsands sector,
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but “we feel conventional oil production from the Lower Shaunavon will complement our oilsands business.” Respectable but dwarfed by its oilsands output, Cenovus’s Lower Shaunavon production averaged about 4,100 barrels per day from 109 producing horizontal wells during the second quarter of 2012. Wilkinson says wells are approximately 1,400–2,100 metres deep in the play, with up to 1,400-metre laterals. Frac stages average 15 per well. “The wells tend to produce high volumes initially and then taper off to a rate that is maintained long term,” she says, adding that enhanced recovery techniques and technology advances will allow Cenovus to continually improve recovery rates throughout the life of the well. “While we are still learning about the production lifespan of tight oil wells, we think it’s realistic to expect these wells to produce 15–20 years or more,” says Wilkinson. Infrastructure and facility updates to support this production are expected to be finished in the third quarter of 2012.
TIGHT OIL REFERS TO crude oil trapped within low-permeability reservoirs deep below the earth’s surface. Reservoirs with low permeability contain fluids, which, typically, will not flow to a wellbore at economic rates without assistance from technologically advanced stimulation treatments or recovery processes. Oil is stored in the open spaces within the rock (the rock’s porosity). The ability for the reservoir to release the oil or flow it to a wellbore is measured by the permeability of the reservoir. Reservoir rocks are like sponges in that they hold liquids (like oil) in small cavities (pores) found naturally in the rock. The percentage of pore volume (void space) within the rock that can contain fluids is called the reservoir’s porosity. Tight oil is found throughout Canada’s known oil-producing regions as well as various basins in the United States. Tight oil can also be classified into different plays based on geological characteristics, the most common of which are halo plays (un-produced oil surrounding a developed reservoir), geostratigraphic plays (a geological formation known to contain oil over a wide geographic area) and shale plays (a formation largely composed of organic-rich shale, which is not only the source rock of the oil, but also the reservoir rock). The oil that is produced or extracted from tight reservoirs is similar to the oil that can be produced from conventional reservoirs; it is the application of advanced technologies that makes these developments unconventional. Different technologies are used for different plays, but the most common methods used today are horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing. Once the oil has been unlocked from the tight reservoir and is able to flow to the wellbore, conventional technologies are used to produce the well.
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eologically, the term Beaverhill Lake covers a broad range of limestones and dolostones deposited during the Middle Devonian period some 375 million years ago. Situated in northwestern Alberta, it has been producing conventionally since the 1950s from Vancouver the tall reef buildups, which represent some of the largest oil and gas pools ever discovered in western Canada. According to the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the Swan Hills field here had an estimated 2.9 billion barrels of original oil in place (OOIP) and had produced 900 million barrels by year-end 2010. A BMO Capital Markets Corp. analysis estimates an additional 2.5 billion barrels of OOIP for unconventional exploitation around the field, but ultimate recovery is still uncertain. A 2012 analysis by FirstEnergy Capital Corp. puts the well-defined massive reef structures at around five billion barrels of OOIP, of which close to 1.6 billion barrels have been recovered. The recently exploited carbonate platform facies underlying and
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flanking these is still largely unknown, it states, estimating that these regions may hold another two billion to four billion barrels. Active players include Arcan Resources, privately held Coral Hill Energy Ltd., Crescent Point Energy, Midway Energy Ltd., Pengrowth Energy Corporation, Second Wave Petroleum Inc. and Sure Energy Inc. Arcan entered the play by acquisition from Pengrowth in early 2010, which provided it with a large contiguous land position in the Ethel region, which it has continued to build upon since. “We’ve bought acreage to the south of the Ethel area, and then Ethel South, and south of that again at Gere,” says Arcan chief executive officer Terry McCoy. “It’s a concentrated asset for our acreage base—we have a large acreage base on the general east side of the Swan Hills complex from Deer Mountain south. And we have good infrastructure within the field, good accessibility for most of the acreage. Swan Hills has been producing since the 50s so we know the oil is there, we have a strong technical picture of the area from all of the coring available.”
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McCoy says Beaverhill Lake yields high-quality oil and it’s stimulated very easily. Servicing is handy too, he says: Calgary “We are 40 minutes from Whitecourt and there are hundreds and hundreds of wells drilled in this area.” The Swan Hills region has wellMedicine established infrastructure, built Hat to support mid-1970s production volumes that reached aLethbridge peak of 235,000 barrels per day, but Arcan still needs to truck its product. “There has been a considerable effort for infrastructure to get hydrocarbon from Ethel up to Deer Mountain, then into the pipeline that’s going north eight to 10 miles,” McCoy says. Still, he’s enthusiastic about Beaverhill Lake’s potential. “It’s absolutely huge,” he says. “This is not an unconventional reservoir; this is a conventional reservoir that we are looking at. We know the oil is there, we have historical producing wells around us and now we are dealing with the horizontal wells. So it’s strongly geological, but it’s not exploratory; it’s a development-type play.” Arcan expects to invest about $30 million by year-end, all from internal cash flow.
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he Lower Amaranth in Manitoba is known as the Lower Watrous in Saskatchewan and the Spearfish in North Dakota. It’s often misnamed as the Manitoba Spearfish. National Energy Board geologists describe it as a section of sandstone and siltstone deposited on top of a widespread erosional surface that formed during worldwide low sea levels at the beginning of the Triassic period. Oil migrated into the Spearfish from underlying oil-rich formations where they overlap at the erosional surface. Until the advent of horizontal multistage fracking, its sandstones and siltstones were only marginally economic. Now producers are attracted by its shallow, low-permeability sandstone, which yields sweet, low-GOR light oil. It’s expected to account for about 30 per cent of Manitoba’s oil production this year. The play straddles two countries, but “geology doesn’t respect international borders,” quips Trent Yanko, president and chief executive officer
of Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. The company is active in the Spearfish on both sides, drilling its first well in early 2011 after picking up the land in 2009 when existing vertical well control suggested it was continuous. Another company, EOG Resources, Inc., had been highly successful there: its 2008 initial production rates were reported at 150–200 barrels per day. Yanko is enthusiastic about the play. “The economics are quite robust even at lower oil prices,” he says. “Well costs are relatively inexpensive: about $1.5 million.” And quick, too. “We are drilling in seven or eight days; they are easy, it’s shallow—about 1,000 metres true vertical depth—and it is light sweet crude, so we have great netbacks and economics. “Where we can, we are typically drilling the mile-long horizontals right across the section,” he says. “We are a little different from some of the other guys who are drilling the shorties—we are drilling at eight wells per section and lots of guys, I think, like EOG and Penn West, are drilling at 24 shorties per section.”
Yanko says Legacy’s wells come on at 100 barrels per day for the first month and ultimately make 100,000 barrels recoverable, but that may improve. Payouts are running a year and a half or less. Service availability hasn’t been a problem. “We are close to southeast Saskatchewan where we have a presence, so we can leverage that,” says Yanko. “So between that and the activity that’s always gone on in Manitoba, we’ve had no problem getting rigs or frac crews in.” For 2012, Legacy sees $75 million in capital expenditures for the overall play, up from $40 million in 2011. “We have 440 net locations, so that would be over 10 years of inventory at eight wells per section,” says Yanko. “And we have a block of land south of where we’ve been developing in North Dakota that could add another few hundred net locations to that with success.” If the other operators like EOG and Penn West continue to demonstrate that higher drilling density is working, he says Legacy could have 50 per cent more locations with down-spacing. “So it can get big, fast.”
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He says the company acquired the alk of the Montney tight play usually brings to best part of the pool and now have mind that massive B.C. others drilling around its fringe—and natural gas shale play that they are finding hydrocarbons, too. has been developing for “Which is great,” says Williams. the past half-decade or so. But there is “It means the pool is bigger than we a seriously prolific oil-prone side to the have mapped. It’s potentially half the Montney, primarily in western Alberta, Vancouver size of our original 40-section pool, so that is gaining momentum. The Triassic Montney formation it could be about 20 sections in size.” Williams says Trilogy will be spendconsists generally of shallow-water sands in the east and deepwater muds ing about $125 million in the Montney to the west. They’ve been exploited for this year, which should go a long way. decades, but with the advent of hori- “These wells have been costing about zontal multistage fracking, the deep- $1.7 million to drill and the same to water mudstones became attractive for complete, plus a couple of hundred thoushale gas. Now, with anemic gas prices, sand to tie in, so we are drilling wells for more explorers are moving into the less- $3.7 [million] to $3.8 million.” Payouts mature mudstones seeking oil—with have been excellent. “The best well we low water cuts, it’s an ideal candidate. figure paid out in three weeks,” he says. “The average probably paid out in four Some companies got in early. “We’ve been in the Montney since to five months, and that’s on $85 oil.” its development phase,” says John Reservoir depth is about 1,800 metres, and Trilogy’s wells go out about 1,600 Williams, president and chief operating officer of Trilogy Energy. “In the metres with around 22 fracs each. “The play is phenomenal,” he says. Montney oil pool, we high-graded this “The best well came on between 3,000 back when we were mapping in 2010.”
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and 3,500 barrels per day and it got to 60,000 barrels after about three weeks.” Calgary Open Range Energy Corp., newly acquired by Peyto Exploration & Development Corp., has been getting Medicine Hat good rates in the Montney oil play, too. “We find it’s highly repeatable and Lethbridge we get a lot of oil in place over quite a large area,” says Gerald Costigan, Open Range’s executive vice-president. “It does have a high decline, but levels off at very economical rates.” He reckons, depending on the well, payouts will be around 12 months. Open Range has been drilling to around 2,400 metres with horizontal legs up to 1,400 metres, with 17 fracs on its last well. “We’re doing 20-ton fracs in Waskahigan, so that brings the cost down, but when you are fracking oil, obviously it’s more expensive, but you get a lot of that back when you produce.” With Alberta’s royalty holidays, Open Range will pay just five per cent on the first 80,000 barrels.
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he legendary organic-rich Duvernay shales of central and western Alberta are famously the source rock for oil and gas in the Leduc reefs. It’s what launched and underpinned the development of Alberta’s oil and gas industry starting in 1947. Exploitation of the shales themselves, however, is much more recent. Trilogy Energy, says Williams, started in the Duvernay when it needed to understand the lands before its leases expired. “We pooled approximately 30 sections with Celtic [Exploration Ltd.] and Yoho [Resources Inc.], and each took a one-third working interest,” he recalls. “The first well was in August and September 2010—the first horizontal Duvernay well drilled.” It was drilled to 5,080 metres total depth with a 1,700-metre lateral and fracked using the Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. assembly, with about 100 tons of sand.
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“Three out of the first four wells are Lethbridge on production now; the fourth should be on stream soon,” Williams says. Costs are on the high end compared with some other shale plays. Williams figures the average well cost now with the ball-drop technique is “somewhere around $11 [million] to $12 million— $6 million for the drill and $5 [million] to $6 [million] for the completion.” But still, payout would be in the year to year-and-a-half range, he says. “If that well produced a billion cubic feet of gas, that would produce a hundred thousand barrels of condensate. Condensate is worth more than oil now. So after this well has produced one billion cubic feet of gas, with the associated condensate and other liquids, it has probably cash flowed over $12 million.” So he finds the play attractive. “It is truly a resource play,” he says. “In the deep part of the basin it’s gas, to an oily section in the shallow part of the reservoir. And it varies anywhere from
about 10–60 metres thick. A lot of our lands are in the gas condensate window where the Duvernay is the thickest.” That’s why Trilogy is focusing on it—if it makes economic sense there, the company will push out towards the thinner parts. Trilogy has budgeted $40 million for Duvernay in 2012. “We can develop commercial production, but we need to know how we can control our costs, and we do not have a complete understanding of the reserve potential,” says Williams. “To get the most value out of it, we need to capture all of the liquids. There is lots of fuel condensate, and the propane, pentane and butane are also very significant.” At least one operator is going for oil potential in the play’s East Shale Basin. EOG Resources is reported to have recently licensed the region’s first well there. Macquarie Capital Markets has estimated the average oil in place to be up to 40 million barrels per section.
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share Western Canadian producers compare notes to improve results
Tight oil resource play drilling and comple-
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in its infancy. Companies in tight formations
tions technology is no longer considered to be across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) have been tracking results since at least 2009, and each year the numbers have been improving, despite the fact promising resources first.
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that companies typically target the most
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This evolution towards shorter drilling times, more effective zone stimulations and better economics can be attributed to a combination of better hardware and better techniques. Topping the list of hardware improvements is what Thane Jensen, senior vice-president, operations, at Penn West Exploration, calls “the jewellery we run downhole to deliver multiple fracs.” Improvements in polycrystalline diamond compact bits—which started out as just soft rock bits, but have since been adapted for harder and harder rock in what has become a boutique industry of suppliers tweaking bits to the specific needs of drillers working in specific plays—and fit-for-purpose rigs—short and stocky singles with big mud pumps designed to drill longreach horizontal wells without getting stuck, yet nimble enough to rig up and rig down quickly and move from well to well in a choreography of resourceplay efficiency—combine to deliver pretty impressive hardware advances.
But the accumulation of producer experimentation and experience across various formations amounts to an equally impressive advancement. As producers rack up years of experience, new ideas and new ways of doing things have emerged. And producers seem willing to share these insights with one another in order to improve the viability of these plays and attract investment.
Learning curve After the financial market crash of 2008, oil prices marched upward and drilling activity in tight oil formations followed in step, particularly since natural gas prices continued to flounder. The learning curve in tight oil development borrowed heavily at the outset from horizontal multi-frac applications in shale gas. Saskatchewan hosted early tight oil development, facilitated by a favourable royalty scheme and relatively shallow, cheaper-to-drill formations. Those lessons migrated to oil plays in the rest of the WCSB. As new plays,
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From bits (left) to borehole completion technologies (right), the sharing of technology has been key to the development of unconventional resources in Canada.
such as Alberta’s Cardium, got established, companies eventually settled on a philosophy of what works best, but this shouldn’t be where this evolution ends, says Garrett Ulmer, vicepresident, engineering, at Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. He warns against complacency and settling for techniques that work versus an open attitude of ongoing inquiry and innovation. “Everybody seems to have a program where they do things differently,” Ulmer says. “So what we ask is, ‘Why are they doing it that way and what results are they getting? On a one-to-one basis, do their wells really compare to our wells?’” Ulmer combs through public data, examining what advantages companies have in using their own specific techniques. In the Cardium, where Bellatrix was already getting decent results, Ulmer saw a competitor getting much better results by fracturing differently than Bellatrix. So he adopted the method on a few wells,
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Tuning the fr ac Real-time measurement while drilling and logging tools improve well economics
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he common wisdom in shale plays indicates that more fracs along a horizontal well are better than fewer fracs. But more multistage fracs cost more money and not all stages will yield good results. “In fact, it is being found that in some wells, a number of frac stages are known to be uneconomic,” says Nicole Lehocky, regional business unit manager, Petroleum Consulting Canada at Weatherford Canada Partnership. Poor frac performance can be an outcome of missing the geological sweet spot, poor frackability of the rock due to its geomechanical structure or a combination of these factors. What can help improve the odds is appropriate data and evaluation of these plays using real-time measurement-whiledrilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools. Weatherford is at the forefront of the industry’s MWD and LWD development. Weatherford’s Spectral Azimuthal Gamma Ray (SAGR), for example, provides a number of valuable measurements for horizontal well placement and evaluating shale reservoirs. “Real-time, azimuthal gamma ray images provide formation dip information and show whether the bit is drilling up or down to improve geosteering and well placement,” Lehocky says. Weatherford’s large detectors used in the SAGR give count rates that are approximately 50 times higher than the count rates detected in conventional MWD or LWD gamma ray sensors. This provides a very precise total gamma ray log for accurate correlation with offset wells and pilot holes. The Weatherford Shockwave LWD tool provides conventional compressional and shear sonic logs. In addition, the azimuthally focused LWD sonic measurements of compressional and anisotropic shear wave slowness provide new and valuable information in horizontal shale wells. This cross-wave azimuthal sonic data also provides geophysicists with key pore pressure, brittleness and porosity information to update their reservoir imaging models. Using LWD to drill and evaluate the operator’s horizontal well can pinpoint and categorize the areas of good-quality reservoir without some of the operational risks associated with wireline tools and without increasing rig time spent on the well prior to completions. By combining LWD measurements with geosteering, and correlating these measurements to wireline and/or core data from the pilot well, an operator can effectively optimize the well location. “So operators can make informed decisions and trade off between a perfectly smooth horizontal well, one drilled toe up or toe down and one tracking the sweet spots,” Lehocky says. “LWD-obtained parameters allow you to concentrate stimulations to areas in the reservoir that are more porous, permeable and brittle, and that have higher Kerogen content and hydrocarbon saturation. You can optimize frac spacing, subsequent well locations and make more informed reservoir-management decisions, which ultimately saves time and money, and dramatically improves well economics.”
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tweaked it and pushed the state-ofthe-art practice even further, and was rewarded with even stronger results. “This kind of experimentation pays dividends, especially if you have the inventory,” he says. Even in areas where Bellatrix doesn’t work, Ulmer has a hard time suppressing his engineering curiosity. Listening to guys from Talisman Energy Inc. and Encana Corporation talk about their experience in the Montney, he noted their differing approaches to fracking, each yielding different results. “Is this,” he asks, “because they are far enough apart geographically that the formations have changed? Are they even comparing results? Or do the differences in completions actually matter in this formation?” Ulmer says he has come across only a few companies that believe they have tight oil figured out. But he shakes his head at this attitude because in his view, horizontal multi-frac technology still has a long ways to go to achieve new heights of efficiency and effectiveness.
high costs of failure Many producers pay lip service to the notion of continuous technical improvement, but this ideal is actually taking a toll in resource plays where horizontal multi-frac wells can run upwards of $10 million in some deep horizons. “The cost of a failed experiment is something the small companies just can’t handle,” Ulmer says. “Even the big companies can’t have four failures in a row.” But progress requires someone to break rank from the pack and take a chance on new techniques. The shift from oil fracking to water fracking in tight reservoirs is a case in point. The industry standard in 2008 was to use
TECHN O LO GY oil. Today, Ulmer says there isn’t a good reason why anybody would be fracking with oil. Even in the Viking formation in Saskatchewan, where tight oil development took its first steps in 2007 and 2008, the industry has shifted to water fracking since 2010. “So water fracking has now travelled back to the Viking,” Ulmer says. “We’re even refracking the wells that have already been completed [with oil] and getting new reserves. So that’s one of the oldest plays that’s going through another revolution.”
immune to public backlash over heavy water usage and concerns over groundwater contamination. It also makes sense from the perspective of attracting investment to the industry at a time of rock-bottom natural gas prices and, recently, softening crude oil prices. Industry conferences such as the Horizontal Drilling, Tight Oil Plays, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin Conference this summer are generating strong interest from producer participants. And presenters aren’t shy about tipping their cards.
Bad results from individual producers only exacerbate the situation. That is, when market analysts look at 280 wells drilled in a play, throw that data into the computer and produce a type-curve average leading them to conclude that a play is uneconomic, other analysts and institutional investors pay attention. It may, however, be a few underperforming outliers dragging down the type-curve average, while a new generation of producers in the play are producing economic results. “So bad results puts good producers on the defensive, having to explain
“ Because this is so new and the technology is moving so quickly, there is a lot to share.” — Thane Jensen, senior vice-president, operations, Penn West Exploration
collaboration In recent years, environmental issues have beleaguered oilsands development, souring public opinion, hampering the construction of pipelines and potentially cooling investor interest. It also seems the public isn’t making a distinction between good and bad oilsands producers but, rather, are painting the entire sector with the same brush. The oilsands industry has banded together, pooling its resources to provide a united front to improve the environmental and operational efficiencies and repair the industry’s reputation. A similar collaboration may be taking shape in tight oil and shale gas resource plays that aren’t
“It’s a pretty selfless act for those presenters,” says Ulmer, who also provided a keynote speech to the conference audience. “Some of these guys were quite honest about what has worked and what hasn’t for them.” At the same event, two panel discussions were opened up to the floor, allowing producers to ask questions and share their experience with practices that were successful and with those that failed. Some of this openness speaks to the industry’s understanding that cost of capital is a central consideration in resource play development. And as the oil and gas sector falls out of favour with investors, the cost of capital increases.
why they get 190,000 barrels per well of reserves while the type curve is only 130,000 barrels,” Ulmer says. So sharing information and best practices can improve play type curves, which is good for everyone. That said, industry conferences, white papers, joint ventures and other means of sharing know-how are nothing new. An equally valid driver for the industry’s current willingness to share knowledge is that tight oil rights have now largely been tied up in many plays, and producers, who only recently held their cards close to their vests, are now trying to figure out what they are going to do with their assets. “Because this is so new and the technology is moving so quickly, there is a lot to share,” Jensen says.
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FRAC TO THE FUTURE As frac operators and producers search for the perfect frac, technology developments will deliver better and cleaner results
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f you think the revolution in multistage horizontal fracturing has reached its high point, think again. You ain’t seen nothing yet. That’s what petroleum engineers who have thoroughly studied the technology and been involved in its implementation believe. For example, Granger Low, who has a masters degree in petroleum engineering, has worked in the oil and gas industry in western Canada for 27 years and now heads Calgary-based geological consulting firm Proven Reserves Exploitation Ltd., believes recoveries using the technology could quadruple.
By Jim Bentein Low, who spends much of his time enhancing reservoir-engineering software solutions, is convinced the potential of horizontal multi-frac technology has barely been tapped. “Absolutely, the technology can be pushed,” he says. “Wells can get longer; we can reach more stages and get more oil recovery.” For example, he says he recently encountered an application to the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board that involves 23 stages. “When we got to 12 stages, that was considered a huge advancement,” he says. The evolution of resource plays, in which well-financed majors push the envelope on fracturing technology, is
what is driving much of the technological advancement. “Ten years ago we knew there were carbonates in the Grosmont, but they were worthless,” he says. “But not any longer, thanks to the evolution of fracking technology.” And that evolution has just started. “We’ll start to do multi-frac recovery in different ways.” In a recent article on Proven Reserves’ website (proven-reserves. com) Low described how that will likely come about. In the article, headlined Is There Life After Horizontal Multi-Frac Wells?, Low said the key to driving the technology— and recoveries—is understanding the
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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Hydraulic fracturing is the process of transmitting pressure, using fluid or gas, to create cracks or open existing cracks in hydrocarbon-bearing rocks underground. Hydraulic fracturing is a type of stimulation. Almost all of the domestic/onshore North American reservoirs remaining today likely require some sort of stimulation treatment in order to raise production rates to economic levels. Most sedimentary rocks have the ability to store natural gas or oil in the small pores or spaces within the
rock. However, the ability of these hydrocarbons to flow out of these reservoir rocks is controlled by the connectivity, or pathways, that link the pore spaces. In reservoirs with low permeability, the connectivity of the existing pore spaces within the rock is not sufficient enough for the gas or oil to flow through the rock to the wellbore. As a result, some type of reservoir stimulation is required. The purpose of hydraulic fracturing is to connect existing pathways within the reservoir to enable the oil or gas to flow more easily from the formation to the wellbore.
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preferential fracture direction of a rock being fracked. “The fracturing process will open up natural joints and fractures in the matrix, creating a shortcut path for water,” he wrote. “In such circumstances, a poorly placed horizontal producer can water out very quickly after the start of injection.” The key to achieving recoveries beyond single digits is pressure maintenance, whereby an operator maintains good sweep. “Under a well-managed water flood, an operator might improve recovery from 10 per cent to 20 per cent,” he wrote. “However, if injected water short-circuits through natural fractures, recovery can be damaged significantly.” The mistake too many operators make is to “assume that every formation is homogeneous and fracture direction doesn’t matter.” Low argues that it is vital for operators to understand “preferential fracture direction,” which can foster enhanced oil recovery strategies that can double, triple or even quadruple recovery factors using horizontal multi-fractured wells. Low is convinced that as producers develop more pinpointed approaches to stimulation recovery, factors could rise at least 20 per cent to 25 per cent. “If you add water you can double recoveries and you can quadruple it with natural gas,” he says. “The key is what you inject and how well you spread it around the reservoir.” He believes that in Alberta alone, multistage frac technology done right can increase overall production of oil and natural gas by three or four times.
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The technology has gone beyond being deployed only in shale gas or tight oil formations and is now being used for a variety of formations and depletion strategies. And there’s a future in reservoirs exploited with multistage fracs. “What can be done to enhance recovery from pools exploited with multifractured horizontal wells? Toe-to-heel
“ Wells can get
longer; we can reach more stages and get more... recovery.” — Granger Low, president, Proven Reserves Exploitation Ltd.
injection schemes are showing some promise,” he wrote. “Fracturing parallel to the horizontal well is also proven technology.” Dan Arthur also believes the multi-frac revolution has just started—but he comes at it from a somewhat different perspective. Arthur, who is a founding member and managing partner of Tulsa, Okla.– based ALL Consulting (and is also a petroleum engineer), is a recognized authority
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on environmental issues pertaining to unconventional resource development and production. His list of research engagement clients reads like a who’s-who of the energy industry. He was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to oversee research projects involving the development of best management practices and efficient environmental protection during shale gas development, and has conducted research for the DOE on coalbed methane production and produced-water management alternatives. In 2010, he was appointed to serve as sub-group leader for a National Petroleum Council study on North American resource development, with a focus on environmental challenges through 2050. He was also appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to sit on its advisory committee on hydraulic fracturing. Most recently, Arthur’s firm was commissioned by a group of Canadian organizations involved in the oil and gas industry to oversee a study focused on the environmental implications of the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing. That study, The Modern Practices of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Focus on Canadian Resources, was released in late July. The research project was jointly funded by Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, the Science Community and Environmental Knowledge Fund, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources. The report, the culmination of a year’s worth of research, looks at how
Natural gas wells go thousands of feet below the earth’s surface and groundwater supplies to free trapped natural gas in shale rock.
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Groundwater supplies:
200 ft below
Empire State Building:
Drilling companies use more than 3 million pounds of steel & cement to construct wells that typically reach 6,000 ft or more below the surface.
1,464 ft below
One mile:
5,280 ft below That’s equivalent to more than four Empire State Buildings below, or further than a mile.
Gas wells reach:
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the technology works, how it is regulated by governments, and the best management practices the energy industry uses to address potential environmental and human health, risks from hydraulic fracturing, which, like almost all aspects of energy production, has been under fire from environmental groups and others. The report concludes that while the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing are very small due to government regulations and advanced technology, the use of best management practices by industry reduces and mitigates those risks that remain. “The report finds that British Columbia and Alberta, along with other
provinces in Canada, have regulations in place to protect the environment, water and human health,” Arthur says. “This includes regulatory requirements for surface casing, cementing, groundwater protection and pressure testing. Although no two shale plays are alike, experience and continued research have improved the effectiveness of the fracturing process and allowed the use of fewer, and more environmentally safe, ingredients in the fracturing process.” The authors say more than 90 per cent of all new natural gas wells drilled in Canada will be hydraulically fractured. The study was conducted because
of widespread public concerns about the safety of the process. Arthur says the work he was involved with in Canada, as well as in studies in the United States of hydraulic fracturing, suggests most of the concerns raised about fracturing are related to the production of oil and gas, but aren’t directly related to the act of hydraulically fracturing a well. That distinction is important so that mitigation measures and regulatory requirements can be directed toward the proper activities and responsible parties. Arthur says he has studied hydraulic fracturing throughout the United
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States and Canada, and is convinced that the process, if done properly, is completely safe. “This is important if we are headed into a world where every well is fractured,” he says. Aside from the need for companies to use best practices and for governments to regulate fracturing, he said transparency is a vital component. This has been advanced by initiatives like fracfocus.org, a national hydraulic-fracturing chemical registry that was launched about one year ago in the United States. It will soon be launched in Canada as well. The site, managed by the U.S. Groundwater Protection Council, and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, was created to provide the public with access to reported chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing within their areas. The site also provides objective information on the technology, the chemicals used, the purposes they serve and the means by which groundwater is protected. There are 24,546 well sites depicted on a digital map of the United States
and anyone wanting information about a well or wells only need to click on the map. Most of the major users of hydraulic fracturing in the United States have participated. Arthur, who considers himself an environmental scientist, has few doubts about the use of the technology and its impact on the environment. “The odds of an environmental incident as a result of fracking are indistinguishable from zero,” he says. “But the industry isn’t infallible.” The fracturing process itself is not likely to be the problem, he says. “You may have issues that are well integrity–related, for instance,” he says. “Or you may have a truck on the road that is hauling fracking fluids that has a spill. The injection process itself, the actual process, is safe.” Arthur says producers are taking steps beyond what might be technologically necessary to ensure the process is environmentally benign, including: • Using saline water in the process to eliminate any impacts on freshwater resources;
• Using organic and other chemicals that pose no environmental threat; • Using pipelines to move oil and gas from sites rather than trucks in order to minimize the chance of incidents. Producers are also implementing measures, such as covering the ground around fracturing sites with plastic, to minimize any impact on soils, and even using fuel cells to power compressors. On the technology side, 3-D seismic modelling allows producers to better pinpoint where fracs need to occur. And the technology will only improve, he says. “Now the ultra-majors are involved in and pushing the technology,” he says. “They have the resources to minimize possible environmental impacts even more, while increasing oil and gas recoveries.” He says oil and gas industry experts have told him they think recoveries can double and more in the next few years using the technology, which they say will evolve to 30 frac stages and beyond.
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TOWARDS A GREENER FRAC Canadian frac service firms are at the forefront in developing less-invasive fracture stimulation fluids and processes
lthough the practice of hydraulic fracturing has been evolving since it was first introduced in the late 1940s in the United States and the 1950s in Canada, current interest in greener and alternative hybrid frac fluids, and advanced water chemistries to treat, recycle and reuse produced water instead of using fresh water, are all accelerating the evolution today.
