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7 | WELCOME LETTERCanadian Society for Unconventional Resources,

Kevin Heffernan, President

9 | WELCOME LETTERGovernment of Alberta,

Ken Hughes, Minister of Energy

PROJECTIONS

10 | Living with the gale

Shale gas and tight gas revolutionized the North American gas industry, and forced

players to adapt to new realitiesBy Peter McKenzie-Brown

16 | Sliding off the peak

The proliferation of light tight oil in North America has put talk of peak oil in the dustbin

By Peter McKenzie-Brown

THE PLAYS

21 | Shale storm

Spurred by new technologies, shale oil and gas plays have taken the North American industry by storm

By Graham Chandler

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22 | Montney

23 | Horn River

24 | Utica Shale

25 | Colorado Group

26 | Frederick Brook Shale

29 | Tight oil

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36 | Montney

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On behalf of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR), thank you for choosing the Unconventional Resources Guidebook + Directory as your reference source for the unconventional resources industry.

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On behalf of the Government of Alberta, it is my pleasure to welcome readers to the inaugural issue of the Unconventional Resource Guidebook + Directory.

Just as Alberta is rich in energy resources, our province is also rich in energy resource expertise. Much of this expertise is showcased within these pages, and you will fi nd a great deal to discover and learn from colleagues and other businesses that have helped put Alberta’s unconventional energy resources industry on the map.

Increasingly, Alberta is known around the world as an energy leader. Our province is home to the third-largest proven oil reserves in the world. Just as important, we are home to a wealth of unconventional energy industry experts who are committed to sustainable and responsible resource development.

Raising the awareness of unconventional resource potential and development within the country is not only a key component of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources, it is also a key component of the Government of Alberta’s mandate to ensure Alberta is at the forefront of new and responsible energy development.

I hope you take full advantage of this publication, and I wish all participants in the creation of this directory continued success.

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Shale gas and tight gas revolutionized the North American gas industry, and forced players to adapt to new realities

The revolution in unconventional gas, which uses horizontal wells, fracturing and new completion strategies to produce natural gas directly from shale and tight sands, has turned the natural gas business upside down at a pace no one could ever have imagined. Although it caused pain among gas producers, it has also created opportunity for Alberta as one of the

world’s great gas-producing basins.The gas revolution—dubbed the “shale gale” by Mike

Dawson, former president of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources—began driving gas prices into the cellar four years ago and, by doing so, fundamentally changed the industry.

Companies got a lot bigger through mergers. This helped them bring costs down so the resulting economies of scale could help them better deal with lower prices. It also enabled them to better finance the multi-million dollar wells and production systems that are part and parcel of this brave new world of gas production.

The companies most at risk were those heavily lever-aged to natural gas. Many of the smaller ones successfully revitalized themselves by prospecting for oil or, of particu-lar interest, shifting their focus to liquids-rich gas. A small amount of liquids in the gas stream can make a big differ-ence in production economics because the value of those liquids is closer to the market price for oil.

Even the basic structure of the industry changed. As it pushed prices down, unconventional gas backed many Canadian producers out of traditional United States mar-kets. And recently, a consortium announced a proposal to construct a pipeline from Ohio’s Utica shale gas play to southern Ontario. If this project receives regulatory approval—a strong probability—it could represent a future challenge to western Canada’s dominance as a natural gas supplier to central Canada.

At present, according to a resource report from Ziff Energy Group, sand reservoirs in the Montney and Duvernay are the main sources of unconventional gas in Canada. Two-thirds of Canadian gas will originate in similar tight reser-voirs by 2020, with the higher-cost Horn River shale gas in northeastern British Columbia serving as the main supply source for exports to Asia.

By contrast, in the United States, six major shale gas plays and some minor shale plays will contribute more than a third of that country’s gas supply by 2020. Put another way, unconventional gas production—mostly tight gas in Canada, shale gas in the United States—is here to stay.

Seven ReasonsRoughly speaking, the drilling, operating, and marketing of gas tends to cost producers more than $5 per thousand cubic feet, while North America’s gas price now languishes


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in the $2- to $3-per-thousand-cubic-foot range. If that is so, why in the world is anyone drilling for the stuff?

According to Bill Gwozd, Ziff Energy Group’s senior vice-president, there are several perfectly good reasons why natural gas drilling hasn’t gone the way of the dinosaur.

For one, after you have locked up the land, you have to drill to keep possession. “It’s a marginal economics problem,” Gwozd says. “You’re screwed if you don’t drill, but you’re also screwed if you do; you will lose money on every molecule you produce. The issue is, how do you get screwed less?”

Also, of course, if you can produce liquids-rich gas, the gas is a loss-leader. Profi t from the liquids offsets losses from gas sales.

A third reason? Gwozd observes that, when you form a joint venture, you may fi nd yourself in a position in which partners have covered all your sunk costs, “so your expenses are covered at rack rate. Your costs may be only $2, so for you the economics of producing that gas may be very good.”

There’s always the matter of fi nancial hedging. It doesn’t happen often, but companies sometimes fi nd opportunities to lock up gas for production next year at prices that are favourable today.

There are other reasons based on the realities of being a producing company. Good producers understand the need to maintain staff, proving up reserves to show sharehold-ers what assets are behind the stock price and simulta-neously demonstrating the viability of the company. And

some, because of many years of success, have easy access to capital—as Gwozd puts it, “friends with lots of money who believe they should invest that money in developing production.”

And then, of course, there is the matter of due diligence. Many people in leadership positions are optimistic about longer-term gas prices. They think that by drilling now they will be able to lock in lower-cost gas before prices jump in the near future. These folks are the contrarians in today’s gas markets. Are they right?

ascendancy…According to Dave Russum of AJM Deloitte, a petroleum consulting agency, “It is really very difficult to predict just what is going to happen in the natural gas market within the next fi ve years. I think we will continue to see oversupply until we see projects completed that can take natural gas out of Canada, or out of the States. That would seem to be the main driver for improving prices.”

While the gas industry isn’t exactly in the ascendant, some trends suggest that a slow rise to ascendancy might not be far off. We’ve already seen how the industry is responding to low prices by adapting new technologies, cutting costs, seeking profi table niches and developing better markets.

Consumers are happy with lower prices and policy-makers see it as a low-carbon alternative to other fuels.

“ We’re experiencing a bigger gas bubble than we have seen in western Canada for more than 20 years, and this makes [LNG exports from shale gas] a particularly viable proposition.”

— Rosemary Boulton, founder, Kitimat LNG


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WITH THE RECENT DROP in Canadian conventional natural gas production, shale gas could allow Canada to meet its own need for natural gas well into the 21st century. The table summarizes Canadian shale gas plays that are cur-rently being evaluated, including the:

• Horn River Basin: Wells in this basin in northeastern British Columbia are prolifi c and produce an average in itial fl ow rate of eight million cubic feet per day, with the top wells rank-ing amongst the most productive drilled in western Canada last year. Exploration companies have spent over $2 billion to acquire resource rights in this basin.

• Montney Formation: The production of natural gas from horizontal shale gas wells in the Montney of northeast-ern British Columbia has risen from zero in 2005 to 376 million cubic feet per day and is expected to continue rising. As of July 2009, 234 hori-zontal wells were producing from the Montney shale. Exploration companies have spent more than $2 billion since 2005 to acquire rights in the Montney Formation from the B.C. government.

• Colorado Group: The Colorado Group of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan have been producing natural gas from shale for over 100 years. Because of poor rock conditions and the risk of

caving in the wellbore, only vertical wells are planned in Colorado shale.

• Utica Group: These shales, located between Montreal and Quebec City near the Appalachian Mountain front, have an increased potential for nat-ural fractures. The potential for shale gas from the Utica Group is still in the early evaluation stages.

• Horton Bluff Group: While still in the early evaluation stage, two vertical wells drilled in New Brunswick have fl owed 0.15 million cubic feet per day after undergoing small fractures. The comparable formation in Nova Scotia is the Frederick Brook.

Horn River Montney Colorado Utica Horton Bluff

Depth (metres) 2,500 to 3,000

1,700 to 4,000 300 500 to

3,3001,120 to 2,000+

Thickness (metres) 150 up to 300 17 to 350 90 to 300 150+

Published estimate of natural gas (Tcf)* 144 to 600+ 80 to 700 > 100 > 120 > 130

Horizontal well cost, including fractures (million $Cdn) 7 to 10 5 to 8 0.35

(vertical only) 5 to 9 unknown

*Recoverable gas will be considerably less.These numbers come from a variety of sources, including exploration companies that selectively release information to the public. The National Energy Board has made no attempt to verify these numbers.

comparison of canadian Gas Shales

Source: natIonaL enerGy board, 2009


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Producers, however, want higher prices, and so does the Government of Alberta. One result of the collapse has been fi ve consecutive defi cit budgets—including what may be a $3-billion defi cit this year. When it announced this unhappy number at the end of August, the province said it was partly because its mandarins had revised natural gas price estimates down to $2 per gigajoule, from $3 in the original budget, released last March.

The best way to reduce the oversupply—and push prices higher—is for producers to increase sales, and this is begin-ning to take place. Consumption of gas as a power plant fuel is on the rise, for example. It is now economically viable and environmentally attractive to switch some coal-fi red plants to gas. In addition, there is a push to increase gas use in automotive transport. Encana Corporation, for example, has publicly promoted this idea.

Some of the more visionary thinkers talk about install-ing gas-fi red Stirling engines in homes and offices, to gener-ate both heat and power. If this idea gains much traction, it will benefi t consumers, gas producers and marketers, and the environment.

But the biggest fi x for gas producers may soon begin to build in Kitimat, on British Columbia’s northern coast. When fi nished, the $4.5 billion Kitimat LNG project—owned by Apache Corporation, EOG Resources, Inc. and Encana—will become another face in the global liquefi ed

natural gas (LNG) market. It will compete with, for exam-ple, Qatar. Shell Canada Limited has also announced plans to construct its Canada LNG export terminal at Kitimat, a much bigger project, estimated to cost $12 bil-lion. Shell’s partners are Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, the Korean Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and PetroChina Company Limited.

According to Rosemary Boulton, who founded Kitimat LNG and later sold the company to Apache and its partners, “we’re experiencing a bigger gas bubble than we have seen in western Canada for more than 20 years, and this makes [LNG exports] a particularly viable proposition. We need to develop LNG to meet the needs of gas markets other than those in the U.S.” Countries like India and China will even-tually begin developing their own shale gas resources, but at present “Japan and Korea are the world’s biggest importers of natural gas. They have no indigenous supply.”

She adds that “there are a number of ways you can write a price contract, and one of them is based on the price of WTI [West Texas Intermediate, historically the benchmark North American crude oil]. Markets in Asia price natural gas relative to the price of oil, so that could be very attractive.”

Of course, market forces can change quickly. Only a few years ago—before the shale gale blew across North America—there were endless proposals for LNG receiv-ing terminals across North America. Only one of those

Dana Skinner, a Canadian entrepreneur from the Lacombe, Alta., area, is hoping his new frac compound will revolutionize the hydraulic frac-ture stimulation industry.

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less and MoreThere is shale gas potential around the continent. Does the existence of shale and tight gas reservoirs that haven’t even been tested yet portend a market glut beyond the

foreseeable future? AJM Deloitte’s Russum straddles the fence on this one.

Development of shale gas in eastern Canada isn’t likely to develop too soon, he says. “There are environmental considerations and regulatory questions. A lot of these issues have to be resolved before those supplies can come on stream.”

The future for unconventional gas, he says, remains in western Canada, which “already has infrastructure and the necessary regulatory systems [plus horizontal drilling and fracking technology and expertise]. We have tremendous advantages compared to other places in North America and, really, many other places in the world.”

Bill Gwozd offers a thought that is counterintuitive and yet, in the end, cautiously optimistic. “Activity associated with natural gas is dropping. There will be fewer rigs, fewer wells, fewer hotshot drivers, fewer safety people, fewer hotel rooms…just less. However, production volumes will not decline. [Using the new technologies that are available] you can maintain production with only 2,000–3,000 new wells per year”—a far cry from the 6,000 conventional wells being drilled less than a decade ago.

Therein, perhaps, lies the good news. It’s anyone’s guess what the future might bring, of course. Notionally, how-ever, a combination of more gas consumption in North America, growing overseas sales and less activity in the gas fi elds should bring the gas universe into balance.

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Junior producer MGM Energy Corp.’s vice-president, exploration and operations, John Hogg, gets ani-mated when he talks about his unconventional oil prospect near Norman Wells. Located in the Canol shale, he thinks his liquids-rich shale play is going to trump other shale oil plays in western Canada: Horn River and Muskwa in British Columbia, and some of the Duvernay plays in Alberta. To take just

one metric, Hogg says total organic content in the Canol averages eight per cent—twice the value of its Devonian competitors in British Columbia and Alberta.

His arguments are sufficiently convincing that last June Shell Canada Energy announced a farmout agreement with MGM, which would be the operator. Shell will fund 100 per cent of the cost to drill and complete a well to earn a 37.5 per cent interest. That’s commitment.

“Our original plan was to drill a vertical well, which could give us some scientific and engineering background,” Hogg says. “But because we have Shell as a partner, we’re now plan-ning to drill a 1,000-metre horizontal well. The challenge in the North is that the regulatory system is much more complex.”

According to Hogg, Canol seems to be the source rock from which oil migrated into the 90-year-old Norman Wells field—a reef structure that is expected to produce 300 mil-lion barrels of oil during its lifetime.

“That’s the same oil we are looking for, but we’re look-ing for it in shale. The early wells drilled into the Norman

Wells oilfield actually produced from the shale. Imperial [Oil Limited] discovered the reef somewhat later.

“We’re a very small company,” he adds, “and there are a lot of synergies between us and Shell. We know the North. We can work with the First Nations, for example, and that’s useful for them. But they have a great comple-tions department.”

