Month: January 2016

      The most important thing about the Alberta government’s royalty review is that it’s over BY TODD COYNE | follow Todd Coyne on Twitter For those expecting a day of either hand wringing or high fives among the industry, Friday’s release of the new royalty plan for Alberta’s energy producers instead brought shrugs. Months of angst over whether … Read more

      U.S. shale oil production has peaked, productivity gains have flatlined and the cheap money has all but disappeared. Has the U.S. shale gale finally blown over? BY TODD COYNE | follow Todd Coyne on Twitter There’s something in the nature of revolutions that tends to make them simultaneously short-lived and prone to … Read more

Since 1982, Firwin has been an industry leader when it comes to removable insulation blankets for industrial use, creating customized products for use in applications such as diesel and gas powered generating stations, gensets, on-road and off-road vehicles, as well as steam lines and piping. The diverse industries the company services can be seen in … Read more

          The oil and gas industry has been faced with some hard facts as of late. Oil and Gas prices are in a slump while political and environmental pressures are forcing the industry to make serious changes about the way it does business and how its extracts, processes, and distributes end … Read more

      “Alberta may be conservative, but we’re not reckless.” BY ERIC BLAIR When the NDP formed government last May, there was chatter that some E&P companies would shift their capex out of the province and into Saskatchewan. But as it turns out – or, at least, as it’s turned out so far – the … Read more

          Blankets and Heat Removable insulation blankets are great at managing heat. Be it by lowering the ambient heat in an engine room, protecting workers from hot surfaces, or shielding pipe contents from cold external temperatures, removable insulation covers are often the solution of choice where heat must be managed, but permanent insulation is not … Read more

      Producing frac sand during well cleanup can damage surface equipment, and as the pressure decreases over time, the velocities of gas-liquid mixtures actually increase, resulting in even more erosive fluid flows. Specialized Desanders Inc.TM (SDI) provides an engineered solution to the hazards associated with frac and formation sand entrained in high pressure … Read more

      by Hamish Knox; President of Sandler in Calgary, Canada Your organization’s most valuable asset is your people starting with you, their leader. Below are four tips to support you in getting the highest return on that asset in 2016. Make time for your own personal and professional development – a 2009 study by … Read more

How Ambyint, an oilfield service company, is using a smaller device to capture a larger slice of the market       BY ALBERTA OIL STAFF At Ambyint, good enough just wasn’t good enough any more. That’s why the company recruited Nav Dhunay, a serial entrepreneur in the consumer technology world, to come in as CTO in … Read more