Month: April 2016

If you are currently involved or have professional experience within any stream of the energy industry, you need to attend Global Petroleum Show. See new products and technologies. Network. Take advantage of the education and learning opportunities. GPS16 is one of the most diverse to date! The show changes every year, and there is always … Read more

          FORMation can help improve field staff productivity by creating mobile forms in minutes. Workers are able to work offline to support your business reporting go paperless. FORMation can: Save you time entering information Reduce errors and omissions on manual forms Provide real time data and reporting information Reduce costs Learn … Read more

      Leak detection in injection well system and in pipeline gathering systems is becoming increasingly important to all stakeholders in the oil business. Producers are keenly interested in matters such as environmental stewardship, managing insurance premiums, and maintaining relationships with the Alberta Environment Regulator. Automating the leak detection process is one very effective … Read more

      Vessels leaving the Trans Mountain pipeline’s export terminal have moved petroleum products through Port Metro Vancouver since 1956 without a single crude oil spill BY NICK WILSON On average, one tanker will sail out of the Port of Vancouver loaded with oil each day if the Trans Mountain pipeline is expanded, boosting … Read more

        Written by Hamish Knox; President of Sandler in Calgary, Canada First, sharing with them the Sandler Rule, “the only person who is qualified to handle an objection is your prospect.” No one knows what an objection like “your price is too high” means except the person who said it. Second, practice with your team how to uncover … Read more

      Being a leader means making decisions — and setting a date for the end of the moratorium consultations should be the first one Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes BY NICK WILSON The federal government has pledged to put into law a moratorium that bans oil tankers from northern B.C.’s coastal waters. Disturbingly, … Read more

      The NDP budget released last week throws caution to the wind in its reckless fiscal plan, and punishes families with a $3 billion carbon tax. Driven by a decade of overspending, Alberta has already run eight consecutive deficits under four PC premiers and one NDP premier. Alberta’s net financial assets have declined … Read more

          By Derek Fildebrandt “We will diversify the economy and get off the oil and gas roller coaster.” Ninety per cent of Alberta’s elected politicians could have spoken those words over the last 69 years. Since we first struck oil at Leduc #1 in 1947, Albertans have bemoaned the attachment of … Read more

        Written by Hamish Knox; President of Sandler in Calgary, Canada One of David Sandler’s rules is, “the problem the prospect brings you is never the real problem.” Translated to sales leadership the problem your salesperson tells you is behind their lack of performance is never the real problem. What’s likely is … Read more

      Why is the mood in Houston today so different from the depression of previous slumps? BY CURTIS GILLESPIE The jukebox was playing twangy country. The lighting was dim. The sticky tabletops were evidence that the bar was retreating from the frontline of germ warfare. Only half the tables were occupied, but the … Read more