Acknowledging that Shell also has a lot of land in the neighbourhood, he is philosophical. “They will work with us to understand the reservoir, but I’m sure that they will then move on to do their own thing. Shell is a leader in this, and we’re more than happy to work with them.”

The turnaroundThe MGM/Shell agreement illustrates several things about unconventional oil resources in today’s market. For one thing, both big players and little ones are getting in. For another, these resources can be found in many parts of the country—in the North, in western Canada and even in southwestern Ontario, where Canada’s petroleum industry began. Across North America, it is leading to a turnaround in oil production.

To put the discussion in context, only a few years ago everyone seemed to be talking about peak oil—a point in time when petroleum extraction maxes out and the pro-duction curve enters terminal decline.

For Canadians, peak oil seemed to be the potion that would make the oilsands a resource of continually

The proliferation of light tight oil in North America has put talk of peak oil in the dustbin


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increasing value. However, the recent technologies for pro-ducing shale oil and light tight oil have thrown a spanner in the peak oil works.

New production systems are leading to increases in the light oil production that’s supposed to be declining from its peaks. Oil production from Texas is a particularly dramatic example. In steady decline from the early 1970s until about 2009, when daily production totalled one million barrels per day, things have dramatically changed. Today, produc-tion is more than 1.7 million barrels per day and growing. Similarly, after being in decline for decades, light oil produc-tion in Alberta is again at 2003 levels. In three years, nearly 100,000 barrels per day of new production have taken the total to 400,000 barrels per day.

Before moving on, a few words of clarifi cation. Oil shale is sedimentary rock high in total organic content. If you cook it in a retort, you can get oil from the stone; this has been done since prehistoric times. While there are certainly more than one trillion barrels of shale oil around the planet (estimates range up to three trillion), and small amounts are produced in some countries, tech-nical difficulties are likely to prevent this energy source from soon becoming an important source of energy sup-ply. Last year, a study by the American Bureau of Land Management proclaimed that “There are no economically viable ways yet known to extract and process [shale oil] for commercial purposes.”

More than any other series of innovations, the technology-intensive processes that now surround direc-tional drilling have enabled the industry to get production out of otherwise unproductive rock. Shale oil refers to fl ow-ing oil that you can get out of a shale source rock using horizontal wells and multistage fracturing. Light, tight oil refers to oil in sandstone or other mostly depleted reser-voirs using these same techniques. To keep things simple, this article uses the term “tight oil” to refer to commercial production from either type of source rock.

New geographyThe techniques that transformed the natural gas business a few years ago are today turning the oil world upside down. Tight oil production from petroleum-bearing shale or sand formations of relatively low porosity and permeability uses the same horizontal well and hydraulic fracturing technol-ogy that led to the boom in shale gas production.

Daniel Yergin, an American oil and gas consultant and author, discussed such unconventional opportunities in his book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World: “What all the conventional resources have in common is that they are not the traditionally produced onshore fl owing oil that has been the industry staple since Colonel Drake drilled his well in Titusville [Pa.] in 1859. And they are all expanding the defi nition of oil to help meet growing global demand. By 2030, these non-traditional

“ With the extreme differential in prices between gas and oil, oil is clearly king. Because of the price of liquids, gas can now also be a very profi table business.”

— Dave Russum, director of geoscience, AJM Deloitte


liquids could add up to a third of [North America’s] total liquids capacity.”

The new geography of oil and gas describes the rapidly changing picture of oil and gas production systems. The shales that are at least theoretically capable of tight oil pro-duction include the Muskwa/Duvernay, which stretches from the Northwest Territories through northeastern British Columbia into south-central Alberta. The Bakken/Exshaw formation can be found in all three Prairie provinces and in British Columbia. The Viking and the Lower Shaunavon formations cross the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, while the Lower Amaranth is a child of Manitoba.

The oil and gas industry has a long history of going from boom to bust and has therefore become quite adapt-able. According to MGM’s Hogg, “in western Canada, the [unconventional oil] plays are mostly tight Cardium, tight Viking. There is good porosity at the top, but poor porosity at the bottom. [But geologically speaking] there’s a continuum between shale oil and condensate and gas. Right now people are focusing on the liquid components. If the price of gas goes up, they will move toward the gassy end of the continuum.”

From Hogg’s perspective, his company’s joint venture with Shell gives the concept of new geography a whole new meaning because “there is going to be devolution of the resources to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.”

In his view, the MGM/Shell joint venture near Norman Wells “is a really important project for the Northwest Territories. If it does turn into an oil shale project with production [fl owing] through the Enbridge [Inc.] pipeline, it could make a huge difference for the territory as they move toward province status.”

According to Ziff Energy Group’s senior vice-president, gas services, Bill Gwozd, his fi rm’s recent report on North American resource potential “looked at Canadian oil pro-duction in seven different regions. We looked at heavy oil, for example, and other production areas. Up in the north around Grande Prairie [Alta.], production is still declining. However, in central Alberta, we expect oil production to almost double by the end of this decade. In southeastern Saskatchewan, we expect oil production to increase because of the Bakken. Also, solution gas is adding about 50 per cent to our matrix of that fuel.”

The about faceNoting that oil drilling is now much more important than gas-directed drilling, Gwozd observes that traditionally it has always been the other way around. “Western Canada used to be a strong gas basin, but that has now diminished.”

AJM Deloitte’s David Russum, whose career in geo-science has mostly focused on natural gas, confi rms the trend.

Frac spreads have become a common sight across western Canada as shale gas and light tight oil developments have spread.

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“ There will be a lack of transport capacity to get it to market, but in time we will develop the capacity to deliver this oil. Companies clearly have that idea in mind.”

— Bill Gwozd, senior vice-president, gas services, Ziff Energy Group

“Because of the change of activity in the industry, we have been doing a high percentage of our work on the oil side. That’s where clients are focusing their attention.”

However, he adds, “there is now a real blurring of the boundaries between oil, liquids-rich gas and dry gas. In the past, we’ve always seen gas and oil as separate pieces. With the extreme differential in prices between gas and oil, oil is clearly king. Because of the price of liquids, gas can now also be a very profi table business. Liquids-rich gas, depending on where you pursue it, is a pretty attractive commodity.”

Canadian and American increases in oil and liquids pro-duction are positive in the sense that they increase North American security of supply, but there may be reasons for concern. Canada’s production of both bitumen and light oil production is growing rapidly even as the United States, which is Canada’s only export market, is producing more of its own crude (light tight oil from the North Dakota Bakken trend, for example, has exploded in the last few years) and consuming less because of higher oil prices, lower economic activity and government policy. Should the Canadian indus-try worry about a glut?

Gwozd, at least, dismisses the idea. “We will never be in an oversupply situation. There will be a lack of transport capacity to get it to market, but in time we will develop the capacity to deliver this oil. Companies clearly have that idea in mind.”

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Spurred by the new tech of horizontal multistage fracking, shale oil and gas plays have taken the North American industry by storm. As

these new plays develop, each has its own set of challenges for operators—geological, political, structural and economic.

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Canadian shale plays have much in common: they’re unconventional and they’re massive. The Gas Technology Institute

estimates over 850 trillion cubic feet of original gas in place in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin alone. With few exceptions, without horizontal drill-ing and multistage fracking, these plays wouldn’t be economically viable.

Along with similar plays south of the border, they’ve launched an industry revolution and a rush to produce. The resulting glut has driven prices down to the point where developing many pure-gas plays has become marginal, driving operators to seek out those with higher liquids content like the Montney and the Duvernay, and those that are highly oil prone, like the Alberta side of the Montney and the Bakken.

As markets are forced to evolve, there’s now talk of a pending glut of liquids, driving those prices lower, too. One recent report said natural gas liquids, which normally had been retailing for 55–70 per cent of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the bench-mark for North American crude oil, dropped to 43 per cent over the first half of 2012. Some of the exceptions are

condensates—in demand as bitumen diluent—and ethane as a feedstock for the petrochemical industry.

Those chasing tight oil–prone reser-voirs with the new tech are not suffering the same. Crude prices remain robust, and along with favourable royalty treat-ments in Alberta and Saskatchewan, continue to attract development in plays such as the Cardium, Viking and Beaverhill Lake.

Challenges are geological, political, structural and economic. Perpetual Energy Inc. in the Colorado Group is encountering formations that chal-lenge its frac experts. Questerre Energy Corporation in Quebec’s Utica shales is facing delays pending government reviews of fracking prompted by public concern. Arcan Resources Ltd. is build-ing new pipe to bring its Beaverhill Lake production to market. Economic chal-lenges face those companies that lack good liquids or oil production.

For some of the less liquid- and oil-prone plays, a few operators are look-ing hopefully to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to cash in on netbacks from more lucrative overseas custom-ers. Companies producing the massive Horn River play of northeastern British Columbia can anticipate shipping their

dry gas through the planned Pacific Trail pipeline to terminals to be built at Kitimat, B.C., for shipment to oil equivalent–based pricing markets in eastern Asia. At the other end of the country, Corridor Resources Inc. in New Brunswick is hoping the Canaport LNG import terminal in St. John may some-time soon become an export facility too, as a potential outlet for future Frederick Brook shale production.

These factors affect each tight play differently—no two are the same. Each has its share of challenges, disappoint-ments and expectations, not surpris-ing for a new technology developing new plays. Most are still riding the learning curve—many have found their sweet spots but are still delin-eating, which will bring down drilling costs and payback times. Costs per well run the gamut from under a mil-lion dollars to drill, complete and tie in for the Saskatchewan Viking play, to $12 million or more reported by Trilogy Energy Corp. in the Duvernay. Paybacks have been as short as three weeks for Trilogy’s best well in the Montney oil, up to 18 months and more for others.

Here’s a look at 13 of the more popu-lar shale gas and oil plays across Canada.


One of the two largest shale gas plays in British Columbia, and account-ing for over a third of the province’s original-gas-

in-place estimates for shale regions with reserves estimated by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas at 450 trillion cubic feet, the Montney is prob-ably the most active of the province’s unconventional gas plays.

It’s described geologically as a thick, regionally charged formation, spreading from north-central Alberta to northwest of Fort St. John, B.C. Major facies include fi ne-grained shoreface, shelf siltstone to shale, fi ne-grained sandstone turbidites and an organic-rich phosphatic shale. The trend cov-ers about 2.6 million hectares (10,196 square kilometres) in the Peace region. It’s popular, accounting for 89 per cent of the 2011 B.C. land sale bonus totals.

Thirty-fi ve operators completed drilling on 426 wells in 2011. Their primary focus has been the Upper and Lower Montney. The main produc-ing area is the South Peace region, and there’s proven production around Dawson Creek, B.C., and Fort St John. High-producing areas in the southern Montney region include Groundbirch, Swan, Dawson, Saturn, Monias and

Tupper. Gas production from the Upper Montney in particular has seen spectacular growth. The Lower and Middle Montney aren’t far behind. In the north, activity grows with wells targeting the Upper, Lower and Middle Montney, particularly in the Altares, Town and Farrell Creek areas.

The players here include Shell Canada Limited, Murphy Oil Company, Ltd., Talisman Energy Inc. and Encana Corporation. Shell Canada holds 243,000 hectares with an estimated eight trillion cubic feet and has been growing its Sunset Prairie–Groundbirch activity. The Groundbirch venture already includes fi ve gas plants, over 250 wells and more than 900 kilo metres of pipeline.

Murphy Oil attributes much of its recent Canadian gas production growth to development in the Tupper Creek area. The company holds about 63,000 hectares with daily Montney produc-tion of over 250 million cubic feet.

Talisman Energy is particularly attracted to the play’s high liquids potential. It has a strong land position of 144,000 net hectares with contingent resources of 29 trillion cubic feet equiv-alent—spread among Greater Cypress (12 trillion cubic feet), Farrell Creek and Cypress joint venture (10 trillion

cubic feet) and Greater Groundbirch (seven trillion cubic feet), which are the company’s focus this year.

A joint venture with South Africa’s Sasol Limited for development of the lands including a feasibility study for a gas-to-liquids (GTL) conversion facil-ity was recently abandoned, but that doesn’t mean Talisman will abandon the Montney.

“We took a view on the GTL, which for us isn’t the right thing to do, we’ve judged,” president and chief executive officer John Manzoni said in a con-ference call with analysts in August. But Talisman estimates the liquids resource is so large other conversion options remain on the table.

“It’s big enough, it’s strategic enough, it’s material enough to be in some form of conversion process, which naturally now is more likely to be LNG [liquefi ed natural gas] than GTL,” Manzoni added.

Despite lingering low natural gas prices, the Montney play continues to be one of the most active natural gas plays on the continent with its main attraction currently liquids. As operators extend their drilling activity northward, they’re gradually gaining a better understanding of the trend’s overall potential.

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The Horn River Formation is nestled in the far north-eastern corner of British Columbia and extends well across the 60th par-

allel north to where it outcrops at Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories. Maximum thickness of around 320 metres occurs in the Fort Nelson, B.C., area. Above it lie the sandstone and siltstone beds of the Fort Simpson Formation, and below it are limestones. It is an over-pressured basin containing few natural gas liquids, but relatively high levels of CO2 (12 per cent). Shales are nicely brittle, so conducive to fracking.

Commercially extractable quantities of natural gas occur in several horizons. Estimates of the total gas reserve vary widely from 100 trillion to 600 trillion cubic feet, generally with 10–20 per cent recoverable using horizontal drilling and multistage fracking. British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines ranks it a close second to the Montney play, with an estimate of 448 trillion cubic feet of original gas in place.

Encana’s Darwin Smolinski, team lead for Greater Sierra, likes the play for several reasons.

“It’s a world-class shale play,” he says. “It has high original gas in place and the shale is brittle rock [high quartz content] that is amenable to slickwater completion techniques.”

The company fi rst discovered the play in 2003 and now operates about 30 kilometres to the east—its legacy Sierra asset.

