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Questerre fights silly Quebec fracking bias
Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corp. says it has shifted its short-term focus to proving up its unconventional oil assets in Western Canada but that doesn’t mean it’s giving up on the longer term goal...
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Fracking studies prompt harmonization push
That Ottawa is delving into the contentious debate over the common oil and gas industry practice of hydraulic fracturing causes one expert observer to call for the feds and other levels of government...
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New York fracking rules cut deep, companies say
It’s better than nothing but companies waiting patiently for the end of a ban on fracturing oil and gas wells in New York State say that new regulations announced over the summer to allow them to drill...
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What the oil and gas industry is chasing
Temperatures have fallen and hockey season is full on. With that in mind we’ll lace up our thoughts and take a lesson from the hard-hitting Gretzkyism, “Go to where the puck is going, not to where it...
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Top 10 energy sector trends in 2012
“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.” - from Pride and Prejudice, 1813 It’s that time of year again....
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Future bright for light, tight oil in Canada: NEB
The National Energy Board has characterized development of light, tight oil resources as “in its infancy” in Western Canada in a briefing note released Wednesday that said production had grown to more...
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Gas well fracking registry goes live in B.C.
It’s official. Canada’s first enforced ingredients disclosure website for companies engaging in the natural gas enhanced recovery process called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has commenced in B.C....
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Frack-induced quakes no big deal for industry
There’s been much handwringing of late about earthquakes linked to oil and gas operations. Industry observers say its much ado about nothing and argue cheap commodity prices thanks to oil and gas...
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Surface rights group urges fracking ban in Alberta
The Alberta Surface Rights Group has called on the Alberta government as well as the provincial oil and gas regulator to impose a moratorium on high-pressure, hydraulic fracturing until more...
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CAPP develops operating practices for natural gas fracking
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers will release new operating practices for hydraulic fracturing by natural gas producers Monday. Fracking has emerged as an industry-changing technology in...
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Reading into Chesapeake’s cuts shale gas spending
Is the bloom coming off the rose for shale gas and hydraulic fracturing? That is the thought-provoking question posed by Steve Levine in his excellent The Oil & the Glory blog on...
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Leading question linked to fracking poll results
A Postmedia News story that ran in the Calgary Herald on the weekend quoted an Environics poll that showed 62 per cent of Canadians are opposed to “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing. What was missing...
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Mr. Darcy’s earth shattering results
Many thanks to Jim Reimer, VP of Exploration at Painted Pony Petroleum, for suggesting this week’s column and offering background material. A flashback to history provides the background we need to...
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We are not in Jed’s world anymore
Those of us who are willing (and embarrassed) to admit that we watched the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies are having strange flashbacks these days. In the opening theme, Jed Clampett, the redneck...
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Big tank business booming with fracking craze
They’re big, they’re round (generally), they look like above-ground swimming pools, and they’re everywhere. On the heels of the growth of Calgary-based Poseidon Concepts Corp. from zero to $1.1 billion...
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Indian plant puts pressure on pressure pumpers
When opponents of hydraulic fracturing talk about the horrible chemicals being injected into underground oil and gas formations, chances are they aren’t referring to guar gum — although it is one of...
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Court won't let Alberta quash landowner's fracking lawsuit
The Alberta government cannot claim immunity against a lawsuit by a landowner who claims an energy company’s operations contaminated her drinking water supply. The new ruling allows Rosebud-area...
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Ewart: Five facts on fracking
1) Napalm-stimulated production in Kansas Stanolind Oil & Gas receives a patent in 1949 for a process using napalm to stimulate production in wells in Kansas. It is licensed exclusively to...
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Alberta will not appeal court ruling that allows lawsuit over fracking
ROSEBUD, Alta. — Alberta will not appeal a court ruling that says a woman can sue the province over hydraulic fracturing she alleges has so badly contaminated her well that the water can be set on...
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Alberta regulator working to determine scope of the risk after Fox Creek tremor
The cluster of earthquakes that rattled the northern Alberta town of Fox Creek earlier this year has revealed a fault line for the oil and gas industry that looms as a challenge to the future of...
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