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TECHN O LO GY Not only are there greener and better-engineered frac fluid solutions being developed, but industry is also sharpening its approach towards evaluating formations in order to apply the most effective frac fluid technologies to optimize the productivity of the well. Murray Reynolds, director of technical services at Ferus Inc., advocates for fracture optimization and applying technology and engineered frac fluid systems to reduce costs, reduce water usage and increase well productivity. “We started out with gelled diesel, kerosenes, gelled gasoline, napalm in the early days, polymer cross-linked fluids in the early ’60s, which are still used today. Then a lot of foam systems were developed in the late ’90s, and then slick water became popular as a greener fluid in that there were not a lot of chemicals in it, but the issue with slick water is that you may be having to use fresh water,” he says, noting that the use of fresh water for fracs is becoming a major issue in many areas. “Rather than the brute-force manufacturing process of applying as much horsepower and water as possible, let’s do a little more work and do some engineering upfront to get more production with less-scarce resources,” Reynolds says. Nitrogen or CO2-based foam systems at “80 quality” (20 per cent water) make good alternatives to using 100 per cent water-based systems because they are the most technically versatile fluid systems, minimize water on the formation, can use either polymer or surfactant gels, leave low residue, are easy and quick to clean up, and use conventional sand blenders with no limits to the job size.
“A lot of people argue that carbon dioxide and nitrogen products are expensive, but no. If they can improve your productivity by five per cent, that will more than pay out the extra costs,” he adds, noting that “nitrogen and carbon dioxide are both naturally occurring, non-reactive gases, non-flammable, not dangerous and you could argue that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, but we are pulling it from a waste stream to begin with.” Ferus is currently building units that will recover and separate the CO2 during flowback so that it can be recovered and reused.
No cookie-cutter solutions Reynolds feels that industry has gotten to an assembly-line approach to resource plays rather than trying to optimize the wells upfront and then doing look-back studies to evaluate the performance of the wells. “We need to look at the reservoir conditions, the sensitivities, the conductivity needs and the net present value for our choice of frac fluids, and slick water is being misapplied to many reservoirs,” he says. Beyond the industry-standard slickwater frac, substantial research is underway into new frac fluid systems, ranging from new cellular-based polymer systems and high-temperature VES (viscoelastic surfactant) fluids to stabilize foams under higher temperatures; to produced-water systems that are tolerant to impurities; gelled hydrocarbon frac fluids; foamed CO2 with complex nanofluid technology; and “‘slick’ CO2” for thermally induced fracturing effects in shale formations.
Dale Dusterhoft, chief executive officer of Trican Well Service Ltd., agrees that frac fluid systems are evolving. “Overall, the evolution is that companies are looking and finding out that not all rock is the same, not every shale is like the Barnett shale, so they’ll get into the Eagle Ford or the Niobrara, and they find out that what they’re doing in the Barnett is not necessarily working, so there’s an evolution towards more technology rather than less,” he explains. The result is that frac fluids and even frac systems are evolving almost at the play level, with more complex, engineered and technology-driven systems being developed specifically to deal with what is prominent in each area. “Basically, it varies a lot by region and it varies a lot by formation, and that’s probably the biggest thing to remember. For example, we run a lot more complex fracturing fluids in Canada, and it’s just due to the type of rock we are dealing with. So we’ll run a lot more foams and complex fluids that require some technology in them, where in some regions of the U.S., and not everywhere, we’re dealing with just pure black shales like the Barnett shale, a fairly basic kind of rock, where it’s fairly consistent, so we’ll run a relatively low-tech fluid.” Acknowledging that industry is moving towards more complex approaches to fracking, James Venditto, vice-president, technical services, at Trican says that “as an industry, we’ve had a tendency to cookie cut a lot of these frac jobs based on the success in the Barnett, and you’ll find that some of those systems will fail.”
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The oil and gas industry is working diligently to make hydraulic fracturing more efficient and to reduce the footprint the process has on the environment.
Flowback Recycling About 10 per cent to 30 per cent of the fluid used to fracture a well returns to the surface and is captured with produced gas. This fluid is called flowback water. Today, a majority of major gas producers are recycling flowback water for use in new wells. Recycling of flowback water reduces demand for fresh water and reduces the need for disposal of waste water.
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Reduction in Chemical Additives
A typical Cardium oil well frac uses
660,000
gallons of water
Many natural gas companies actively developing shale gas resources have found ways to reduce the amount of chemical additives used in fracturing fluid while still effectively producing gas from shale.
The natural gas industry only accounts for 0.1 per cent of additional water usage
These diluted, common additives account for
of fracturing fluid
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Pointing out that there’s always going to be pros and cons with any system in use, Venditto refers to Trican’s geological solutions group, which uses core samples from target formations to better understand the target rock and build its systems around that formation information. In addition to understanding the rock, Dwight Bobier, senior vicepresident, technical services, at Calfrac Well Services Ltd., says the basics of applying the frac fluid to the formation still hold true, and that a frac job is dependent on the whole system working, not just its individual components. “The design of the frac treatment, the design of the proppant that you’re going to use, the sand schedule that goes with that, the rate at which you can work within the confines of the
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Move to shale oil brings more change In addition to optimizing fracs through the use of more complex fluids, the move to oil and natural gas liquids production from dry gas is also driving technological change. “We’ve seen oil development be much more formation specific, and so you get treatments that are much more tailored to these specific
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formations as opposed to, in some respects, the slickwater development in some of the gassy areas being more focused on the logistics and operational execution, which is still critically important,” says Tom Medvedic, Calfrac’s senior vice-president, corporate development. “So on the technology side of things, the evolution has been even more focused on oil development, and more specifically the fluid systems for it.” Greener frac fluids are a big part of the evolution. “There have been a lot of resources dedicated by industry to looking at green alternatives versus five, 10, 20, 40 years ago. It’s clearly something that the operators are looking for and that the industry is moving towards,” Medvedic says.
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AIR QUALITY IS ALSO A FRACKING ISSUE, EPA SAYS In April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized standards to reduce air pollution associated with oil and natural gas production, including the first federal emissions rules for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured. The rules require operators of newly fracked gas wells to use cost-effective technologies and practices to capture natural gas that might otherwise escape the well, and which can also be sold commercially. During the first phase, until January 2015, emissions must be flared or else the use of “green completions” emissions-reduction technology must be used. After January 2015, all new fractured wells will be required to use green completions. Questor Technology Inc., a Calgary-based company that designs and manufactures high-efficiency waste-gas incinerators used worldwide to destroy noxious or toxic hydrocarbons, has seen increasing demand from its U.S. customers for green completions technologies. “In the past, we’ve done a lot of work on the processing side, but we’ve started to work on the drilling side for some major clients,” says Audrey Mascarenhas, Questor’s president and chief executive officer. “In fact, half of our incinerator rental fleet in the U.S. is driven by shale gas drilling.” There are just two companies that can meet the new rules in the United States, and Questor, with its unique and patented process, is one of them. “Burning waste gas with incineration isn’t new,” Mascarenhas says. “But we’re doing it quite differently from everybody else.” Questor’s incinerators take the produced gas at the wellsite and create a vortex using the pressure in the gas. One of the reasons
The effort to develop greener fluids includes both reducing the amount of regulated materials used and finding substitutes for the regulated materials. Sourcing materials that are non-regulated, even biodegradable, to do the job of regulated materials has been an ongoing initiative for quite a long time in the industry as it continues to develop greener formulations and blends. And virtually every fluids provider has its own take on just what constitutes a “green” frac fluid. Halliburton, for example, recently rolled out its CleanSuite systems for hydraulic fracturing, which are applicable to both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. “CleanStim fluid [part of the CleanSuite product line] has been used in vertical and horizontal wells,
the equipment works so well—at 99.9 per cent efficiency—is that it’s able to handle both rich and lean gas, and can take both high and low pressures into the unit, which flares can’t do. Some states still allow flaring, but they’ve also set some tough requirements for the levels of acceptable emissions. But it’s difficult to measure emissions from flares, Mascarenhas says, which makes it even tougher for flares to meet emissions targets. Benzene, for example, is a known volatile organic hydrocarbon, but it can only be destroyed in a system that is 98 per cent efficient or better, and that efficiency level has to be auditable. “In Alberta,” says Mascarenhas, “our rule is you can emit up to one tonne of benzene, but that’s your limit.” Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve got a nice alternative.”
in wells with bottomhole static temperatures ranging from 100 to 340 degrees Fahrenheit, in sandstone and shale formations, and for both gas- and oilbearing formations,” says John Gorman, vice-president of Canadian operations at Halliburton. Trican continues to develop and expand its line of EcoClean products, which includes additives that are non-toxic, biodegradable and non-bioaccumulating. “It’s a very good, clean system to run and we can pattern it after the well type we’re dealing with, whether it be for low- or mid-temperature applications,” Venditto says. Trican’s research and development teams use toxicity testing to develop cleaner systems and have successfully done so with its EcoClean line.
Drier is better Going straight to powder-type chemistries is another effort Trican is engaging in, moving to what it calls “dry on the fly” types of systems like dry gels and dry friction reducers, and away from mineral oils and surfactants. It’s also trying to get into some basic chemistries by moving away from some of the mineral-type systems that have been run in the past. “So there’s a lot of development going on looking at the use of a substrate and putting dry materials on substrates and going straight to powdered-type chemistries,” Venditto says. “We get back to the basics, so we’re running guar gum, for example, as one of the fracturing fluid additives, as a thickener,” Trican’s Dusterhoft adds. “Guar is actually used in food
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HOW MUCH TO DISCLOSE? The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Directive 059: Well Drilling and Completion Data Filing Requirements came into effect April 1, 2012. Minimum data submission requirements for fracturing activity include the type, quantity and size of propping agents used; the type, volume and source of carrier fluids used, including water; and the list of all additives and ingredients used including the name, supplier and purpose of the additive. While the industry in Alberta has been submitting drilling and completions information to the ERCB for many years, the board is looking to follow the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission’s lead and make detailed fracturing fluid information accessible to the public through the FracFocus.ca website. The main concern for the pressure pumping service companies that blend and supply fracturing fluids is maintaining the confidentiality of the intellectual property that goes into these proprietary blends. Speaking on behalf of the pressure pumpers, Mark
products, but when we put it in a liquid form, then we have to carry it in some way, and so we put mineral oil in there, which is not toxic, but it’s still something that we want to get out of there. By getting back to dry form environmentally, it just simplifies it to just using the basic raw product, which is really benign.” The advantages of “dry on the fly,” explains Dusterhoft, are that “it’s easier to move around and you’re not having to worry about chemicals in totes. And there’s an advantage to that because a lot of materials come in dry form and you’re bringing them in in dry form, then adding liquids to them, and it all adds costs. So the more you can move towards a simpler, drier system, the better off you are from an environmental standpoint.” Finding alternatives to fresh water use for hydraulic fracturing operations through advanced water chemistries is becoming a big part of the evolution in frac fluids. While operators are ultimately responsible for sourcing their own water and the logistics around that, pressure pumpers are working
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Salkeld, president and chief executive officer of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, states “We disclose 100 per cent of everything that goes on to the producers, and the producers will enter that into the database.” It does, however, become an issue for the pressure pumpers when you start mandating detailed levels of publicly accessible disclosure, such as providing the specific names and exact amounts of all additives used in frac fluids, whether regulated under the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System or not. Salkeld confirms that the pressure pumpers have no problem disclosing, and in fact are currently participating in the mandated full disclosure required in British Columbia since Jan. 1, 2012. However, Salkeld makes the point that “just as you ask for exact recipes and where the public does have the right to know, the [pressure pumping] industry also has a right to their intellectual property and [to protect their] competitive advantage.”
with them in developing chemistries that can be used to treat, recycle and reuse produced water instead of using fresh water in their frac fluids. “From a technology standpoint, we’ve been very much focused on using chemistry in trying to treat some of these poor-quality waters in pumping operations, and so it’s the reuse and recycling component that is becoming more of a longer-term solution for the business and for the industry moving forward,” Calfrac’s Medvedic says. Using liquefied propane gas instead of water for hydraulic fracturing is a system that GASFRAC Energy Services Inc. has been offering. It has been receiving a lot of attention lately because it’s a waterless gel technology that uses propane as the primary ingredient gelled with a small amount of additives and proppants in a closed blending system. “What we’re finding is that our gel is able to carry the proppant more effectively through the frac, to the back of the frac, whereas with water you have the fluid block and you have it where it settles, and you can’t always get to the back of the frac, so in our estimations,
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you can only get 20–50 per cent of the effective frac length with water,” explains Kyle Ward, GASFRAC’s director of marketing and public relations. “With our gelled propane carrying sand all the way to the back, we’re getting 100 per cent of the frac length. So if you do the simple math, that should leave 100 per cent extra production that you’re getting because all we’re leaving in the formation is sand and we’re getting to the back of the fracture. We’re not saying we can make a longer frac length, but we are saying that we can make a more effective frac length.”
No secrets As the evolution of frac fluids continues to unfold, so have frac fluid ingredient disclosure requirements. Mirroring FracFocus.org, a website originally launched in the United States by the Groundwater Protection Council along with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission as a voluntary system for disclosing fracking ingredients, the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) has developed a website called FracFocus.ca.
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“Reporting is mandatory as of January 1, 2012, in British Columbia, but nowhere else in Canada, so we’re the only jurisdiction in which it is mandatory,” says Stuart Venables, senior petroleum geologist with the BCOGC. “It was intended to be a national instrument, so eventually we hope to have all of the provinces participating.” In British Columbia, the uploading of a fracture fluid report is the responsibility of the licence holder (operator). Currently, the deadline is to submit the fracture report within 30 days of the last hydraulic fracturing event on the well. In addition to being a platform for reporting frac fluid ingredients by industry, it also allows landowners and the public to search for wells where hydraulic fracturing has occurred and to access fracture fluid reports through certain criteria like the name of the operator, the electoral regions or just by searching the map.
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Fracturing fluids are liquids or gases that convey pressure from the surface into the reservoir to enable fractures to be created. Fracturing fluid allows transportation of proppant and chemicals into the reservoir. The choice of hydraulic fracturing fluid is dependent on the properties within the reservoir. Types of fracture fluids commonly used are water, liquids/gases such as CO2, nitrogen, propane and oilbased fluids. Water is the most common base fluid used in hydraulic fracturing due primarily to the low cost and availability. To make fluids suitable for hydraulic fracturing, chemicals are commonly added to create a highly viscous low-friction fluid that will withstand the rigours of travelling to the zone of interest, readily carry the proppant material into the fractures and ultimately return to surface. All chemicals used in the process must comply with provincial and/or federal regulations. The number of chemicals and concentrations added to the fluid/proppant mixture is highly variable and dependent on the specific properties of the reservoir. Source: cSur
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Recent scientific research puts concerns of frac-induced seismic activity into perspective By David Pryce
David Pryce is vice-president, operations, for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
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the reservoir behind large dams and hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a regulated, safe, controlled and essential process for recovering natural gas from deep geological formations such as shale rock. In western Canada, the petroleum industry has used this process for more than 60 years. Seismicity typically associated with hydraulic fracturing is best described as microseismic events because of their low magnitude. It is normal to expect microseismicity as a result of hydraulic fracturing. Pressurized fluids are injected into a wellbore, lined with steel and cement, to deep underground formations to fracture the rock, thereby freeing trapped natural gas. This process releases energy and causes subsurface microseismic events. These events are generally contained in the zone where the gas is extracted, are rarely felt on the surface and pose minimal to no risk to structures on the surface. In some cases, hydraulic fracturing has caused minor seismic activity, which is rarely felt on the ground and poses no risk to people, the environment or property. Comprehensive data and information on seismic activity in Canada is available on Natural Resources Canada’s website.
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It says that, on average, more than 4,000 earthquakes are recorded in Canada each year, of which “about 50 are generally felt.” In addition, the website says “minor earthquakes have been triggered by human activities.” Several scientific research papers describing the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity have recently been published. This research suggests an emerging scientific consensus that seismic activity from hydraulic fracturing poses minimal risk, as outlined in several recent studies. The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) released a report of its investigation into induced seismicity in the Horn River Basin in August 2012. The report indicates microseismic activity is a routine occurrence associated with hydraulic fracturing. Larger magnitude (ML is a measure of magnitude location for microseismic events), minor anomalous seismic events (two ML to 3.8 ML) and smaller microseismic events were recorded between April 2009 and December 2011 by government and industry seismic sensors in the Horn River, a remote area of northeastern British Columbia. Such seismic activity is rarely felt on the surface and usually occurs near where the rock is being fractured (or 2,000–3,000 metres below ground).
C OMMEN TA RY The B.C. OGC report concludes that a total of 272 seismic events recorded were “caused by fluid injection during hydraulic fracturing in proximity to pre-existing faults” and notes that “none of the events caused any injury, property damage or posed any risk to public safety or the environment.” More than 8,000 high-volume hydraulic fracturing completions have been performed in British Columbia. In England, the Department of Energy & Climate Change asked a panel of experts to examine a link between a hydraulic fracturing operation near Blackpool and seismic activity. The report, published in April 2012, concluded that hydraulic fracturing did cause “observed seismicity” near the operations area. It also concluded that hydraulic fracturing can proceed if the process is carefully monitored and appropriate precautions are taken. In June 2012, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering in Great Britain released a comprehensive government-commissioned review of issues related to hydraulic fracturing, including seismic activity. The report says “microseismic events are a routine feature of hydraulic fracturing and are due to the propagation of engineered fractures.”
Our objective will continue to be assurance of safe and responsible development of shale gas resources in British Columbia and, indeed, throughout Canada. It concludes there is an emerging consensus that seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing poses a “negligible” risk of causing surface impacts. The report also points out that “the properties of shale provide natural constraints on the magnitude of seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing” because shale is relatively weak and it requires less energy to hydraulically fracture. The U.S. National Research Council reached a similar conclusion. Its June 2012 report, called Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, says various forms of human activity, including hydraulic fracturing, can cause slight seismic activity. The report also states that “the process of hydraulic fracturing a well as presently
implemented for shale gas recovery does not pose a high risk for inducing felt seismic events.” These reports reflect the results of comprehensive, science-based research conducted by respected and credible organizations, and they are an important contribution to the discussion regarding the development of this important shale gas resource. Canada’s natural gas producers are developing new industry guidelines that will include monitoring protocols and will establish practices to mitigate induced seismicity. Our objective will continue to be assurance of safe and responsible development of shale gas resources in British Columbia and, indeed, throughout Canada.
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Elasticity The integration of microseismic with other company data advances underground understanding By R.P. Stastny
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ne of the most promising horizons for improving resource play efficiencies is better visualization of underground fracture stimulations. The use of microseismic imaging has advanced this capability and, arguably, has spurred the shift towards “smart fracking” as a counterpoint to the idea of the “massive frac.” Replacing brute force with fracking finesse promises to achieve more production with less water, sand and chemicals. Completing wells along their entire lengths including zones with little production potential, applying excessive horsepower and water to create fracture networks much deeper than can be propped open, drilling in areas of shale plays with poor production potential and subsequently poor production results—these less-thanoptimal practices may find remedy in better computer-aided reservoir modelling that draws upon an increasingly wider range of data sets. Integrating microseismic with surface seismic, downhole wireline, pressure, rates of fluid ingestion and other company data promises to boost efficiencies as well as provide producers more predictive capabilities for tapping productive shale zones.
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“Initially, shales were considered very homogeneous, and surface seismic wasn’t seen as particularly useful,” says Peter Duncan, founding president of MicroSeismic Inc., a Houston-based geophysical service company. “But it’s been proven out that there is a lot of variation in the shales. This has given new life to the seismic business in finding where the sweet spots are. But finding which attributes are the right ones is still a work in progress.” If the technology to acquire microseismic data has climbed about 80 per cent of the development curve, and the technology to image that data is also at about 80 per cent, the interpretation of microseismic data still lags far behind. “These are the very early days, something like the late 1980s in conventional seismic, and we’re only beginning to understand how to interpret it,” says MicroSeismic’s Canadian expatriate president. At the heart of microseismic is the concept of rock elasticity. Conventional seismic work shares this foundation, and it’s one reason these two data sets make good interpretation bedfellows. Rock particles minutely expand and contract in response to seismic waves, but this movement is different
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ENVELOPE Surface-monitored microseismic swam against the current of industry acceptance for years before being accepted as a viable methodology. The proof of its acceptance is that most major downhole microseismic service providers now also offer surface microseismic. “So the good news is we’re not out there as the lone guys on the block answering the question, ‘Why doesn’t anybody else do this?’” says Peter Duncan, founding president of MicroSeismic Inc. “The bad news is I’ve got a lot more competition than I’ve ever had before.”
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in rock that remains whole and rock that shatters. So conventional seismic looks at the mechanical properties of rock before it fails, while microseismic observes rock when it goes beyond its elastic limit and is broken. “From a conventional seismic point of view, the game is not only to find the sweet spots, but to be able to extract mechanical properties that would predict or give us some sense of prediction as to how the rock is going to respond to its fracture treatment,” Duncan says. “So we monitor when we fracture and calibrate those [conventional seismic] observations in order to do better with them in the future.” Part of that microseismic mon itoring also provides measurements of mechanical properties within the reservoir that, when married to conventional seismic data, can shed light on how the reservoir is going to produce over time. This is the theory at least, but a tremendous amount of geological and geophysical understanding needs to go into building these interpretive models. Understanding rock failure is actually still fairly limited. And a lot of research is currently being done at the university level.
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David Cho, a PhD student at the University of Calgary working under Bill Goodway, an Apache Corporation geophysics senior staff adviser, spends a lot of time putting rocks under stress and assessing the elasticity of materials. “Surface [conventional] seismic gives you a way of remotely sensing the elastic properties in the ground. Well logging gives you a geo-mechanical model. Microseismic will sort of close that loop by confirming or denying your predictions,” he explains. “In addition to that, the microseismic will give you real-time information about what’s happening in the reservoir.” He says that the current range of microseismic product offerings in the field include event location and magnitude. Something about how the rock failed and the stress regime of the formation is the next level of data. The more advanced analytics include moment tensor inversions, which provide a sense of the source failure mechanisms, and some statistical analysis of data sets such as “b-values,” which provide an indication of whether a fracture is natural or was induced. University research pushes the edges of geophysical and geological
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understanding. Academia is the ideal setting for much of this research because it involves the integration of a lot of different disciplines. Industry is also busy doing its own research into microseismic interpretation, but most of that work has to be geared to producing a revenue- generating product or service. “Our research horizon is six to 24 months,” says Duncan. “But [this research] also needs a horizon of five years and that’s more appropriate to a university.”
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Cutting edge Custom drill bits cut resource play development costs By R.P. Stastny
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esource plays, especially in the marginally economic shale gas plays, demand an unrelenting commitment to driving down drilling and completions costs while improving production. The cutting edge of this process, the mighty drill bit, plays a crucial role. In the Eagle Ford shale, for example, a producer using a Halliburtondesigned bit recently drilled an 8,595-foot well with a single bit. With an average rate of penetration of 103 feet per hour, this set the record for the fastest lateral and lowest-cost-per-foot well drilled in the Briscoe Ranch field in Maverick County, Texas, an area that typically requires three-bit runs. What accounts for today’s exponential increases in rates of penetration and abrasion resistance is years
of incremental improvements in the materials and binding technologies and, perhaps more importantly, the custom design and engineering work that now goes into selecting the right bit for the job. Bit selection, once a matter of pulling a soft, medium or hard rock bit off the shelf, now begins with suppliers sitting down with producers to understand their goals. Drill bits are then designed, modelled and manufactured for quick delivery to site. Monitoring and optimization of bit performance continues from well to well. Since service and turnaround times play a key role in this new game, a boutique industry of small, local drill bit manufacturers has sprung up. “As customers push for customized performance, the niche we occupy is
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how fast we can turn around these bits,” says Luke Wilson, Canada operations team lead for Cordy Drilling Innovations, Inc., a subsidiary of Cordy Oilfield Services Inc. Headquartered in Calgary, Cordy Drilling practices lean manufacturing and can turn around bits from concept to finished product in five days for use in plays like the Cardium, Montney or Horn River. “So if it takes 20 days to drill a lateral, we can even tweak a design modification and get that bit back in the wellbore before they’re finished that lateral to see what benefits those tweaks can deliver,” Wilson says. To compete with international service providers, smaller shops make their clients a proposition that goes something like this: “Give us the
Materials evolution continues in both the cutters and the drill bit bodies. Large service and supply companies typically offer the matrixbody drill bit because much research and investment has gone into developing its superior strength and abrasion resistance. Smaller manufacturers, on the other hand, typically build steelbody bits, but steel has its advantages as well. Manufacturing turnaround time on steel-body bits still outstrips that of matrix-body bits, hard-surfacing technology for steel-body bits has advanced since the early days and steel-body bits also allow for better bit-cleaning designs than matrix bodies, some manufacturers claim.
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opportunity, and we’ll put a capital outlay into your project. We’ll give you a very good baseline bit that will perform up to standards that you’re achieving already, but we’ll also turn our engineering over to you and continue to make subtle changes to the bit to improve its performance.” At the other end of the spectrum, size and deep pockets also have their advantages. International companies like Halliburton bring experience and expertise from over 12,000 drilling sites worldwide. One outcome of years of research and development is the matrix-body fixed-cutter bit, a performance star in shale plays. These polycrystalline diamond compact bits have found wide industry acceptance in shale rock formations. But the hardest cutter isn’t necessarily the best cutter for the job, because with hardness comes brittleness. “If you’re drilling at a high rate of penetration and then run into a harder formation, your cutter needs to be able to handle that transition without shattering,” says Brad Dunbar, product manager, fixed-cutter bits, for Halliburton. “Or if you’re going
from a soft formation into an abrasive formation, you could literally burn the cutters up. So the evolution is about building a better cutter so it can weather the abrasion, but also manage the stresses.” Traditional roller-cone bit technology is also seeing continued development at Halliburton. New thinking around selecting the right hardness grade for the inserts, how many inserts are used and their positioning on the cones make roller-cone bits a good choice in applications with high compressive strengths, highly interbedded and chert-type formations. “Insert placement and positioning is key,” says Guy Phaneuf, product manager, roller-cone bits, for Halliburton. “We have software that models the positioning of these inserts.” Because you are dealing with three cones on a roller-cone bit, you want to make sure that cone one through cone three will react equally to the external forces being applied. Halliburton’s energy-balanced bits ensure equal displacement of energy over all three cones. What has changed in much of this work is Halliburton’s ability to
computer simulate a bit’s performance as it goes through different formations and through different transitions from one formation to another. At the same time, oilfield service and supply majors have torn a page from local drill bit manufacturers’ customized optimization business strategy. “We use a process called DatCI design service, which stands for Design at the Customer Interface,” says Dunbar. “We talk to the customer, find what they’re really after and develop the best design for their application.” In fact, this approach is not new, Halliburton would argue. Halliburton has incorporated the DatCI process for many years on a global scale. “While these boutique companies look at a few specific applications, we do that on 12,000 different applications in the world,” Dunbar says. “We have the best of both worlds because we can focus on individual applications, but we also have the research and technology behind us, so we can provide top-notch materials and designs to meet the needs of the customer.”
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Magic trick NEXT Legacy promises to change the face of fracking By R.P. Stastny
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ana Skinner is an inventor whose environmentally friendly stimulation and completions innovation could make him one of the most celebrated people in the oilpatch. That day may be coming soon as his company, NEXT Legacy Technologies Inc., moves into commercial production after almost five years of product development and 36 tests on real wells. Why is this such a big deal? Right now, fracking costs anywhere from $200,000 to over $1 million and involves multiple trucks with thousands of horsepower, pumping millions of gallons of water and tonnes of sand into the ground. It’s expensive, wasteful of natural resources and, currently, there are few real alternatives to hydraulic fracking apart from its variants, oil, acid and nitrogen fracking. Its product, NEXT Frac, could be that alternative. It promises to do the same subsurface work for a fraction of the cost, only a few litres of water and no proppant. NEXT Legacy claims that it can frac one zone by blending about 200 litres of its dry 100 per cent–organic and non-toxic compounds with just 40 litres of water and using just a coil tubing service unit to deliver that mixture underground, where it expands up to
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24 times its original volume over about 24 hours, hardens and leaves a porous network trail of fissures and fractures that allows the inflow of hydrocarbons to the wellbore.