“We were able to establish a great land position within the centre of the basin and because we have been operating in the area for many years with our Sierra asset, we understand the play, the chal-lenges in terms of remoteness and logis-tics in the area and how to maximize our efficiency in the area,” Smolinski says.

Encana’s wells have been in the neighbourhood of 2,400–2,800 metres true depth he says, with laterals grad-ually increasing from around 2,400 to over 3,300 metres as the company learns more about the geology and improves its techniques. That includes fracking techniques, which are simple slick water “plug and perf” diversion technologies with 8–12 stages per well initially.

“Our long wells now have more than 30 stages per well,” Smolinski says. “And per-well production rates have increased from fi ve million cubic feet per day to over 13 million cubic feet per day gross raw, as we have drilled longer and improved our completions techniques.”

Current gas production net to Encana is about 20 million cubic feet per day.

Provincial support has been important.

“The B.C. government has been very supportive of development in the region,” says Smolinski. “For example, the prov-ince established the net profi t royalty regime in the area, which helps this early-life play remain competitive within our portfolio.”

Encana’s 2012 focus has been in the Kiwigana area, where it has a farmout arrangement with partner KOGAS (Korea Gas Corporation).

“Our fi rst pad came on production at Kiwigana in June and a new compres-sor station has been commissioned,” Smolinski notes.

Critical to the commercial success of the Horn River play will be deliv-erability and markets for its dry gas. Relatively isolated for such a massive play, producing large quantities of gas is expected to hinge on transporting the product through the yet-to-be-built Pacifi c Trail Pipeline to LNG export facil-ities at Kitimat, on British Columbia’s northern coast.

The Canadian Energy Research Institute reckons in a July 2012 study that “the potential for revenues is sub-stantial.” Netbacks could be as high as $7 per thousand cubic feet if demand in Asia remains high and oil-linked prices remain in effect. Latest estimates put the Kitimat terminal in operation by 2016.

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Beneath the bucolic St. Lawrence River Lowlands between Quebec City and Montreal lies the north-ern extent of Quebec’s

Utica Shale. The play extends along both sides of the St. Lawrence where the river has long since eroded the fl at Paleozoic sedimentary sandstones, car-bonates and shales.

Questerre Energy, one of the earlier players, describes the Utica Shale as a member of the Ordovician Trenton Group; its highly organic black shale has been identifi ed as the source rock for oil and gas accumulations in the area.

The Utica Shale was deposited on top of the Trenton/Black River over steeply dipping faults created when the St. Lawrence rift valley was emerg-ing. After that deposition was com-plete, the Appalachian Mountain front encroached to contain it in an arc forming the southeastern limit of the Lowlands. South into the United States, the Utica deepens and under-lies the Marcellus Shale.

Quebec Utica shales are up to 200 metres thick in parts and reach maximum depths of 2,800 metres. The Utica Shale formation boundary to the north parallels the St. Lawrence River, where the shales can be seen to

outcrop. To the south and southeast, the shales become discontinuous with the Appalachian Mountains.

Questerre Energy acquired its inter-est in the Utica play through its parent company, Terrenex Ltd., in early 2000.

“Initially, the Utica was a second-ary target to our main targets of the Trenton Black River [hydrothermal dolomite] and deeper plays,” says Jason D’Silva, chief fi nancial officer. “Since modern fracturing technology had not yet advanced and natural gas prices were low, in early 2000 we were target-ing areas of the Utica Shale where the rock was naturally fractured.”

Several factors contribute to the play’s attractiveness for Questerre.

“It is pipeline-quality natural gas requiring minimal dehydration and compression,” says D’Silva. “And prox-imity to one of the largest natural gas markets onshore North America with an established distribution network in place.” He says there are 18 trillion cubic feet of discovered reserves on Questerre’s lands, of which the com-pany has retained about four trillion cubic feet to its interest.

In total, Questerre has drilled about 25 or 30 wells with around 10 horizon-tals, the majority on their own acreage. D’Silva says well depths range from

1,500 to 3,000 metres vertically with horizontal sections running up to 1,000 metres. Typical fracs are slickwater and run eight stages per well—expected to increase over time—with production rates per contributing stage estimated between 250,000 cubic feet per day and one million cubic feet per day.

Servicing is a challenge for this part of the Utica, as the service industry in Quebec is virtually non-existent, says D’Silva. That forces the company to mobilize equipment from western Canada, which drives drilling and com-pletion costs substantially higher—to around $10 million to $15 million per well.

“We estimate this will drop sig-nifi cantly once an industry is estab-lished,” D’Silva says.

However, minimal capital outlay is planned for 2012, due to a recent provincial fracking moratorium while the process is evaluated.

“Our strategy is to participate in the ongoing strategic environmental assessment in Quebec that is underway currently, and work with the govern-ment on new hydrocarbon legislation and our social licence to operate,” says D’Silva. “Subject to these results, we plan to resume our advanced piloting program in early 2014.”

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Aerially extensive within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, the Colorado Group occurs throughout southern

and central Alberta and western and central Saskatchewan, as well as in outcrops along the Canadian Shield. Sediments can exceed 1,500 metres thick in north-central Alberta, where it overlies the Peace River Arch, to 150 metres in central Saskatchewan. It’s of Cretaceous age and primarily shale, sandstone, conglomerate and siltstone. Further south, regional cross sections constructed across the basin show eastward thinning of the Colorado Group away from the Cordillera, with maximum thickening occurring in the northwest. The play is one of the old-est, with over 100 years of development behind it, but its nature has restricted drilling so far to vertical wells.

One of the earliest players in the Colorado Group was Stealth Ventures Ltd., which drilled shale gas wells at Wildmere for several years and has now drilled or acquired 120 wells. According to the company’s website, these were the fi rst Alberta wells to be formally designated shale gas wells by the Energy Resources Conservation Board, and have proved up over 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas underlying the company’s lands.

Another player, Perpetual Energy, acquired lands through an acquisition.

“There were some deeper plays, some Viking plays, et cetera, but we always had this idea for about fi ve years to go after the up-hole stuff, which is the Colorado shale,” says Byron Cooper, Perpetual’s area geo-logical manager for the unconventional group. “[That] is the shale group that encompasses everything from the fi rst White Specks down to and including the Viking itself.”

Cooper fi nds the play challenging and unpredictable.

“When you penetrate it drilling for deeper zones, you always get gas in the mud system, so we’ve always known there’s gas there,” he says. “There has been a smattering of production here and there, but it wasn’t consistent. We were seeing other industry operators getting everything from dry holes to a few mil-lion cubic feet a day and everything in between. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason.”

To defi ne a model, Perpetual undertook a program to core three wells in detail.

“We threw just about every lab test you could at the core every three metres,” Cooper says. From this, the company has created a hydraulic fracture model, which is currently being calibrated against six completed wells.

“We went after different zones to try to narrow it down. We may have the zone where you could have lots of free gas, but you might not necessarily be able to get it out—it’s kind of like fracking peanut butter,” he says. “It’s in there, but the rock absorbs a lot of energy from trying to fracture it. It’s quite a complex reservoir.”

Cooper says water saturations are huge. But, ironically, water seems to be the best for fracking, he says.

“Not fresh water because that will make the clays swell, but at most three, four or seven per cent potassium chloride water, which doesn’t cause the clays to swell as much.”

Perpetual has done nitrogen and CO2

fracs as well as hybrid fracs using gelled water and gelled CO2.

“We are getting a variety of results from these and it has to do more with the stress regime that these rocks are in than the fl uid we are using.” The rocks are very shallow—only 450–600 metres deep—so the company is looking at a rock stress regime that’s very different. “We don’t have a ton of overburden pressure, so we are aware there are some fracture geometry issues that we are sorting out.”

Despite its complexity, “the resource is very real,” Cooper says. “There is defi -nitely gas in this rock—plenty of free gas—to the tune of several bcf [billion cubic feet] per section over the entire interval.”

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In New Brunswick, the Frederick Brook Shale is considered an emerging resource play, and reserves have not yet been proven. The only hydrocarbon-

rich shale in the region, all indications are that it has the potential to develop into a truly world-class shale play.

Located in the southeastern half of the province, the potential of the Frederick Brook shale play has been estimated at 67 trillion cubic feet of sweet gas. Geologically, its grey-brown shale was deposited in the deepest portions of a continental lake environment during the Lower Carboniferous period. It’s very thick—in many areas more than 1,000 metres thick—but there are other attrac-tions. It has a higher-than-normal forma-tion pressure—20,000 kilopascals (kPa) to 40,000 kPa—with a high total organic carbon content of up to 10 per cent.

Corridor Resources of Halifax, which has held land positions there for some time, noticed this back in 1998.

“We drilled through that shale—the higher Brooks band—just with air and didn’t get anything,” recalls Tom Martel, Corridor’s chief geologist.

“But when we got into the shale, we started getting fl ares. That was quite unusual, getting fl ares when you are drilling underbalanced out of a shale formation. So we knew right away there was a productive shale that was very organic and very thick.”

Corridor has drilled a number of wells to varying depths since that time and several more recently, looking to see just what’s there. In the nearby McCully fi eld, “we drilled and poked through into the shales down below,” Martel says. “One well went through the entire formation and that was 1,175 metres thick—and black shale the whole way.”

Martel says a nine-tonne frac com-pleted in a dolomitic shale section of the Frederick Brook formation in the McCully has been producing about 150 thousand cubic feet per day for the past four years. “Subsequently we drilled a vertical, took some cores and came back with positive permeabilities and porosities,” he says. “We now need the money and are looking for a partner to frac these properly.”

The gas is very dry, however, so he sees any partner’s potential interest

lying with the possibility of exporting liquefi ed natural gas (LNG). The infra-structure exists.

“We do have a gas plant and a pipe-line, and that is connected to the LNG plant in St. John,” Martel says. “Even though it’s an import plant, it has the potential if people are looking to export.”

The other eight players in the Frederick Brook are mostly on hold, too.

“Companies are evaluating their shale plays based on data collected to date; however, there is limited activity currently, but that can change as mar-kets change,” says Craig Parks, petro-leum geologist at New Brunswick’s Department of Natural Resources. “North American gas prices, coupled with the fact that New Brunswick is a greenfi eld in respect to exploration and potential development of uncon-ventional plays, means a slower pace as work is carried out to determine the size of the resource and whether it can be economically developed.”

To assist progress, the provincial government has appointed a minister-ial natural gas steering committee to oversee the Frederick Brook project.

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The areal extent of the Bakken is massive. Straddling the Canada–United States border below southeastern

Saskatchewan and cutting across the southwestern corner of Manitoba, it extends south into Montana and North Dakota with an approximate northwest-southeast long axis. But that’s not all—there’s a southern Alberta component that also straddles the international bor-der. In Saskatchewan, geologists divide it into fi ve zones including an Upper Bakken shale and a Lower Bakken shale, with three zones of sandstone and silt-stone in between. It’s all part of the Williston Basin.

It’s fast moving into a full-development play, with fi eld produc-tion around 65,000 barrels per day and hundreds of wells still to be drilled. Transportation of oil from the play has been a concern so far, but Canadian Pacifi c Railway recently announced a new transload facility to supplement railcar loads already moving out of its partner Great Western Railway’s Dollard, Sask., facility. Crescent Point Energy Corp. is the dominant producer in the Bakken, with over 1,100 net sections of development land and a drilling inventory of 3,800 wells. The company believes its Bakken acreage

could deliver as much as 300 mil-lion barrels in reserves and production could peak as high as 266,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Another significant player is Torquay Oil Corp., which drilled its fi rst well there in May 2010 on a farm-in from Penn West Exploration.

“We were intrigued by a well that Penn West had drilled, which is still producing oil from the Bakken forma-tion,” says Sandy Denton, Torquay’s vice-president of exploration. “We felt we could get a better-performing well. The Bakken in the Lake Alma [Sask.] area has many similarities, with very similar porosity, permeability and oil saturation, but is about 700 metres deeper [2,300 metres, compared to 1,600 metres]. Also, there has been produc-tion from some vertical wells in the area, so we know there’s oil there.”

Torquay likes the play—the 90-section land block holds oil-in-place reserves estimated at some five million barrels per section—but has been unable to sustain eco-nomic rates so far.

Denton says the company has been drilling 2,200–2,300 metres vertically and 1,400 laterally with costs totalling $2.9 million to $3.2 million per well, and next will try placing more fracs and reducing pumping rates.

“Our goal is to achieve an initial rate of 150-plus barrels per day,” he says. Activity is temporarily on hold, but “we plan to resume activity at Lake Alma next year, possibly with a partner. Even though we’ve taken a breather, we’re still excited about the play and especially the magnitude of the upside. Other players such as Crescent Point and Painted Pony [Petroleum Ltd.] are having success at Flat Lake, which is very close to our land block.”

On the Alberta side, Bakken reser-voirs are generally deep, high pressure and oil prolifi c. But it’s a newer play and still being delineated by compa-nies like DeeThree Exploration Ltd., which entered it in early 2011. Clayton Thatcher, DeeThree’s vice-president, exploration, says “we liked the play and started searching around for some thicker parts of an Upper Bakken silt—different from what other operators are chasing.”

The big game changer was moving to the eastern block, where it found a much thicker package that was full of oil. Now it’s going full tilt trying to defi ne those edges.

Denton says Upper Bakken wells, at 1,250 metres, are costing a bit over $3 million each and producing 30-degree-API oil. Pressing on, “our technical team thinks the pool could be bigger than 40 sections.”

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The Cardium formation is a classic example of reborn production thanks to the game-changing horizon-

tal multistage fracking technology. Stretching throughout west-central Alberta, the play extends well outside of the Pembina fi eld, towards the distal reaches of the Cardium fairway, from the Deep Basin in the northwest, south towards Calgary and east past Edmonton.

