Use Active Management to Remove the Barriers to Success By MARK RIGDON, Manager with T.A. Cook Consultants in North America Active management is vital to ensure that products and processes run smoothly and continue to improve, but how can the simplest of theories be put into practice? Clarify Let´s imagine you … Read more
It’s a bold ambition, made all the more so given today’s energy economics. So where does Iggy Domagalski get off making such claims? BY WILLOW WHITE Iggy Domagalski always knew he wanted to be the boss. This spring, his dream becomes a reality, as the 36-year-old takes over as CEO of equipment … Read more
Come join us at GE’s Oil & Gas Technology Show and see how Kodiak and GE are working together to offer products, services and latest innovations for the oil and gas industry. We will be showcasing and demonstrating innovative products and services that will help you save time and money. Monday, June 6, 2016 … Read more
Total declines in market capitalization among Canadian oil and gas companies from July 2014 to February 2016 are estimated to exceed $230 billion BY JOHN M. MERCURY In a “lower for longer” commodity price environment, Canadian energy and energy services companies are facing difficult circumstances in preserving value. Total declines in market … Read more
1) Search for Your Basic FREE Listing on www.showcasedirectory.energy Over 10,000 companies, organizations, and associations that service the energy industry have been pre-loaded into the Canadian Energy SHOWCASE Directory. Start by using the Keyword Search on the Home Page to search for your company. If your company is listed, check the … Read more
By David Yager, Entrepreneur. Consultant. Journalist. Political Activist. www.davidyager.ca Canada’s oilsands producers in the Fort McMurray region are watching the weather to determine if and when they can move the necessary people back to their operations to resume production and put some one million barrels per day (b/d) of bitumen … Read more
Surge Energy recently decided to use WatchDog for injection well leak detection in their Wainwright and Macklin fields near Provost Alberta. Surge is injecting over 7800 cubes of water daily through 90 injection wells. Dan Brown, Chief Operating Officer of Surge, said “automated monitoring of injection well systems is a critical component … Read more
North American energy producers are in a technology race against falling prices BY MARK HISLOP Up and down the Interstate 20 highway outside of Midland, Texas, the yards of oilfield service companies are full of idle equipment. The same is true in every North American oil town: Red Deer, Alberta; Estevan, Saskatchewan; … Read more
With the growing prevalence of fracking in our industry many (if not all) operators experience issues with sand production, be it just initially or long term, on producing wells. This causes havoc on all varieties of surface equipment, leading to failures and downtime if not properly dealt with. Utilizing well testing services … Read more
Fund raising events for displaced Fort McMurray residents continue all over the province this week. In Calgary, a noon time fundraiser barbecue hosted by Predator Drilling attracted hundreds of people looking to support Fort McMurray. All proceeds went to the Canadian Red Cross in support of those affected by the fires and will be matched … Read more
By Dieter Körner, Partner North America Implementing a worldwide Operational Excellence strategy means making it work locally too. *Glocalization, noun: describes the central development and global distribution of products, services, strategies and processes which are simultaneously adapted to the specific needs of local end-users. Developing operations, maintenance and turnaround strategies at the … Read more
New SHOWCASE Member: T.A. Cook http://www.showcasedirectory.energy/ Experts in Asset Performance Management, Turnaround & Shutdown Management, and more.
AFTI WatchDog has been short listed, along with 5 other companies for the prestigious Innovation in Technology Award at the 2016 Global Petroleum Show, June 7-9. The Innovation in Technology Award is given to disruptive products which have major impact in terms of one or more of energy efficiency, emissions and economics. … Read more
Calgary, AB, Canada, May 11, 2016 – Oil and gas software maker Energy Navigator is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Rod Sidle as Industry Advisor – Reserves Management. Mr. Sidle brings to Energy Navigator and its clients vast experience in U.S. and international reservoir engineering and economics with a focus on reserves estimation. … Read more
The Enbridge subsidiary is seeking an extension on its sunset clause from the NEB, and pitching the project as a “true partnership” with Aboriginal people BY ELIZABETH HAMES Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project is showing signs of life today, as the company seeks more time to put shovels in the ground. Northern … Read more
BY NICK WILSON A relatively unknown crude-to-tidewater project has crashed into a familiar obstacle—aboriginal land rights. Members of three Mi’gmaq communities are facing off in court against Chaleur Terminals about its plan to ship 150,000 b/d of Albertan crude by rail to the Atlantic, via the New Brunswick port of Belledune. Their … Read more
Marlon Ellerby, president and co-founder of Energy Auctions Inc, founded Energy Auctions back in 2008 out of a necessity in the marketplace to provide an avenue to liquidate surplus equipment. He said that “back then there wasn’t an exclusive auction house in Canada that offered an outlet for process/production equipment. Being the first on the … Read more
Dan Echino, president and founder of Calroc Industries, has been in the oil and gas business long enough to have witnessed several boom and bust cycles. He says that staying resilient and reinventing yourself and your business strategy when times are tough is the only way to survive in this industry. “If … Read more
Encana was once a made-in-Canada success story that had nowhere to go but up. After a series of missteps, can it still reverse its fortunes? BY JAMES WILT Calgary’s Bow Tower, with its sleek criss-crossing design and its curvy glass contours, stands in sharp contrast to the city’s otherwise drab skyline. The … Read more
New SHOWCASE Member: AFTI Watchdog http://www.showcasedirectory.energy/ Experts in Innovative Well Monitoring, Gas Well Monitoring, Virtual Well Site Tours, Pipeline Monitoring, and more.
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