Two years ago Skinner called Oilweek almost two years ago, offering the opportunity to tell our readers about his revolutionary compound for fracture stimulations. He said then that a $5,000 treatment could do the work of what normally costs hundreds of thousands. Admittedly, we were skeptical. Promising ideas don’t fair well in the market. Take Edmonton’s Triple D Technologies Inc.’s Freeze Frac stimulations method of freezing water underground to create pressure to crack rock. Despite being around for years now, no one is using it. Our skepticism only grew when Skinner said certain people in the oilpatch had made death threats if he pursued commercialization of his fracturing product and that when he approached some frac companies, they offered to buy it and shelve it. “That’s how scared they are,” he said. “It’s going to revolutionize the whole oilfield.” Despite the death threats, Skinner didn’t seem particularly nervous. Maybe that was on account of his
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military background and that fact that he’s a burly, powerful man himself. Skinner said he also had a background in chemical engineering and explosives, and that he’d been working on his invention for three years and had sunk $3 million of his own money into the project by then. “I’m ready to come out with it now so people stop chasing me around,” he said. “We’re going to sell what we have. There’s about 20 people standing on the doorstep right now. We’re talking about $800 million to $1.5 billion for the sale of this product.” He said he had some shareholders, mostly family and friends. He said the product is made up of nine compounds and that he contracted Red Deer College to do laboratory testing. But when we talked to Warren Elgersma, sciences chairman at Red Deer College, about those tests, he told us that “We don’t really have the resources to do a lot of what [Skinner] would like to determine…. But the compound does expand for sure and it does produce a lot of heat.” What eventually kept us from running anything but a brief mention of Skinner’s invention in Oilweek was its lack of in-field testing. At the time, Skinner had only run it in three wells. The results from one, a 22-year-old oil well, apparently saw a 30 per cent
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Today Skinner has come a long way since then. He has created NEXT Legacy Technologies to promote and market his invention, hired an engineer to run it and, this summer, hosted a number of show-and-tell demonstrations at its Leduc, Alta., facility. Oilweek attended one of these sessions in late August. About 40 people shuffle about a bright, spacious workshop. Present are representatives from Calfrac Well Services Ltd., Alberta government officials, consulting engineers and scientists, media and a couple businessmen from Texas, among others. Watching the demonstration and listening to how NEXT Frac works, the thing that palpably begins to irk some people here like an unexplained magic trick, offending their understanding of how things are supposed to work, is how this mixture of compounds, once activated by water, seeks out rock. It builds pressure to crack rock not by containment, but within the matrix of the rock itself. “Like an animal, it pulls itself into the rock and cleans itself out of the well casing,” we are told during
a PowerPoint presentation by Darren Wiltse, Next Legacy’s chief executive officer. So when poured into a two-inch borehole drilled in a solid block of concrete, as Skinner shows us during the demonstration, the material gradually expands and shatters the block even though the ends of the borehole remain uncapped. “It doesn’t take the path of least resistance,” Wiltse explains. “It stays away from water. Rocks attract the compound. We exposed it to many types of rocks and it works in all of them.” Even more baffling, Skinner reaches into a pail and pulls out a handful of the compound that is about a third of the way through its expansion cycle, and pats it onto the side of a concrete section. First, it doesn’t burn his hand even though it’s generating significant heat at its core. Second, as he pours some more water over it, he tells us that as long as there is a small crack in the concrete, the material will work its way into the structure and break it apart. How effective is it? We’re shown a PowerPoint slide of production results of six wells selected out of the 36 wells NEXT Frac says it tested the product in. The company’s bar graph shows roughly an eightfold increase in oil production. At the low end, one
well apparently went from 10 barrels a day to 80 barrels a day after NEXT Frac treatment. The best one went from about 17 barrels a day to 170 barrels a day. To be clear, NEXT Legacy is still not disclosing any details of the secret ingredients or of the well tests— where they are, in which formation, who owns the wells, decline rates, etc. But Wiltse promises more will be revealed this fall when the company goes commercial. And, judging from the buzz in this room and the various discussions peppered with words like “game changer,” NEXT Legacy will likely get a fair chance to prove itself in the field in the coming months. The business model has changed since Oilweek first spoke with Skinner. NEXT Legacy isn’t looking to sell its invention anymore. Instead, it plans to licence its use to frac service providers. Supply NEXT Legacy with the technical information about the reservoir and what you’re trying to accomplish and it will mix what you need. Costs will be at a slight premium to current fracking practices, but the environmental and performance advantages are expected to outweigh that premium. So will this be another promising idea or the real thing? Time may tell.
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Remote efficiencies Complex wells and a tight labour market drive remote drilling services By R.P. Stastny
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he low-hanging fruit has been picked and chasing the next tier of hydrocarbons involves new challenges that demand new drilling technology solutions. “We have many more complex wells, from extended-reach horizontals to the complexities surrounding deepwater wells, and we’ve got a demographic situation where experienced industry professionals are going into retirement,” explains Andreas Sadlier, global product line manager for surface logging and data solutions at Baker Hughes Incorporated. “On top of that, because everything is so cost competitive, we have to find ways to drive down costs without sacrificing expertise and safety.” One dimension of drilling innovation that addresses this issue has been a shift toward remote drilling services that extend the influence of increasingly scarce experts. What falls under the banner of remote drilling services, however, varies. Its simplest variations involve computer technology linked by cellular or satellite communications to allow remotely based executives and experts to look over the shoulder of on-site operators and see how wells are progressing. At the other end of the
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continuum are varying degrees of data transfer and interpretation, as well as input and control over the drilling processes by experts located at a remote control centre. Baker Hughes’ WellLink Radar remote drilling advisory service tends toward the more sophisticated end of that continuum. Its focus is delivering wells on plan and outperforming budget projections by recognizing potential drilling problems before they occur. “There’s a number of components to this solution,” Sadlier says. “First, our BEACON real-time remote collaboration platform facilitates wellsite data aggregation and secure field-tooffice connectivity. BEACON has all the right redundancies and the ability to provide real-time data to the expert. And we also have a number of technologies, such as case-based reasoning, that can facilitate getting the right information to the right experts and delivering more consistency.” WellLink Radar’s 24/7 drilling surveillance is combined with automated decision support from DrillEdge—a real-time case-based reasoning technology provided by Norwegianbased technology provider Verdande Technology. “So that’s the platform. The other component is the ability of our remote
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service engineers to draw on the more than 100 years of historical Baker Hughes expertise more easily. Rather than tying up the best people on one job, they can service multiple jobs as needed and extend the reach of our global expertise from a remote centre.” The premise behind this drilling approach is that similar problems have similar solutions. The case-based reasoning software automatically and consistently identifies patterns and trends from real-time drilling data and compares that to Baker Hughes’ historical cases. “This guidance suggests what we should look at and possible advice for corrective action,” Sadlier says. “It doesn’t mean we’re automatically going to do that, but it gets us looking in the right direction and focused on what’s important rather than having to mine the tsunami of data that we have today.” Situations that merit further investigation show up on the case radar and allow remote engineers to focus attention where required. When they identify a potential event, they investigate, validate and collaborate to determine the best course of action to avoid potential drilling problems. “It’ll even identify good performance and, in real time, recall that
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expertise and put it in front of our remote users,” Sadlier says. “So essentially, it gives remote experts the ability to look at more than one well at a time and have at their fingertips the necessary information.” A lot of this technology comes from offshore applications where deepwater wells routinely cost in excess of $100 million to develop. Baker Hughes, for example, has been supporting North Sea drilling operations with remote drilling services for more than a decade now. But long-reach horizontal wells in shale formations can run upwards of $10 million to develop as well, so remote services are headed for the shore with the coming of the shale gas revolution. “For land operations, it’s more about reducing variability,” Sadlier says of Baker Hughes’ onshore services. “Onshore, it’s more about how can we identify the things that have gone well, capture that and use it on the next well?” While the focus of offshore remote services is to reduce non-productive time and safety issues by maintaining the right pressures, avoiding lost circulation events, stuck pipe, etc., onshore services are geared to optimization and repeatability.
Onshore remote drilling services also incorporate a problem-solving dimension for detecting vibrational issues, erratic torque, stuck pipe and the like, but the technology goes beyond just looking for red/green light scenarios. “It’s looking for trends,” Sadlier says. “So it’s less diagnostic and more predictive. Both are important.” Where Baker Hughes sees value for WellLink Radar in western Canadian applications is in its ability to focus on an entire field collectively. If an operator is running multiple rigs at the same area, this technology can improve efficiencies. “In land operations where it’s a bit less complex, it may take several wells before they have a problem or to start to really establish that baseline for achieving the repeatability,” Sadlier adds. The only problem is that Baker Hughes has yet to roll out this service in Canada. Currently, it’s being focused on the offshore arena. “In Canada, we’re focused on a different remote solution. WellLink Fit is a remote directional service that’s aimed at rightsizing our directional services for the routine sections,” Sadlier says. “So we have a lot of demand for these basic directional services, and
this service provides maximum value, but only with what’s needed. It’s in the prototype stage, but we hope to bring it in the remote-service dimension later this year.” WellLink Fit leverages a third-party service company’s satellite connectivity and its directional system software to decode the Baker Hughes measurementwhile-drilling (MWD) signals. “Since the supplier is already on location, using that system will reduce our rigsite footprint,” Sadlier says. “Another benefit to customers is that our MWD engineers will be able to work in the BEACON remote centre so operators can use the same MWD hand to monitor two or more of their wells. It adds value with a more fit-forpurpose solution where the specialist doesn’t need to be on location,” Sadlier adds. “But our directional drillers will stay at the rig to make sure of the precise wellbore placement.... Also, if the well is more complex or requires more than a basic directional or directional gamma service, then our other drilling service solutions would make a better fit.” As remote services continue to evolve, the full range of benefits have yet to be realized, Sadlier says. There are still a lot of opportunities to be exploited in this evolution.
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The straight goods Quebecers head west for the straight story on living with shale gas developments By Dale Lunan
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n the five years or so that the implementation of horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracture stimulation has changed the face of the conventional oil and gas business in North America, operators and service providers have pretty much nailed the technology. Horizontal wells now account for the majority of drilling, and fracking has become just another stage in the completion process. But while fracking has become common in the industry, it is far from accepted in many places across North America, particularly in areas that don’t have a long history of living with the oil and gas business. Concerns surrounding aquifer contamination persist—despite evidence to the contrary—and fracking bans continue to inhibit the development of shale gas resources. In Quebec, a strategic environmental assessment into the impact of natural gas development recommended by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement in the fall of 2010 is about two-thirds of the way complete, and a final report from the assessment committee is expected in the fall of 2013. Until then, however, Quebec’s natural gas industry, led by the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec (OGSAQ), is taking the bull by the horns to educate the public about the realities of horizontal drilling and multistage fracking. In July, it launched that initiative by sponsoring, with the participation of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), a tour of Alberta that brought rural residents of Quebec together with rural Albertans who have lived with oil and gas—and fracking—for generations. “With so much discussion and debate happening in the province of Quebec with regards to the development of their natural gas resources, this was an opportunity to bring rural residents from Quebec out here and get them talking one
on one with Alberta farmers who have been dealing directly with the oil and gas industry here for years,” PSAC pres ident Mark Salkeld said of the three-day tour. Tour participants met with a number of rural Albertans who deal with oil and gas on a daily basis, and also with the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the Surface Rights Board, two Alberta regulatory agencies with a global reputation for effective and efficient regulation of the upstream oil and gas industry, and pressure pumping services provider Trican Well Service Ltd. “This tour allowed participants to experience first-hand the quality of the relationship that has developed between farmers and Alberta’s natural gas industry,” OGSAQ president Mario Lévesque said following the tour. “It was an opportunity to demystify the process of hydraulic fracturing and to demonstrate how, under an appropriate regulatory environment, the industry acts in a safe and environment ally friendly way.” Over the last several years, Lévesque says, Quebecers have been bombarded with negative press surrounding fracking and shale gas development, most notably the controversial documentary Gasland, which purported to offer evidence that fracking contaminates drinking water. The tour, he says, was an initiative undertaken by OGSAQ to provide real, first-hand information on what it’s like to live with fracking on a daily basis and to prove that fracking operations, when done properly, are environmentally safe. And Alberta, he says, was a logical destination for Quebecers seeking answers to questions about fracking and the natural gas industry. Alberta produces 73 per cent of the fossil fuel energy produced in Canada and is home to 64 per cent of the country’s natural gas reserves. Since the 1950s, 171,000 wells in Alberta have been fracked, and since 2008, more than 3,300 horizontal wells with multistage fracking have been drilled.
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Pascal Grodin, who lives in the St. Lawrence Lowlands community of Thetford Mines south of Quebec City (atop the eastern fringes of the Utica shale zone in Quebec), came to Alberta hoping to get the straight facts on fracking after hearing only the horror stories related by critics. “In Quebec, there has been a lot of controversy, and I wanted to see for myself what is the industry outside of what we see in the media, either from the industry or from the opponents to development,” he said. “What I saw here was the conversations between the people and the industry and all the regulations around that which make the decisions easier for people to accept this kind of development on their land.” The tour, he said, constituted a crash course in the oil and gas industry, and served to open his eyes to the realities of drilling and fracking and to the fact that oil and gas developments—even the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing—can be carried out with minimal disruption and impact on agricultural activities.
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“I learned a lot and what I learned is totally different from what I thought,” he said. “I learned that these developments can be done environmentally friendly and that is very important for me. I understand more now the business.” That understanding, Lévesque said, is the key message OGSAQ wants to convey to Quebec residents and politicians, in a manner that is at once informative and non-confrontational. “I leave here with a renewed conviction that it is possible to develop the gas industry while respecting local communities, and in particular the farming community,” he said. “We have seen with our own eyes that there exists an alternative to confrontation and that there are people embracing this alternative.” Michael Binnion, president and chief executive officer of Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corporation, says the tour of Quebecers to Alberta was just the opening move in getting proper information into the hands of stakeholders in Quebec, including the politicians who will ultimately decide how the province’s gas resources are produced.
Photos: (toP) Psac; (Bottom) Questerre energy
[Above] Quebec rural residents met several of their Alberta counterparts who live daily with oil and gas developments virtually in their backyards. [Below] Mario Lévesque (left), president of the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec, was responsible for putting the tour together.
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Quebec residents were shown that oil and gas field facilities, even fracked wells, can co-exist with agricultural operations.
“The main goal [of the tour] was to show how Canadians actually develop natural gas and counter the myths imported from America on how Americans develop natural gas,” he said. “But one tour is not enough for the message that Canada is different than America on regulatory approach to get through. It is essential to have a dialogue and the farmer tour proved to be the right forum and the right audience.” Educating the politicians, however, could be more of a challenge than educating rural residents. In the wake of the Parti Quebecois’s minority election win in September, Martine Ouellet, a Hydro-Quebec engineer named to head the natural resources ministry, appeared to slam the door shut on any future shale gas development in the province. “I do not see the day when there will be technologies allowing the safe extraction of [shale natural gas],” she told reporters as she headed into her minority government’s first cabinet meeting. “Our position is very clear: we want a complete moratorium, not only on exploitation, but also on exploration of shale gas.”
Binnion, however, dismissed Ouellet’s comments, and said they will have no impact on the company’s business plans, in Quebec or elsewhere. “There is already a moratorium in Quebec. So the minister’s comments about a moratorium have no impact on our business plan,” he said. “We were disappointed to hear that the minister does not believe modern completion techniques can ever be done safely, which is ironic since Quebec imports about 500 million cubic feet a day of natural gas from western Canada that is safely produced using this proven, wellestablished technology.” Adding to the confusion over just where the Parti Quebecois stands with respect to shale gas development is Ouellet’s admission in early October that the province favoured development of shale oil resources in the Old Harry geological area of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near Îles de la Madeleine, and on Anticosti Island. While the target may be different, exploiting shale oil uses virtually the same technologies as exploiting shale gas. However, Ouellet said, the two can’t really be compared, noting that shale oil is “more viscous and less volatile” than natural gas.
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RMH Engineering (Rocky) Ltd Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-6521
Accutech Engineering Calgary AB 403 266-5810
Allan R. Nelson Engineering (1997) Inc Edmonton AB 780 483-3436
BAR Engineering
Lloydminster AB 780 875-1683
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Canadian Petroleum Engineering Inc Calgary AB 403 263-0752
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Edmonton AB 780 466-5237
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Calgary AB 403 253-2741
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Joanne McNichol Consulting Inc Calgary AB 403 998-0844
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Alberta Mobile Paramedic Services Grande Prairie AB 780 539-2677
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Alberta Welltest Incinerators Ltd (AWI)
AB Safety Training Ltd
Alberta’s B.E.S.T. Inc
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Absorbent Products Ltd Kamloops BC 250 372-1600
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Action Health And Safety Services Dawson Creek BC 250 782-8202
Advanced Paramedic Limited - APL Peace River AB 780 624-4911
Advantage Learning Solutions Inc Fort McMurray AB 780 743-5001
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Barb B’s Bandaids & Medic Services Ltd Goodlow BC 250 262-1386
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Beck Drilling & Environmental Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 297-1399
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Bio Advanta Environmental Solutions Inc Edmonton AB 780 431-2890
Alpha Training Solutions
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Black Opal Energy Services Inc
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Blueweed Services
Apparel Solutions International
BPL Hydroseeding
Arresting You Ltd
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As Per Safety & Rescue Ltd
Brogan Safety Supplies
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Buchinski Enterprises Ltd
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Slave Lake AB 780 849-2581
Burnell & Associates Inc Calgary AB 403 225-2333
Busy Bee Signs & Graphics Dawson Creek BC 250 782-2528
Cactus Environmental Services Neilburg SK 306 823-4355
CALA Safety Inc
Lac La Biche AB 780 623-9444
Caliber Planning Inc Calgary AB 403 295-0274
Canadian Linen & Uniform Service Edmonton AB 780 665-3905
Contain Enviro Services Ltd Cold Lake AB 780 639-6654
Containment Solutions High Level AB 780 926-2133
COR Solutions
Turner Valley AB 403 801-8409
Core Laboratories Canada Ltd Calgary AB 403 250-4000
Crown Alert Enterprises Ltd Nisku AB 780 987-7300
CSSI Cormac Safety Services Inc Fort Nelson BC 250 500-2096
D & T Disposals Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-5088
Canadian Oil Recycle Corp
Danatec Educational Services Ltd
CANRUSS Medical, Safety & Security
Dart Environmental
Spirit River AB 780 864-2140
Fort Nelson BC 250 775-0522
Cansafe Inc
Lloydminster SK 306 825-8845
Caster Town Ltd Calgary AB 403 236-0028
Calgary AB 403 232-6950 Worsley AB 780 835-9735
Denali Oilfield Services Red Deer AB 403 341-3642
deSIGNS by Tam Ltd & Computer Service High Prairie AB 780 523-2272
CATT Fire Suppression Services
Deuce Disposal Ltd
Chimo Water & Wastewater
Diverse Drilling Ltd
Chinook Environmental Services Ltd
DM McKay Medic Services Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-5944 Edmonton AB 780 733-4900
Red Deer AB 403 314-9176
City Screen Productions Inc Red Deer AB 403 343-7183
Clarke Vegetation Control Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-1258
Cloak Medic and Safety Services Inc Wembley AB 780 766-2930
Commander Combustion Edmonton AB 780 916-4219
Competition Environmental Ltd Carnduff SK 306 482-3244
Slave Lake AB 780 849-3334 Bonanza AB 780 353-2203 Hythe AB 780 831-9030
Dobi Vegetation Management Grande Prairie AB 780 933-7501
Drench Shower Units Slave Lake AB 780 849-4214
DYSM Noise Abatement Nisku AB 780 450-9959
East Central Painting And Coating Services Inc Wainwright AB 780 842-9552
Eco-Web Ecological Consulting Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-1110
EGOC Enviro Group of Companies Ltd Peace River AB 888 866-3835
Ember Medical & Safety Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 933-0668
Enform
Calgary AB 403 516-8000
Enviro-Pads Containment Systems Inc Red Deer AB 403 302-1806
EnviroSORT Inc Calgary AB 403 509-2150
Enviro-Tek Manufacturing Edmonton AB 780 237-4973
Envirotrap Systems Alameda SK 306 483-7330
EPS Flushby Systems Wainwright AB 780 806-0000
EX/PX Energy Services Inc Calgary AB 403 269-9622
FDI Acoustics Inc Calgary AB 403 547-9511
FFA Consultants in Acoustics and Noise Control Ltd Calgary AB 403 508-4996
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Lethbridge AB 403 328-8496
Get Safe Training Services Fox Creek AB 780 622-4175
Global Training Inc Pincher Creek AB 403 627-1874
Gower & Co Vegetation Management Inc Lloydminster AB 780 808-3141
Grande Prairie Regional College Grande Prairie AB 780 539-2975
GRB College Of Welding Edmonton AB 780 436-7342
Great Plains College Industry And Safety Training Kindersley SK 306 463-6431
Greenlight Environmental Consulting Inc Red Deer AB 403 506-0965
Greenslade’s Disposal Hanna AB 403 854-0566
Green-Zone Herbicide Applicators La Crete AB 780 821-9535
Ground Zero Revival Swan Hills AB 780 333-4488
Fine-Line Signs
Guardian Emergency Inc
Fire Power Oilfield Firefighting Ltd
HAZCO Environmental Services
Firemaster Oilfield Services Inc
Haztech Fire And Safety Services Inc
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6696 Grande Prairie AB 780 538-0040 Red Deer AB 403 342-7500
Flatline Response Inc Calgary AB 403 571-7655
Foothills Safety Solutions Calgary AB 403 537-6520
Four Winds Midstream Solutions Calgary AB 403 233-2437
Fox Creek Safety Supplies Fox Creek AB 780 622-7534
Frozen Topsoil Cutting Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-5929
Olds AB 403 556-1160 Calgary AB 403 297-0444
Regina SK 306 352-9114
Heart River Holdings (2011) Ltd Peace River AB 780 618-1299
Hellfire Suppression Services Rocky Mountain House AB 403 846-4699
Helmig Fire Equipment Inc Hinton AB 780 865-5430
Highmark Environmental Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 827-3024
Hi-Volt Safety
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5353
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Kenmore Holdings Inc
Megalith Power Alternatives Ltd
NWT Safety Supplies Ltd
Hollow Point Contracting Ltd
K4 Safety
Midnite Oil Flushby Ltd
Odor Tech Canada
Horizon Enterprises Inc
Kinetic Safety Consulting Inc
Milepost Manufacturing
Oilfield Medical Services Inc
Hurley Well Service Ltd
Koala-T First Aid Service Inc
Millenium Oilfield Services Ltd