It has been producing oil and gas prolifi cally since its discovery in 1953, but conventional vertical well produc-tion rates have fallen off considerably in recent years. The mature Pembina fi eld has produced over 1.3 billion bar-rels of light crude oil and more than 12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

The Cardium is generally sandstone encased in a thick shale that was long con-sidered to be uneconomic using conven-tional drilling and production techniques. It stands at the centre of the long-producing Pembina fi eld and has outstand-ing storage properties: the thick overlay-ing shales of the Wapiabi and Muskiki formations ensure stratigraphic traps, while dark underlying shales act as source rocks. After initial production declines, enhanced recovery techniques like water

and CO2 fl ooding were tried with lim-ited success before horizontal multistage fracking changed the recovery picture.

One of the active players in the Cardium is Marquee Energy Ltd., with 1,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production from its west-central Alberta locations—41 per cent of that being oil and liquids.

The company entered the play through its reverse takeover in December 2011 of SkyWest Energy Corp., which had the land position.

“SkyWest was primarily a Cardium player,” says Richard Thompson, Marquee’s president and chief executive officer. He sees the Cardium as a resource play, but the company is still learning.

“Relative to a couple of years ago, the industry is really coming up the learning curve in terms of drilling and completing the Cardium,” he says. “As a result, they are improving and costs are coming down. A year ago our average costs were $4.5 million; we are thinking now we can get those down to $3.5 [million] to $3.8 [million].”

Part of that advantage will stem from reduced service costs. “There was a lot of competition two years ago for services,” Thompson says, adding that the learning is continuing.

“We are learning a lot more about the geology and the potential of the Cardium through the Pembina area,” he says. “Some parts have higher oil and liquid contents than others and some are primarily gas weighted. There are sweet spots, and with all the wells being drilled, it is becoming apparent where they are.”

Marquee initially looked at SkyWest’s Carrot Creek assets in the play—it is oil prone—but found that horizontal drill-ing didn’t really provide any substantial increase in production relative to the ver-tical wells.

“But we moved fi nally to Willesden Green, where we have a pretty substan-tial land position.” It was a good deci-sion, Thompson understates.

“Far and away, it was the best well in our portfolio. It came on produc-tion at 800 barrels of oil equivalent per day.” That’s a nice improvement from Marquee’s 30-day initial produc-tion rates in the Cardium, which have averaged around 330 barrels of oil equiv-alent per day.

“It’s kind of the jewel within our Cardium crown,” Thompson says, add-ing that now that the company has found the sweet spot, two more wells are planned before year-end.

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The Viking stretches from around Kindersley, Sask., west to the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, south of Lloydminster

and across to Provost, Alta., then roughly northwest to Redwater, Alta. From central Alberta, it grows thin-ner and more shaly, to almost entirely silty shale around Redwater. Activity is concentrated in three main regions: greater Dodsland and Kindersley in west-central Saskatchewan, and Halkirk-Provost and Redwater in Alberta. According to the National Energy Board, total Alberta Viking oil production half-way through 2011 was just under 6,000 barrels per day from about 600 wells. So far, companies have reported about 58 million barrels of proved-and-probable reserves in the Viking.

Operators like the play for sev-eral reasons.

“The Viking is an established, large oil-in-place, aerially extensive and high-netback resource play with predictable production profi les and attractive eco-nomics,” says Ray Kwan, vice-president, institutional research, at Macquarie Securities Group in Calgary, which

analyzes the play. “It appeals to a number of players for its typical affordable well costs due to its relatively low depth.”

Several companies fi nd it appeal-ing, Kwan notes.

The main players in Saskatchewan are Penn West, WestFire Energy Ltd., Crescent Point Energy, Devon Canada Corporation and Whitecap Resources Inc.

“There are also a number of junior producers with a focus on the west-central Saskatchewan area, such as Raging River Exploration Inc., Renegade Petroleum Ltd. and Novus Energy Inc.,” adds Kwan.

On the Alberta side, the Halkirk-Provost region is dominated by Crescent Point, Charger Energy Corp., Muirfi eld Resources Ltd. and Equal Energy Ltd., while in the Redwater area, WestFire, Baytex Energy Corp., Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Husky Energy Inc. are the main players, Kwan says.

A typical Viking well is between 700 and 900 metres in depth. “Short horizontals are considered to be in the range of 600–800 metres in lateral length, whereas a long lateral length is 1,200–1,400 metres,” says Kwan. “Short horizontals are more common in order to keep costs low.”

Because the Viking is shallow, costs can be kept low, he adds.

“Capital needed to drill, complete and tie in production is usually around $900,000 in Saskatchewan, $1.2 mil-lion at Redwater and $1.5 million for short monobores at Halkirk-Provost.”

But long-reach horizontals in Halkirk-Provost wells can be in the $2-million range. Initial production rates average 40 barrels per day in Saskatchewan, 70–100 barrels per day at Redwater and in the 100–150 barrel-per-day range at Halkirk-Provost.

“The better part of Viking wells have payback periods of less than two years,” says Kwan. The majority of Viking wells have gas-to-oil ratios (GOR) of fi ve to 10 per cent, except for Halkirk-Provost wells, in which GORs of 25 per cent aren’t unusual.

Kwan reckons that secondary recov-eries, such as infi ll drilling and water injection, could improve recovery fac-tors by up to 50 per cent.

Also, “technology improvements such as WestFire’s modifi ed hot frac completion technique may prove to greatly enhance Viking productiv-ity,” he says.

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The Shaunavon Formation is a variable mix of lime-stone, shale and minor sandstone deposited in the Williston Basin of

Saskatchewan in the Middle Jurassic period. The Upper Shaunavon of the Williston Basin’s Swift Current Platform in western Saskatchewan has been explored for decades, but the lime mud-stones of the Lower Shaunavon are very much a new and emerging tight oil play.

In the southwestern corner of the province, it is 20–35 metres thick, decreasing to zero at the northern erosional edge of the formation. The National Energy Board says companies have publicly reported about 93 mil-lion barrels of reserves this year.

The vast majority of recent drilling in the southwest of the province has been in the Lower Shaunavon play. It boasts over 350 wells capable of produc-ing—71 per cent of which have been drilled since January 2007.

It has been a rapid growth: Lower Shaunavon production has grown from 257 barrels per day in January 2007 to 5,673 barrels per day in August 2011.

Crescent Point Energy touts the Lower Shaunavon as one of its key operating areas, estimating the eventual resource at more than four billion barrels of original oil in place—which would rank it as one of the largest oil pools ever discovered in western Canada. Through a series of acquisitions and Crown land sales, Crescent Point holds more than 450 net sections in the play.

At year-end 2009, it was reporting production of over 7,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which at the time represented about 83 per cent of total play production.

Lower Shaunavon potential has attracted the majors, too. Oilsands giant Cenovus Energy Inc. inherited the lands when it was spun out from Encana in 2009, which had purchased them in 2008, Cenovus spokeswoman Jessica Wilkinson says.

“Cenovus has 54 sections of land in the Lower Shaunavon,” she says. “We feel that the Lower Shaunavon tight oil assets are early stage development opportunities for Cenovus.”

The majority of the company’s growth is in the oilsands sector,

but “we feel conventional oil pro-duction from the Lower Shaunavon will complement our oilsands busi-ness.” Respectable but dwarfed by its oilsands output, Cenovus’s Lower Shaunavon production averaged about 4,100 barrels per day from 109 pro-ducing horizontal wells during the second quarter of 2012.

Wilkinson says wells are approxi-mately 1,400–2,100 metres deep in the play, with up to 1,400-metre laterals. Frac stages average 15 per well.

“The wells tend to produce high volumes initially and then taper off to a rate that is maintained long term,” she says, adding that enhanced recovery techniques and technology advances will allow Cenovus to continually improve recovery rates throughout the life of the well.

“While we are still learning about the production lifespan of tight oil wells, we think it’s realistic to expect these wells to produce 15–20 years or more,” says Wilkinson. Infrastructure and facility updates to support this pro-duction are expected to be fi nished in the third quarter of 2012.

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TIGHT OIL REFERS TO crude oil trapped within low-permeability reservoirs deep below the earth’s surface. Reservoirs with low permeability contain fl uids, which, typically, will not fl ow to a wellbore at economic rates without assistance from technologi-cally advanced stimulation treatments or recovery processes.

Oil is stored in the open spaces within the rock (the rock’s porosity). The ability for the reservoir to release the oil or fl ow it to a wellbore is measured by the permeability of the reservoir. Reservoir rocks are like sponges in that they hold liquids (like oil) in small cavities (pores) found naturally in the rock. The percentage of pore volume (void space) within the rock that can contain fl uids is called the reservoir’s porosity.

Tight oil is found throughout Canada’s known oil-producing regions as well as various basins in the United States. Tight oil can also be classifi ed into different plays based on geologi-cal characteristics, the most common of which are halo plays (un-produced oil surrounding a developed reservoir), geo-stratigraphic plays (a geological formation known to contain oil over a wide geographic area) and shale plays (a formation largely composed of organic-rich shale, which is not only the source rock of the oil, but also the reservoir rock).

The oil that is produced or extracted from tight reservoirs is similar to the oil that can be produced from conventional reser-voirs; it is the application of advanced technologies that makes these developments unconventional. Different technologies are used for different plays, but the most common methods used today are horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing. Once the oil has been unlocked from the tight reservoir and is able to fl ow to the wellbore, conventional technologies are used to produce the well.

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Geologically, the term Beaverhill Lake covers a broad range of lime-stones and dolo stones deposited during the

Middle Devonian period some 375 million years ago. Situated in north-western Alberta, it has been producing conventionally since the 1950s from the tall reef buildups, which represent some of the largest oil and gas pools ever discovered in western Canada.

According to the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the Swan Hills fi eld here had an estimated 2.9 billion barrels of original oil in place (OOIP) and had produced 900 million barrels by year-end 2010.

A BMO Capital Markets Corp. analysis estimates an additional 2.5 billion barrels of OOIP for unconven-tional exploitation around the fi eld, but ultimate recovery is still uncertain.

A 2012 analysis by FirstEnergy Capital Corp. puts the well-defi ned massive reef structures at around fi ve billion barrels of OOIP, of which close to 1.6 billion barrels have been recov-ered. The recently exploited carbon-ate platform facies underlying and

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fl anking these is still largely unknown, it states, estimating that these regions may hold another two billion to four billion barrels.

Active players include Arcan Resources, privately held Coral Hill Energy Ltd., Crescent Point Energy, Midway Energy Ltd., Pengrowth Energy Corporation, Second Wave Petroleum Inc. and Sure Energy Inc.

Arcan entered the play by acquisition from Pengrowth in early 2010, which provided it with a large contiguous land position in the Ethel region, which it has continued to build upon since.

“We’ve bought acreage to the south of the Ethel area, and then Ethel South, and south of that again at Gere,” says Arcan chief executive officer Terry McCoy. “It’s a concentrated asset for our acreage base—we have a large acreage base on the general east side of the Swan Hills complex from Deer Mountain south. And we have good infrastructure within the fi eld, good accessibility for most of the acreage. Swan Hills has been producing since the 50s so we know the oil is there, we have a strong technical picture of the area from all of the coring available.”

McCoy says Beaverhill Lake yields high-quality oil and it’s stimulated very easily. Servicing is handy too, he says: “We are 40 minutes from Whitecourt and there are hundreds and hundreds of wells drilled in this area.”

The Swan Hills region has well-established infrastructure, built to sup-port mid-1970s production volumes that reached a peak of 235,000 barrels per day, but Arcan still needs to truck its product. “There has been a considerable effort for infrastructure to get hydrocarbon from Ethel up to Deer Mountain, then into the pipeline that’s going north eight to 10 miles,” McCoy says.

Still, he’s enthusiastic about Beaverhill Lake’s potential.

“It’s absolutely huge,” he says. “This is not an unconventional reser-voir; this is a conventional reservoir that we are looking at. We know the oil is there, we have historical producing wells around us and now we are deal-ing with the horizontal wells. So it’s strongly geological, but it’s not explor-atory; it’s a development-type play.”

Arcan expects to invest about $30 million by year-end, all from inter-nal cash fl ow.

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The Lower Amaranth in Manitoba is known as the Lower Watrous in Saskatchewan and the Spearfi sh in North

Dakota. It’s often misnamed as the Manitoba Spearfi sh. National Energy Board geologists describe it as a sec-tion of sandstone and siltstone depos-ited on top of a widespread erosional surface that formed during worldwide low sea levels at the beginning of the Triassic period. Oil migrated into the Spearfi sh from underlying oil-rich for-mations where they overlap at the ero-sional surface.

Until the advent of horizontal multi stage fracking, its sandstones and siltstones were only marginally eco-nomic. Now producers are attracted by its shallow, low-permeability sand-stone, which yields sweet, low-GOR light oil. It’s expected to account for about 30 per cent of Manitoba’s oil pro-duction this year.

The play straddles two countries, but “geology doesn’t respect interna-tional borders,” quips Trent Yanko, president and chief executive officer

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of Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. The company is active in the Spearfi sh on both sides, drilling its fi rst well in early 2011 after picking up the land in 2009 when exist-ing vertical well control suggested it was continuous.

Another company, EOG Resources, Inc., had been highly successful there: its 2008 initial production rates were reported at 150–200 barrels per day.

Yanko is enthusiastic about the play.“The economics are quite robust

even at lower oil prices,” he says. “Well costs are relatively inexpensive: about $1.5 million.” And quick, too. “We are drilling in seven or eight days; they are easy, it’s shallow—about 1,000 metres true vertical depth—and it is light sweet crude, so we have great netbacks and economics.

“Where we can, we are typically drilling the mile-long horizontals right across the section,” he says. “We are a little different from some of the other guys who are drilling the shorties—we are drilling at eight wells per section and lots of guys, I think, like EOG and Penn West, are drilling at 24 shorties per section.”

Yanko says Legacy’s wells come on at 100 barrels per day for the fi rst month and ultimately make 100,000 barrels recover-able, but that may improve. Payouts are running a year and a half or less.

