Jul 2008
| Saska-BOOM!
Saskatchewan’s vast oil resources are expected to reach new highs | Saskatchewan's hopes for its biggest, longest oil boom ever are rapidly materializing. The province, which already accounts for 20 per cent of Canada's total crude output, has the country's biggest onshore oil play in the Bakken. Further down the road, bu ...
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Jul 2008
| Idle no more
Oilfield construction activity picks up in Saskatchewan, northeastern British Columbia—even Alberta | Higher natural gas prices, coupled with record crude prices, have pushed up oilfield construction activity in Saskatchewan, northeastern British Columbia, and to a lesser degree Alberta. Already skilled personnel shortages are appearing, reports the Petro ...
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Jul 2008
| Going to the mat
Portable products are available for a wide range of niche applications | Road mats, which look pretty basic, are in fact the result of intense innovation. Using inventive materials-woven wood strands, reinforced rubber, bamboo, and polypropylene honeycomb cores are current entrants-manufacturers are competing intensely for oil ...
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Jun 2008
| Compression business presses on
Recent innovations in compression equipment stress less maintenance and greater efficiency | The horizon has brightened somewhat in recent months for the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin's (WCSB) natural gas sector, but the downturn that began in 2006 left plenty of compression equipment sitting idle in shops and yards. The downturn was especiall ...
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Jun 2008
| A brighter outlook
Some compression suppliers could benefit as natural gas globalizes via LNG | The steady recovery of natural gas prices since December has been good news for Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) gas producers, drillers, and service sector companies.
It has boosted gas drilling in the WCSB and prompted the Petroleum ...
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May 2008
| The lone worker
Oilfield companies and producers taking action to avoid accidents and liability | The high-tech armaments of the digital age-wireless communications technology, software, and global position systems (GPS), among them-are being successfully harnessed in safety campaigns and initiatives to reduce the risk of injury faced by people workin ...
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May 2008
| On the rise
Southern Alberta oil patch companies starting to see upswing in activity | The Towers of downtown Calgary stand tall and proud, many emblazoned with names of oil companies on them.
A lot of "reassessment" has been going on in the producers' headquarter offices. Record profits have been announced at the same time that ...
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May 2008
| Stepping up fall protection
Better equipment, training, and regulation are reducing height hazards | The drilling and service rig sectors have seen a series of major safety improvements over the last 10 to 15 years. Government legislation, more training, increased safety certification requirements, and better equipment have all made a difference.
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Apr 2008
| An automated future
Drilling rig advancements in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin | Compare graphs for drilling rig utilization rates in Canada and the United States and a stark and obvious difference is at once apparent.
Over the period of a year or more, the U.S. graph will trend steadily in this or that direction. For insta ...
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Apr 2008
| A recession-proof career?
NAIT instrumentation graduates have a chance to make a difference—and earn big paycheques | Looking for a lucrative oil and gas career that is recession-proof? Or do you know someone who is?
For those who lean more to the math and the sciences and have an inquisitive nature, instrumentation engineering technology and instrumentation t ...
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