On.Site Advanced Medical Services
Red Deer AB 403 346-4185 Dawson Creek BC 250 784-4720
Sherwood Park AB 780 467-5149 Grande Prairie AB 780 539-9430
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Calgary AB 403 275-1919
Incinerator Technology Inc Red Deer AB 403 348-8088
Industrial Hearing North Grande Prairie AB 780 228-2779
Industrial Life Support Slave Lake AB 780 849-6787
Industry Medical Supports Inc Red Deer AB 403 346-6206
Indy Signs Inc
Red Deer AB 403 342-6993
Inferno Safety Ltd Red Deer AB 403 896-7494
Infratech Corporation Whitecourt AB 780 778-4226
Integrated Modelling Inc Calgary AB 403 269-1606
Integrated Vegetation Solutions Inc Morinville AB 780 938-6008
J.E.D. Anchors & Environmental Ltd Eckville AB 403 746-3408
JP Wear Manufacturing Ltd Edmonton AB 780 488-8928
Just Safety
Red Deer AB 403 343-2799
Medicine Hat AB 403 529-7157 Marengo SK 306 968-2798
Grande Prairie AB 780 832-8711 Dawson Creek BC 250 784-5322
Kortech Calcium Services Ltd Edmonton AB 780 499-6633
L & B Water Services Ltd Stony Plain AB 780 963-8134
MIM Your Body Mechanics In Motion Grande Prairie AB 780 832-8711
Grande Prairie AB 780 402-2339
Ordos Fire Equipment Ltd Edmonton AB 780 466-2033
Paragon Performance Training
Lea-Der Coatings
Muskwa Valley Ventures Ltd
Peace Sign & Graphics Inc
Learn-Rite Courses Inc
Newalta Corporation
Petro Plan Safety Ltd
LeaseLink Services Ltd
Newcart Safety Services
Phoenix Treatment Systems
Leduc Safety Service Ltd
Nilex Inc
Plains Environmental Inc
L.E.R. Holdings Inc
Nisku Security Patrol Inc
PPE Safety Services Ltd
Levitt-Safety
Nor-Alta Environmental Services Ltd
Preference First Aid
Edmonton AB 780 453-6731
Spruce Grove AB 780 962-5060
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-0353 Cold Lake AB 780 826-0979 Nisku AB 780 955-3300 Innisfail AB 403 227-6155 Edmonton AB 780 461-8088
Lifting Equipment Ltd Calgary AB 403 243-1638
Lineriders Inc
Grande Prairie AB 780 518-5356
Lionhead Engineering Calgary AB 403 262-2694
LN’s First Aid Services (2008) Inc Fort St John BC 250 262-0106
Marv Holland Apparel Ltd
Kel-Tek Safety Apparel
Medicine River Oil Recyclers Ltd
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Calgary AB 403 669-4465
MOJO Trucking
Layfield Geosynthetics & Industrial Fabrics Ltd
Katch Kan Limited
Winnipeg MB 204 786-1503
Sturgeon County AB 780 459-1030
Nisku AB 780 980-6760
Panther Environmental Inc
Lyle Eddy Trucking Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 414-6083
Camrose AB 780 608-0191
Nisku AB 780 955-8797
Mitchco Spraying Ltd
K & M Oilfield Services Whitecourt AB 780 262-0343
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5484
Calgary AB 403 291-3501 Edmonton AB 780 453-5044 Eckville AB 403 746-3130
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Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5283 Fort Nelson BC 250 500-3478 Calgary AB 403 806-7000
Rocky Mountain House AB 800 661-6986 Edmonton AB 780 463-9535 Nisku AB 780 955-9308
Edmonton AB 780 486-4931
North Shore Environmental Consultants Sherwood Park AB 780 467-3354
Northern Climate Soils Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 513-6203
Northern Factory Workwear Lloydminster AB 780 875-4800
Bonnyville AB 780 812-2702
Fort McMurray AB 780 799-7350 Peace River AB 780 624-4334 Calgary AB 403 261-7064 Clairmont AB 403 862-6662 Melville SK 306 728-3636
Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7217
Dawson Creek BC 250 719-8200
Pride H2S Safety & Medical Services Grande Prairie AB 780 539-4119
Primco Dene (EMS) LP Cold Lake AB 780 594-4034
Priority One First Aid Ltd Fort St John BC 250 793-5747
Northern Lights College
Prodahl Environmental Services Ltd
Northern Waste Water Services
Pro-Envirocore Consulting Inc
Fort St John BC 250 262-4985
Calgary AB 403 519-1698
Northwest Fire Rescue & Training
Rapid Rod Service Ltd
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-5251
Gunn AB 877 393-7498
Lloydminster AB 306 825-5933
High River AB 403 652-7000
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5150
Remote Response Worsley AB 780 251-0099
Remote Sewer Systems Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 625-1817
Remote Waste LP Sexsmith AB 780 537-3011
Respect Breathing Air & Safety Services Whitecourt AB 780 779-8689
Rig Ratz H2S Safety Fort St John BC 250 785-7289
The Robert James Medic Group Red Deer AB 403 350-5377
Robwel Constructors Inc Conklin AB 780 559-2966
Rocky Mountain Containment Airdrie AB 403 946-4735
SafeTech Consulting Group Ltd Edmonton AB 877 455-4480
Safety BOSS Inc Calgary AB 403 261-5075
Safety Buzz
Medicine Hat AB 403 526-8400
Safety Man Canada Ltd Airdrie AB 403 945-3533
Safety Training Centre Red Deer AB 403 341-4544
Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute Weyburn SK 306 848-2500
Scrub Squad Cleaning Services Fort Nelson BC 250 775-1052
SDS Environmental Services Ltd Wainwright AB 780 842-6365
Service Masters Security Red Deer AB 403 358-8908
SHARP Environmental (2000) Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-4646
Shield Specialized Emergency Services Inc Edmonton AB 780 416-6082
Silverstream Outdoor Inc Calgary AB 587 216-0660
Site Safety Services Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-8842
Total Combustion Inc
Waterline Resources Inc
Total Safety
WellSite Environmental Inc
Transcend Safety Services Ltd
Western Canadian Containment (WCC)
Calgary AB 403 309-7731 Edmonton AB 780 461-0738 Stettler AB 403 742-4216
Calgary AB 403 243-5611 Calgary AB 403 263-9011
Camrose AB 780 672-0323
Skye Lyne Consulting
Trek Construction & Environmental Services Ltd
Slave Safety Supply Ltd
Tri Jet Services Inc
Westland Consulting
Snow Valley Site Solutions Inc
Tri-Arrow Industrial Recovery Inc
White Bear Work Wear
SOS Oilfield Safety
Trinity Safety & Training
Whitecourt Transport Inc
Sphere Environmental Ltd
Trojan Air Monitoring Services
Whitmore Protective Technology Inc
Spring Air Industrial Acoustics
Trojan Safety Services Ltd
High Level AB 780 926-3552 Slave Lake AB 780 849-4214 Fernie BC 250 430-7779
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5393 Okotoks AB 403 995-2137
Rocky View County AB 403 295-6110
Summit Safety Inc Drayton Valley AB 780 542-9191
Superior Fire Control Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 882-0070
Taber Water Disposal Inc Taber AB 403 223-2658
Target Emission Services Calgary AB 855 225-8755
Target Safety Services Lloydminster AB 780 870-5350
TCA
Taber AB 403 223-1113
Tenaquip Ltd
Calgary AB 403 203-5721
Terra Water Systems Calgary AB 403 264-4882
Terry’s Lease Maintenance Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 350-7017
Tervita
Calgary AB 403 233-7565
Toro Safety Consulting Development & Design Inc
Calgary AB 403 274-1000 Whitecourt AB 780 779-4965 Surrey BC 604 597-7334 Saskatoon SK 306 955-9933
Fort St John BC 250 785-9557 Fort St John BC 250 785-9557
Tundra Environmental & Geotechnical Drilling Stettler AB 403 742-6601
Western Solutions 2000 Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-3364 Edmonton AB 780 447-5052 Nisku AB 780 955-3810 Whitecourt AB 780 778-2226
Calgary AB 403 457-5588
Worktime Wearhouse Hines Creek AB 780 494-3836
Xtra Energy Services Red Deer AB 403 506-7654
Tundra Specialized Services Inc Sherwood Park AB 888 818-2247
United Safety Ltd
Geological & Geophysical Services
Universal Environmental Safety Services Ltd
Dawson Energy Advisors Ltd
Airdrie AB 403 912-3690
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2122
Universal Fluid Carriers (UFC) Drayton Valley AB 780 514-4459
Vantage Safety Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 513-4097
Vital Safety Training Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2016
Walls Apparel Canada, Inc Edmonton AB 780 466-6385
Wapose Medical Services Inc Fort McMurray AB 780 714-6654
Watchorn Oilfield Rentals & Service Fairview AB 780 834-0055
Salt Spring Island BC 250 537-1741
Forward Energy Group Inc Calgary AB 403 214-0066
John Crane Canada Inc Edmonton AB 780 466-1338
Maltais Geomatics Inc Edmonton AB 780 483-2015
Midwest Surveys Inc Calgary AB 403 244-7471
MPE Geomatics Ltd Lethbridge AB 403 381-1320
Pals Geomatics Corp Edmonton AB 780 455-3177
Sherwood Park AB 780 464-8530
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Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd
Albright Refrigeration Ltd
Bernie Lublinkhof Welding Ltd
CarRey Picker Service Ltd
Petro Logic Services
All Around Oilfield Services Ltd
Biantco Environmental Services Inc
Cat Bros Oilfield Construction Ltd
Calgary AB 403 218-1618 Calgary AB 403 270-8517
Precision Geomatics Inc Edmonton AB 780 470-4000
Source-Eval Ltd Calgary AB 403 607-6565
Stewart Weir & Co Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 410-2580
Vista Geomatics Ltd Calgary AB 403 270-4048
Laboratory Services ALS Environmental Edmonton AB 780 413-5227
Apex Technological Field Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 818-2739
Central Labs
Red Deer AB 403 348-8378
Chandler Consulting Inc Red Deer AB 403 343-6869
CoreLab, Integrated Reservoir Solutions Division Calgary AB 403 295-3284
Fluid Life
Edmonton AB 780 462-2400
Phoenix Safety Consulting Dawson Creek BC 250 467-3121
POLARIS Laboratories Edmonton AB 877 808-3750
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-8820 Barrhead AB 780 674-6457
Amaritech Electric & Controls Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 346-2071
Andy Harapchuk Construction Sangudo AB 780 785-2060
Arctic Crane Service Ltd Clairmont AB 780 814-6990
ARW Truck Equipment Ltd
Alhambra AB 403 729-2261
Lethbridge AB 403 327-8194
Bieg-A-Hoe Backhoe Service Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-3627
Big Block Picker Services Ltd Edson AB 780 712-3045
Bob’s Pile Driving & Crane Service Whitecourt AB 780 778-2761
Edson AB 780 723-4880 Alix AB 403 747-2723
CBW Resource Consultants Calgary AB 403 265-9347
CC Blocking Systems Red Deer AB 403 358-2195
Chevallier Geo-Con Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-2736
Bohn Pumpjack & Picker Service
Civic Recycling & Equipment 1995 Ltd
Borysiuk Contracting Inc
Clark Construction Ltd
Brews Supply
Clayton Construction Co Ltd
Broersen Construction Ltd
Clear Path Mulchers
Bula.ca Construction/Maintenance Services
Commercial Sand Blasting & Painting
BWG Excavating
Compass Industrial Services Ltd
C & D Oilfield Construction Ltd
Conway Electric Inc
C. Herman Trucking Ltd
Covolt Systems Ltd
Camtech Construction Inc
Crow Enterprises Ltd
Bauer Foundations Canada Inc
Can West Projects Inc
Crude Energy Services Inc
Beachcorner Crane Service Ltd
Canada Crane Services Inc
Curly’s Contracting
Calgary AB 403 243-6111
Aurora Energy Controls Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 532-0785
Avalon Fencing Nisku AB 780 955-3370
B & B Wilson Oilfield Service Ltd Swan Hills AB 780 333-4502
Badger Daylighting Red Deer AB 403 343-0303
Bare Contractors Ltd Fox Creek AB 780 622-3743
barkman
Steinbach MB 204 667-3310
Basarab Garry Construction & Grader High Prairie AB 780 523-4793
Battle River Oilfield Construction Ltd Manning AB 780 836-3498 Calgary AB 403 723-0159
Swan Hills AB 780 333-4350
Prince Albert SK 306 763-0911 Calgary AB 403 243-1144 Brooks AB 403 793-0688
Blackfalds AB 403 885-5919
Medicine Hat AB 403 502-3611 Hanna AB 403 854-2528 Slave Lake AB 780 849-5399 Edmonton AB 780 480-8000 Calgary AB 403 261-8890
Calgary AB 403 236-9600 Altario AB 403 552-2477
Lloydminster AB 780 875-8754
Drayton Valley AB 780 621-6397
Saskatoon SK 306 931-2820
Sherwood Park AB 780 417-9553 Fort St John BC 250 785-6829 Whitecourt AB 780 706-3340 Thorsby AB 780 789-3721
Lac La Biche AB 780 623-4409
Procurement & Construction Services
Onoway AB 780 967-3454
Bear Slashing Inc
Canada Culvert
D.A. Electric Ltd
A I M Oilfield Services
Beaver Mulching Inc
Red Deer County AB 403 358-7762
Canadian Discovery Ltd
D.A. McIntyre Construction Ltd
Wabasca AB 780 891-1003
ABCAN Forest Industries Inc
Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) Ltd
Carlan Services Ltd
Dacapa Crane & Rigging Ltd
La Crete AB 780 928-4110
ACI Acoustical Consultants Inc
Bonnyville AB 780 826-8048
Chauvin AB 780 858-3794
Edmonton AB 780 414-6373
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Nisku AB 780 955-7564 Edmonton AB 780 487-3404 Calgary AB 403 269-3644 Whitecourt AB 780 778-4998
Falher AB 780 837-1009 Lethbridge AB 403 328-4849 Edmonton AB 780 484-6333
Spruce Grove AB 780 963-0004
Danny’s Picker Service Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-5441
Calgary AB 403 333-4843
Dawn Lynn Construction Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-7266
Day Construction Ltd Carnduff SK 306 482-3244
DBC Contractors Ltd Airdrie AB 403 948-5991
DBY Contractors Inc Tangent AB 780 359-2363
Deep Basin Contracting Ltd Beaverlodge AB 780 354-2696
Demco Electric Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7884
Deniche Screw Piling Spruce Grove AB 780 318-1821
DFI
Edmonton AB 780 466-5237
Digger Dan’s Contracting Ltd Kindersley SK 306 463-4871
Dipper Oilfield Developments Conklin AB 780 559-2244
Dunne-za Ventures LP Fort St John BC 250 787-5084
Dwight’s Picker Service & Oilfield Hauling (1997) Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-8632
ENGCO Specialty Electrical Products
Gray Electric Ltd
InSite Petroleum Consultants Ltd
Greschner Enterprises (2007)
Integral Energy Services Ltd
Grimshaw Gravel Sales Ltd
IPAC Services Corporation
Grizzly Electric & Instrumentation Ltd
IVIS Inc
Exlco
Falvo Electrical Supply Ltd
Groundwater Control Systems
Fearless Oilfield Service (FOS)
GTS Machine & Dyno
Fine Line Services
Gummow’s Construction Ltd/ Alberta Pipeliner
Nisku AB 780 955-2501
Enjay Contracting Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 402-1900
Excel Hydrovac Edmonton AB 780 983-9330 Hanna AB 403 854-2077 Edmonton AB 780 466-8078 Slave Lake AB 780 849-8554 High Level AB 780 926-3298
Finlay Crane Service Ltd Olds AB 403 556-3411
Flint Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 215-5499
Force Pile Driving Ltd Red Deer AB 403 341-0030
Formula Contractors Ltd Stony Plain AB 780 968-1102
4 Lee Cat Service Barrhead AB 780 674-7370
Fox Creek Excavating Fox Creek AB 780 622-7675
E & E Oilfield Services Ltd
Frontier Fencing Ltd
Earth & Iron Inc
Garnet’s Oilfield Trucking Inc
Stettler AB 403 742-6607
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5622
Echo-B-Canada Ltd Beaumont AB 780 778-5423
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-7773
Red Deer County AB 403 346-7668
Gazelle’s Oilfield Services Ltd Breton AB 780 696-3412
Edge Controls Inc
General Recycling Industries Ltd
Elite Technologies Inc
Good To Go Oilfield Services Ltd
Dawson Creek BC 250 784-0555 Fort St John BC 250 785-3311
Enahz Contracting Falher AB 780 837-7700
Encore Trucking & Transport Ltd Edmonton AB 780 463-5057
Edmonton AB 780 461-5555
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-3693
Gordon Bros Construction Valleyview AB 780 524-3595 Drayton Valley AB 780 621-3304
Grande Prairie AB 780 296-5274 Manning AB 780 836-2544 Grimshaw AB 780 332-2284
Slave Lake AB 780 849-9164 Edmonton AB 780 447-4685 Drumheller AB 403 823-2616
Swan Hills AB 780 333-4879
H F Nodes Construction Ltd Pouce Coupe BC 250 786-5474
H & H Shearing & Salvage Ltd High Level AB 780 841-1119
H & S Oilfield Services Wandering River AB 780 771-2027
H. Rahn Contracting Ltd High Prairie AB 780 523-0097
Helical Pier Systems Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 992-0007
Hopkins Construction (Lacombe) Ltd Lacombe AB 403 782-4400
Hunter Hydrovac Inc Bentley AB 403 304-7556
Hurricane Industries Ltd Lloydminster SK 780 875-5597
Hydrodig Canada Inc Bentley AB 403 748-2110
HydroMaxx Hydro Vac Services Brooks AB 403 362-0500
Hy-Line Crane & Picker Service Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-3448
Iconic Power and Controls Inc Calgary AB 403 240-1233
Calgary AB 403 262-2499 Airdrie AB 403 912-1261 Clairmont AB 780 532-7350 Edmonton AB 780 476-2626
J D Haggart Contracting Ltd Carrot Creek AB 780 712-1640
Jackson Power & Electric Ltd Edmonton AB 780 435-9275
JazCo Contracting Ltd Bassano AB 403 641-2465
JD Piling & Anchor Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-6001
Jim Moffatt Construction Worsley AB 780 685-3600
Jodek Industries Ltd Spruce View AB 403 728-3966
K G Enterprises Ltd Lamont AB 780 895-7554
K & R Services
Fairview AB 780 835-5585
Kevin Crocker Contracting Ltd Bonanza AB 780 353-2616
Kimmitt Excavating Elnora AB 403 773-7807
King Cool Refrigeration, Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-1688
Klassen Blade Contracting Ltd Red Deer AB 403 598-2485
Kowal Construction Alta Ltd Crossfield AB 403 946-4450
KSB Industrial Services Inc Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7678
L & L Oilfield Construction (1990) Ltd Lloydminster SK 306 825-6111
Lakeshore Contracting Ltd Fort McMurray AB 780 714-3665
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Dave’s Truck & Crane
Lalonde Contracting Oilfield Logging Hinton AB 780 865-0008
Landmass Dirtworx Cochrane AB 403 399-5103
LaPrairie Crane
Tumbler Ridge BC 250 242-5561
Larson Contracting Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-4552
Lightning Hydrovac Ltd Lloydminster SK 780 205-4822
Littlehawk Enterprises Ltd Arcola SK 306 455-2667
Lobo Picker Service Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-2970
Lonestar Vacuum Inc Sylvan Lake AB 780 887-0234
LTD Oilfield Services Inc Redwater AB 780 942-4484
Lydell Logging & Oilfield Construction Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6019
Lynx Creek Steaming Hinton AB 780 865-0329
M & R PTL Backhoe, Trucking & Cat Service Whitecourt AB 780 778-5553
Marcus Pipe Inc Edmonton AB 780 490-7473
Marks Oilfield Services Inc Milo AB 403 599-0003
Marnevic Construction Ltd Fox Creek AB 780 622-3994
Maverick Construction Ltd Saskatoon SK 306 933-2950
McLellan Fencing 1997 Lethbridge Ltd Lethbridge AB 403 329-0625
McNeil Construction Grande Cache AB 780 827-4444
Metro’s Contracting Waskatenau AB 780 358-2351
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Mid-East Oilfield Services Inc Minburn AB 780 593-3946
Mielke Way Enterprises Stettler AB 403 741-7121
Mile “0” Electric Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-4662
Mixcor Aggregates Inc Leduc AB 780 986-6721
Moose Jaw Refinery Moose Jaw SK 306 691-7800
MorQuest Electric Ltd Morinville AB 780 939-7585
Myshak Crane & Rigging Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-9790
Navigator Resource Consulting Ltd Calgary AB 403 233-7380
Nels Ostero Ltd
Fort St John BC 250 789-3508
Newcart Contracting
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-4884
Newforce Energy Services Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 514-7882
Nipisi Electric Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-3700
Noise Solutions Inc Calgary AB 403 232-0916
Nordic Industries (1979) Ltd Saskatoon SK 306 653-3663
Northern Mat & Bridge Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4135
Northstar
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-0700
Northstar Hydrovac Inc Valleyview AB 855 524-2666
NWS Construction Hinton AB 780 865-4469
OGS Consulting Kamsack SK 306 542-3635
OSSA Terra Ltd
Lethbridge AB 403 328-5882
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P.C. Oilfield Construction Supplies Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-5134
Pasco Maintenance Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4041
Permalta Ltd
Donnelly AB 780 925-2400
Petrowest Construction LP Fort McMurray AB 780 743-0486
Petrowest Energy Services Corp Grande Prairie AB 780 830-0881
Phoenix Fence Inc Edmonton AB 780 447-1919
Pile Base Contractors 1987 Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5292
PileMaster
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3538
Pinnacle Picker Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 512-7775
Pipemaster Oilfield Services Inc Marsden SK 306 826-5550
PMP Powerline Construction Assiniboia SK 306 642-3547
Pokey Trucking Ltd Falher AB 780 837-1958
Porta Crush
Redwater AB 780 942-3699
Powell Cats Ltd Chauvin AB 780 858-3978
Predator Logistics Vegreville AB 780 632-9394
Prentice Creek Contracting Ltd Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-6884
Pro Pile Inc
Fort St John BC 250 787-2663
Profoxx Energy Services Ltd Fox Creek AB 780 622-5015
Pruden Contracting Ltd Fort McMurray AB 780 714-6654
Pyramid Corporation Nisku AB 780 955-2988
Quigley Contracting Charlie Lake BC 250 787-0254
R Bee Crushing Wembley AB 780 766-3343
R. Pollitt Oilfield Construction Ltd Leslieville AB 403 729-3778
Reda Enterprises Ltd Bonnyville AB 780 826-2737
Reg Norman Trucking Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-2778
REW Electric (2003) Inc High Level AB 780 926-2245
Richard Oilfield Services Ltd Plamondon AB 780 798-3288
Rindal Oilfield Construction Ltd Coronation AB 403 578-2097
Risley Equipment Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 532-3282
Ritchie Bros Construction Inc Silver Valley AB 780 351-2345
River Valley Contractors Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7712
Riviere’s Construction Ltd Pincher Creek AB 403 627-4131
Rocky Road Contracting Bay Tree AB 780 864-1269
Rogers Trucking Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-3647
Rogo Holdings Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 962-9209
Roszko Construction Limited Whitecourt AB 780 778-3961
Roterra Screw Piling Ltd Edmonton AB 780 454-9796
Roy Larson Construction Clairmont AB 780 830-3051
RSI Crane Service Inc Edmonton AB 780 641-2141
Ruskin Construction Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-1919
Sylvan Backhoe & Bobcat Service
Wellside Services
Scafom Canada
T N T Hydro-Vac & Line Locators
West Coast Scaffolding Inc
Sedona
Taber Pipe & Equipment
Westburne Electric Supply Alberta
Kindersley SK 306 463-7544 Edmonton AB 780 472-6255 Taber AB 403 223-3255
Sedore Enterprises Ltd Red Deer AB 403 391-1145
Site Energy Services Calgary AB 403 818-4183
SL Oilfield Construction Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-3763
Smash & Sons Contracting Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-3665
Smithbrook Mud Services Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-4071
Smitty’s Oilfield Services Ltd Eckville AB 403 588-4640
Soldan Fence & Metals Sherwood Park AB 780 436-9530
Southline Inspections Ltd Carnduff SK 306 482-3917
Speight Construction Inc
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-2548
Standard General Inc St Albert AB 780 459-6611
Stenhouse Construction Ltd Falher AB 780 837-0617
Stone Eagle Electrical Supply Fort McMurray AB 780 715-4463
Streeper & Sons Trucking Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7425
Strictly Fences Ltd Moose Jaw SK 306 692-4303
Stuber’s Cat Service Ltd Barrhead AB 780 785-2173
Summit 1998 Oilfield Ltd Grimshaw AB 780 332-4115
Sunpro Production Service Ltd Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-0931
Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-5604
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-5828 Taber AB 403 223-1277
Tangle Ridge Custom Crushing Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7900
Tarnes Electric Ltd Kindersley SK 306 463-2511
Techmation Electric & Controls Ltd Airdrie AB 403 243-0990
Thompson Bros (Constr) LP Spruce Grove AB 780 962-1030
Trigon Construction Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-2332
Grimshaw AB 780 332-2512 Edmonton AB 780 939-5595 Calgary AB 403 243-4214
West-Can Seal Coating Inc Didsbury AB 403 335-9137
Willowdale Crane Service Inc Barrhead AB 780 920-1970
Wilmot Supervision Ltd Ponoka AB 403 783-4655
Woodland Enterprises Rycroft AB 780 765-2496
WorleyParsonsCord Ltd Edmonton AB 780 465-5516
Zach’s Oilfield Services Ltd
Tri-S Concrete (1996) Ltd
Strathmore AB 403 793-5741
Tristar Hydrovacs Ltd
Regulatory & Government Permitting Services
Fairview AB 780 835-2050 Stettler AB 403 883-2525
Triwell Oilfield Construction (1989) Ltd Taber AB 403 223-3292
True Grit Oilfield Services Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-9414
Twister Piling Inc
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Reserves & Resource Determination Services AJM Deloitte
Calgary AB 403 648-3200
Fekete Associates Inc Calgary AB 403 213-4200
GLJ Petroleum Consultants Calgary AB 403 266-9500
McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd Calgary AB 403 262-5506
Roke Technologies Calgary AB 403 273-5553
Sproule Associates Limited Calgary AB 403 294-5500
Roadata Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 341-7466
Visser Consulting Ltd Calgary AB 403 239-3797
Nisku AB 780 955-8880
Unsurpassable Construction Ltd Didsbury AB 403 994-0700
Urban Scaffolding Ltd Edmonton AB 780 452-5950
Veracity Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 537-1300
Wajax Equipment Edmonton AB 780 483-6641
Wallace Oilfield Services Ltd Sedgewick AB 780 384-3779
Waydex Services LP Grande Prairie AB 780 538-9101
Weir Construction Ltd Dunmore AB 403 527-1829
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DRilliNG, coMPleTioN, PRoDucTioN aND aBaNDoNMeNT Compression Products & Services Annugas Compression Consulting Ltd
Power Serv Engine & Compressor Repair 1998 Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 527-9426
Rival Engine & Compressor Services Ltd
Wetaskiwin AB 780 361-2350
Edmonton AB 780 941-3833
Bluewater Compressor Services Ltd
Sage Energy Corp
Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-8793
Rocky View County AB 403 250-8810
Anderson Water Wells
Carson Energy Services Ltd
ARK Directional Services Inc
Clean Harbors Directional Boring
Arrival Oil Tools Inc
Craig Waterwell & Drilling Ltd
Ashburn Drilling Ltd
Crossfire Directional Drilling Ltd
Fort St John BC 250 785-2285 Crossfield AB 403 946-2550 Calgary AB 403 730-6660 Edson AB 780 723-7641
Emerald Park SK 306 781-2429 Nisku AB 780 955-7794 Edson AB 780 723-7705 Rimbey AB 403 748-2871
Brahma Compression Ltd
Sterling Machine And Compression Inc
Bertram Drilling Corp
Edmonton AB 780 439-1212
Carbon AB 403 572-3591
The Crossing Company Inc
Calgary AB 403 287-6990
Brittania Industries 2009 Inc
Tiger Machining Inc
B-Line Directional Drilling
Sherwood Park AB 780 467-2024
Elk Point AB 780 210-2225
Daski Contracting Ltd
Leduc AB 780 986-5955
ComGen Power Solutions
WestRon Pumps, Compressors & Blowers/Vacuum
Blowout Control Tools Inc
Departure Energy Services
Boundary Drilling Services Ltd
Direct Horizontal Drilling Inc
Brian Steed Contracting & Horizontal Directional Drilling Ltd
Dwayne Unger Construction Ltd
Red Deer County AB 403 357-3348
CPI Service-Allwest Medicine Hat AB 403 529-5111
Cream Compression Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2250
FloMax Compression Ltd Drumheller AB 403 823-9920
Frontline Compression Services Inc Rimbey AB 403 843-4546
Gas Drive
Calgary AB 403 387-6300
Gas Field Innovators Linden AB 403 546-0011
Northwest Equipment Ltd Airdrie AB 403 945-1988
PC Compression Inc Nisku AB 780 955-4292
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Edmonton AB 780 732-7867
Drilling Contractors A M A Drilling And Water Well Service Red Deer AB 403 347-7704
Aable Directional Boring Olds AB 403 391-3227
Access Waterwells Inc Edson AB 780 723-2242
Alberta Tall Pine Drilling Ltd Bentley AB 403 748-2955
Alken Basin Drilling Ltd Bentley AB 403 748-4340
Allstar Construction Ltd Edmonton AB 780 452-6330
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Red Deer AB 403 346-3814 Calgary AB 403 693-3369
Peace River AB 780 624-8609
Bullet Boring Inc
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-0654
Calibre Drilling Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 960-2992
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Calgary AB 403 264-4311
Canadian Horizontal Drilling Inc Wetaskiwin AB 780 352-5041
Carnduff Horizontal Directional Drilling Carnduff SK 306 482-3925
Nisku AB 780 955-5051
Fort St John BC 250 785-4831 Leduc AB 780 980-3900 Calgary AB 403 269-4998 Taber AB 403 223-1666
Energy Drilling Services Inc Edmonton AB 780 485-0999
Enseco Energy Services Corp Calgary AB 403 806-0088
Fast Forward Horizontal Directional Drilling Grande Prairie AB 780 554-8222
Garritty And Baker Geotechnical Drilling Inc Edmonton AB 780 433-8786
Hopper Water Well Drilling Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 832-2400
Calgary AB 403 234-0342
JayNart Directional Drilling Ltd Redwater AB 780 942-4105
K Tec Industries Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 538-1855
Landcore Technologies Inc Ponoka AB 403 783-4090
Markhoe Oilfield Services Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-3740
Mears Canada Corporation Nisku AB 780 955-7155
Millennium Directional Service Ltd Calgary AB 403 264-8206
Minimal Impact Calgary AB 403 837-7997
North Point Drilling Systems Leduc AB 780 986-3878
OK Drilling Services LP Red Deer AB 403 343-8860
Pacesetter Directional Drilling Calgary AB 403 695-1160
Phoenix Technology Services LP Calgary AB 403 543-4466