Service availability hasn’t been a problem. “We are close to southeast Saskatchewan where we have a pres-ence, so we can leverage that,” says Yanko. “So between that and the activ-ity that’s always gone on in Manitoba, we’ve had no problem getting rigs or frac crews in.”

For 2012, Legacy sees $75 million in capital expenditures for the overall play, up from $40 million in 2011. “We have 440 net locations, so that would be over 10 years of inventory at eight wells per section,” says Yanko. “And we have a block of land south of where we’ve been developing in North Dakota that could add another few hundred net locations to that with success.”

If the other operators like EOG and Penn West continue to demonstrate that higher drilling density is working, he says Legacy could have 50 per cent more locations with down-spacing. “So it can get big, fast.”

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T alk of the Montney tight play usually brings to mind that massive B.C. natural gas shale play that has been developing for

the past half-decade or so. But there is a seriously prolifi c oil-prone side to the Montney, primarily in western Alberta, that is gaining momentum.

The Triassic Montney formation consists generally of shallow-water sands in the east and deepwater muds to the west. They’ve been exploited for decades, but with the advent of hori-zontal multistage fracking, the deep-water mudstones became attractive for shale gas. Now, with anemic gas prices, more explorers are moving into the less-mature mudstones seeking oil—with low water cuts, it’s an ideal candidate.

Some companies got in early.“We’ve been in the Montney since

its development phase,” says John Williams, president and chief operat-ing officer of Trilogy Energy. “In the Montney oil pool, we high-graded this back when we were mapping in 2010.”

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He says the company acquired the best part of the pool and now have others drilling around its fringe—and they are fi nding hydrocarbons, too.

“Which is great,” says Williams. “It means the pool is bigger than we have mapped. It’s potentially half the size of our original 40-section pool, so it could be about 20 sections in size.”

Williams says Trilogy will be spend-ing about $125 million in the Montney this year, which should go a long way. “These wells have been costing about $1.7 million to drill and the same to complete, plus a couple of hundred thou-sand to tie in, so we are drilling wells for $3.7 [million] to $3.8 million.” Payouts have been excellent. “The best well we fi gure paid out in three weeks,” he says. “The average probably paid out in four to fi ve months, and that’s on $85 oil.” Reservoir depth is about 1,800 metres, and Trilogy’s wells go out about 1,600 metres with around 22 fracs each.

“The play is phenomenal,” he says. “The best well came on between 3,000

and 3,500 barrels per day and it got to 60,000 barrels after about three weeks.”

Open Range Energy Corp., newly acquired by Peyto Exploration & Development Corp., has been getting good rates in the Montney oil play, too.

“We fi nd it’s highly repeatable and we get a lot of oil in place over quite a large area,” says Gerald Costigan, Open Range’s executive vice-president. “It does have a high decline, but levels off at very economical rates.” He reckons, depending on the well, payouts will be around 12 months.

Open Range has been drilling to around 2,400 metres with horizontal legs up to 1,400 metres, with 17 fracs on its last well. “We’re doing 20-ton fracs in Waskahigan, so that brings the cost down, but when you are frack-ing oil, obviously it’s more expensive, but you get a lot of that back when you produce.”

With Alberta’s royalty holidays, Open Range will pay just fi ve per cent on the fi rst 80,000 barrels.

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The legendary organic-rich Duvernay shales of cen-tral and western Alberta are famously the source rock for oil and gas in the

Leduc reefs. It’s what launched and under-pinned the development of Alberta’s oil and gas industry starting in 1947.

Exploitation of the shales them-selves, however, is much more recent.

Trilogy Energy, says Williams, started in the Duvernay when it needed to under-stand the lands before its leases expired.

“We pooled approximately 30 sec-tions with Celtic [Exploration Ltd.] and Yoho [Resources Inc.], and each took a one-third working interest,” he recalls. “The fi rst well was in August and September 2010—the fi rst horizon-tal Duvernay well drilled.”

It was drilled to 5,080 metres total depth with a 1,700-metre lateral and fracked using the Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. assembly, with about 100 tons of sand.

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Costs are on the high end compared with some other shale plays. Williams fi gures the average well cost now with the ball-drop technique is “somewhere around $11 [million] to $12 million—$6 million for the drill and $5 [million] to $6 [million] for the completion.”

But still, payout would be in the year to year-and-a-half range, he says. “If that well produced a billion cubic feet of gas, that would produce a hundred thousand barrels of condensate. Condensate is worth more than oil now. So after this well has produced one billion cubic feet of gas, with the associated condensate and other liquids, it has probably cash fl owed over $12 million.”

So he fi nds the play attractive. “It is truly a resource play,” he says. “In the deep part of the basin it’s gas, to an oily section in the shallow part of the reservoir. And it varies anywhere from

about 10–60 metres thick. A lot of our lands are in the gas condensate window where the Duvernay is the thickest.”

That’s why Trilogy is focusing on it—if it makes economic sense there, the company will push out towards the thinner parts.

Trilogy has budgeted $40 million for Duvernay in 2012. “We can develop commercial production, but we need to know how we can control our costs, and we do not have a complete under-standing of the reserve potential,” says Williams. “To get the most value out of it, we need to capture all of the liquids. There is lots of fuel condensate, and the propane, pentane and butane are also very signifi cant.”

At least one operator is going for oil potential in the play’s East Shale Basin. EOG Resources is reported to have recently licensed the region’s fi rst well there. Macquarie Capital Markets has estimated the average oil in place to be up to 40 million barrels per section.

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This evolution towards shorter drilling times, more effective zone stimulations and better economics can be attributed to a combination of better hardware and better techniques.

Topping the list of hardware improvements is what Thane Jensen, senior vice-president, operations, at Penn West Exploration, calls “the jewellery we run downhole to deliver multiple fracs.”

Improvements in polycrystalline diamond compact bits—which started out as just soft rock bits, but have since been adapted for harder and harder rock in what has become a boutique industry of suppliers tweaking bits to the specific needs of drillers working in specific plays—and fit-for-purpose rigs—short and stocky singles with big mud pumps designed to drill long-reach horizontal wells without getting stuck, yet nimble enough to rig up and rig down quickly and move from well to well in a choreography of resource-play efficiency—combine to deliver pretty impressive hardware advances.

But the accumulation of producer experimentation and experience across various formations amounts to an equally impressive advancement. As producers rack up years of experi-ence, new ideas and new ways of doing things have emerged. And producers seem willing to share these insights with one another in order to improve the viability of these plays and attract investment.

learning curveAfter the financial market crash of 2008, oil prices marched upward and drill-ing activity in tight oil formations fol-lowed in step, particularly since nat ural gas prices continued to flounder. The learning curve in tight oil de velopment borrowed heavily at the outset from hor-izontal multi-frac applications in shale gas. Saskatchewan hosted early tight oil development, facilitated by a favourable royalty scheme and relatively shallow, cheaper-to-drill formations.

Those lessons migrated to oil plays in the rest of the WCSB. As new plays,

such as Alberta’s Cardium, got estab-lished, companies eventually settled on a philosophy of what works best, but this shouldn’t be where this evo-lution ends, says Garrett Ulmer, vice-president, engineering, at Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. He warns against complacency and settling for tech-niques that work versus an open attitude of ongoing inquiry and innovation.

“Everybody seems to have a pro-gram where they do things differ-ently,” Ulmer says. “So what we ask is, ‘Why are they doing it that way and what results are they getting? On a one-to-one basis, do their wells really compare to our wells?’”

Ulmer combs through public data, examining what advantages com panies have in using their own specific techniques. In the Cardium, where Bellatrix was already getting decent results, Ulmer saw a competi-tor getting much better results by frac-turing differently than Bellatrix. So he adopted the method on a few wells,

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“This kind of experimentation pays dividends, especially if you have the inventory,” he says.

Even in areas where Bellatrix doesn’t work, Ulmer has a hard time suppressing his engineering curios-ity. Listening to guys from Talisman Energy Inc. and Encana Corporation talk about their experience in the Montney, he noted their differing approaches to fracking, each yielding different results.

“Is this,” he asks, “because they are far enough apart geographically that the formations have changed? Are they even comparing results? Or do the dif-ferences in completions actually mat-ter in this formation?”

Ulmer says he has come across only a few companies that believe they have tight oil fi gured out. But he shakes his head at this attitude because in his view, horizontal multi-frac tech-nology still has a long ways to go to achieve new heights of efficiency and effectiveness.

high costs of failureMany producers pay lip service to the notion of continuous technical improve-ment, but this ideal is actually taking a toll in resource plays where horizon-tal multi-frac wells can run upwards of $10 million in some deep horizons.

“The cost of a failed experiment is something the small companies just can’t handle,” Ulmer says. “Even the big com-panies can’t have four failures in a row.”

But progress requires someone to break rank from the pack and take a chance on new techniques. The shift from oil fracking to water fracking in tight reservoirs is a case in point. The industry standard in 2008 was to use

Tuning the fracReal-time measurement while drilling and logging tools improve well economics

T he common wisdom in shale plays indicates that more fracs along a horizontal well are better than fewer fracs. But more multistage fracs cost more money and not all stages will yield good results.

“In fact, it is being found that in some wells, a number of frac stages are known to be uneconomic,” says Nicole Lehocky, regional business unit manager, Petroleum Consulting Canada at Weatherford Canada Partnership.

Poor frac performance can be an outcome of missing the geological sweet spot, poor frackability of the rock due to its geomechanical structure or a combination of these factors. What can help improve the odds is appropri-ate data and evaluation of these plays using real-time measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools.

Weatherford is at the forefront of the industry’s MWD and LWD develop-ment. Weatherford’s Spectral Azimuthal Gamma Ray (SAGR), for example, provides a number of valuable measurements for horizontal well placement and evaluating shale reservoirs.

“Real-time, azimuthal gamma ray images provide formation dip informa-tion and show whether the bit is drilling up or down to improve geosteering and well placement,” Lehocky says.

Weatherford’s large detectors used in the SAGR give count rates that are approximately 50 times higher than the count rates detected in conventional MWD or LWD gamma ray sensors. This provides a very precise total gamma ray log for accurate correlation with offset wells and pilot holes.

The Weatherford Shockwave LWD tool provides conventional compres-sional and shear sonic logs. In addition, the azimuthally focused LWD sonic measurements of compressional and anisotropic shear wave slowness pro-vide new and valuable information in horizontal shale wells. This cross-wave azimuthal sonic data also provides geophysicists with key pore pressure, brittleness and porosity information to update their reservoir imaging models.

Using LWD to drill and evaluate the operator’s horizontal well can pin-point and categorize the areas of good-quality reservoir without some of the operational risks associated with wireline tools and without increasing rig time spent on the well prior to completions. By combining LWD measurements with geosteering, and correlating these measurements to wireline and/or core data from the pilot well, an operator can effectively optimize the well location.

“So operators can make informed decisions and trade off between a per-fectly smooth horizontal well, one drilled toe up or toe down and one track-ing the sweet spots,” Lehocky says. “LWD-obtained parameters allow you to concentrate stimulations to areas in the reservoir that are more porous, permeable and brittle, and that have higher Kerogen content and hydro-carbon saturation. You can optimize frac spacing, subsequent well locations and make more informed reservoir-management decisions, which ultimately saves time and money, and dramatically improves well economics.”


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oil. Today, Ulmer says there isn’t a good reason why anybody would be fracking with oil.

Even in the Viking formation in Saskatchewan, where tight oil de velopment took its fi rst steps in 2007 and 2008, the industry has shifted to water fracking since 2010.

“So water fracking has now trav-elled back to the Viking,” Ulmer says. “We’re even refracking the wells that have already been completed [with oil] and getting new reserves. So that’s one of the oldest plays that’s going through another revolution.”

collaborationIn recent years, environmental issues have beleaguered oilsands develop-ment, souring public opinion, ham-pering the construction of pipelines and potentially cooling investor interest. It also seems the public isn’t making a distinction between good and bad oilsands producers but, rather, are painting the entire sector with the same brush.

The oilsands industry has banded together, pooling its resources to provide a united front to improve the environmental and operational efficiencies and repair the industry’s reputation.

A similar collaboration may be taking shape in tight oil and shale gas resource plays that aren’t

immune to public backlash over heavy water usage and concerns over groundwater contamination. It also makes sense from the perspective of attracting investment to the industry at a time of rock-bottom natural gas prices and, recently, softening crude oil prices.

Industry conferences such as the Horizontal Drilling, Tight Oil Plays, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin Conference this summer are generat-ing strong interest from producer par-ticipants. And presenters aren’t shy about tipping their cards.

“It’s a pretty selfl ess act for those presenters,” says Ulmer, who also provided a keynote speech to the conference audience. “Some of these guys were quite honest about what has worked and what hasn’t for them.”

At the same event, two panel dis-cussions were opened up to the fl oor, allowing producers to ask questions and share their experience with prac-tices that were successful and with those that failed.

Some of this openness speaks to the industry’s understanding that cost of capital is a central consideration in resource play development. And as the oil and gas sector falls out of favour with investors, the cost of cap-ital increases.

Bad results from individual produc-ers only exacerbate the situation. That is, when market analysts look at 280 wells drilled in a play, throw that data into the computer and produce a type-curve aver-age leading them to conclude that a play is uneconomic, other analysts and insti-tutional investors pay attention.

It may, however, be a few under-performing outliers dragging down the type-curve average, while a new generation of producers in the play are producing economic results.

“So bad results puts good produc-ers on the defensive, having to explain

why they get 190,000 barrels per well of reserves while the type curve is only 130,000 barrels,” Ulmer says.

So sharing information and best practices can improve play type curves, which is good for everyone.

That said, industry conferences, white papers, joint ventures and other means of sharing know-how are noth-ing new. An equally valid driver for the industry’s current willingness to share knowledge is that tight oil rights have now largely been tied up in many plays, and producers, who only recently held their cards close to their vests, are now trying to fi gure out what they are going to do with their assets.

“Because this is so new and the technology is moving so quickly, there is a lot to share,” Jensen says.

“Because this is so new and the technology is moving so quickly, there is a lot to share.”

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As frac operators and producers search for the perfect frac, technology developments will deliver better and cleaner results

By Jim Bentein

If you think the revolution in multistage horizontal fractur-ing has reached its high point, think again. You ain’t seen nothing yet.

That’s what petroleum engineers who have thor-oughly studied the tech-

nology and been involved in its implementation believe.

For example, Granger Low, who has a masters degree in petroleum engi-neering, has worked in the oil and gas industry in western Canada for 27 years and now heads Calgary-based geologi-cal consulting fi rm Proven Reserves Exploitation Ltd., believes recoveries using the technology could quadruple.

Low, who spends much of his time enhancing reservoir-engineering soft-ware solutions, is convinced the poten-tial of horizontal multi-frac technology has barely been tapped.

“Absolutely, the technology can be pushed,” he says. “Wells can get longer; we can reach more stages and get more oil recovery.”

For example, he says he recently encountered an application to the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board that involves 23 stages.

“When we got to 12 stages, that was considered a huge advancement,” he says.

The evolution of resource plays, in which well-fi nanced majors push the envelope on fracturing technology, is

what is driving much of the technologi-cal advancement.

“Ten years ago we knew there were carbonates in the Grosmont, but they were worthless,” he says. “But not any longer, thanks to the evolution of frack-ing technology.”

And that evolution has just started.“We’ll start to do multi-frac recovery

in different ways.”In a recent article on Proven

Reserves’ website (proven-reserves.com) Low described how that will likely come about.

In the article, headlined Is There Life After Horizontal Multi-Frac Wells?, Low said the key to driving the technology—and recoveries—is understanding the


preferential fracture direction of a rock being fracked.

“The fracturing process will open up natural joints and fractures in the matrix, creating a shortcut path for water,” he wrote. “In such circumstances, a poorly placed horizontal producer can water out very quickly after the start of injection.”

The key to achieving recoveries beyond single digits is pressure maintenance, whereby an operator maintains good sweep.

“Under a well-managed water fl ood, an operator might improve recovery from 10 per cent to 20 per cent,” he wrote. “However, if injected water short-circuits through natural fractures, recovery can be damaged signifi cantly.”

The mistake too many operators make is to “assume that every forma-tion is homogeneous and fracture direc-tion doesn’t matter.”

Low argues that it is vital for oper-ators to understand “preferential fracture direction,” which can foster enhanced oil recovery strategies that can double, triple or even quadruple recovery factors using horizontal multi-fractured wells.

Low is convinced that as producers develop more pinpointed approaches to stimulation recovery, factors could rise at least 20 per cent to 25 per cent.

“If you add water you can double recoveries and you can quadruple it with natural gas,” he says. “The key is what you inject and how well you spread it around the reservoir.”

He believes that in Alberta alone, multistage frac technology done right can increase overall production of oil and natural gas by three or four times.

The technology has gone beyond being deployed only in shale gas or tight oil for-mations and is now being used for a vari-ety of formations and depletion strategies.

And there’s a future in reservoirs exploited with multistage fracs.

“What can be done to enhance recov-ery from pools exploited with multi-fractured horizontal wells? Toe-to-heel

injection schemes are showing some prom-ise,” he wrote. “Fracturing parallel to the horizontal well is also proven technology.”

Dan Arthur also believes the multi-frac revolution has just started—but he comes at it from a somewhat different perspective.

Arthur, who is a founding member and managing partner of Tulsa, Okla.–based ALL Consulting (and is also a petro-leum engineer), is a recognized authority

on environmental issues pertaining to unconventional resource development and production.

His list of research engagement cli-ents reads like a who’s-who of the energy industry. He was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to oversee research projects involving the development of best management practices and efficient environmental protection during shale gas development, and has conducted research for the DOE on coalbed methane production and produced-water management alterna-tives. In 2010, he was appointed to serve as sub-group leader for a National Petroleum Council study on North American resource development, with a focus on environ-mental challenges through 2050. He was also appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to sit on its advisory committee on hydraulic fracturing.

Most recently, Arthur’s fi rm was commissioned by a group of Canadian organizations involved in the oil and gas industry to oversee a study focused on the environmental implications of the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing.

That study, The Modern Practices of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Focus on Canadian Resources, was released in late July.

The research project was jointly funded by Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, the Science Community and Environmental Knowledge Fund, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources.

The report, the culmination of a year’s worth of research, looks at how

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HYDRAULIC FRACTURINGHydraulic fracturing is the process of transmitting pres-sure, using fl uid or gas, to create cracks or open exist-ing cracks in hydrocarbon-bearing rocks underground. Hydraulic fracturing is a type of stimulation. Almost all of the domestic/onshore North American reservoirs remaining today likely require some sort of stimula-tion treatment in order to raise production rates to eco-nomic levels.

Most sedimentary rocks have the ability to store natural gas or oil in the small pores or spaces within the

rock. However, the ability of these hydrocarbons to fl ow out of these reservoir rocks is controlled by the connectiv-ity, or pathways, that link the pore spaces. In reservoirs with low permeability, the connectivity of the existing pore spaces within the rock is not suffi cient enough for the gas or oil to fl ow through the rock to the wellbore. As a result, some type of reservoir stimulation is required. The purpose of hydraulic fracturing is to connect existing pathways within the reservoir to enable the oil or gas to fl ow more easily from the formation to the wellbore.

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the technology works, how it is regu-lated by governments, and the best man-agement practices the energy industry uses to address potential environmental and human health, risks from hydraulic fracturing, which, like almost all aspects of energy production, has been under fi re from environmental groups and others.

The report concludes that while the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing are very small due to government regulations and advanced technology, the use of best management practices by industry reduces and mitigates those risks that remain.

“The report finds that British Columbia and Alberta, along with other

provinces in Canada, have regulations in place to protect the environment, water and human health,” Arthur says. “This includes regulatory requirements for sur-face casing, cementing, groundwater pro-tection and pressure testing. Although no two shale plays are alike, experience and continued research have improved the effectiveness of the fracturing process and allowed the use of fewer, and more environmentally safe, ingredients in the fracturing process.”

The authors say more than 90 per cent of all new natural gas wells drilled in Canada will be hydraulically frac-tured. The study was conducted because

of widespread public concerns about the safety of the process.

Arthur says the work he was involved with in Canada, as well as in studies in the United States of hydraulic fractur-ing, suggests most of the concerns raised about fracturing are related to the pro-duction of oil and gas, but aren’t directly related to the act of hydraulically frac-turing a well. That distinction is impor-tant so that mitigation measures and regulatory requirements can be directed toward the proper activities and respon-sible parties.

Arthur says he has studied hy draulic fracturing throughout the United

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States and Canada, and is convinced that the process, if done properly, is completely safe.

“This is important if we are headed into a world where every well is frac-tured,” he says.

Aside from the need for companies to use best practices and for govern-ments to regulate fracturing, he said transparency is a vital component.

This has been advanced by ini-tiatives like fracfocus.org, a national hydraulic-fracturing chemical registry that was launched about one year ago in the United States. It will soon be launched in Canada as well.

The site, managed by the U.S. Groundwater Protection Council, and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, was created to provide the public with access to reported chem icals used for hydraulic fractur-ing within their areas. The site also provides objective information on the technology, the chemicals used, the purposes they serve and the means by which groundwater is protected.

There are 24,546 well sites depicted on a digital map of the United States

and anyone wanting information about a well or wells only need to click on the map. Most of the major users of hydraul ic fracturing in the United States have participated.

Arthur, who considers himself an environmental scientist, has few doubts about the use of the technology and its impact on the environment.

“The odds of an environmental inci-dent as a result of fracking are indistin-guishable from zero,” he says. “But the industry isn’t infallible.”

The fracturing process itself is not likely to be the problem, he says.

“You may have issues that are well integrity–related, for instance,” he says. “Or you may have a truck on the road that is hauling fracking fluids that has a spill. The injection process itself, the actual process, is safe.”

Arthur says producers are taking steps beyond what might be technolog-ically necessary to ensure the process is environmentally benign, including:

• Using saline water in the process to eliminate any impacts on freshwater resources;

• Using organic and other chemicals that pose no environmental threat;

• Using pipelines to move oil and gas from sites rather than trucks in order to minimize the chance of incidents.

Producers are also implementing measures, such as covering the ground around fracturing sites with plastic, to minimize any impact on soils, and even using fuel cells to power compressors.

On the technology side, 3-D seismic modelling allows producers to better pin-point where fracs need to occur.

And the technology will only improve, he says.

“Now the ultra-majors are involved in and pushing the technology,” he says. “They have the resources to minimize possible environmental impacts even more, while increasing oil and gas recoveries.”

He says oil and gas industry experts have told him they think recoveries can double and more in the next few years using the technology, which they say will evolve to 30 frac stages and beyond.

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and advanced water chemistries to treat, recycle and reuse produced water

instead of using fresh water, are all accelerating the evolution today.

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Not only are there greener and better-engineered frac fluid solutions being developed, but industry is also sharpening its approach towards evalu-ating formations in order to apply the most effective frac fluid technologies to optimize the productivity of the well.

Murray Reynolds, director of tech-nical services at Ferus Inc., advocates for fracture optimization and applying technology and engineered frac fluid systems to reduce costs, reduce water usage and increase well productivity.

“We started out with gelled diesel, kerosenes, gelled gasoline, napalm in the early days, polymer cross-linked fluids in the early ’60s, which are still used today. Then a lot of foam systems were developed in the late ’90s, and then slick water became popular as a greener fluid in that there were not a lot of chemicals in it, but the issue with slick water is that you may be having to use fresh water,” he says, noting that the use of fresh water for fracs is becoming a major issue in many areas.

“Rather than the brute-force manu-facturing process of applying as much horsepower and water as possible, let’s do a little more work and do some engineer-ing upfront to get more production with less-scarce resources,” Reynolds says.

Nitrogen or CO2-based foam sys-tems at “80 quality” (20 per cent water) make good alternatives to using 100 per cent water-based systems because they are the most technically versatile fluid systems, minimize water on the formation, can use either poly-mer or surfactant gels, leave low resi-due, are easy and quick to clean up, and use conventional sand blenders with no limits to the job size.

“A lot of people argue that carbon dioxide and nitrogen products are expen-sive, but no. If they can improve your pro-ductivity by five per cent, that will more than pay out the extra costs,” he adds, noting that “nitrogen and carbon dioxide are both naturally occurring, non-reactive gases, non-flammable, not dangerous and you could argue that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, but we are pulling it from a waste stream to begin with.”

Ferus is currently building units that will recover and separate the CO2 during flowback so that it can be recov-ered and reused.

No cookie-cutter solutionsReynolds feels that industry has got-ten to an assembly-line approach to resource plays rather than trying to optimize the wells upfront and then doing look-back studies to evaluate the performance of the wells.

“We need to look at the reservoir conditions, the sensitivities, the con-ductivity needs and the net present value for our choice of frac fluids, and slick water is being misapplied to many reservoirs,” he says.

Beyond the industry-standard slick-water frac, substantial research is under-way into new frac fluid systems, ranging from new cellular-based polymer sys-tems and high-temperature VES (vis-coelastic surfactant) fluids to stabilize foams under higher temperatures; to produced-water systems that are toler-ant to impurities; gelled hydrocarbon frac fluids; foamed CO2 with complex nanofluid technology; and “‘slick’ CO2” for thermally induced fracturing effects in shale formations.

Dale Dusterhoft, chief executive offi-cer of Trican Well Service Ltd., agrees that frac fluid systems are evolving.

“Overall, the evolution is that com-panies are looking and finding out that not all rock is the same, not every shale is like the Barnett shale, so they’ll get into the Eagle Ford or the Niobrara, and they find out that what they’re doing in the Barnett is not necessar-ily working, so there’s an evolution towards more technology rather than less,” he explains.

The result is that frac fluids and even frac systems are evolving almost at the play level, with more complex, en gineered and technology-driven sys-tems being developed specifically to deal with what is prominent in each area.

“Basically, it varies a lot by region and it varies a lot by formation, and that’s probably the biggest thing to remember. For example, we run a lot more complex fracturing fluids in Canada, and it’s just due to the type of rock we are dealing with. So we’ll run a lot more foams and complex fluids that require some technology in them, where in some regions of the U.S., and not everywhere, we’re dealing with just pure black shales like the Barnett shale, a fairly basic kind of rock, where it’s fairly consistent, so we’ll run a rela-tively low-tech fluid.”

Acknowledging that industry is moving towards more complex approaches to fracking, James Venditto, vice-president, technical services, at Trican says that “as an industry, we’ve had a tendency to cookie cut a lot of these frac jobs based on the success in the Barnett, and you’ll find that some of those systems will fail.”


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Pointing out that there’s always going to be pros and cons with any sys-tem in use, Venditto refers to Trican’s geological solutions group, which uses core samples from target formations to better understand the target rock and build its systems around that forma-tion information.

In addition to understanding the rock, Dwight Bobier, senior vice- president, technical services, at Calfrac Well Services Ltd., says the basics of applying the frac fluid to the formation still hold true, and that a frac job is dependent on the whole system work-ing, not just its individual components.

“The design of the frac treatment, the design of the proppant that you’re going to use, the sand schedule that goes with that, the rate at which you can work within the confines of the

pipe pressure and the well configura-tion—it’s all a multi-faceted approach and requires varied training and exper-tise that has to all come together before you can come up with a suitable frac treatment, and then you’re always try-ing to optimize from that point on, try-ing to learn from what you’ve done to get better.”

Move to shale oil brings more changeIn addition to optimizing fracs through the use of more complex fluids, the move to oil and natural gas liquids production from dry gas is also driv-ing technological change.