Prairie Rat Hole Services Ltd Estevan SK 306 634-4577
Precise Crossings Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 962-6882
Precision Directional Services Calgary AB 403 716-4500
Precision Drilling Corporation Calgary AB 403 716-4500
Right-Way Horizontal Directional Drilling
South Sask Rathole Ltd Weyburn SK 306 842-1868
Strata Energy Services Inc Red Deer County AB 403 358-3442
Teledrift Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 203-0840
Tempco Drilling Company Inc Calgary AB 403 259-5533
Terroco Drilling Ltd Red Deer AB 403 343-6236
Titan Specialty Drilling Calgary AB 403 265-6525
Torque Rathole Drilling Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 396-7225
Treo Drilling Services LP Calgary AB 403 723-8600
Trinidad Design & Manufacturing Red Deer County AB 403 340-2267
Trinidad Drilling Ltd Calgary AB 403 265-6525
Unique Boring
Slave Lake AB 780 849-0232
Val’s Drilling Ltd Balzac AB 403 226-0572
Vermeer Canada Inc Edmonton AB 780 484-3600
Westar Drilling Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 449-6905
Western Horizontal Lloydminster AB 780 205-5352
XTEND Energy Services Okotoks AB 403 995-9739
Camrose AB 780 672-8649
Drilling Supplies
Rock Hard Directional Boring Ltd
A & B Industrial Rentals Ltd
Red Deer AB 403 318-5215
Rycroft AB 780 765-2900
S & S Directional Boring Ltd
A S L Industrial No Flame Heaters Ltd
Blackfalds AB 403 347-9400
Savanna Drilling Redcliff AB 403 580-1899
Scientific Drilling International (Canada) Inc Calgary AB 403 250-3277
Barrhead AB 780 785-2859
A Star Rentals Inc Eckville AB 403 505-6029
AARYL Production Services & Rental Equipment Grande Prairie AB 780 831-8353
Altek Industrial Supply Ltd
DiRecToRy
IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc
Edmonton AB 780 465-9000
Accurate Oilfield Supply Ltd
AMS-Alberta Measurement Services Ltd
Acquire Oilfield Rentals Ltd
Amsoil Industrial Sales
Action Equipment Rentals Inc
Anchor Industries Ltd
Advantage Products Inc
A-1 Anchors Ltd
Advantage Valve Maintenance Ltd
A1 Rent-Alls
Advantage Valve Rentals
Apex Controls & Instrumentation Services Ltd
Nisku AB 780 955-7801 Wainwright AB 780 842-4050 Red Deer AB 403 340-1700 Calgary AB 403 264-1647
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-0020 Grande Prairie AB 780 513-0020
A.E.S. Industrial Supplies Ltd Red Deer AB 403 342-2525
AGI-Envirotank Biggar SK 306 948-5262
Alberta Gold Energy & Rentals Grande Prairie AB 780 402-6222
Alberta Governor Service Inc Edmonton AB 780 437-4673
Alberta Oil Tool Edmonton AB 780 434-8566
Alberta Oilfield Rentals Inc Rocky View AB 403 936-7682
Alberta Rig Mats New Sarepta AB 780 941-3555
Alberta Tubular Products Ltd Calgary AB 403 264-2136
Alberta Wilbert Sales Ltd Edmonton AB 780 447-2222
All Choice Rentals Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7377
All-Fab Tarpaulin Co Ltd Edmonton AB 780 448-9646
All-McG Anchors Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5333
All-Pro Valve & Maintenance Ltd Eckville AB 403 505-1425
Alphatech Services Ltd Edmonton AB 780 996-6602
Edmonton AB 780 468-6387 Edmonton AB 780 451-0367 Edmonton AB 780 910-8598 Valleyview AB 780 524-8846 Regina SK 888 322-7368
Brooks AB 403 362-6066
Apex Distribution Inc Calgary AB 403 268-7333
Apex Valve Services Calgary AB 877 288-8019
Armor Alloys Ltd Edmonton AB 780 463-2207
Armour Valve Ltd Calgary AB 403 229-3171
ASAP Heating & Well Servicing Corp Grande Prairie AB 780 532-3119
Ashbros Enterprises Ltd Cranford AB 403 223-1888
ATL Canadian Technologies Ltd Red Deer AB 403 341-3367
Auto & Tractor Supply Co Ltd Meadow Lake SK 306 236-4444
Automated Tank Mfg Inc Kitscoty AB 780 846-2231
B & H Tank Systems Inc Taber AB 403 223-9198
Baker Hughes Canada Company Calgary AB 403 537-3400
Baldor - A Member of the ABB Group Edmonton AB 780 434-4900
Baron Oilfield Supply Grande Prairie AB 780 532-5661
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BBI Banana Bits
Brayco Services Ltd
Cartel Energy Services
Columbia Oilfield Supply
BDM Supply Limited
Bri-Chem Supply Ltd
Catafan Infrared Forced Air Systems
Combo Energy Services Inc
Ponoka AB 403 350-4491 Edmonton AB 780 465-2200
Bell Industries
Edmonton AB 780 434-4401
Benoit Rentals Ltd Chauvin AB 780 858-2212
Benron Oilfield Services Ltd
Clairmont AB 780 814-2294 Calgary AB 403 252-5904
Brock White Canada Calgary AB 403 204-3322
Brooks Industrial Metals Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-3544
Sylvan Lake AB 403 350-4892
CCI Thermal Technologies Inc Edmonton AB 780 466-3178
CCW Creative Carbide Works Ltd Leduc AB 780 980-2580
Edmonton AB 780 437-5110 Calgary AB 403 233-2148
Command Energy Rentals Ltd Nisku AB 780 979-1440
Command Energy Services Nisku AB 780 955-9331
CE Franklin Ltd
Command Fishing, Rentals & Wireline
CE Franklin Ltd
Commercial Solutions Inc
CE Franklin Ltd
Complete Supplies
CE Franklin Ltd
Concrete Inc
CE Franklin Ltd
Con’s Energy Services Ltd
Cal-Gas Inc
Centra Cam Custom Projects
Control Tech
CampCorp Structures Ltd
CFI Energy Services Corp
Copperhead Casing Services Ltd
Bitz Power Tongs Ltd
Canadian Mat Systems Inc
ChaPau Rentals Ltd
Corlac Industries
Black Diamond Energy Services
Canarctic Inc
Chinchaga Anchors & Pilings Ltd
Corona Supplies
Black Gold Tank Rentals 2001 Corp
CanaWest Technologies Inc
Circle H Pipe Laydown Service Ltd
CPTDC
Black Knight Energy Services Ltd
Canfab Products Ltd
City Wide Radiator Ltd
Crazy Horse Casing (2007) Inc
Bonness Oilfield Supply Ltd
CanGlobal Products Ltd
CJ’s Oilfield Rentals
Crimtech Services Ltd
Border Tank Rentals Ltd
Canline Pipeline Solutions
Classic Oilfield Service Ltd
Crossfire Controls Ltd
Boss Lubricants
Cansco Ltd
Clearwater Radiator Inc
CRYOCANADA INC
Boxer Petroleum Services Inc
Cantech Tubular Services Ltd
Cloverdale Paint
CSA Piping Solutions Ltd
Boydland Fuel Tank Rentals
Canwest Propane
Cobalt Controls Ltd
Cummins Western Canada
Brace Tool
Carreau Oilfield Specialties
Cobra Industries Ltd
Custom Welding Services A Division of CW Manufacturing Inc
Calgary AB 403 205-4444
Berja Meter & Controls Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-1234
BHD Instrumentation Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-7850
BHD Tubular Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-6824
Bico Faster Drilling Tools Inc Nisku AB 780 955-5969
Big West Valve
Drayton Valley AB 780 396-5130
Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd Innisfail AB 403 227-7799 Edson AB 780 723-3448 Calgary AB 403 206-4747 Bonanza AB 780 353-3111 Edmonton AB 780 988-9501 Sedgewick AB 780 384-2338 Estevan SK 306 634-7700 Calgary AB 403 279-2223 Bonnyville AB 780 826-5002
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-6639 Edmonton AB 780 438-0441
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Buck 75 Oil & Gas Services Inc
Beiseker AB 877 250-7711
Wetaskiwin AB 780 312-0749
B.W. Rentals
High Prairie AB 780 523-3051
C & N Supply
Carnduff SK 306 482-5105
C.A.T. Oilfield Services Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-8772
Calgary Aluminum Custom Fabrication Ltd Calgary AB 403 279-3392 Calgary AB 403 279-7019 Edmonton AB 780 488-3391 Edmonton AB 780 485-0808 Calgary AB 403 241-9260 Calgary AB 403 375-0528 Edmonton AB 780 451-4341 Nisku AB 780 955-7009 Breton AB 780 696-3412 Brooks AB 403 362-7414 Red Deer AB 403 340-8634 Calgary AB 403 206-4100 Edmonton AB 780 436-7730
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Bonnyville AB 780 812-2972 Calgary AB 403 531-5600
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5020 Provost AB 780 753-2991
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-2335 Camrose AB 780 672-9973
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2706
Grande Prairie AB 780 876-5941 Manning AB 780 836-3800 Edson AB 780 712-2965 Calgary AB 403 243-5100
Grande Prairie AB 780 538-1101 Lloydminster AB 780 875-3276
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-7708 Edmonton AB 780 453-5700 Edson AB 780 723-7273 Delisle SK 306 493-3238
Leduc County AB 780 979-2220 Nisku AB 780 955-7494
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-3055 Edmonton AB 780 930-4232 Nisku AB 780 955-3441
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-7114 Grande Prairie AB 780 933-6669 Lloydminster AB 780 875-8459 Calgary AB 403 253-9494 Calgary AB 403 228-6088 Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-1726
Red Deer County AB 403 342-7579 Edson AB 780 723-6766 Red Deer AB 403 352-4436 Leduc AB 780 980-9666 Calgary AB 403 569-1122
Edmonton AB 780 435-5033
DNI Bolting Solutions
Edson Anchors
Flaman Sales & Rentals
C.W. Carry Ltd
Do All Industries Ltd
Edson Expediting Service Inc
Flexahopper Plastics Ltd
C.Y.A. Rentals Ltd
Dragon Oilfield Supply Ltd
Electric Power Generating Equipment Inc
Flexpipe Systems
Leduc AB 780 980-0028 Edmonton AB 780 465-0381 Red Deer AB 403 341-7696
D & D Oilfield Rentals Corp Redcliff AB 403 548-2700
D & M Plastics Inc Lacombe AB 403 782-4606
D & R Equipment Ltd Edmonton AB 780 436-5585
Dakota Rental Services Inc Hay Lakes AB 780 878-3350
Dalco Instrument & Measurement Services (2001) Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-4374
Dash Power Tongs Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 357-9455
Davy Crockett’s Oilfield Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 957-3101
Decarson Rentals Nisku AB 780 955-9420
Deran Oilfield Services Ltd Lac La Biche AB 780 623-2193
Derek Casing Service Red Deer AB 403 363-5552
Derrick Equipment Co Houston TX 281 590-3003
DG Valve Systems Inc Edmonton AB 780 413-1760
DHV Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 532-0873
Diamond Drill Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-0666
Diamondback Oilfield Services Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-2660
Direct Way Power Solutions Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-6955
DK-LOK Canada Ltd Red Deer AB 403 348-5980
D&M Madison Holdings Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-1503
Calgary AB 403 203-7004 Estevan SK 306 634-8388 Calgary AB 403 660-3499
Drifters Casing Service Grande Prairie AB 780 539-7234
DRV Transport & Rentals Inc Coaldale AB 403 345-6141
Drydan Transport & Barrier Sales Grande Prairie AB 780 518-9997
DSI Thru-Tubing Inc Red Deer AB 403 346-9788
DStar Electric (1994) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 462-9344
Dura Energy Inc Nisku AB 780 955-3462
Dusk ‘Til Dawn Rentals Valleyview AB 780 552-0023
Dutch Casing Services Fort St John BC 250 787-8540
D.V. Meter
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2713
D.V. Rentals Inc
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5845
DYNAenergetics Canada Inc Edmonton AB 780 490-0939
DynaWinch Industries Ltd Calgary AB 403 319-2333
E & E Radiator Service (1992) Westlock AB 780 349-4234
E & M Oilfield Services Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-4515
Edcon Power Tongs and Oilfield Services Ltd Lac La Biche AB 780 623-4808
Edmonton Fabrication Centre Edmonton AB 780 466-7171
Ed’s Fabrication Service Red Deer County AB 403 346-7800
Ed’s Valve Servicing (Red Deer) Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 346-7800
Edson AB 780 723-3113 Edson AB 780 723-5520
Edmonton AB 780 451-3401
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Cuttings Edge Energy
Nisku AB 780 955-3400 Lethbridge AB 403 328-8146 Calgary AB 403 503-0548
Eliminator Downhole Tools Inc
Flo-Back Equipment Rental and Sales
Emax Plastics Custom Molding
Fluid Clarification Inc (FCI)
Emkade Distribution Inc
Foothills Resource Services Inc
Enerbuilt Technologies Inc
Foremost Industries LP
Energlo Diesel Heaters Inc
Formation Fluid Technology
Enertech Energy & Rentals Inc
4 Star Ventures Ltd
Enterprise Steel Fabricators Ltd
Frank’s Power Tongs Limited
Enterprize Steel & Sales Ltd
Freudenberg Oil & Gas Canada Inc
ESG Filtration Ltd
Frontier Auto & Industrial Supply
Evergreen Energy Tank Rentals Ltd
Fusion Valve Inc
Spruce Grove AB 780 960-1334
Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 992-1793 Edmonton AB 780 468-5600 Nisku AB 780 979-9991 Edmonton AB 780 484-9948 Red Deer AB 403 348-8400 Kelowna BC 250 762-3131
Fort McMurray AB 780 743-4379 Calgary AB 403 571-0202
Red Deer AB 403 309-5509
Evraz Inc NA Canada Regina SK 306 924-7700
Expro Group Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 532-0873
Expro Power Tools/Line Cutters Calgary AB 403 532-0873
Fabmaster Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 461-8111
Nisku AB 780 955-3561 Calgary AB 403 236-0666 Calgary AB 403 266-5543 Calgary AB 403 295-5800
Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-8874 Gull Lake SK 306 672-3317 Slave Lake AB 780 849-5164 Nisku AB 780 955-7500 La Crete AB 780 928-3885 Edmonton AB 780 468-9696
G & B Rubber Products (1998) Ltd Wetaskiwin AB 780 352-4015
G. P. Masonry Supply Grande Prairie AB 780 538-9907
G S Equipment Ltd Red Deer AB 403 357-9560
Gemco Industrial Trailers Mayerthorpe AB 780 786-2727
Fairbanks Morse Engine
Genax Metal Manufacturing Limited
Fibreglass Solutions Inc
General Metals Ltd
Filterco Services Ltd
General Oilfield Services Inc
Fil-Trek Corp
George’s Power Tong Services Ltd
Cochrane AB 403 932-3230 Estevan SK 306 636-2002
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5720 Red Deer AB 403 346-6476
Edmonton AB 780 454-9799 Edmonton AB 780 461-5555
Red Deer County AB 403 347-4301 Tilley AB 403 793-3024
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Giant Power Tongs
HiTEK Urethane Global Inc
J R Wellsite Power Ltd
K.T.M.-ATV, UTV & Sled Rentals
Global Heat Transfer Ltd
HM Power Systems
Jacques Electric (1997) Ltd
L & D Distributors Ltd
Good To Go Rentals Ltd
Hobblestone Enterprises Inc
Jasper Tank
Lac La Biche Equipment Rentals Ltd
Gosselin Pipe & Steel Ltd
Horizon Tarps
JCCL Oilfield Services
Fort St John BC 250 785-8242 Edmonton AB 780 448-3600 Kindersley SK 306 463-6337 Wainwright AB 780 842-5705
Grande Pipe Services Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3560
Great Western Tong Services (1987) Ltd Virden MB 204 748-3877
Grizzly Equipment Fort St John BC 250 785-4334
Grizzly Power Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-3305
GRM Flow Products Ltd Edmonton AB 780 416-4823
Guardian Chemicals Inc Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 998-3771
GuyCo Hot Oiling Swan Hills AB 780 333-5354
Harpoon Energy
Red Deer County AB 403 357-6660
Hazee’s Radiator Shop Fort Vermilion AB 780 926-0277
Hazloc Heaters Calgary AB 403 730-2488
Hess Fishing
Fort St John BC 250 785-0078
High Tech Magnets Inc High River AB 403 651-2352
Highland Projects Sundre AB 403 638-4030
Hi-Kalibre Equipment Ltd Edmonton AB 780 435-1111
Hill’s Power Tongs (1991) Ltd Rimbey AB 403 843-3611
Hi-Mark Hotshot, Picker & Rental Services Slave Lake AB 780 849-0888
Hi-Tech Radiator Inc Red Deer AB 403 347-7811
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Nisku AB 780 955-7402
Fort St John BC 250 787-1269 Blackfoot AB 780 875-7282 Calgary AB 403 277-0100
Hot Pass Welding & Maintenance Ltd Calmar AB 780 985-3838
H2O Systems Inc Lucky Lake SK 403 539-2236
Hunting Creek Hot Oil & Pressure Service Falher AB 780 323-3370
Hurst Anchors & Rentals Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-3232
HYTORC Sales & Service Calgary AB 403 235-4733
ICON International Coating Inspections Ltd
Weyburn SK 306 861-1597
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-7029 Acheson AB 888 826-5374
Grande Prairie AB 780 567-2123
Jerack Filtration Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-1440
JET Rentals & Sales
Red Deer County AB 403 314-3333
Jet-Lube Of Canada Ltd Edmonton AB 780 463-7441
Jimbob Rentals (2000) Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-3285
Jonell Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 313-1559
K & S Power Tongs Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-0000
Kamber Fab Industries Ltd
Leduc AB 780 913-3313
Bow Island AB 403 545-6001
ICS Group Inc
Karl Oilfield Services
Calgary AB 403 247-4440
Cardston AB 403 653-1004
Import Tool Corp Ltd
Kash Downhole Anchors Inc
Edmonton AB 780 434-6406
Estevan SK 306 634-7552
Industrial Engines Ltd
Kayden Instruments
Edmonton AB 780 484-6213
Calgary AB 403 253-1423
Infinity Downhole Tools Inc
Kelemen Oilfield Services Ltd
Okotoks AB 403 995-9739
Olds AB 403 507-1557
In-Line Flow Products Ltd
Keranda Industrial Supply Ltd
Inline Valve Services Ltd
Ketek Rentals
Edmonton AB 780 490-5337
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-6677
InnerTech Valve Ltd Edmonton AB 780 413-7183
Interstress Structural Ltd Edmonton AB 780 466-4849
IROC Hydraulics Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 962-1147
Irontech Rig Repair & Manufacturing Inc Acheson AB 780 960-4881
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Maidstone SK 306 893-2631 Edmonton AB 780 447-5050
Kick Hot Oil Ltd Olds AB 403 556-6671
King’s Energy Services Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 343-2822
Kitter’s Bit Supply Veteran AB 403 575-2184
Kona Energy Services Inc Edson AB 780 728-0041
Blackfalds AB 403 885-5233 Edmonton AB 780 465-0752
Lac La Biche AB 780 623-7225
Latmann Equipment Ltd Calmar AB 780 985-4202
Laytec Inc
Lacombe AB 403 782-1775
Lee Oilfield Service Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-6705
Lee Specialties Ltd Red Deer AB 403 346-4487
Lee Specialty Seals Inc (LSSI) Red Deer AB 403 356-1127
Lipsey Oilfield Services
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-0038
Lister Industries Ltd Edmonton AB 780 468-2040
LoCo Power Tongs Ltd High Prairie AB 780 523-2475
Lo-Cost Propane Ltd Lethbridge AB 403 320-9585
Logan Completion Systems Lloydminster AB 780 808-8788
Lone Pine Forest Products Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-5733
Lonestar Oilfield Services 2009 Inc Camrose AB 877 450-2835
Longhorn Oilfield Services
Dawson Creek BC250 782-7353
Lory Oilfield Rentals Inc Nisku AB 780 955-2626
Lougheed Welding & Fabrication Nisku AB 780 955-3700
LV Energy Services Lacombe AB 403 782-0678
M & M Valve Services Inc Nisku AB 780 955-2667
M & T Tong Repair Leduc AB 780 980-2409
The Motor Company
Nor-Tech Systems LP
Old Fort Services Ltd
Majestic Rentals Ltd
Movac Valve Systems Ltd
NORTECH Welding & Fabricating Inc
Orion Rentals Ltd
Leduc AB 780 986-2568
Sherwood Park AB 780 995-0235
Mal-Cor Filter Systems Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7667
Marquis Alliance Energy Group Inc Calgary AB 403 264-1588
MAS-Pro Oilfield Supply Red Deer AB 403 341-5959
Matco Manufacturing Ltd Sexsmith AB 780 568-4484
MaXfield Inc
Calgary AB 403 258-3680
Calgary AB 403 230-3055 Edmonton AB 780 468-6077
MPI-Marmit Plastics Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 532-0366
MRC Midfield
Calgary AB 403 233-7166
Mufflercentre
Leduc AB 780 980-1110
Mustang Controls Ltd Nisku AB 780 987-7300
Mustang Rentals Ltd Fort St John BC 250 261-5555
Maxquip
National Trailer Manufacturing Ltd
MAXX Bit Supply & Light Oilfield Hauling
National Trailer Parts
Calgary AB 403 258-3685
Beaumont AB 780 983-6299
MaXXiMaT
Nisku AB 780 979-6588
McCann Equipment Ltd Edmonton AB 780 414-1808
McClelland Oilfield Rentals Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3656
Meridian
Edmonton AB 780 468-7161
Meridian Manufacturing Lethbridge AB 403 320-7070
Metal Supermarkets Edmonton AB 780 440-1212
Miko Casing Service Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-4777
Miller Supply Ltd Okotoks AB 403 995-4797
Mohr Casing Services Ltd Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 718-5725
Monarch Supply Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7135
Monster Energy Rentals Red Deer County AB 403 347-2007
Moose Mountain Mud Carlyle SK 306 453-4411
Edmonton AB 780 469-0820
Swift Current SK 306 773-4484
Navigator Energy Services Inc Red Deer County AB 403 309-3444
NCS Oilfield Services Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 862-0870
Neufeld Petroleum & Propane Grande Prairie AB 780 814-6111
New Beginning Oilfield Services Ltd - N.B.O.S. Fairview AB 780 835-4598
New-Line Hose & Fittings
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-7756
Newteck Well Service Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-3323
NexSource Power Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-4567
Niemeyer’s Oilfield & Industrial Supplies Olds AB 403 556-2926
Norette Oilfield Services (2005) Inc Drayton Valley AB 780 542-4610
Normandeau Rentals Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7806
Norseman Inc
Edmonton AB 780 451-6828
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-6677
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-3833
North American Tubulars Ltd Edmonton AB 780 438-5100
Northern Source Inc St Paul AB 780 646-0774
Northern Valve Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-1900
Northland Radiator Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-2380
Northwell Rentals (Lloydminster) Inc Lloydminster AB 780 875-6604
Northwell Rentals (R & M) Inc Swan Hills AB 780 333-2116
North-West Oilfield Rentals Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 532-9631
Norwesco Canada Ltd Edmonton AB 780 474-7440
Norwest Cooling Systems Inc Edmonton AB 780 466-8742
NOV ASEP Elmar Calgary AB 403 303-3450
NOV Downhole
Calgary AB 403 234-9999
N.S. Oilfield Services Inc Edmonton AB 780 438-2666
Nu-Northern Tractor Rentals Grande Prairie AB 780 532-2886
NWS Inspection Inc Calgary AB 403 236-5982
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Madex Supply Ltd
Fort Nelson BC 250 774-7403 Innisfail AB 403 318-5393
Pacesetter Equipment Ltd Crossfield AB 403 968-4468
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc Calgary AB 403 263-7587
Paddle Plastics Ltd Mayerthorpe AB 780 786-4408
Patcher Energy Management Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 467-1999
Pathmaker Service Co Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-4872
Pavlis Rentals Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-9819
PCM Canada
Calgary AB 403 252-8902
Peace Country Rentals Fort St John BC 250 785-8951
Peaceland Fabricating & Supply Hythe AB 780 356-2200
Peak Energy Services Calgary AB 403 543-7325
PECOFacet Canada Calgary AB 403 717-2891
Pelican Products Inc (Canada) Edmonton AB 866 273-5422
Pembina Controls Inc Edmonton AB 780 432-6821
Penta Completions Supply & Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 262-1688
Ocean Fluids & Filtration
Pepco Pipe Services Limited Partnership
Oil Boss Rentals Inc
Perfection Powder Coatings
Oil Country Solutions Ltd
Performance Hot Oil Services Ltd
OilPro Oilfield Production Equipment Ltd
Performance Steam Ltd
Clairmont AB 780 567-3400
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-3031 Edmonton AB 780 801-2603
Calgary AB 403 215-3373
Nisku AB 780 979-0211 Edmonton AB 780 413-7578 Devon AB 780 446-0120 Drumheller AB 403 820-0582
Peterson Instruments Calgary AB 403 291-9169
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Petroline Rentals Ltd
Proficient Oil Tools Ltd
Redneck Oilfield Services Ltd
Petrotec Controls Inc
Propipe Group Ltd
Redz Retipping
High Prairie AB 780 523-0063
Fort St John BC 250 785-2849
Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd Leduc AB 780 980-0778
The Pickford Group Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-6002
Pierce Co Manufacturers Ltd Edmonton AB 780 448-9659
Pinnacle Oil Tools Inc Red Deer AB 403 348-8323
Pipe And Piling Supplies (Western) Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-0501
Platinum Grover Int. Inc Calgary AB 403 264-6688
Pop PDC Bits Inc Calgary AB 403 301-0828
Porta-Stack Energy Services Inc Strathmore AB 403 793-5741
Prairie Mud Service Estevan SK 306 634-3411
Predator Oilfield Rentals & Fluid Hauling Grande Prairie AB 780 538-0043
Premium Artificial Lift Systems Ltd Calgary AB 403 723-3008
Premium Tubular And Supply Strathmore AB 403 885-5965
Priority Projects Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-3320
Prism Flow Products Edmonton AB 780 450-9444
Pro Energy
Red Deer AB 403 347-7353
Pro Inspection Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-0853
Pro Oil Tools
Red Deer AB 403 341-6666
Process & Steam Specialties Edmonton AB 780 484-0577
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Calgary AB 403 255-4070
Grande Prairie AB 780 402-3131
Pro-Rod
Edmonton AB 780 449-7101
Provincial Rentals Grande Prairie AB 780 814-5633
Pyramid Process Fabricators Corporation Nisku AB 780 955-2708
QA Structures Inc Blackfalds AB 403 885-5411
Quest Gasket & Supply Inc Edmonton AB 780 463-4049
R & R Pipehandlers Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-9999
Ram Industries Inc Calgary AB 403 945-0140
Ram Oilfield Services & Supply (1981) Ltd Fox Creek AB 780 622-3489
Ramrod Oilfield Services (2000) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 450-0777
Rant Oilfield Rentals & Services Ltd
Fort St John BC 250 785-0720 Red Deer AB 403 348-0540
Regent Energy Group Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-4288
Reliable-Tube (Calgary) Ltd Calgary AB 403 236-7800
Reliable-Tube (Edmonton) Ltd Acheson AB 780 962-0130
Rentco Equipment Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-7860
RG Industries Ltd Edmonton AB 780 496-7473
Rider Energy Services Ltd Gull Lake SK 888 717-4337
Rig Service Tools Ltd Edmonton AB 780 435-3451
Rig Shop Oilfield Supply Ltd The Edmonton AB 780 437-0019
Rite On Que Power Tongs Beaverlodge AB 780 830-6833
Rocking Horse Energy Services Inc Strathmore AB 403 324-4224
Sci-Tech Engineered Chemicals Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-1200
Scott Pump Service Ltd Edmonton AB 780 468-2158
Sea-Can Containers (1989) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-4037
Sebco Coring Ltd Alida SK 306 443-2333
Secure-Rite Mobile Storage Inc Calgary AB 888 440-9232
Select Equipment Rentals Athabasca AB 780 675-5414
Sentag Trailer Manufacturing Edmonton AB 780 454-6517
Servco Oilfield Supply Canada Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-7444
Setco Industries Inc Leduc AB 780 986-0000
Shack Vac Ltd
Redcliff AB 403 527-1333
Sicotte Drilling Tools Edmonton AB 780 440-6700
Sil Industrial Minerals Edmonton AB 780 467-2627
Rocky Mountain Valve Services Ltd Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-2243
Silverback Equipment Rentals
Calgary AB 403 921-7234
RARE Oilfield Services Corp
Roda Deaco Valve Inc Edmonton AB 780 465-4429
Silverline Tools
Calgary AB 403 269-1175
RBI Canada 2000 Inc
ROMATEC
Edmonton AB 780 440-6147
Silvertip Rentals and Fishing Tools
Calgary AB 403 255-3730
RDWC Red Deer Well Control
Rotation Power & Equipment Inc Neilburg SK 306 823-4818
Simark Controls Ltd
Red Deer County AB 403 347-3456
Reaction Oilfield Supply Ltd
Rotork Controls (Canada) Ltd Calgary AB 403 569-9455
Simson Maxwell
Leduc AB 780 955-2226
Rebco Oil Tools, Inc
Rough and Ready Power Tongs Ltd
Calgary AB 403 243-1380
Grimshaw AB 780 983-0572
Sirius Instrumentation And Controls Inc
Red Coat Industries Ltd
R/T Rentals
Red Deer AB 403 347-7760
Grande Prairie AB 780 518-2400
REDCO Equipment Sales Ltd
Sabre Oilfield Equipment Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 462-8148
Edmonton AB 780 446-6054
Redmont International ULC
SBI Modular Ltd
Calgary AB 403 297-0910
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Carstairs AB 403 337-3796
Eckville AB 403 598-6060 Slave Lake AB 780 849-8373 Slave Lake AB 780 849-8372 Calgary AB 403 236-0580 Edmonton AB 780 434-6431
Edmonton AB 780 436-6301
SL Rentals & Sales Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-5011
Source Energy Sales & Rentals Inc Blackfalds AB 403 885-4136
Source Hose & Industrial Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-5514
Tanks Direct
Tri-Bit Services Ltd
Viper Rentals & Service Ltd
Spartan Controls Ltd
TankSafe Inc
Trig Industrial
Wajax Power Systems
Specialty Precast Western Ltd
Tanner Bit Service
Trilogy Oilfield Ltd
Wallace Construction Specialties Ltd
Spur Oilfield Services Ltd
Target Products Ltd
Trottier Pipe Handlers
Calgary AB 403 512-0254 Calgary AB 403 207-0700 Nisku AB 780 955-7107 Leduc AB 780 986-8896
Steelcraft Inc
Innisfail AB 403 227-1861
Stellar Tech Energy Services Inc Calgary AB 403 279-8367
Sterling Valve Automation Calgary AB 403 207-0797
Stewart Sales & Rentals Lac La Biche AB 780 623-3243
Stoney Mountain Rentals Wawota SK 306 577-9818
Strad Drilling Services-Downhole Nisku AB 866 779-2552
Strad Drilling Services-Rentals Nisku AB 888 955-2544
Straight Line BOP & Valve Inc Brooks AB 403 362-5514
Stratis Oilfield Services Ltd Stony Plain AB 780 983-1008
Sun Drilling Products Corp Calgary AB 403 319-0677
Superior Oilfield Equipment & Rentals Ltd Nisku AB 780 906-0051
Surefire Oilfield Rentals Drayton Valley AB 780 621-0414
Sur-Flo Meters & Controls Ltd Calgary AB 403 207-9715
Swift Oilfield Supply Incorporated Edmonton AB 780 423-6979
Systech Instrumentation Inc Calgary AB 403 291-3535
T.A.K. Oilfield Sales & Service Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-4407
Tank Gauging Systems Edmonton AB 780 474-2365