“We’ve seen oil development be much more formation specific, and so you get treatments that are much more tailored to these specific

formations as opposed to, in some respects, the slickwater development in some of the gassy areas being more focused on the logistics and opera-tional execution, which is still criti-cally important,” says Tom Medvedic, Calfrac’s senior vice-president, cor-porate de velopment. “So on the tech-nology side of things, the evolution has been even more focused on oil development, and more specifically the fluid systems for it.”

Greener frac fluids are a big part of the evolution.

“There have been a lot of resources dedicated by industry to looking at green alternatives versus five, 10, 20, 40 years ago. It’s clearly something that the operators are looking for and that the industry is moving towards,” Medvedic says.

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The effort to develop greener fl uids includes both reducing the amount of reg-ulated materials used and fi nding substi-tutes for the regulated materials. Sourcing materials that are non-regulated, even biodegradable, to do the job of regulated materials has been an ongoing initiative for quite a long time in the industry as it continues to develop greener formula-tions and blends.

And virtually every fl uids provider has its own take on just what consti-tutes a “green” frac fl uid.

Halliburton, for example, recently rolled out its CleanSuite systems for hydraulic fracturing, which are appli-cable to both conventional and uncon-ventional reservoirs.

“CleanStim fluid [part of the CleanSuite product line] has been used in vertical and horizontal wells,

in wells with bottomhole static tempera-tures ranging from 100 to 340 degrees Fahrenheit, in sandstone and shale formations, and for both gas- and oil-bearing formations,” says John Gorman, vice-president of Canadian operations at Halliburton.

Trican continues to develop and expand its line of EcoClean prod-ucts, which includes additives that are non-toxic, biodegradable and non-bioaccumulating.

“It’s a very good, clean system to run and we can pattern it after the well type we’re dealing with, whether it be for low- or mid-temperature applica-tions,” Venditto says. Trican’s research and development teams use toxicity testing to develop cleaner systems and have successfully done so with its EcoClean line.

Drier is betterGoing straight to powder-type chemis-tries is another effort Trican is engaging in, moving to what it calls “dry on the fl y” types of systems like dry gels and dry friction reducers, and away from mineral oils and surfactants. It’s also trying to get into some basic chemis-tries by moving away from some of the mineral-type systems that have been run in the past.

“So there’s a lot of development going on looking at the use of a substrate and putting dry materials on substrates and going straight to powdered-type chemistries,” Venditto says.

“We get back to the basics, so we’re running guar gum, for example, as one of the fracturing fl uid additives, as a thickener,” Trican’s Dusterhoft adds. “Guar is actually used in food

In April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fi nalized stan-dards to reduce air pollution associated with oil and natural gas production, including the fi rst federal emissions rules for natural gas wells that are hydraulically fractured.

The rules require operators of newly fracked gas wells to use cost-effective technologies and practices to capture natural gas that might otherwise escape the well, and which can also be sold commercially.

During the fi rst phase, until January 2015, emissions must be fl ared or else the use of “green completions” emissions-reduction technology must be used. After January 2015, all new fractured wells will be required to use green completions.

Questor Technology Inc., a Calgary-based company that designs and manufactures high-effi ciency waste-gas incinera-tors used worldwide to destroy noxious or toxic hydrocarbons, has seen increasing demand from its U.S. customers for green completions technologies.

“In the past, we’ve done a lot of work on the processing side, but we’ve started to work on the drilling side for some major cli-ents,” says Audrey Mascarenhas, Questor’s president and chief executive offi cer. “In fact, half of our incinerator rental fl eet in the U.S. is driven by shale gas drilling.”

There are just two companies that can meet the new rules in the United States, and Questor, with its unique and patented process, is one of them.

“Burning waste gas with incineration isn’t new,” Mascarenhas says. “But we’re doing it quite differently from everybody else.”

Questor’s incinerators take the produced gas at the wellsite and create a vortex using the pressure in the gas. One of the reasons

the equipment works so well—at 99.9 per cent effi ciency—is that it’s able to handle both rich and lean gas, and can take both high and low pressures into the unit, which fl ares can’t do.

Some states still allow fl aring, but they’ve also set some tough requirements for the levels of acceptable emissions. But it’s diffi -cult to measure emissions from fl ares, Mascarenhas says, which makes it even tougher for fl ares to meet emissions targets.

Benzene, for example, is a known volatile organic hydrocarbon, but it can only be destroyed in a system that is 98 per cent effi cient or better, and that effi ciency level has to be auditable.

“In Alberta,” says Mascarenhas, “our rule is you can emit up to one tonne of benzene, but that’s your limit.”

Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve got a nice alternative.”

AIR QUALITY IS ALSO A FRACKING ISSUE, EPA SAYS

makes it even tougher for fl ares to meet emissions targets.Benzene, for example, is a known volatile organic hydrocarbon,

but it can only be destroyed in a system that is 98 per cent effi cient or better, and that effi ciency level has to be auditable.


Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve got a nice alternative.”



Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve

or better, and that effi ciency level has to be auditable.“In Alberta,” says Mascarenhas, “our rule is you can emit up

to one tonne of benzene, but that’s your limit.”Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that

to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve

makes it even tougher for fl ares to meet emissions targets.Benzene, for example, is a known volatile organic hydrocarbon,



Questor’s incinerators provide the technology to take that to zero, she says. “When you look at the impact on air quality, knowing that benzene is a known carcinogen, I don’t believe we should be putting it into the atmosphere. Especially when you’ve


products, but when we put it in a li quid form, then we have to carry it in some way, and so we put mineral oil in there, which is not toxic, but it’s still some-thing that we want to get out of there. By getting back to dry form environ-mentally, it just simplifi es it to just using the basic raw product, which is really benign.”

The advantages of “dry on the fl y,” explains Dusterhoft, are that “it’s easier to move around and you’re not having to worry about chemicals in totes. And there’s an advantage to that because a lot of materials come in dry form and you’re bringing them in in dry form, then adding liquids to them, and it all adds costs. So the more you can move towards a simpler, drier system, the bet-ter off you are from an environmental standpoint.”

Finding alternatives to fresh water use for hydraulic fracturing operations through advanced water chemistries is becoming a big part of the evolution in frac fl uids. While operators are ulti-mately responsible for sourcing their own water and the logistics around that, pressure pumpers are working

with them in developing chemistries that can be used to treat, recycle and reuse produced water instead of using fresh water in their frac fl uids.

“From a technology standpoint, we’ve been very much focused on using chemistry in trying to treat some of these poor-quality waters in pumping operations, and so it’s the reuse and recycling component that is becoming more of a longer-term solution for the business and for the industry moving forward,” Calfrac’s Medvedic says.

Using liquefi ed propane gas instead of water for hydraulic fracturing is a sys-tem that GASFRAC Energy Services Inc. has been offering. It has been receiving a lot of attention lately because it’s a waterless gel technology that uses pro-pane as the primary ingredient gelled with a small amount of additives and proppants in a closed blending system.

“What we’re fi nding is that our gel is able to carry the proppant more effec-tively through the frac, to the back of the frac, whereas with water you have the fl uid block and you have it where it settles, and you can’t always get to the back of the frac, so in our estimations,

you can only get 20–50 per cent of the effective frac length with water,” explains Kyle Ward, GASFRAC’s direc-tor of marketing and public relations. “With our gelled propane carrying sand all the way to the back, we’re getting 100 per cent of the frac length. So if you do the simple math, that should leave 100 per cent extra production that you’re getting because all we’re leaving in the formation is sand and we’re get-ting to the back of the fracture. We’re not saying we can make a longer frac length, but we are saying that we can make a more effective frac length.”

No secretsAs the evolution of frac fl uids con-tinues to unfold, so have frac fl uid ingredient disclosure requirements. Mirroring FracFocus.org, a website ori-ginally launched in the United States by the Groundwater Protection Council along with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission as a voluntary system for disclosing fracking ingredi-ents, the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) has developed a website called FracFocus.ca.

HOW MUCH TO DISCLOSE?The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) Directive 059: Well Drilling and Completion Data Filing Requirements came into effect April 1, 2012. Minimum data submission requirements for fracturing activity include the type, quantity and size of propping agents used; the type, volume and source of carrier fl uids used, including water; and the list of all additives and ingredients used including the name, sup-plier and purpose of the additive.

While the industry in Alberta has been submitting drilling and completions information to the ERCB for many years, the board is looking to follow the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission’s lead and make detailed fracturing fl uid information accessible to the public through the FracFocus.ca website.

The main concern for the pressure pumping service companies that blend and supply fracturing fl uids is maintaining the confi -dentiality of the intellectual property that goes into these propri-etary blends. Speaking on behalf of the pressure pumpers, Mark

Salkeld, president and chief executive offi cer of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada, states “We disclose 100 per cent of everything that goes on to the producers, and the producers will enter that into the database.”

It does, however, become an issue for the pressure pump-ers when you start mandating detailed levels of publicly acces-sible disclosure, such as providing the specifi c names and exact amounts of all additives used in frac fl uids, whether regulated under the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System or not.

Salkeld confi rms that the pressure pumpers have no prob-lem disclosing, and in fact are currently participating in the mandated full disclosure required in British Columbia since Jan. 1, 2012. However, Salkeld makes the point that “just as you ask for exact recipes and where the public does have the right to know, the [pressure pumping] industry also has a right to their intellectual property and [to protect their] competitive advantage.”

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“Reporting is mandatory as of January 1, 2012, in British Columbia, but nowhere else in Canada, so we’re the only jurisdiction in which it is man-datory,” says Stuart Venables, senior petroleum geologist with the BCOGC. “It was intended to be a national instru-ment, so eventually we hope to have all of the provinces participating.”

In British Columbia, the uploading of a fracture fl uid report is the respon-sibility of the licence holder (operator). Currently, the deadline is to submit the fracture report within 30 days of the last hydraulic fracturing event on the well. In addition to being a platform for reporting frac fl uid ingredients by industry, it also allows landowners and the public to search for wells where hydraulic fracturing has occurred and to access fracture fl uid reports through certain criteria like the name of the operator, the electoral regions or just by searching the map.

Fracturing fl uids are liquids or gases that convey pressure from the surface into the reservoir to enable fractures to be created. Fracturing fl uid allows transportation of proppant and chemicals into the reservoir.

The choice of hydraulic fracturing fl uid is dependent on the properties within the reservoir. Types of fracture fl uids commonly used are water, liquids/gases such as CO2, nitrogen, propane and oil-based fl uids. Water is the most common base fl uid used in hydraulic fracturing due primarily to the low cost and availability.

To make fl uids suitable for hydraulic fracturing, chemicals are commonly added to create a highly viscous low-friction fl uid that will withstand the rigours of travelling to the zone of interest, read-ily carry the proppant material into the fractures and ultimately return to surface. All chemicals used in the process must comply with provincial and/or federal regulations. The number of chemicals and concentrations added to the fl uid/proppant mixture is highly variable and dependent on the specifi c properties of the reservoir.

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the reservoir behind large dams and hydraulic fracturing.

Hydraulic fracturing is a regulated, safe, controlled and essential process for recovering natural gas from deep geological formations such as shale rock. In western Canada, the petroleum industry has used this process for more than 60 years.

Seismicity typically associated with hydraulic fracturing is best described as microseismic events because of their low magnitude. It is normal to expect microseismicity as a result of hydrau-lic fracturing. Pressurized fl uids are injected into a wellbore, lined with steel and cement, to deep underground formations to fracture the rock, thereby freeing trapped natural gas. This pro-cess releases energy and causes subsur-face microseismic events. These events are generally contained in the zone where the gas is extracted, are rarely felt on the surface and pose minimal to no risk to structures on the surface. In some cases, hydraulic fracturing has caused minor seismic activity, which is rarely felt on the ground and poses no risk to people, the environment or property.

Comprehensive data and infor-mation on seismic activity in Canada is available on Natural Resources Canada’s website.

It says that, on average, more than 4,000 earthquakes are recorded in Canada each year, of which “about 50 are generally felt.” In addition, the web-site says “minor earthquakes have been triggered by human activities.”

Several scientifi c research papers describing the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and seismic activ-ity have recently been published. This research suggests an emerging scientifi c consensus that seismic activity from hydraulic fracturing poses minimal risk, as outlined in several recent studies.

The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) released a report of its investi-gation into induced seismicity in the Horn River Basin in August 2012. The report indicates microseismic activity is a routine occurrence associated with hydraulic fracturing. Larger magnitude (ML is a measure of magnitude loca-tion for microseismic events), minor anomalous seismic events (two ML to 3.8 ML) and smaller microseismic events were recorded between April 2009 and December 2011 by govern-ment and industry seismic sensors in the Horn River, a remote area of north-eastern British Columbia. Such seismic activity is rarely felt on the surface and usually occurs near where the rock is being fractured (or 2,000–3,000 metres below ground).

Recent scientifi c research puts concerns of frac-induced seismic activity into perspective

By David Pryce

David Pryce is vice-president, operations, for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

Micro and minor seis-mic events have long been known to be caused by human activity.

Scientifi c literature describes this as induced seismicity.

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The B.C. OGC report concludes that a total of 272 seismic events recorded were “caused by fl uid injec-tion during hydraulic fracturing in proximity to pre-existing faults” and notes that “none of the events caused any injury, property damage or posed any risk to public safety or the environ-ment.” More than 8,000 high-volume hydraulic fracturing completions have been performed in British Columbia.

In England, the Department of Energy & Climate Change asked a panel of experts to examine a link between a hydraulic fracturing opera-tion near Blackpool and seismic activ-ity. The report, published in April 2012, concluded that hydraulic frac-turing did cause “observed seismic-ity” near the operations area. It also concluded that hydraulic fracturing can proceed if the process is carefully monitored and appropriate precautions are taken.

In June 2012, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering in Great Britain released a comprehensive government-commissioned review of issues related to hydraulic fractur-ing, including seismic activity. The report says “microseismic events are a routine feature of hydraulic fractur-ing and are due to the propagation of engineered fractures.”