Edmonton AB 780 455-5207 Calgary AB 403 291-3937 Bienfait SK 306 421-3726 Morinville AB 780 939-3033
Target Rentals
Grande Prairie AB 780 567-2002
TARM Inc
Red Deer AB 403 348-0765
TechWest Inc
Calgary AB 403 640-2124
Telematic Controls Inc Calgary AB 403 253-7939
TerraCore Rentals Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-4949
Terroco Oilfield Services Red Deer AB 403 346-1171
3D Controls Ltd Taber AB 403 223-1117
3D Drilling Tools Inc Edmonton AB 780 440-1922
Thru Tubing Solutions Red Deer AB 403 346-5550
Tight Power-Tongs Ltd Red Deer AB 403 550-2421
Tinky Trucking
Edson AB 780 723-3439
Topco Oilsite Products Ltd Edmonton AB 780 436-3400
Total Depth Power Tongs Ltd High Level AB 780 926-2600
Tote Tanks
Fairhope AL 888 535-8683
Trac Energy Services Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-7270
Transtank Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 242-6622
Trendon Bit Service Ltd Calgary AB 403 536-2770
Nisku AB 780 955-8873 Winnipeg MB 800 830-8744 Provost AB 780 753-6097
Fort St John BC 250 785-0470
T3 Energy Services Nisku AB 780 955-2210
TTS Drilling Solutions Red Deer AB 403 346-5550
Tundra Oilfield Rentals Ltd Zama City AB 780 683-2555
Twister Instrumentation & Process Solutions Inc Calgary AB 403 201-8904
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South Fork Energy Services Inc
High Level AB 780 926-3366 Edmonton AB 780 437-8200
Regina SK 306 569-2334
Ward Chemical Edmonton AB 780 436-4832
Warrior Equipment Rentals Crossfield AB 403 946-4756
Waschuk Equipment Rentals Red Deer AB 403 342-2447
Waste Treatment Solutions Ltd Nanton AB 403 336-0028
Water Drive Energy Service Falher AB 780 625-5005
TWM Industrial Ltd
WeDrill Services Inc
Tylace Oilfield Services
Weir Concepts Inc
ULTERRA
Wellmax Oilfield Rentals Ltd
Ultimate Bit Service Inc
West Coast BOP Products
Unified Valve Ltd
Westar Oilfield Rentals Inc
United Diamond
Westeel
United Fabrication & Welding Ltd
Western Fiberglass Pipe Sales Ltd
Univar Canada Ltd
Western Polymers Ltd
Universal Industries
Western Pressure Controls (2005) Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 401-1822 Whitecourt AB 780 778-8417 Calgary AB 403 355-2505 St Walburg SK 780 871-8406 Calgary AB 403 215-7800
Grande Prairie AB 780 567-3530 Two Hills AB 780 657-2509 Calgary AB 403 236-1713 Calgary AB 403 266-4556
Valhalla Filtration 2006 Stettler AB 403 742-9402
Velocity Oilfield Rentals Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 832-7767
Vicon Ent Oilfield Services Lloydminster AB 780 872-0925
Victory Spring Ltd Edmonton AB 780 442-4020
Grande Prairie AB 780 402-6680 Edmonton AB 780 462-1910
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-1158 Red Deer AB 403 352-4400
Fort St John BC 250 263-9444 Winnipeg MB 204 233-7133
Red Deer County AB 403 347-4682 Calgary AB 403 295-7194
Edmonton AB 780 437-3615
Western Refractory Services Ltd Edmonton AB 780 466-4540
Western Ultrasonics Inc Edmonton AB 780 462-5858
Westfab Manufacturing Ltd Hythe AB 780 356-2599
Westlund Wellhouse Supply Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-3772
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Westquip Diesel Sales Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-5560
Williams Bit & Supply Ltd Calgary AB 403 271-8682
Wilson Tong Service Ltd Vermilion AB 780 853-6866
Wizard Valve Services Ltd Edson AB 780 712-4055
World Oil Tools Inc Calgary AB 403 720-5155
Wrangler Rentals Ltd Leduc AB 780 980-1331
Wylie Oilfield Rentals Ltd Calgary AB 403 297-9298
XL Fluid Systems Calgary AB 403 264-1588
Xtreme Hot Oil & Pressure Services Inc Hinton AB 780 865-5250
ZCL Composites Inc Edmonton AB 780 466-6648
Zedcor Oilfield Rentals Edmonton AB 780 438-9332
Zero Spill Oilfield Services Ltd Beaverlodge AB 780 766-2348
Zinger Light Tower & Office Trailer Rentals Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 898-2210
Zirco (1989) Ltd Calgary AB 403 259-3303
Drilling Support Services A To Z Hot Shot
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-4291
Ab Cobra Pipe Jacking Bonnyville AB 780 812-5614
Acctive Oilfield Inspection Inc Nisku AB 780 955-3020
Accu Swab Ltd
Acura Machine and Manufacturing Inc
Alternate Choice Water Hauling Ltd
Adair (Tom) Pilot Car Service
American Jereh International Corporation
Edmonton AB 780 413-8974
Dawson Creek BC 250 719-6010
Advantage Oilfield Services Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 470-3530
Aggressive Energy Services Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-5948
A-K Potable Water Hauling Vegreville AB 780 632-4088
Aker Well Service Calgary AB 403 212-3650
Al Bumstead Water Services Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-6733
Alberta Tank Truck & Supply Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 621-0539
Alberta Treating Chemicals Ltd & Subsidiaries Calgary AB 403 297-0160
Alberta’s Missing Link Vacuum Service Ltd Blackfalds AB 403 885-4555
All Around Delivery Ltd Grande Prairie AB 587 297-2837
All Peace Towing & Hotshot Peace River AB 780 624-5599
Allard Vac Truck Service Hay Lakes AB 780 878-0008
Alliance Trucking Fox Creek AB 780 622-5055
Allnite Trucking Ltd Boyle AB 780 689-2121
Alpine Tech Contracting Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 933-2111
Alpine Vac & Water Services Rocky Mountain House AB 403 846-6034
Al’s Car Clean and Repair Fort Nelson BC 250 774-4931
Al’s Hotshot & Trucking Services Ltd
Red Deer AB 403 505-6444
Wainwright AB 780 842-2947
ACR Oilfield Services Ltd
Alta-West Cathodic Protection
Eckville AB 403 304-7179
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Edson AB 780 723-2773
Houston TX 281 860-0488
Amigo Trucking Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 518-4055
Anaconda Services Peace River AB 780 618-4742
Anvil Machine Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-9796
Anytime N2 Oilfield Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 933-0990
Apex Oilfield Services (2000) Inc Calgary AB 403 257-5152
API Oilfield Hauling Inc Red Deer AB 403 309-7400
Applus RTD Canada Edmonton AB 780 440-6600
Aqua Laser Alberta Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-4762
Aqualine Express (2011) Ltd Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-0740
Arcs Oilfield Services Ltd Nanton AB 403 485-8161
Arctic Storm Oilfield Fort McMurray AB 250 808-9253
Ardy Rigging Ltd Valleyview AB 780 524-3459
Ariant Holdings Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6629
ARKK Tubing Inspection Services Ltd Camrose AB 780 608-8090
Armack Light Oilfield Hauling & Hot Shot Edmonton AB 780 468-2110
Ar-Tech Coating Ltd Taber AB 403 223-4016
Ashtale Contracting Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 348-7004
Astro Oilfield Rentals Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-9645
Attack Oilfield Services Inc Manning AB 780 836-3609
Auburn Rentals - Denille Ind. Ltd Edmonton AB 780 413-0900
Aurora Corrosion Control Calgary AB 403 291-4495
Aurora Transport Ltd Clairmont AB 780 567-2040
Avalanche Trucking Ltd Tumbler Ridge BC 250 242-4774
Avenge Energy Services, Inc Peace River AB 780 624-5001
Axe Trucking
Edmonton AB 780 463-2700
Aztec Inspection Inc Three Hills AB 403 443-2213
B & D Simons Trucking Camrose AB 780 672-3248
B. Frid Trucking Ltd Bentley AB 403 748-2615
B & J Knodel Autobody & Sandblasting Ltd Forestburg AB 780 582-2269
Bad Boyz Oilfield Services Inc Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 998-7747
Badass Matting Ltd Camrose AB 780 608-9563
Bailey Helicopters Fort St John BC 250 785-2518
Baintree Oilfield Services Ltd Strathmore AB 403 934-3105
Bakos (N.D.T.) Inspection (1989) Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-5575
Barden Oilfield Hauling Red Deer County AB 403 597-7273
Barracuda Oilfield Service High Prairie AB 780 523-7119
Bartek Wireline Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-1997
Basnett Oilfield Services Fairview AB 780 835-5962
Battle River Ironworks Inc Forestburg AB 780 582-3596
Boss Pressure Services
Canadian Nitrogen Services Ltd
Cierra Trucking Ltd
Bear Vac & Steam
Boydland Water Hauling
Canadian Wellsite Rentals Inc
Cinch Oilfield Hauling & Rentals Ltd
Becker’s Pilot & Hotshot Services
Bramco Contracting Ltd
Cangas Solutions
Calgary AB 403 264-4880
Fort Nelson BC 250 774-3588
Fort St John BC 250 827-3575
BendKing Inc
Evansburg AB 780 727-2761
Bert Baxter Transport Ltd Estevan SK 306 634-3616
Beta Machinery Analysis Ltd Calgary AB 403 245-5666
Bidell Equipment LP Calgary AB 403 235-5877
Big Chief Ventures Inc Fort St John BC 250 787-6780
Big Guns Energy Services Inc Calgary AB 403 294-1444
Big Smoky Enterprise Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 831-2063
Big Steam Oilfield Services Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-7046
Bigelow Vac Oilfield Services Ltd Ardrossan AB 780 922-8395
Blastaway Enterprises Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 532-5278
Blastaway Truck Wash Sandblasting Grande Prairie AB 780 532-5278
Blueridge Water Hauling Eckville AB 403 340-9328
Bob Miller Trucking (2001) Ltd Airdrie AB 403 948-5516
Bonnett’s Wireline Grande Prairie AB 780 513-3400
Border Bandit Pilot & Light Hauling Services Tomslake BC 250 786-5919
Boreal Eline
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-3400
Boreal Pumping Whitecourt AB 780 778-8470
BOS Oilfield Service Ltd Glendon AB 780 635-4459
Slave Lake AB 780 849-8868
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-6639 Drayton Valley AB 780 621-3527
Brander Technical Services Inc Calgary AB 403 281-8242
Brekkaas Vacuum & Tank Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4319
Brenntag Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 263-8660
Brother’s Specialized Coating Systems Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-2855
Brovac Mobile Vacuum Services Medicine Hat AB 403 528-1665
Bruno’s Trucking Ltd Leduc AB 780 718-4454
Bryks Vac & Steam Trucks Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-6445
Bry-Tan Trucking Ltd Lloydminster SK 780 875-9250
Bry-Tec Oilfield Services Ltd Valleyview AB 780 524-2186
Bulldog Hot Shot Service Calgary AB 403 280-4344
Bullet Wireline Services Whitecourt AB 780 778-6690
Bush Baby Trucking Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-5565
Crossfield AB 403 946-0404 Red Deer AB 403 346-8400 Calgary AB 403 452-7789
Canvac Oilfield Services Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-2826
Canwell Enviro-Industries Ltd Calgary AB 403 290-1331
Canyon Technical Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 355-2300
Capstan Hauling Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 402-3110
Cara Dawn Transport Ltd Regina SK 306 721-8888
Caradan Chemicals Inc Nisku AB 780 955-3050
Cardium Vac Services Ltd Edson AB 780 723-7777
CBI Manufacturing Linden AB 403 546-3851
CEL Quality Services Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 729-2060
Cen-Alta Oilfield Trucking Ltd Legal AB 780 961-4148
CFR Chemicals Inc Red Deer AB 403 346-2214
Challenger Technical Services Elk Point AB 780 724-4117
Champagne Edition Inc
Bushwacker Light Trucking And Oilfield Hauling
Legal AB 780 961-3229
C & D Tank Truck Service Inc
Peace River AB 780 624-1822
Beaumont AB 780 718-4664 Cherhill AB 780 785-3383
C P Systems Ltd Calgary AB 403 240-1246
C & V Portable Accommodations Ltd Calgary AB 403 279-7451
Cam & Sue’s Fresh Water Hauling Taber AB 403 223-3101
Channico Machine & Millwright Services Ltd Charlie’s Truck Repair Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-6333
Charter Coating Service (2000) Ltd Calgary AB 403 250-3027
Chinchaga Oilfield Services Ltd Manning AB 780 836-2646
Christie Corrosion Control (1983) Ltd
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Bayou Perma-Pipe Canada
Spruce Grove AB 780 960-9761
Grande Prairie AB 780 876-3632
CJ Inspection
Red Deer County AB 403 347-1773
Classic Hot Shot Taber AB 403 382-9654
Classic Vacuum Truck Ltd Alida SK 306 483-8697
Clean Harbors
Edmonton AB 780 451-6969
Clean Solutions Inc Red Deer AB 403 340-0131
Clearwater Oilfield Services Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-9323
Clearwater Trucking Enterprises Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-1153
Cliff Nankivell Trucking Ltd Kisbey SK 306 462-2130
Cliff’s Trucking (489377 Alta Ltd) Sherwood Park AB 780 914-7895
CMMinspect Inc Edmonton AB 780 982-1201
Collar Tech Inspection Ltd Edmonton AB 780 463-8340
Collin Vacuum & Tank Trucks Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-3800
Compass Bending Ltd Calgary AB 403 279-6615
Complete Energy Services Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-0226
Conabar Chemical Consulting Sylvan Lake AB 403 748-4386
Concept Energy Services Ltd Hay River NT 866 303-6445
Conklin General Store Ltd Conklin AB 780 559-2200
Conrad’s Potable Water Whitecourt AB 780 778-4837
Lloydminster AB 780 875-6559
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Contact Chemicals Inc
Dave’s Hotshot
Downton’s Oilfield Services Ltd
Continental Cartage Inc
DB Engineered Hydraulics Ltd
DP Digital Precision Metrology Inc
Millet AB 780 352-2436 Edmonton AB 780 452-9414
Continental Stress Relieving Systems Ltd Edmonton AB 780 468-4973
Core Snubbing Systems Inc Drayton Valley AB 780 293-2676
Whitecourt AB 780 706-0688 Red Deer AB 403 343-3211
DC Water Hauling (2010) Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 219-8559
Degree Bending and Pipe Protection Calgary AB 403 236-3661
Lacombe AB 403 588-1151
Maple Ridge BC 778 928-4462
DRT Rentals Ltd Red Deer AB 866 348-5552
Duane’s Hotshot Leduc AB 780 986-1492
Extreme Steam and Vac Truck Services Strathmore AB 403 901-5664
Fast Trucking Service Ltd Carnduff SK 306 482-3244
Finnie Specialized Calgary AB 403 226-0733
First Pick Cranes Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-5777
Coulson NDE Services Inc
Deken Oilfield Transport
Duckering’s International Freight Services Inc
C.P. Water Hauling
Delorme Enterprises Ltd
Duckering’s Transport Ltd
Flatout Hotshot Services
Crude Group OSI
Deranway Enterprises Ltd
DW Rentals
Flex Oilfield Services
Crude Services Inc
Desran Holdings Ltd
Dynamic Heavy Haul Ltd
Fluid Experts Ltd
C-Tech Design & Manufacturing
Destiny Carriers Inc
E-Can Oilfield Services LP
Fontana’s Trucking (2006) Ltd
Custom Fiberglass Contractors Ltd
Dewitz Enterprises
Echo NDE Inc
Foothills Radiography & Inspection Services Ltd
Custom Landtran Carriers Inc
Diamond Valley Pressure Services Ltd
Eldorado Pressure Services Ltd
Whitecourt AB 780 778-1834 Red Deer AB 403 304-9129 Taber AB 403 223-9191 Stettler AB 403 742-4189 Edmonton AB 780 464-3800 Red Deer AB 403 357-8360 Acheson AB 780 960-3466
Cutbank Trucking
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-2421
CX Energy Services High Prairie AB 780 523-7357
D & D Well Services Grande Prairie AB 780 402-0383
D W Jensen Drilling Ltd Clairmont AB 780 567-2349
Dale Bentley Trucking Fox Creek AB 780 622-7236
Dalmac Oilfield Services Inc Edmonton AB 780 988-8510
Dan Bailey Oilfield & Road Construction Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-4868
Darren’s Mechanical & Machine Ltd
Rycroft AB 780 765-3070
High Prairie AB 780 523-3278 Brooks AB 403 362-5120 Perryvale AB 780 698-2137 Westlock AB 780 349-8254 Whitecourt AB 780 778-6232
Eckville AB 403 746-3524
Ditmarsia Holdings Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-2282
Divestco Inc
Calgary AB 587 952-8000
DMT Tank Truck Service Rimbey AB 403 704-0171
Docktor Oilfield Transport Corp Drayton Valley AB 780 514-7898
Double B Machining & Fabricating Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-6688
Double J Pressure Services Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-7200
Double J Tank Cleaning Whitecourt AB 780 778-1884
Doug’s Tank Truck Service
Rainbow Lake AB 780 956-2990
Stettler AB 403 742-6163
Das Disposals Ltd
Doug’s Vacuum Truck Service Ltd
Vegreville AB 780 632-2966
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Calgary AB 403 720-3970 Red Deer AB 403 346-8855 Leduc AB 780 986-7823
Swift Current SK 306 773-8611 Elk Point AB 780 724-4018 Red Deer AB 403 347-7042
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-5309
Elite Waste Disposal Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 933-7400
Emerald Oilfield ATV Services Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 467-5218
Encore Dataline Inc Calgary AB 403 265-5647
ENTREC Corporation Spruce Grove AB 780 962-1600
Enviroex Oilfield Rentals & Sales Ltd Brooks AB 403 501-0386
Epsilon Chemicals Ltd Edmonton AB 780 438-3040
Equal Transport Carlyle SK 306 453-4470
Exlon Slickline Services Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-3696
Extreme Heli Adventures Conklin AB 780 861-0925
5 K Ventures Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-9045
Grande Prairie AB 780 876-7333 Grande Prairie AB 780 876-1205 Red Deer AB 403 347-8031 Virden MB 204 748-2261
Edson AB 780 723-7766
Foothills Tank Rentals Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-4040
Ford Bros. Water Service Grande Prairie AB 780 532-6178
Form-Tech Machining & Fabrication Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 529-5600
Fort St John Water Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-0862
Fossil Industries Ltd Peace River AB 780 624-8877
Fracturing Horizontal Well Completions Inc Calgary AB 403 464-1741
Fred’s Trucking & Oilfield Service Ltd Eckville AB 403 746-2452
Fresh Mountain Water Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-0402
FST Oilfield Tank Trucks Fox Creek AB 780 622-3363
Goulet Trucking (1989) Ltd
Hoffman’s Tank Truck Service Ltd
Integrated Production Services
G & L Trucking
Grizzly Vacuum Services Ltd
Horizon Hauling
Integrity Oilfield Inc
G. Lawrence Water Hauling Ltd
G.S.K. Transport Ltd
Horizontal Well Testing Ltd
IPC - Integrated Protective Coatings Inc
Gamajet Cleaning Systems Inc
GT’s Oilfield Hauling
Hot Shot Tom Light Oilfield Hauling
Bonnyville AB 780 812-0930 Fox Creek AB 780 622-3008 Edmonton AB 780 463-8055 Exton PA 877 426-2538
Ganotec West
Acheson AB 780 960-7450
Garry’s Oilfield Hauling Taber AB 403 308-9250
Gearheads Truck Repair Fort Nelson BC 250 774-4327
Ged’s Hydraulic & Field Repair Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 831-1255
General Tank Truck Services Canada Ltd Veteran AB 403 575-3843
Geotrakker Resource Group Randy Smith drrock@shaw.ca 403 650-6777
Gerry’s Trailer Sales Ltd Edmonton AB 780 447-2237
GFL Environmental West Corporation
Shaunavon SK 306 297-2861 Taber AB 403 223-9545 Calgary AB 403 293-4875
Grande Prairie AB 780 814-2189
GTW Oilfield Services Calmar AB 780 955-2294
H & E Oilfield Services Ltd Wainwright AB 780 842-6444
Hall Industrial Contracting Ltd Red Deer AB 403 885-8885
Hart Oilfield Rentals Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 310-4278
Hayduk Picker Service Drayton Valley AB 780 542-3217
H-D Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-1755
Heli-Lift International Helicopters Yorkton SK 306 783-5438
Hellbound Services Corp Eckville AB 403 746-2783
High Arctic Energy Services Inc
Edmonton AB 780 485-5000
Red Deer AB 403 340-9825
Gibson Energy
High Country Vac Services
Calgary AB 403 206-4000
Okotoks AB 403 938-1500
GKD Industries Ltd
High Gear Trucking Ltd
Calgary AB 403 279-8087
Sexsmith AB 780 814-0579
Glacier Water Transport Service Ltd
High Gear Water & Rentals
Okotoks AB 403 938-3282
Glen Unger Water Services
Grande Prairie AB 780 518-0250
High Level Truck & Trailer (2001) Ltd
Debolt AB 780 957-2238
High Level AB 780 926-3321
Global Fusion Coating Inc
Highliner Holdings Inc
Wainwright AB 780 842-6860
Carievale SK 306 928-2237
Global Water Group Inc
Hi-Hog Farm & Ranch Equipment Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 485-0911
Goliath Snubbing Ltd Grande Prairie AB 866 976-7682
Good To Go Trucking Ltd Kindersley SK 306 463-1454
Calgary AB 403 280-8300
Hillbilly Haulin’ Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3361
Hitch’em Oilfield Hauling Grande Prairie AB 780 832-0281
Elk Point AB 780 724-4117 Sexsmith AB 780 876-9987 Calgary AB 403 287-0170
Leduc County AB 780 991-4003
Howard’s Transport Services Stony Plain AB 780 968-8555
Hranco Industries Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 527-4190
Hub’s Light Oilfield Hauling Sherwood Park AB 780 467-2775
Hughson Trucking Inc Milk River AB 403 647-2244
Hunt Inspection Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-4868
Hunting Energy Services (Canada) Ltd Calgary AB 403 543-4477
Hurricane Management Tank Truck Service Vulcan AB 403 534-1267
Hydraco Industries Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 526-2244
Hydro Vacuum Oilfield Services Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 514-3773
Hydro-Jet Aqua Pressure Systems Leduc AB 780 980-9400
Hymark Energy Service Rimbey AB 403 396-9148
Impact Oilfield Management Team Inc Carlyle SK 306 453-6248
Infinity Oilfield Services Inc Sundre AB 403 860-4473
Inland Tech Systems Pilot Truck & Hot Shot Services
Calgary AB 403 266-0908 Eckville AB 403 391-2856
Edmonton AB 780 465-3467
Ironhorse Oilfield Services Ltd Stony Plain AB 780 963-1338
J & A Trucking Ltd
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5722
J M A Mechanical Services Ltd Falher AB 780 837-3511
J Quartly Trucking Ltd High Prairie AB 780 523-7423
Jake’s Rentals
Drayton Valley AB 780 202-0504
Jaron Potable Water Hauling Whitecourt AB 780 778-0096
Jay-Day Water Services Gunn AB 780 785-2244
J.B. Water & Vacuum Service Grande Prairie AB 780 539-9951
JBird Pilot Car & Hot Shot Services Fort St John BC 250 263-4685
J.D.A. Oilfield Hauling Grande Prairie AB 780 532-5101
JD&C Services
Hinton AB 780 865-6807
Jen-Ty Contracting Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-2411
Jerry’s Water Service Cecil Lake BC 250 781-3359
J.M.B. Precision Inc Calgary AB 403 250-7704
Johnstone Tank Trucking Ltd Frobisher SK 306 486-2044
Jonnys Light Oilfield Hauling Ltd
Red Deer AB 403 357-6668
Nisku AB 780 913-9959
In-Situ Machining Solutions Ltd
JR LTL Services
Airdrie AB 403 948-7675
Edmonton AB 780 220-5938
Inspectrum Testing Inc
Jug’s Trucking Ltd
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-0000
Maidstone SK 306 893-4286
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G Force Oilfield Services Inc
K & L Oilfield Holdings Ltd
Kopala Environmental Service
Lone Wolf Wireline 2002 Ltd
Maximum Tank Truck Services Ltd
K & S Oilfield Hauling
Kory’s Vacuum Truck Service Ltd
Lonestar Hotshot & Pilot Car Services Ltd
Mayers Machine & Welding
Pink Mountain BC 250 772-5133 Strathmore AB 403 901-2021
Kaitin Heavy Duty Mechanical Red Deer AB 403 356-1526
Kalmar Construction Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-7118
Kamber Nitrogen Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-8812
Kaymor Machining & Welding Ltd Clairmont AB 780 538-2623
KDM Oilfield Manufacturing Ltd Nisku AB 780 979-0052
KDM Transport Ltd Calgary AB 403 235-4796
Keian Coating & Sandblasting Ltd Fort St John BC 250 262-4455
Kelly’s Trucking Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2777
Kema Enterprizes Redwater AB 780 736-2232
Kinetic Transport Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5757
King Cat Pilot Car Service Dawson Creek BC 250 784-5888
Kingpin Trailers Ltd Edmonton AB 780 447-1970
Kinsella Water Hauling Ltd Innisfail AB 403 350-4135
Kirk’s Vacuum Truck Services Ltd Taber AB 403 223-9377
KJ’s Trucking & Hot Shot Red Deer AB 403 347-7445
Klaus Oilfield Hauling Ltd Red Deer AB 403 391-0831
Klick Tank Trucks Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 779-4999
KMC Oilfield Maintenance Ltd Swan Hills AB 780 333-4300
Kodiak Wireline Services Partnership St Albert AB 780 418-3405
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Bonnyville AB 780 826-2945 Brooks AB 403 793-4778
Kos Oilfield Transportation Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6773
KPA Oilfield Services Ltd Chetwynd BC 250 788-6933
KSJ Rig & Potable Water Hauling Westlock AB 780 349-3853
Kyncl Trucking Ltd Sundre AB 403 556-2239
Lakeshore Helicopters Fort McMurray AB 780 714-3665
Lakeside Oilfield Services Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 513-2386
Lamb’s Trucking Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7818
Last Chance Trucking (1995) Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-7556
LAW Inspection Services Inc Lethbridge AB 403 380-3555
Leak Technologies Solutions Ltd Calgary AB 403 637-0280
Legend Oilfield Services Ltd Devon AB 780 987-3154
Len’s Pilot Car Service Leduc AB 780 986-4938
Letan’s Leveling Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5812
Lindholm Vacuum Service Ltd Red Deer AB 403 886-2211
Lion Hot Shot Inc Red Deer AB 403 588-5210
Little Guy Oilfield Rentals Inc Leduc AB 780 980-1166
Little Valley Holdings Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 759-4081
Lockhart Oilfield Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-7017
Logic NDT Solutions Ltd Calgary AB 403 720-3233
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Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-4758
Dawson Creek BC 250 784-8036
Lonkar Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-9727
LR Helicopters Inc Calgary AB 403 286-4601
Lyd-Von Inspection Services Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 318-8369
Lynx Wireline Services Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-4475
M D H Transport & Craning Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-8891
M & R Machines (2000) Ltd Weyburn SK 866 842-4803
MADDON Oilfield Services Vegreville AB 780 632-9910
Magnum Inspection Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-7970
Magus Engineering Ltd Calgary AB 403 264-3309
Maiko’s Trucking (1990) Ltd Morinville AB 780 939-7203
Manac Western Edmonton AB 780 447-1559
Mark’s Hauling Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 532-3777
Grande Prairie AB 855 814-6884 Estevan SK 306 634-6466
McGregor, O.H. Oilfield Services Inc Olds AB 403 556-3880
Medicine Hat Pilot Car & Hot Shot Inc Medicine Hat AB 403 502-5094
Mi Casa Rentals Inc Calgary AB 403 262-2288
Midnight North Transport Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 805-1384
Midwest Energy Services Wetaskiwin AB 780 352-1990
Milron Metal Fabricators Inc Edmonton AB 780 451-3258
Mirage Trucking Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-2826
M.L. Vacuum & Acid Hauling Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-2111
Moore’s Industrial Service Ltd Calgary AB 403 219-7160
MOVAC Mobile Vacuum Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 201-3710
MTS Mix Bros Tank Services Edmonton AB 780 471-1386
MarrCo Trucking Ltd
Mud Doctor Vacuum Truck Services Ltd
Marvin Sheehan Services - MSS
Murtron Hauling
Mateo Oilfield Services Ltd
Mustang Helicopters Inc
Maverick Inspection Ltd
Nelson Bros Oilfield Services (1997) Ltd
Medicine Hat AB 403 504-1656 Grimshaw AB 780 332-4777 Caroline AB 403 722-2898 Edmonton AB 780 467-1606
Maverick Oilfield Rentals High River AB 403 652-4652
Maverick Oilfield Transportation Ltd High River AB 403 652-4652
Maxim Rentals Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-5966
Calgary AB 403 697-7199 Clairmont AB 780 567-3612
Lacombe County AB 403 885-5220
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5777
New Age Oilfield Services Inc Nisku AB 780 979-9977
Neway Oilfield Services Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 992-1600
NOV Enerflow Inc
Perfection Pumping Corp
Providence Trucking Inc
Nighthawk Pilot Car Service
O.C.E.A.N. Hauling & Hotshot Ltd
Performance Vac & Tank Services Ltd
PSI Fluid Power Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 417-9385 Taylor BC 250 789-3349
NIPI Services (2007) Inc Fort McMurray AB 780 791-6411
Nisku Industrial Coatings Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-9696
Nitro Heavy Hauling Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-6832
Nitrogen Technologies of Canada Grande Prairie AB 780 310-6487
Nitschke Vacuum Truck Service Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-2125
Noranco Transport Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 962-5800
Nor-Kam Vacuum Pumping Service Inc Dawson Creek BC 250 782-5759
Norondo Wireline Services Olds AB 403 556-8036
North Of 55 Oilfield Hauling Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-4333
Northern Hot Shot Service Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 784-3927
Northern NDT
Sherwood Park AB 780 449-4935
Northern Truck Services (1994) Ltd
Calgary AB 403 279-9696 Calgary AB 403 235-1942
OilKat Energy Services Inc Edson AB 780 712-5798
Okala Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 453-4990
Omega Transport Services Inc Brooks AB 403 362-7303
109 Wireline Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 261-6490
Opsco Energy Wireline Calgary AB 403 272-2206
Osco Gunite & Mudjacking Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-1234
Outlaw Oilfield Hauling Ltd Estevan SK 306 634-3009
Overdrive Transport
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 348-7004
Overland Transport Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 830-1490
Panda Tank & Vac Truck Services Grande Prairie AB 780 513-2655
Paradox Access Solutions Inc Edmonton AB 780 418-1955
Paragon Fusion Clad (PPC) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 461-7719
Parcels Trucking (2007) Ltd
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3659
Stettler AB 403 742-2781
Northstar Drillstem Testers Inc
Pardy’s Robotic Tank Cleaning
Calgary AB 403 265-8987
Leduc AB 780 986-6201
Northwell Oilfield Hauling (09) Inc
Parma
Acheson AB 780 960-4900
High Level AB 780 926-2133
Northwest Machine & Welding (1994) Ltd
Pathway Mats
High Prairie AB 780 523-3073
Northwest Wireline Services Fairview AB 780 835-4499
Nor-Trail Oilfield Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-5230
Norweld Stress (1994) Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-0609
Leduc AB 780 986-0766
Pavlis Trucking Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-9819
Pembina Tubing Inspection Drayton Valley AB 780 621-2011
Pentacon Energy Services Inc Vermilion AB 780 853-7836
Red Deer AB 403 318-9178
Grande Prairie AB 780 830-0045
Performance Wireline Ltd Cochrane AB 403 304-6225
Petro Carbon NDT Solutions Inc Calgary AB 403 720-2077
Petrotreat Inc
Red Deer AB 403 314-1820
Phoenix Oilfield Hauling Nisku AB 780 955-8840
Piston Well Services Inc Red Deer AB 403 309-4429
Polaris Petroleum Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5958
Ponto Water Hauling Inc Fairview AB 780 835-4554
Portiek Ventures Ltd Rimbey AB 403 588-1950
Powerstroke Well Control Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-0102
Prairie Blasting & Coating Ltd Virden MB 204 748-2864
Prairie West Ventures Ltd Edmonton AB 780 916-3211
Precision Well Servicing Grande Prairie AB 780 532-5260
Pressure Services Inc Alder Flats AB 780 388-2282
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Red Deer AB 403 314-0909 Calgary AB 403 253-2236
Pulse Wireline Services Ltd Sherwood Park AB 780 464-2981
Pure Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 262-4000
Pure Spirit Water Services Ltd Spirit River AB 780 864-4424
PureChem Services Carlyle SK 306 453-4414
P.W. Rentals Ltd Fairview AB 780 835-4401
Q Test Inspection Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-5630
Q-Tek Tankers Ltd Viking AB 780 336-2696
Quality Wireline Services Ltd Estevan SK 306 634-7975
Quick Silver Wireline Ltd Red Deer AB 403 346-6167
Quicksilver Hot Shot Fort Nelson BC 250 774-2209
Quik Hotshot
Grande Prairie AB 780 814-3499
Quin-Ko Custom Machining Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 340-3425
Quinn Well Control Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3440
PressureWorx Inc
Quinn’s Big Country Oilfield Services Ltd
Primco Dene LP - Courier Service
R & D Trailer Rentals Ltd
Pro Energy Transport Corp
R & R Stress Relieving Service Ltd
Pro North Oilfield Services Ltd
Rae’s Industrial Repair
Prospector Oilfield Services
Rai-Lynn Trucking Ltd
ProTechnics (Canada)
Rapid Wireline Services Ltd
Hinton AB 780 817-1694 Cold Lake AB 780 594-4034 Red Deer AB 403 347-5535
Fort Nelson BC 250 774-2855 Provost AB 780 753-8440 Calgary AB 403 269-2055
Hanna AB 403 854-2361 Edmonton AB 780 447-1918 Nisku AB 780 955-7559 Slave Lake AB 780 849-0906 Lacombe AB 403 782-3548
Fort St John BC 250 785-4364
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Raven Oilfield Rentals
Risley Hydraulic Services Ltd
Sabre Swabbing
Silverman Oilfield Services Ltd
RBT - Randy Brodersen Trucking Limited
Risley Machining
Sage Wireline Services
Silvertip Oilfield Services Inc
Rivers Water & Vac Truck Service
Samax Industries
Simon & Simon Picker & Hotshot Service
R.L. Electric Motor Rewinding (1995) Ltd
Sandpiper Truck Services Ltd
Fort St John BC 250 787-8474
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-2613
R-Dale Oilfield Services Ltd Calmar AB 780 985-2125
R.E. Line Trucking (Coleville) Ltd Coleville SK 306 965-2472
ReAction Pressure Services Clairmont AB 780 933-7867
Rebel Energy Services Ltd Red Deer AB 877 732-3549
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5335 Grande Prairie AB 780 538-8256 Edmonton AB 780 460-8417
Lloydminster AB 780 875-6880
Road Runner Well Service Forestburg AB 780 336-5880
Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 346-5311
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6096 Brooks AB 403 362-7503 Westlock AB 780 349-1777
Lloydminster SK 780 875-2850
Sanjel Corporation Calgary AB 403 269-1420
Savage Trucking Ltd Eckville AB 403 746-5652
Rebel Hotshot
Roadway Trailers Ltd
Schiltron Non Destructive Testing Inc
Rebel Transport
Robby Davis Trucking Inc
Scooters Transfer Ltd
Recom Energy Inc
Rock Data Services Ltd
Scorpion Industries
Calgary AB 403 214-1333 Edmonton AB 780 464-5171 Red Deer AB 403 348-8110
Red Arrow Express Edmonton AB 800 232-1958
Red Planet Trucking Ltd Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-3401
Redline Well Control Inc Red Deer County AB 403 347-2007
Redneckz Wireline Grande Prairie AB 780 830-0002
RedSky Resources Ltd Kindersley SK 306 463-6533
Regulator’s Oilfield Hauling Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 832-0372
Reilly Transfer Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-1312
Remote Wireline Services Morinville AB 780 939-6655
Renegade Oilfield Services Red Deer County AB 403 350-7777
Rice Bros Trucking Ltd Brooks AB 403 501-8556
Rick’s Oilfield Hauling Redwater AB 780 942-2025
Right Now Hotshot Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 831-1352
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Rock Tubulars Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-4234
Rock Weld Oilfield Services Ltd Nisku AB 780 979-0203
ROCO Oilfield Systems Ltd Rocky Rapids AB 780 621-8111
Calgary AB 403 869-1518
Grande Prairie AB 780 605-2100 Bonnyville AB 780 826-0405
Scott’s Water Service (2006) Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-4663
Secure Hotshot Service Edmonton AB 780 803-6464
Shaw Lease & Truck Rentals Calgary AB 403 243-6200
Neilburg SK 306 823-4722 Manning AB 780 836-3792
Kerrobert SK 306 834-8303
Singer Specialized Calgary AB 403 569-8605
Ski Marmot Basin Jasper AB 780 852-3816
Skinner Bros Contracting Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-6691
SLH Picker Service & Pile Driving Slave Lake AB 780 849-5275
Snow King Environmental Group Ltd Westlock AB 780 777-4594
Snub Force Well Control Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-5559
Snubco Pressure Control Ltd Calgary AB 403 265-9384
South West Pipe Ltd Gull Lake SK 306 672-4242
Southern Industrial & Truck Ltd Weyburn SK 306 842-2422
Roger’s Steam Rite Ltd & Vac Services
Shelk’s Oilfield Hotshot & Light Hauling Ltd
Ron’s Vacuum Service Ltd
Sierra Vacuum Truck Services Ltd
Spectrum Wireline Services Ltd
Rosenau Transport Ltd
Signal Hill Hotshot and Core Van Services Ltd
Sphere Drilling Supplies
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-0980 Wainwright AB 780 842-2390 Edmonton AB 780 431-2877
Rostel Industries Ltd Calgary AB 403 720-3999
Roughrider Hotshot Service Ltd Swift Current SK 306 774-9652
RPM Automotive Sundre (1983) Ltd Sundre AB 403 638-4525
RPM (Real Production Management) Inc Drayton Valley AB 780 621-2775
R.P.T.L. Ron Prokipchuk Trucking Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 648-3950
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Camrose AB 780 679-8126
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-3039
Sherwood Park AB 780 289-3600
Silver Hills Wireline Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-6044
Silver Shadow Inspection Services Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-0202
Silverado Oilfield Ventures Ltd Red Deer AB 403 340-1900
Silverline Swabbing Beaverlodge AB 780 354-3052
Silverline Wireline Slave Lake AB 780 849-2880
Spectrum Testing Inc Lacombe AB 403 782-6990 Airdrie AB 403 948-5031 Calgary AB 403 720-9333
Springburn Oilfield Services Ltd High Prairie AB 780 837-9225
SPS Well Services Inc Airdrie AB 403 948-9599
Stahl Peterbilt Inc Edmonton AB 780 483-6666
Stats Ventures Inc Bonnyville AB 780 826-5778
Stealth Oilfield Inspections Ltd Red Deer AB 403 309-7221
Stene Bros Oilfield Hauling Inc Calmar AB 780 955-7228
Enchant AB 403 633-0590
Strad Drilling ServicesManufacturing Nisku AB 780 955-9393
Strad Drilling Services-Matting Whitecourt AB 780 778-2552
Strad Drilling Services-Transport Whitecourt AB 866 778-2552
Team Industrial Services Edmonton AB 780 417-7777
Team Snubbing Services Inc Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-2728
Terrapro Group of Companies Sherwood Park AB 780 449-2091
Thermex Metal Treating Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-4373
Total Depth Steam & Vacuum Services Ltd (1999) Grande Prairie AB 780 518-0545
Total Engine Services Ltd Peace River AB 780 624-2567
Total Lube And Wash Grande Prairie AB 780 832-3846
Total Oilfield Rentals LP Calgary AB 403 698-8448
Twilight Hotshot & Pilot Services Whitecourt AB 780 778-0108
Two Rivers Water Ltd Fort St John BC 250 789-3651
TWR Contracting Ltd Edson AB 780 712-6760
Twylight Pressure Controls Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-2178
Streamline Inspection Ltd
Thirsty Boys Fresh Water Supply (2012)
Substantial Flurries
THR Trucking Ltd
Trail Transport
Summit Wireline Inc
Three Star Services Ltd
Tri-Auto Ltd
Sunrize Pilot Services
Tiger Energy Systems
Triple D Bending
Supreme Vac Oilfield Services
Tiggo Transport Ltd
Triple K Oilfield Services Inc
Sure Shot Hotshot
T.I.P.S. Tanks
Triple Random Inc
Surface Solutions Inc
Titan Logix Corp
Triple Seven Oilfield Rentals Ltd
Swamp Mats Inc
Titan Service Group Inc
Triple T Trucking Ltd
Swede’s Towing Ltd
TITAN Specialized Hauling Ltd
Tristar Contracting Ltd
SWL Wireline
Titan Transport Ltd
Truck Zone
T D Styles Trucking Ltd
Titan Trucking Ltd
TSL Industries Operations LP
Warrior Manufacturing Services Ltd
T T’s Transport Ltd
TJ’s Pilot Car Ltd
Tuboscope Canada
Water Worx
TADD Wireline
TL Wood Transport Ltd
Tucker Oilfield Hauling Ltd
WC Trucking (1998) Ltd
Taiga Helicopters 1993 Ltd
Tolway’s Rig Jacking
Tundra Petroleum Services Ltd
Welco Inspections
Talmek Energy Services Ltd
Tomtruck Enterprises Ltd
Tusk Inspection Services Inc
Welco Stress Relieving Ltd
Tazmech Ltd
Too SPEC Inc
20/20 NDTechnology Inc
Wellco Pressure Controls Ltd
TCL Trans Carrier Ltd
Top Coat Industrial Coating Applicators Inc
TWH Oilfield Services Ltd
Wescan Precision Machine Corp
Calgary AB 403 454-6630 Stettler AB 403 742-8838
Lloydminster AB 306 825-4191 Red Deer AB 403 357-6610 Edmonton AB 780 691-3436 Edmonton AB 780 220-7873
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Dawson Creek BC 250 782-7787 Brooks AB 403 362-3873 Nisku AB 780 955-8020
Rainbow Lake AB 780 956-3030 Whitecourt AB 780 778-1209 Whitecourt AB 780 778-3674 Slave Lake AB 780 849-6844 Edmonton AB 780 438-3770 Fort St John BC 250 785-5553
Caroline AB 403 350-6132 Sundre AB 403 638-9399 Consort AB 403 577-3211 Calgary AB 403 236-5016
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Dawson Creek BC 250 784-8540 St Albert AB 780 458-0248 Clairmont AB 780 567-2422
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Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4455 Edmonton AB 780 451-0225 Kola MB 204 748-5088 Calgary AB 403 216-5000
Drayton Valley AB 780 621-6490 Red Deer AB 403 314-4474 Fox Creek AB 780 622-4252
Grande Prairie AB 866 930-6220 Taber AB 403 223-4717
Under Pressure Contracting Ltd Airdrie AB 403 803-5098
United Tank Inspections Stettler AB 403 742-4747
Universe Machine Corporation Edmonton AB 780 468-5211
Vac Attack Ltd
Millet AB 888 424-4822
VIH Helicopters Ltd North Saanich BC 250 656-3987
Viking Wireline Services Ltd Eckville AB 403 746-3111
Visa Truck Rentals (1991) Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 532-0636
Vixen Oilfield Services Onoway AB 780 982-9719
Volant Products Inc Edmonton AB 780 490-5185
Wachs Canada Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-6402
Calgary AB 403 291-6444 Red Deer AB 403 358-3377 Breton AB 780 542-1089
Spruce Grove AB 780 962-5396 Edson AB 780 712-7137 Edmonton AB 780 414-0661 Calgary AB 403 275-3784
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Stimtech Tubing Inspection Ltd
West Penetone Inc Edmonton AB 780 454-3919
Production Services
Western Oilfield Equipment Ltd
A & E Boiler Farm Ltd
Nisku AB 780 980-2660
Edmonton AB 780 264-1267
Western Star & Freightliner Trucks of Grande Prairie
Ace Instruments Ltd
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-2236
Fort St John BC 250 785-1207
Western Star Trucks (North) Ltd
Ace Pressure Testing & Services Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 453-3452
Lacombe AB 403 782-0606
Westland Energy Services Ltd
Acer Industries Alberta Ltd
Sherwood Park AB 780 490-4646
Leduc AB 780 986-4832
Whitefang Oilfield Services Ltd
Advanced Pressure Testing Ltd
Gull Lake SK 306 672-3595
Lloydminster SK 780 871-4729
Whiterock Water Hauling Ltd
Air Liquide Canada Inc
Camrose AB 780 672-3188
Edmonton AB 780 438-5600
Wilcox High Velocity Ltd
Alberta Mobile Boiler Inc
Edmonton AB 780 483-8861
Redwater AB 780 942-4435
Wildcat Vacuum Services Ltd
Alco Gas & Oil Production Equipment Ltd
Lloydminster SK 780 875-0464
William Rivers & Sons Fresh Water Hauling
Calgary AB 403 243-5055
Alkota Canada
Bowden AB 403 556-1610
Red Deer AB 403 356-9274
Wilmar Oilfield Pressure Services Ltd
Alpine Pumpjack Services Ltd
Beaverlodge AB 780 518-6964
Winacott Equipment Group Saskatoon SK 306 931-4448
Wolverine
White City SK 306 757-1203
Wood Buffalo Helicopters Fort McMurray AB 780 743-5588
Worsley Water Service Worsley AB 780 685-2095
X-Cel Energy
High Prairie AB 780 523-4412
XS Oilfield Services Group Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 830-3994
Yellowhead Corrosion & Coatings Div Edmonton AB 780 449-1340
Young EnergyServe Inc Rocky View AB 403 517-2100
Z-Best Light Oilfield Hauling Ltd
Grande Prairie AB 780 766-3000
AMGAS Services Inc Rocky View AB 888 335-7370
ArcTech Welding & Machining Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-5151
Arctic Boilers & Fabricating Ltd Nisku AB 780 267-0791
Astro Thermal Tec Redcliff AB 403 548-1231
Atek Water Systems Edmonton AB 780 414-0554
Attack Energy Services Ltd High Prairie AB 780 523-3302
Baron Pumpjack Services Grande Prairie AB 780 814-5636
Beartrax Pumpjack Services Inc Slave Lake AB 780 849-3388
Bergendy Pressure Testing Brooks AB 403 793-2377
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-8535
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Big Bear Energy Rentals
Chaceco Ltd
Big Iron Industrial Inc
Cheyenne Oil Well Services (2012) Ltd
Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-2839 High Level AB 780 926-4944
Big K Pressure Testing Cypress County AB 403 529-2188
Bighorn Boilers
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 844-8445
Bill’s Boiler Service Carbon AB 403 948-8646
Black Gold Steaming & Pressure Washing Delburne AB 403 350-8353
Blackdog Mobile Steamer Ltd Barrhead AB 780 674-1791
Braeside Fabricators Inc Calgary AB 403 279-0628
Bruin Instruments Corp Edmonton AB 780 430-1777
Buckin’ Good Welding Ltd Provost AB 780 753-4749
Bunch Welding Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 729-3335
Burnie’s Oilfield Service Camrose AB 780 608-6260
BW Welding Ltd Edmonton AB 780 446-3110
Cactus Pressure Testing Ltd Grande Prairie AB 877 836-4322
Campbell Oilfield Rentals Ltd Clairmont AB 780 532-8793
Canadian Advanced ESP Inc Edmonton AB 780 469-0770
Canadian Western Scrubbing Solutions Grande Prairie AB 780 513-4427
Caproco (1987) Limited Edmonton AB 780 465-1187
Central Alberta Pumpjack Services Inc Eckville AB 403 746-3799
Central Water & Equipment Services Ltd Saskatoon SK 306 975-1999
Grande Prairie AB 780 518-2390
St Albert AB 780 460-1277
Chisholm Pressure Testing Ltd Onoway AB 780 886-9944
Claresholm Welding & Fabricating Ltd Claresholm AB 403 625-3824
Claude deMontarnal’s Welding Ltd High Level AB 780 926-4888
ClydeUnion Pumps Calgary AB 403 236-8725
Coltek Energy Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-9878
Combustex Corp Red Deer AB 403 342-4494
Complete Pumpjack Services Fort St John BC 250 785-2211
Concept Controls Inc Calgary AB 403 208-1065
CoorsTek
Red Deer AB 403 347-7244
Corrosion Service Company Ltd Calgary AB 403 233-2601
Corrpro
Edmonton AB 780 447-4565
Coulter & McGillicky Sales & Service 1997 Ltd Estevan SK 306 634-3114
Culligan Water Conditioning Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 532-8584
D. Blatkewicz Steamer & Mini Vac Services Drayton Valley AB 780 621-7121
D & K Mobile Welding Medicine Hat AB 403 502-3459
D. Karach Welding Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6534
Daler Pressure Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4272
Daniel’s Welding Ltd Edson AB 780 723-5020
Excel Exchanger Inc
Industrial Pump Corp
Darcy’s Welding & Mechanical Inc
Exeter Boiler Rentals
Inproheat Industries Ltd
Manning AB 780 836-5065 Edson AB 780 723-2969
Davco Welding & Crane Service Ltd Wainwright AB 780 842-5559
David Meffen Sales Ltd Edmonton AB 780 448-1938
Don Cinnamon Welding Ltd Rainbow Lake AB 780 956-3766
DPS Microbial Solutions Frobisher SK 306 486-2110
Dupre Boilers Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-7488
Dushay Welding Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-4410
E & L Mobile Steaming Ltd Peace River AB 780 322-2118
E S Fox Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 434-9475
Earl’s Pressure Testing Ltd Stettler AB 403 740-6846
Eastend Iron Industries Ltd Taber AB 403 223-2620
Ecodyne Limited Cooling Products Burlington ON 905 332-1404
Ecoquip Rentals & Sales Ltd Calgary AB 403 255-5207
Edmonton Industrial Oilfield Welding Ltd Edmonton AB 780 465-4664
ElectroGas Monitors Ltd Red Deer AB 403 341-6167
Enerflex Ltd
Nisku AB 780 955-2447
Entech Industrial Cleaning Inc Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 913-2229
Evolution Production Equipment Ltd Calgary AB 403 984-3599
E.W. Welding
High Prairie AB 780 536-7319
Edmonton AB 780 430-8360 Sundre AB 403 850-1820
Frank Henry Equipment (1987) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-8778
Frog Lake Oilfield Services LP Elk Point AB 780 724-3131
Frontier Steam Ltd Rimbey AB 403 748-2900
GE Oil & Gas Artificial Lift Calgary AB 403 263-7166
Edmonton AB 780 436-3110 Calgary AB 403 253-2228
JaCat Pressure Truck Services Edson AB 780 712-9030
Jag Pressure Testing Inc Lac La Biche AB 780 689-7925
Jason’s Mobile Steam Ltd Lac La Biche AB 780 623-3086
Jaycees Pressure Testing Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 266-3832
Glen’s Welding Ltd
J.C. Boiler Service Ltd
Grande Cache Energy Services Ltd
John Brooks Company Limited
Graphic Controls Canada
Joule Technical Sales Inc
Grenco Energy Services Inc
JR’s Pressure Truck Service Ltd
Greywolf Production Systems Inc
JW Welding
HalTech Testing Inc
Kayden Industries Inc
HB Boiler Services
L & L Steam Service
HD Energy Rentals Ltd
Larry’s Oilfield Engine Service
Medicine Hat AB 403 526-7383
Grande Cache AB 780 827-4201 Calgary AB 800 761-1669 Edmonton AB 780 468-2000 Crossfield AB 403 946-4445 Bay Tree AB 780 353-7001 Coronation AB 403 575-4004
Grande Prairie AB 780 831-0040
Heartland Industries Inc Stettler AB 403 742-3397
Hell ‘N’ Back Industries Ltd Nampa AB 780 322-2222
High Fire Boiler Service Ltd Red Deer AB 403 309-4622
Hotsy Water Blast Manufacturing LP Edmonton AB 780 451-4521
HTH Heatech Inc Calgary AB 403 279-1990
H2S Solutions Ltd
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-4427
Incendium Supply Ltd Calgary AB 403 202-0055
Nisku AB 780 955-3833
Mississauga ON 905 624-4200 Calgary AB 403 239-3477 Whitecourt AB 780 706-2626 Brooks AB 403 362-7122 Calgary AB 403 571-6688 Viking AB 780 336-2330 Virden MB 204 748-2111
LCO Technologies Ltd Calgary AB 403 860-9899
Leading Edge Artifical Lift Systems Ltd Manning AB 780 836-2445
Leading Edge Heat Treating Services Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-5660
Liberty Oilfield Rentals Ltd Edmonton AB 780 462-0886
Lindale Truck Service Ltd Carnwood AB 780 621-0940
Lonestar Energy Services Gull Lake SK 306 672-6666
Lost Creek Custom Welding & Fabrication Linden AB 403 333-5611
LoTech Manufacturing Inc Edmonton AB 780 440-5064
Lufkin Industries Canada Ltd Calgary AB 403 234-7692
Lynco Products Inc Calgary AB 403 250-3600
Maloney Industries Calgary AB 403 279-5000
Ma-Shine Pressure Wash Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 550-9555
Mega C Steaming Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-6148
Merv’s Welding Three Hills AB 403 443-2427
Millennium Heat Red Deer AB 403 357-9394
Millennium Pressure Testing Ltd Taber AB 403 317-5823
Mobile Data Technologies Acheson AB 780 962-2825
Moss Fabrication Ltd Calgary AB 403 279-4950
MSI - Maintenance Solutions Incorporated Athabasca AB 780 675-5558
Murland Projects Inc Lloydminster SK 780 871-4671
National Oilwell Varco Calgary AB 403 264-9646
NETZSCH Canada Inc Barrie ON 705 797-8426
Nipple-Up Pressure Testing (2005) Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 514-7388
Nixon Oilfield Services Ltd Yellowhead County AB 780 712-9410
NRMAC Steaming Fort Nelson BC 250 775-1052
NWP Industries Inc Innisfail AB 403 227-4100
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Danny’s Pressure Testing Ltd
Oil Lift Technology Inc Calgary AB 403 291-5300
Opsco Manufacturing Rocky View AB 403 723-3468
Oyen Welding & Machining Ltd Oyen AB 403 664-3535
Panama Enterprises (1990) Inc Edmonton AB 780 452-5757
Paw’s Pressure Testing High Level AB 780 926-1912
Penfabco Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 434-0222
Pentagon Optimization Red Deer AB 403 347-6277
Peregrine Pressure Testing Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-8662
Platinum Pumpjack Services Corp Calgary AB 403 264-6688
Porterco Welding & Trucking Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 805-4000
Potomac (1980) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 466-2046
Prairie Pride
Grande Prairie AB 780 402-2566
Premier Integrated Technologies Red Deer AB 866 443-5656
Process Combustion Systems (2000) Inc Calgary AB 403 250-1075
Profire Combustion Inc Spruce Grove AB 780 960-5278
Progressive Completions Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-2399
Pumps & Pressure Inc Red Deer AB 403 347-9770
Quick Silver Optimization Inc Red Deer AB 403 346-6167
Quinn Pumps
Red Deer AB 403 347-1128
R & M Energy Systems Canada Edmonton AB 780 465-9500
Radar’s Pressure Testing Alhambra AB 403 729-0002
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Ralph Littlechilds Welding Services
SPM Energy Services Inc
United Oilfield Inc
Steamaster Oilfield Services
VanRos Services Inc
Steam-Est Industries Ltd
Vetsch Steaming & Vacuum Service
Steam-N-Steve’s Oilfield Services Ltd
Victory Pressure Testing
Red-D-Arc Welderentals Renown Industries Limited
Stettler Oil & Gas Equipment
Rig Rug Rentals
Steve’s Pumpjack Services Ltd
Risley Steel Services Ltd
Sub-Zero Heating
Welco Welding & Maintenance Services Ltd
RJV Gas Field Services
Sunrise Welding
Wermac Electric (1994) Ltd
RMW Industrial Services Ltd
Superior Propane
West Pembina Pump & Equipment Ltd
Rob Morrell Fab & Welding Inc
Supersonic Oilfield Services
Evansburg AB 780 542-1171
Randco Millwright Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 538-0004
Red Hawk Pressure Testers Slave Lake AB 780 849-2010
Sherwood Park AB 780 417-0330 Edmonton AB 780 435-3447
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-5522 Grande Prairie AB 780 538-8240 Vegreville AB 780 632-7774 Regina SK 306 949-8234 Fairview AB 780 835-5314
Rotating Right Inc Edmonton AB 780 485-2010
Rotor-Tech Canada Ltd Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-2545
Rovin Welding Ltd Edson AB 780 723-5819
Schoendorfer Pressure Testing And Chemical Delivery Wembley AB 780 766-2727
Semerra Oilfield Pressure Testing Grande Prairie AB 780 539-0070
Silvertip Enterprises Ltd Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-3925
SLY Steaming & Cleaning Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-5013
Sniper Services Whitecourt AB 780 779-8057
Southern Plains Energy Inc Redcliff AB 403 526-9668
Southern Pressure Tester’s Ltd Gull Lake SK 306 672-7692
Spice Steamer Services Fairview AB 780 835-1234
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St Paul AB 780 646-6331 Lindale AB 780 542-0183 Estevan SK 306 634-3144
Viking AB 780 336-2696 Stettler AB 403 742-6686
Grande Prairie AB 780 518-9722 Red Deer AB 403 391-9535
Spruce View AB 403 728-3264 Calgary AB 403 730-5880 Bay Tree AB 780 864-1269
Supreme Welding & Mfg Ltd Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-3406
Taber Solids Control (1998) Ltd Edmonton AB 780 466-7799
Tecumseh Industries Ltd High River AB 403 601-2424
Topco Oilsite Products Ltd Clairmont AB 780 567-2398
Tracker Steam & Oilfield Services Ltd Eckville AB 403 746-2402
Tranter Heat Exchangers Canada Inc Edmonton AB 780 465-4582
Airdrie AB 403 945-3443
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-1553 Valleyview AB 780 524-2001
Spruce Grove AB 780 296-8378
Vindicator Products 2007 Ltd Rocky View AB 403 250-5574
Wally’s Welding 2001 Ltd Foremost AB 403 867-3773
Edson AB 780 723-4505 Calgary AB 403 279-2358
Drayton Valley AB 780 514-3288
Westalta Pressure Testing Inc Edson AB 780 723-7111
Westcomm Pump & Equipment Ltd Calgary AB 403 215-7867
Western Pump
Calgary AB 403 287-0256
Western Water & Wastewater Calgary AB 403 287-0256
Willy D Boilers
Nisku AB 780 955-7182
X-Factor Oilfield Services Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 514-2711
XYLEM Inc
Saskatoon SK 306 933-4849
Zazula Process Equipment Ltd
Tri-Hi Pressure
Calgary AB 403 244-0751
Triple T Oilfield Services
Reclamation Products & Services
Whitecourt AB 780 778-4697 Calgary AB 403 274-0100
Tubetest Service & Supply (1978) Ltd Red Deer AB 403 346-6161
United Centrifuge Ltd Weyburn SK 306 842-2378
Az-Tec Reclaim Ltd Irma AB 780 842-0621
Bozco Enterprises Provost AB 780 753-3515
Barrhead AB 780 674-2910
Diversified Glycol Services Inc Red Deer AB 403 343-9555
Evergreen Environmental Oyen AB 403 664-0420
Excel Construction & Environmental Ltd Airdrie AB 403 948-4218
Frac Rite Environmental Ltd Calgary AB 403 265-5533
Hannas Seeds
Lacombe AB 403 782-6671
Hodgson Contracting Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6655
Nelson Environmental Remediation Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 960-3660
NV Oilfield Services Stettler AB 403 740-9144
RemedX Remediation Services Inc Calgary AB 403 209-0004
TWB Construction Ltd Maidstone SK 306 893-4500
Celtic Pride Manufacturing Ltd
TMK IPSCO
Lyons Production Services Ltd
Coil Works Inc
Tubes Canada
Proflo Production Separators Ltd
Dynamic Solutions Inc
Warthog Tubulars
Silver Stream Production Services Ltd
Brooks AB 403 362-7044 Castor AB 403 882-2797 Red Deer AB 403 346-9788
Essential Coil & Stimulation Services Red Deer AB 403 347-6717
Fedmet Tubulars Calgary AB 403 237-0955
Global Tubing LLC Red Deer AB 403 346-9231
Hallmark Tubulars Ltd Calgary AB 403 266-3807
Hydrotestors 2000 Ltd Red Deer AB 403 343-6779
Leader Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 265-5400
Major Pipe & Supply Ltd Nisku AB 780 979-0042
Pacrim Steel
Calgary AB 403 234-8228
Prowler Tubing Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 239-7596
Tubular Products & Services
Quality Tubing Canada
Advanced Coil Tubing Inc
Calgary AB 403 243-7542
Red Deer AB 403 352-8552
Alberta Rhythm Well Service Inc Brooks AB 403 362-6471
Aluminum Pipe Systems Eckville AB 403 746-6060
Big Kahuna Coil Tubing Leduc AB 780 499-7751
Camaro Coil Tubing Provost AB 780 753-0203
Camel Coil Tubing Strathmore AB 403 325-0484
Red Deer AB 403 342-1000
Select Energy Systems Inc
Silverline Coil
Slave Lake AB 780 849-8377
Calgary AB 403 538-2182 Calgary AB 403 912-4052 Taber AB 403 223-5030
Grande Prairie AB 780 538-3400 Red Deer AB 403 341-4337
Red Deer AB 403 340-2535
Well Evaluation & Testing Services
Strataflo Energy Testing Inc
Accuracy Online Production Testing
Stony Plain AB 780 963-1282
Red Deer County AB 403 391-8335
Boreal Testing
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-6448
Cadieux Oilfield Services Lac La Biche AB 780 623-3443
Centennial Well Testing Ltd Red Deer AB 403 318-5724
Coral Oilfield Services Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 402-9800
Dark Star Production Testing Ltd Red Deer AB 403 396-9217
Demon Oilfield Services Inc Crossfield AB 403 946-4800
1st Rate Energy Services Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-2147
FloRite Environmental Systems Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-3569
G & R Production Testing Red Deer AB 403 341-6981
Brooks AB 403 501-3800
Summers Drilling Ltd
Sunrise Production Contractors Inc Smoky Lake AB 780 656-6306
TC Mobile Vessels Limited Brooks AB 403 362-7945
10K Rentals
Grande Prairie AB 780 832-6300
TestAlta
Calgary AB 403 250-1790
TNT Production Testing Inc St Albert AB 780 915-6656
Vencor Production Testing Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 778-6695
Venture Production Testing Inc Red Deer AB 403 343-8888
Zubar Production Services Calgary AB 403 813-1914
Well Monitoring Products & Services
STEP Energy Services
Grant Production Testing Services Ltd
Calgary AB 403 457-1772
Calgary AB 403 663-0050
Taz Well Servicing Ltd
Kannco Energy Systems Inc Red Deer AB 403 304-4805
Deploy Technologies Inc
Brooks AB 403 363-0011
Technicoil
Ker West Production Testing Ltd Okotoks AB 403 938-2660
Echo Fluid Levels Ltd
Calgary AB 403 509-0700
Tenaris
LTD Production Services Ltd Shaunavon SK 877 583-3569
Hamdon Wellsite Solutions Ltd
Calgary AB 403 767-0100
Tenaris Coiled Tubes
Lutz Production Testing Inc
Honeywell Limited
Red Deer AB 403 347-4544
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-7350
Dean’s Pump Service Ltd Frobisher SK 306 486-2110 Delta BC 888 213-3888
Brazeau County AB 780 542-0235 Edmonton AB 780 448-0074 Calgary AB 403 509-1200
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Champion Feed Services Ltd Wholesaler
Senior Tech
Edmonton AB 780 484-4447
Wellsite Supplies
24-7 Enterprises Ltd
Acclaim Insulation Ltd
Midale SK 306 458-2367
Red Deer County AB 403 391-8609
Accu-Flo Meter Service Ltd
Well Stimulation Services & Supplies Calfrac Well Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 266-6000
Canadian Chemical Technology Inc Calgary AB 403 250-9787
CS&P Cryogenics Canada Ltd Red Deer AB 403 346-8240
Ferus Inc
Calgary AB 403 517-8777
Halliburton
Calgary AB 403 231-9300
Interra Energy Services Ltd Calgary AB 403 693-3365
Schlumberger Canada Limited Calgary AB 403 509-4000
Trican Well Service Calgary AB 403 266-0202
Weatherford Canada Partnership Calgary AB 403 693-7500
Wellsite Design & Construction Camrose Well Servicing Ltd Camrose AB 780 672-2216
Concord Well Servicing Calgary AB 403 294-1950
Grimes Well Servicing Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-9264
Intricate Well Servicing Lloydminster AB 780 870-7023
John Kmita Ltd
Weyburn SK 306 842-3536
Wizard Well Servicing Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-6035
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Calgary AB 403 243-1425
Adventure Foaming Ltd Red Deer AB 403 986-3626
AJ Energy Services Calgary AB 403 262-8900
Billey Insulation Ltd Smoky Lake AB 780 656-2126
BIW Connector Systems St Albert AB 780 460-3993
Book Insulations Ltd Spruce Grove AB 780 960-8402
Border Insulators Inc Estevan SK 306 634-4836
Bouchard Well Service Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-4732
Brost Well Servicing Red Deer A 403 314-0434
Canadian Wellhead Isolation Sylvan Lake AB 403 340-3356
Canalta Flow Measurement Red Deer AB 403 342-4494
Cavalier Construction Corp Clairmont AB 780 567-3316
Connelly Industrial Insulation Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 343-3125
Crossroads C&I Distributors Edmonton AB 780 452-7410
D & G Polyethylene Products Ltd Neilburg SK 306 823-4789
Denarii Well Servicing Ltd Camrose AB 780 608-7637
Diamond Energy Services LP Swift Current SK 306 778-6682
Enerpro Insulation Ltd Edmonton AB 780 478-4959
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Enzo Energy Services
High Mark Well Servicing Ltd
Essential Well Service - Central
Insulation Snakes
Essential Well Service - North
ISC Insulated Soft Cover Ltd
Essential Well Service - South
J & G Urethanes
Estevan Meter Services Ltd
Kandrea Insulation (1995) Ltd
Estevan Plastic Products Ltd
Lea-Der Urethane Spray Foam Systems Ltd
Red Deer AB 403 309-4562 Red Deer AB 403 358-5225
Drayton Valley AB 780 621-0654 Medicine Hat AB 403 527-6235 Estevan SK 306 634-5304 Estevan SK 306 634-6400
Farm Boys Oilfield Services Inc Beaverlodge AB 780 539-5060
Firefly Critical Well Safety Equipment Ltd Red Deer AB 403 342-1050
FlareTech Inc
Stettler AB 403 742-2212
FMC Technologies Company Edmonton AB 780 468-9231
Foamco Industries Inc Red Deer AB 403 314-1318
FTCA Ltd
Edmonton AB 780 987-3717
G & R Insulating Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 568-4500
GE Oil & Gas
Calgary AB 403 531-7500
Gibson Foam Insulations Ltd Calahoo AB 780 967-3275
Global Well Servicing Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 515-9885
Great North Equipment Inc Edmonton AB 780 461-7400
Hanson Well Servicing Ltd Coronation AB 403 578-3999
Haulin’ Acid Inc Red Deer AB 403 304-6643
Hi-Flo Oilfield Services Ltd Red Deer AB 403 886-2133
Drayton Valley AB 780 621-0414 Breton AB 780 696-3412 Bonnyville AB 780 573-2883 Edmonton AB 780 457-7388
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-6847
Spruce Grove AB 780 962-5060
Leading Edge Hot Shot & Picker Service Manning AB 780 836-2445
Loric Industrial Insulation Inc Provost AB 780 753-4744
M & Z Industrial Supply Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-2737
Mactronic
Red Deer AB 403 342-1822
Martec Insulations Ltd Lethbridge AB 403 328-8246
Marvan Transport (1994) Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 346-9440
McCormick Ventures Ltd Fort St John BC 250 787-1037
MDI Industrial Sales Inc Edmonton AB 780 462-2975
Measurement Inc
Drayton Valley AB 780 514-5010
Meter-Man Flow Products 2006 Ltd Red Deer AB 403 343-0822
Metra Equipment Inc Estevan SK 306 634-6325
Miquelon Meter Services Ltd Edmonton AB 780 434-3411
North Peace Insulating Products Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 831-7888
Rockwell Servicing Partnership
Northern Industrial Insulation Contractors Inc
Roll’n Oilfield Industries Ltd
Sherwood Park AB 780 449-4935
Edmonton AB 780 483-1850
O.K. Wellhead Equipment & Service Edmonton AB 780 469-6544
optiflow casing plungers inc Medicine Hat AB 403 526-2425
Park Derochie
Edmonton AB 780 478-4688
Pioneer Petrotech Services Inc Calgary AB 403 282-7669
PLR Insulating Co Hythe AB 780 356-3626
Polard Insulation Services Ltd Drayton Valley AB 780 621-0701
Power Ignition And Controls Calgary AB 403 236-2115
Precision Proving Ltd Slave Lake AB 780 849-9335
Production Control Services Frederick CO 720 407-3550
PROMORE
Calgary AB 403 571-1669
Raider Well Servicing Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-7373
Ram River Pipeline Outfitters Ltd Olds AB 403 556-3899
Range One Oilfield Services Ltd Lloydminster SK 306 825-6111
RDI
Red Deer AB 403 343-1141
Reflex Manufacturing Ltd Edmonton AB 780 484-4002
Reliance Well Servicing (2002) Ltd
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Northern Gauge
Calgary AB 403 265-6361 Red Deer AB 403 343-1710
Royal Well Servicing Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 808-2333
Samsco Service (1990) Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-4533
Savanna Well Servicing Inc Calgary AB 403 503-0650
Silverline Insulation 2005 Ltd Bonnyville AB 780 826-1899
Silver-Tech Contracting Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 832-0279
Spartek Systems Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-2443
Specialized Tech Inc Calgary AB 403 233-2040
Steels Industrial Products Ltd Edmonton AB 780 452-4710
Swatech Industries Ltd Calgary AB 403 228-0677
Tiger Lily Insulation Ltd Edmonton AB 780 469-5029
TMI Insulators
Fort St John BC 250 785-1727
Tru-Line Insulation Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 513-0633
TSI Insulation Ltd Acheson AB 780 960-1398
We R Nuts & Bolts Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-8002
Weir SPM
Red Deer AB 403 341-3410
Westerra Insulation Inc Sylvan Lake AB 403 887-0920
Drayton Valley AB 780 542-5295
Rezone Well Servicing Ltd Red Deer AB 403 342-7772
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eXPloReRS aND PRoDuceRS Apache Canada Ltd
Crew Energy Inc
Kogas Canada Ltd
Suncor Energy Inc
Birchcliff Energy Ltd
Devon Canada Corporation
Mosaic Energy Ltd
Talisman Energy Inc
Black Swan Energy Ltd
Direct Energy Marketing Limited
Murphy Oil Company Ltd
Calgary AB 403 261-9810
Calgary AB 403 294-8000
Tamboran Resources
Canada Energy Partners Inc
Encana Corp
Nexen Inc
Calgary AB 403 645-2000
Calgary AB 403 699-4000
TAQA North Ltd
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Enerplus Corporation
NuVista Energy Ltd
Calgary AB 403 298-2200
Calgary AB 403 538-8500
TORC Oil & Gas Ltd
EOG Resources Canada Inc
Pace Oil & Gas Ltd
Calgary AB 403 297-9100
Calgary AB 403 303-8500
Total E&P Canada Ltd
Fairborne Energy Ltd
Penn West Energy
Calgary AB 403 290-7750
Calgary AB 403 777-2500
Unconventional Gas Resources Canada
Harvest Operations Corp
PetroBakken Energy Ltd
Calgary AB 403 261-1200 Calgary AB 403 261-6401 Calgary AB 403 875-7800 Vancouver BC 604 909-1154
Calgary AB 403 517-6700
Canadian Spirit Resources Inc Calgary AB 403 539-5005
Canbriam Energy Inc Calgary AB 403 269-2874
Cenovus Energy Inc Calgary AB 403 766-2000
Chevron Canada Resources Calgary AB 403 234-5000
Chinook Energy Inc Calgary AB 403 261-6883
Compton Petroleum Corporation Calgary AB 403 237-9400
ConocoPhillips Canada Limited Calgary AB 403 233-4000
Corridor Resources Inc Halifax NS 902 429-4511
Crescent Point Energy Corp Calgary AB 403 693-0020
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Calgary AB 403 266-2088 Calgary AB 403 232-7100
Calgary AB 403 532-8550 Calgary AB 403 699-7650
Calgary AB 403 265-1178
Calgary AB 403 268-7800
Hunt Oil Company of Canada, Inc
Progress Energy Resources Corp
Calgary AB 403 531-1530
Calgary AB 403 216-2510
Huron Energy Corp
Questerre Energy Corporation
Calgary AB 403 264-1200
Calgary AB 403 777-1185
Husky Energy Inc
Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc
Calgary AB 403 298-6111
Calgary AB 403 537-2455
Imperial Oil Resources Limited
Seven Generations Energy Ltd
Calgary AB 800 567-3776
Calgary AB 403 718-0700
Kallisto Energy Corp
Shell Canada Limited
Junex
Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd
Calgary AB 403 237-9996 Quebec QC 418 654-9661
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Calgary AB 403 691-3111 Calgary AB 403 266-6900
Calgary AB 403 296-8000 Calgary AB 403 237-1234 Calgary AB 587 899-6551 Calgary AB 403 724-5000 Calgary AB 403 930-4120 Calgary AB 403 571-7599
Calgary AB 403 269-1690
Vero Energy Inc Calgary AB 403 218-2063
Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd Calgary AB 403 264-9992
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FiNaNcial aND PRoFeSSioNal SeRViceS Access Land Services Limited
Liquid Capital Rockyview Inc
Annapolis Capital Ltd
Maxx North America Services Ltd
ARC Financial Corp
Michener Allen Auctioneering Ltd
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Montgomery Auction Services Ltd
Brokerlink Inc
Paramount Insurance & Investment Services Ltd
Red Deer County AB 403 348-5558 Calgary AB 403 231-4432 Calgary AB 403 292-0680 Calgary AB 403 515-1500 Calgary AB 403 209-6300
Canadian Western Bank Calgary AB 403 262-8700
Capital Now Inc Calgary AB 403 617-2075
Cavalier Land Ltd Calgary AB 587 952-8282
Essex Lease Financial Corporation Calgary AB 403 693-4060
Factors Western Calgary AB 403 250-1779
Foster Park Baskett Insurance Ltd Edmonton AB 780 489-4961
Calgary AB 403 503-1233 Edmonton AB 780 482-4144 Edmonton AB 780 470-5584 Blackfalds AB 403 885-5149
Red Deer AB 403 347-8400
PHH Arval
Calgary AB 403 298-2996
Progress Land Services Ltd Edmonton AB 866 454-4717
SubConsult Inc Nisku AB 780 980-6240
Thomson Schindle Green Insurance & Financial Services Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 526-3283
Vital Recruiting Consulting Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 978-0754
International Oilfield Equipment Brokers Ltd Calgary AB 403 299-2244
The Leasing Group Inc Calgary AB 403 703-4213
Liquid Capital Alberta Corp Red Deer AB 403 342-0006
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GoVeRNMeNT aND aSSociaTioNS Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)
Industry Canada
Manitoba Geological Survey
Alberta Motor Association
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Edmonton AB 780 474-8717
St John’s NL 709 772-2751
Michelle Nicolas michelle.nicolas@gob.mb.ca 204 945-6571
Custodians of the Peace
BC Ministry of Energy & Mines
National Energy Board
Gwen Johannson gjohan@pris.ca
Victoria BC 250 952-0115
Calgary AB 403 292-4800
SAIT Polytechinc
BC Oil & Gas Commission
Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)
Education, Research & Other Groups
Calgary AB 403 592-8845
Calgary AB 403 210-4453
Fort St John BC 250 261-5700
University of Alberta
Canada Revenue Agency
Edmonton AB Yucel Akkutlu efathi@ualberta.ca
University of Calgary Calgary AB Roberto Aguilera raguilera@ucalgary.ca
University of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB 403 329-2040 Dan Johnson dan.johnson@uleth.ca
Calgary AB 403 691-8792
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board Halifax NS 902 422-5588
Canadian Consulate General Buffalo NY Buffalo NY 716 858-9559
Enterprise Cape Breton Corp Sydney NS 902 564-2965
Government Agencies Alberta Advanced Education & Technology Edmonton AB 780 427-0285
Alberta Department of Energy
Environment Canada Edmonton AB 780 951-8600
Farmers’ Advocate of Alberta Edmonton AB 780 310-3276
Government of Canada (Foreign Affairs & International Trade)
Calgary AB 403 297-8955
Ottawa ON 613 944-4000
Alberta Geological Survey
Guysborough County Regional Development Authority
Edmonton AB 780 427-2995
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures
Guysborough NS 902 533-3731
Edmonton AB 780 450-5111
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Ottawa ON 613 954-2788
Ottawa ON 613 992-4923
Nova Scotia Department of Energy Halifax NS 902 424-4575
Nova Scotia Petroleum Directorate Halifax NS 902 424-4575
Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources Regina SK 306 787-0613
Strait-Highlands Regional Development Authority Port Hawkesbury NS 902 625-3929
Industry Associations Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta Edmonton AB 780 426-3990 Calgary AB 403 262-7714
Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers Calgary AB 403 532-0220
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Calgary, AB 403 264-4311
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Calgary AB 403 267-1100
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) Calgary AB 403 221-8777
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Calgary AB 403 262-0015
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Calgary AB 403 513-1235
Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources Calgary AB 403 233-9298
Petroleum Services Association of Canada Calgary AB 403 264-4195
Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada Calgary AB 403 218-7700
Progressive Contractors Association of Canada - PCAC Edmonton AB 780 466-3819
Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada Calgary AB 403 269-3454
Society of Petroleum Engineers Calgary AB 403 930-5454
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iNFoRMaTioN SeRViceS Media & Information Services Abacus Datagraphics Ltd Red Deer AB 403 346-7555
Albertametal.ca Edmonton AB 780 944-9333
AMCi
Ottawa ON 613 410-8130
Apex Distribution Inc Peace River AB 780 624-0035
Atlantic Canada Petroleum Show St John’s NL 403 209-3555
B W Rig Supply
Nisku AB 780 955-8686
Back Country Communications Ltd Blackfalds AB 403 396-1483
Beijing Zhenwei Exhibition Co, Ltd Beijing China 86-10-58236588
Blue Arrow Communications Sylvan Lake AB 403 391-0917
Business Information Group Toronto ON 416 442-5600
Cactus Communications Brooks AB 403 362-0100
Chatback Wireless Rig Intercoms Valleyview AB 780 524-4438
Comm Centre Inc Swift Current SK 306 778-9181
Communications Group Lethbridge Ltd Lethbridge AB 403 380-6602
Expert Mobile Communications Ltd
Mountainside Sales & Rentals Ltd
Shaw Tracking
Fossil Communications Ltd
Mountainview Safety Services
Skypics
Nexus Exhibits Ltd
South Peace Communications
North Peace Communications
Southern Alberta Petroleum Show
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-3962 Peace River AB 780 624-8770
Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc Edmonton AB 780 417-0644
Gas & Oil Expo
Calgary AB 403 209-3555
Global Energy Career Expo Calgary AB 403 209-3562
Global Petroleum Show Calgary AB 403 209-3555
Infosat Communications LP Calgary AB 403 543-8188
International Pipeline Exposition Calgary AB 403 209-3555
International Sustainable Energy Congress Calgary AB 403 209-3562
ISA Calgary Show Calgary AB 888 799-2545
JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group Edmonton AB 780 944-9333
Kenwood Electronics Canada Inc Mississauga ON 905 670-7211
Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show Lloydminster SK 780 875-6664
Map Depot & Framing Matters Edmonton AB 780 429-2600
Map Town Ltd
Calgary AB 403 266-2241
Morad Communications Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-4484
Edson AB 780 723-5536
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-5559 Calgary AB 403 262-8030
Dawson Creek BC 250 782-6664
Oil Sands Trade Show & Conference Fort McMurray AB 403 209-3555
The Oilfield Atlas Edmonton AB 780 944-9333
Pipeline News
Estevan SK 306 634-2654
Pipeline News North Fort St John BC 250 785-5631
Mississauga ON 905 403-2126 Calgary AB 403 271-5094 Valleyview AB 780 524-2111
Medicine Hat AB 403 527-5214
Switch Inc
Edmonton AB 780 628-3800
TOG Systems-Telecommunications Oilfield Group Valhalla Centre AB 780 356-3965
Virgin Technologies Inc Edmonton AB 780 469-4470
Whitetail Oilfield Rentals Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 782-9524
World Heavy Oil Congress
PrintWest Communications
Edmonton AB 888 799-2545
Quintel Communications Ltd
Software & Data Services
Saskatoon SK 306 665-3560 Calgary AB 403 250-5417
Ralcomm Ltd
Wetaskiwin AB 780 352-4077
Red Rabbit Communications Inc High Level AB 780 926-8887
RigSat Communications Inc Calgary AB 403 250-5417
Rigstar Communications Inc Calgary AB 403 243-0600
Saskatchewan Oil & Gas Show Weyburn SK 306 842-3232
Abra Controls
Calgary AB 403 281-2277
Hallmark Technical Services Nisku AB 780 955-7955
Hybrid Energy Services Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 897-3189
Pro Torque Connection Technologies Ltd Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 933-0404
Softrend Systems Inc North Vancouver BC 604 983-3389
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PiPeliNe aND FaciliTy SeRViceS Facility Construction Alta-Fab Structures Ltd Nisku AB 780 955-7733
BCT Structures Inc Lethbridge AB 403 331-2281
Horizon North Manufacturing
Black Diamond Camps and Logistics
G.N.S. Industrial Trailer Services Ltd
Mountview Business Park-Rentals & Sales
Black Gold Camp Services
GreenGate Homes
Norseman Structures
BlackSand Executive Lodge
Hayley Industrial Electronics Ltd
Northern Industrial Camp Maintenance
Calgary AB 403 206-4747 Red Earth AB 780 649-2221
Sherwood Park AB 780 410-1000
Grande Prairie AB 780 539-6601
BOXX Modular
Facility Products & Services
Calling Lake Lodge
Ace Open Camp
Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-2282
Almac Metal Industries Ltd Edmonton AB 780 465-0861
ARAMARK Remote Workplace Services Edmonton AB 780 437-5665
Armor Building Systems Ltd Brooks AB 403 362-6637
ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd Calgary AB 403 292-7804
Battery World (Grande Prairie) Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 402-3515
Big Foot Metal Systems Brooks AB 403 362-4181
Big Sky Camp Catering Ltd Red Deer AB 403 347-3838
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Balzac AB 403 567-1949 Calling Lake AB 780 331-2220
Cameron Construction Services Calgary AB 403 735-1021
Canada North Camps Inc Edmonton AB 780 488-3391
Canalta Panels Ltd Vegreville AB 780 632-3839
D.J. Catering Ltd Edmonton AB 780 454-7378
Enerpan Tech
Acheson AB 780 962-4044
EnerSys Canada Inc Calgary AB 403 640-1010
Excell Battery Company Calgary AB 403 250-5988
Gas Link Industries Ltd Fort St John BC 250 785-9022
George Ross Caterers Inc Calgary AB 403 837-8683
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Edmonton AB 780 451-8088 Edmonton AB 780 431-4275 Calgary AB 403 259-5523
Horizon North Camps & Catering Sherwood Park AB 780 410-1000
Horizon North Logistics Inc Calgary AB 403 517-4654
Jamal Contracting Inc Swift Current SK 306 773-0400
Jennifer’s Open Camp Wabasca AB 780 891-2267
K & T Metal Industries Ltd Morinville AB 780 939-4486
L.A. Metal Buildings Nisku AB 780 955-2560
MakLoc Buildings Inc Nisku AB 780 955-2951
McTaves Camp & Catering Ltd Spirit River AB 780 351-2173
MegaDome Construction Calgary AB 855 765-8999
Metalex Metal Buildings Inc Stettler AB 403 742-1300
Mocoat Fibreglass Products Ltd Calgary AB 403 236-7738
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-6614 Saskatoon SK 306 385-2768
Fort St John BC 250 262-4985
Northgate Industries Ltd Edmonton AB 780 448-9222
P R M Camps & Catering Edmonton AB 780 451-8088
Paramount Structures Inc Calgary AB 403 244-7411
Pavilion Structures St Albert AB 780 460-1726
PTI Group Inc
Edmonton AB 780 463-8872
PTI GROUP INC
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-1808
Red Earth Lodge Ltd Red Earth Creek AB 780 649-2422
Reliable Metal Buildings Carlyle SK 306 453-6410
Ronaco Industries Calgary AB 403 279-2840
Spartech Manufacturing Ltd Calgary AB 403 273-5775
Doran Stewart Oilfield Services
Pipeworx Ltd
Total Enerflex
Thermal Pro Steel Buildings Limited
EnerTek Energy Services Ltd
Resolute Oilfield Contracting Ltd
TransCanada Pipelines Ltd
Enterprise Energy Services Inc
Rhyason Contracting Ltd
Zedi Inc
EOS Pipeline & Facilities Inc
Spirit Pipelines Ltd
Aldersyde AB 403 601-2292
Stettler AB 403 742-1163
Trans Peace Construction (1987) Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 539-6855
Warwick Industries Ltd Calgary AB 403 720-9425
Wilf’s Oilfield Services Ltd Swift Current SK 306 773-4700
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-4044 Fort St John BC 250 785-5100 St Albert AB 780 418-4400 Calgary AB 403 232-8200
Aldersyde AB 403 652-4403 Calgary AB 403 221-8390
Fort St John BC 250 785-0515 Wetaskiwin AB 780 352-7305
Evergreen Energy A Partnership
Strike Energy Services Inc
Exact Oilfield Developing Ltd
Surerus Pipeline Inc
Clairmont AB 780 538-3680 Slave Lake AB 780 849-2211
Calgary AB 403 232-8448
Fort St John BC 250 785-2423
Pipeline Constructors
Fabcor
Target Excavating Inc
Arnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction Limited
Garry Crouch Contracting Sundre AB 403 586-7911
Viking Projects Ltd
GEM Grant Energy Maintenance
W Pidhirney Welding Ltd
Houlder Construction
Waschuk Pipe Line Construction Ltd
Sedgewick AB 780 384-4050
ATCO Pipelines
Calgary AB 403 245-7060
Bandit Pipeline
Lloydminster AB 780 875-8764
Benedict Pipeline Inc Leduc AB 780 980-0156
Beretta Pipeline Construction Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 875-6522
Big Country Energy Services LP Calgary AB 403 225-8867
Blair Nelson Enterprises Ltd Camrose AB 780 672-7545
Bunch Projects
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 729-3335
Candoo Oilfield Services Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-2018
Challand Pipeline Ltd
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-2469
Corvet Construction (1977) Ltd Red Deer County AB 403 340-3535
Denmax Energy Services Wainwright AB 780 842-3661
Clairmont AB 780 532-3350
High Prairie AB 780 523-3470 Grimshaw AB 780 332-4691
Kennedy Oilfield Services Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-5235
Krantz Contracting Ltd Manning AB 780 836-2830
League Pipeline Services Ltd Brooks AB 403 793-2648
Lincoln County Oilfield Services Ltd Athabasca AB 780 675-9613
Provost AB 780 753-3931 Lacombe AB 403 782-2756 Leslieville AB 403 729-3007
Red Deer AB 403 346-1114
Watson Welding Ltd Stettler AB 403 742-3906
Watts Projects Inc
Red Deer County AB 403 358-5555
Well-Tech Energy Services Inc Taber AB 403 223-4244
WWL Weaver Welding Ltd Peace River AB 780 618-7522
M & N Construction Coronation AB 403 578-2016
Macro Industries Inc Fort St John BC 250 785-0033
Maverick Oilfield Services Ltd Provost AB 780 753-2992
Norrish Cat Service Ltd Medicine Hat AB 403 548-4031
N.P.P. Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd Edson AB 780 723-6494
Pipeline & Facility Operators Black Gold Oilwell Operators Delburne AB 403 350-8353
Brian Hauer Enterprises Ltd Edmonton AB 780 916-4219
Calibre Production Operators Ltd Fort Saskatchewan AB 780 997-0037
Hanna’s Operating Breton AB 780 542-0870
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Sprung Instant Structures
Grande Prairie AB 780 532-8347 Calgary AB 403 920-2000
Fort St John BC 250 785-7892
Pipeline Products & Services Absolute Locating Ltd Oxbow SK 306 483-7897
Access Pipeline Inc Calgary AB 403 264-6514
AccuTech Ground Disturbance Ltd Innisfail AB 403 358-2616
Alberta Ground Control Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 538-4006
Alberta Line Find Inc Brooks AB 403 793-2800
Alberta One-Call Corporation Calgary AB 403 531-3700
Alberta Pipefinders Inc Grande Prairie AB 780 539-4424
Allied Locators Lashburn SK 780 872-2222
Allwest Line Locators Ltd (EST 1995) Taber AB 403 223-1730
Apache Pipeline Products Edmonton AB 780 416-4850
Arrow Line Locators Sedgewick AB 780 384-3055
Ask Line Locating Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 268-1539
Bernie’s Hot Oil Services Ltd Swan Hills AB 780 333-4854
Bloodhound Locating Inc Stettler AB 403 742-3032
Canadian Wood Lagging Corporation Penticton BC 250 493-9339
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MCR Oil Tools
Skocdopole Construction Ltd
Central Line Locating Inc
NDT Systems & Services (Canada) Inc
Spectrum External Line Inspection Technologies Inc
Nu-Line Pipeline Services Inc
T N T Pipeline Services
On The Mark Line Locating and Safety
T.D. Williamson Canada ULC
Aurora IL 630 236-3500 Alix AB 403 747-3017
CJB Ventures Inc Lethbridge AB 403 381-2144
CRC-Evans Canada Ltd Edmonton AB 780 440-2005
Dwight’s Trenching
North Battleford SK 306 445-6363
EnerClear Services Inc Red Deer County AB 403 896-2777
Energy Air Test Ltd Calgary AB 403 282-1112
EnReach Hot Tap Services Red Deer AB 403 896-7788
Fabal Fabrication Ltd Edmonton AB 780 468-2080
First Alert Locating Ltd Grande Prairie AB 780 518-8179
Force Inspection Services Inc Nisku AB 780 955-2370
Full Spectrum Line Locating Ltd Dawson Creek BC 250 786-5291
G B S Line Locating Swan Hills AB 780 333-4333
Heaman Pipe Bending Inc Edmonton AB 780 440-1955
Hunter McDonnell Pipeline Services Inc Edmonton AB 780 436-4400
Laccyn Contracting Ltd Hinton AB 780 865-0903
Long Bow Pipe & Tap Ltd Fort Nelson BC 250 774-2827
Marler Integrity Inc
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 846-5227
McLeod River Locating Ltd Whitecourt AB 780 706-3533
Lacombe AB 403 588-1151
Nisku AB 780 955-8611 Edmonton AB 780 444-5775
Slave Lake AB 780 849-1581
Edmonton AB 780 436-4400
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-5653 Edmonton AB 780 440-6637
Peace Valley Line Locating Ltd
Terr-Dack-Darl Projects & Inspections Ltd
PipeSak Inc
3-D Line Locating Ltd
Pipestone Carriers Inc
Underworld Line Locating Ltd
Plainsman Mfg. Inc
West Country Oilfield Services & Weed Control
Fort St John BC 250 793-1144 London ON 866 747-3725
Grande Prairie AB 780 513-2111 Edmonton AB 780 496-9800
Postnikoff Oilfield Services Breton AB 780 848-2635
Pro Line Locators Ltd Lloydminster AB 780 808-8393
Proline Pipe Equipment Inc Edmonton AB 780 465-6161
Quality Polly Pig Ltd Nisku AB 780 450-9494
Rocky Mountain House AB 403 845-2407 Warburg AB 780 789-3736
Fort St John BC 250 785-3464
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TransAlta Corp
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SERVICE FIRST Calfrac continues to prove to customers, peers and industry that we are a leader in all that we do. Our commitments to technological innovation, well-trained and qualified personnel, industry-leading health and safety programs and service excellence make us the leaders in the pressure pumping industry. We strive to further our ability to perform for our customers and push for innovation in our industry through technical expertise in the following areas: fracturing and coiled tubing design and
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simulation, advanced lab analysis capabilities, strategic pre-job planning, pre-frac and post-frac analysis.
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When big thinking is called for, people call us. We recently completed the company’s largest single wellbore multistage fracturing operation in the Bakken formation. 50+ zones, isolated by swell packers, along a 2,697 m (8,850 ft) lateral. We didn’t do it to set a record. We did it to optimize recovery from the well so our client could get the most from their asset.
IT WAS A RECORD FOR THE WILLISTON BASIN. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR US. That’s just one more example of how we deliver solutions to tough problems, maximizing the return on your investment. So if you’re as tenacious as we are about working smarter, we need to talk. Expect the Unconventional.