It concludes there is an emerging consensus that seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing poses a “negli-gible” risk of causing surface impacts. The report also points out that “the properties of shale provide natural constraints on the magnitude of seis-micity induced by hydraulic fractur-ing” because shale is relatively weak and it requires less energy to hydrau-lically fracture.

The U.S. National Research Council reached a similar conclusion. Its June 2012 report, called Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, says various forms of human activ-ity, including hydraulic fracturing, can cause slight seismic activity. The report also states that “the process of hydraulic fracturing a well as presently

implemented for shale gas recovery does not pose a high risk for inducing felt seismic events.”

These reports refl ect the results of comprehensive, science-based research conducted by respected and credible organizations, and they are an important contribution to the discus-sion regarding the development of this important shale gas resource.

Canada’s natural gas producers are developing new industry guidelines that will include monitoring protocols and will establish practices to mitigate induced seismicity.

Our objective will continue to be assurance of safe and responsible development of shale gas resources in British Columbia and, indeed, throughout Canada.

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Our objective will continue to be assurance of safe and responsible development of shale gas resources in British Columbia and, indeed, throughout Canada.


One of the most promising horizons for improving resource play efficiencies is better visualization of

underground fracture stimulations. The use of microseismic imaging has advanced this capability and, arguably, has spurred the shift towards “smart fracking” as a counterpoint to the idea of the “massive frac.”

Replacing brute force with frack-ing fi nesse promises to achieve more production with less water, sand and chemicals. Completing wells along their entire lengths including zones with little production potential, apply-ing excessive horsepower and water to create fracture networks much deeper than can be propped open, drilling in areas of shale plays with poor produc-tion potential and subsequently poor production results—these less-than-optimal practices may fi nd remedy in better computer-aided reservoir mod-elling that draws upon an increasingly wider range of data sets.

Integrating microseismic with sur-face seismic, downhole wireline, pres-sure, rates of fl uid ingestion and other company data promises to boost effi-ciencies as well as provide producers more predictive capabilities for tapping productive shale zones.

“Initially, shales were consid-ered very homogeneous, and surface seismic wasn’t seen as particularly useful,” says Peter Duncan, found-ing president of MicroSeismic Inc., a Houston-based geophysical service company. “But it’s been proven out that there is a lot of variation in the shales. This has given new life to the seismic business in fi nding where the sweet spots are. But fi nding which attributes are the right ones is still a work in progress.”

If the technology to acquire micro-seismic data has climbed about 80 per cent of the development curve, and the technology to image that data is also at about 80 per cent, the interpretation of microseismic data still lags far behind.

“These are the very early days, something like the late 1980s in con-ventional seismic, and we’re only beginning to understand how to inter-pret it,” says MicroSeismic’s Canadian expatriate president.

At the heart of microseismic is the concept of rock elasticity. Conventional seismic work shares this foundation, and it’s one reason these two data sets make good interpretation bedfellows.

Rock particles minutely expand and contract in response to seismic waves, but this movement is different

Elasticity

Surface-monitored microseismic swam against the current of industry acceptance for years before being accepted as a viable methodology. The proof of its acceptance is that most major downhole microseismic service providers now also offer surface microseismic.

“So the good news is we’re not out there as the lone guys on the block answering the question, ‘Why doesn’t any-body else do this?’” says Peter Duncan, founding president of MicroSeismic Inc. “The bad news is I’ve got a lot more com-petition than I’ve ever had before.”

PUSHING THE SEISMIC ENVELOPE

The integration of microseismic with other company data advances underground understanding

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in rock that remains whole and rock that shatters. So conventional seismic looks at the mechanical properties of rock before it fails, while microseismic observes rock when it goes beyond its elastic limit and is broken.

“From a conventional seismic point of view, the game is not only to find the sweet spots, but to be able to extract mechanical properties that would predict or give us some sense of prediction as to how the rock is going to respond to its fracture treat-ment,” Duncan says. “So we monitor when we fracture and calibrate those [conventional seismic] observations in order to do better with them in the future.”

Part of that microseismic mon-itoring also provides measurements of mechanical properties within the reservoir that, when married to con-ventional seismic data, can shed light on how the reservoir is going to pro-duce over time.

This is the theory at least, but a tremendous amount of geological and geophysical understanding needs to go into building these interpretive mod-els. Understanding rock failure is actu-ally still fairly limited. And a lot of research is currently being done at the university level.

David Cho, a PhD student at the University of Calgary work-ing under Bill Goodway, an Apache Corporation geophysics senior staff adviser, spends a lot of time putting rocks under stress and assessing the elasticity of materials.

“Surface [conventional] seismic gives you a way of remotely sensing the elastic properties in the ground. Well logging gives you a geo-mechanical model. Microseismic will sort of close that loop by confirming or denying your predictions,” he explains. “In addition to that, the microseismic will give you real-time information about what’s hap-pening in the reservoir.”

He says that the current range of microseismic product offerings in the field include event location and magnitude. Something about how the rock failed and the stress regime of the formation is the next level of data. The more advanced analytics include moment tensor inversions, which provide a sense of the source failure mechanisms, and some sta-tistical analysis of data sets such as “b-values,” which provide an indica-tion of whether a fracture is natural or was induced.

University research pushes the edges of geophysical and geological

understanding. Academia is the ideal setting for much of this research because it involves the integration of a lot of different disciplines.

Industry is also busy doing its own research into microseismic interpre-tation, but most of that work has to be geared to producing a revenue- generating product or service.

“Our research horizon is six to 24 months,” says Duncan. “But [this research] also needs a horizon of five years and that’s more appropriate to a university.”

Microseismic technology allows operators to monitor what is happening underground dur-

ing and after hydraulic fracking operations.

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Cutting edge

Resource plays, especially in the marginally economic shale gas plays, demand an unrelenting commitment to

driving down drilling and completions costs while improving production. The cutting edge of this process, the mighty drill bit, plays a crucial role.

In the Eagle Ford shale, for exam-ple, a producer using a Halliburton-designed bit recently drilled an 8,595-foot well with a single bit. With an average rate of penetration of 103 feet per hour, this set the record for the fastest lateral and lowest-cost-per-foot well drilled in the Briscoe Ranch fi eld in Maverick County, Texas, an area that typically requires three-bit runs.

What accounts for today’s expo-nential increases in rates of penetra-tion and abrasion resistance is years

of incremental improvements in the materials and binding technologies and, perhaps more importantly, the custom design and engineering work that now goes into selecting the right bit for the job.

Bit selection, once a matter of pull-ing a soft, medium or hard rock bit off the shelf, now begins with suppliers sitting down with producers to under-stand their goals. Drill bits are then designed, modelled and manufactured for quick delivery to site. Monitoring and optimization of bit performance continues from well to well.

Since service and turnaround times play a key role in this new game, a bou-tique industry of small, local drill bit manufacturers has sprung up.

“As customers push for customized performance, the niche we occupy is

how fast we can turn around these bits,” says Luke Wilson, Canada oper-ations team lead for Cordy Drilling Innovations, Inc., a subsidiary of Cordy Oilfi eld Services Inc.

Headquartered in Calgary, Cordy Drilling practices lean manufacturing and can turn around bits from concept to fi nished product in fi ve days for use in plays like the Cardium, Montney or Horn River.

“So if it takes 20 days to drill a lateral, we can even tweak a design modifi cation and get that bit back in the wellbore before they’re fi nished that lateral to see what benefi ts those tweaks can deliver,” Wilson says.

To compete with international ser-vice providers, smaller shops make their clients a proposition that goes something like this: “Give us the

Materials evolution continues in both the cutters and the drill bit bod-ies. Large service and supply companies typically offer the matrix-body drill bit because much research and investment has gone into developing its superior strength and abrasion resistance.

Smaller manufacturers, on the other hand, typically build steel-body bits, but steel has its advantages as well. Manufacturing turn-around time on steel-body bits still outstrips that of matrix-body bits, hard-surfacing technology for steel-body bits has advanced since the early days and steel-body bits also allow for better bit-cleaning designs than matrix bodies, some manufacturers claim.

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Custom drill bits cut resource play development costs

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opportunity, and we’ll put a capital outlay into your project. We’ll give you a very good baseline bit that will perform up to standards that you’re achieving already, but we’ll also turn our engineering over to you and con-tinue to make subtle changes to the bit to improve its performance.”

At the other end of the spectrum, size and deep pockets also have their advantages. International companies like Halliburton bring experience and expertise from over 12,000 drill-ing sites worldwide. One outcome of years of research and development is the matrix-body fixed-cutter bit, a per-formance star in shale plays.

These polycrystalline diamond compact bits have found wide industry acceptance in shale rock formations. But the hardest cutter isn’t necessarily the best cutter for the job, because with hardness comes brittleness.

“If you’re drilling at a high rate of penetration and then run into a harder formation, your cutter needs to be able to handle that transition with-out shattering,” says Brad Dunbar, product manager, fixed-cutter bits, for Halliburton. “Or if you’re going

from a soft formation into an abra-sive formation, you could literally burn the cutters up. So the evolution is about building a better cutter so it can weather the abrasion, but also manage the stresses.”

Traditional roller-cone bit technol-ogy is also seeing continued develop-ment at Halliburton. New thinking around selecting the right hardness grade for the inserts, how many inserts are used and their positioning on the cones make roller-cone bits a good choice in applications with high com-pressive strengths, highly interbedded and chert-type formations.

“Insert placement and positioning is key,” says Guy Phaneuf, product man-ager, roller-cone bits, for Halliburton. “We have software that models the positioning of these inserts.”

Because you are dealing with three cones on a roller-cone bit, you want to make sure that cone one through cone three will react equally to the exter-nal forces being applied. Halliburton’s energy-balanced bits ensure equal dis-placement of energy over all three cones.

What has changed in much of this work is Halliburton’s ability to

computer simulate a bit’s performance as it goes through different formations and through different transitions from one formation to another.

At the same time, oilfield service and supply majors have torn a page from local drill bit manufacturers’ customized optimization business strategy. “We use a process called DatCI design service, which stands for Design at the Customer Interface,” says Dunbar. “We talk to the cus-tomer, find what they’re really after and develop the best design for their application.”

In fact, this approach is not new, Halliburton would argue. Halliburton has incorporated the DatCI process for many years on a global scale.

“While these boutique companies look at a few specific applications, we do that on 12,000 different applica-tions in the world,” Dunbar says. “We have the best of both worlds because we can focus on individual applications, but we also have the research and technology behind us, so we can provide top-notch materi-als and designs to meet the needs of the customer.”

Bit technology has advanced to the point that custom bits, whether fixed cutter PDC (left) or hybrid (centre and right), can be delivered quickly to the lease.

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Magic trickNEXT Legacy promises to change the face of fracking

By R.P. Stastny

Dana Skinner is an inven-tor whose environmen-tally friendly stimulation and completions innova-

tion could make him one of the most celebrated people in the oilpatch. That day may be coming soon as his com-pany, NEXT Legacy Technologies Inc., moves into commercial production after almost fi ve years of product devel-opment and 36 tests on real wells.

Why is this such a big deal? Right now, fracking costs anywhere from $200,000 to over $1 million and involves multiple trucks with thou-sands of horsepower, pumping mil-lions of gallons of water and tonnes of sand into the ground. It’s expensive, wasteful of natural resources and, currently, there are few real alter-natives to hydraulic fracking apart from its variants, oil, acid and nitro-gen fracking.

Its product, NEXT Frac, could be that alternative. It promises to do the same subsurface work for a fraction of the cost, only a few litres of water and no proppant.

NEXT Legacy claims that it can frac one zone by blending about 200 litres of its dry 100 per cent–organic and non-toxic compounds with just 40 litres of water and using just a coil tub-ing service unit to deliver that mixture underground, where it expands up to

24 times its original volume over about 24 hours, hardens and leaves a porous network trail of fi ssures and fractures that allows the infl ow of hydrocarbons to the wellbore.

Two years agoSkinner called Oilweek almost two years ago, offering the opportunity to tell our readers about his revolutionary compound for fracture stimulations. He said then that a $5,000 treatment could do the work of what normally costs hundreds of thousands.

Admittedly, we were skeptical. Promising ideas don’t fair well in the market. Take Edmonton’s Triple D Technologies Inc.’s Freeze Frac stimu-lations method of freezing water under-ground to create pressure to crack rock. Despite being around for years now, no one is using it.

Our skepticism only grew when Skinner said certain people in the oilpatch had made death threats if he pursued commercialization of his fracturing product and that when he approached some frac companies, they offered to buy it and shelve it.

“That’s how scared they are,” he said. “It’s going to revolutionize the whole oilfi eld.”

Despite the death threats, Skinner didn’t seem particularly nervous. Maybe that was on account of his

military background and that fact that he’s a burly, powerful man himself.

Skinner said he also had a back-ground in chemical engineering and explosives, and that he’d been work-ing on his invention for three years and had sunk $3 million of his own money into the project by then.

“I’m ready to come out with it now so people stop chasing me around,” he said. “We’re going to sell what we have. There’s about 20 people standing on the doorstep right now. We’re talk-ing about $800 million to $1.5 billion for the sale of this product.”

He said he had some sharehold-ers, mostly family and friends. He said the product is made up of nine compounds and that he contracted Red Deer College to do laboratory testing.

But when we talked to Warren Elgersma, sciences chairman at Red Deer College, about those tests, he told us that “We don’t really have the resources to do a lot of what [Skinner] would like to determine…. But the compound does expand for sure and it does produce a lot of heat.”

What eventually kept us from run-ning anything but a brief mention of Skinner’s invention in Oilweek was its lack of in-fi eld testing. At the time, Skinner had only run it in three wells. The results from one, a 22-year-old oil well, apparently saw a 30 per cent


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increase in production. Otherwise, Skinner wasn’t in a position to pro-vide further details of those tests for verification.

TodaySkinner has come a long way since then. He has created NEXT Legacy Technologies to promote and market his invention, hired an engineer to run it and, this summer, hosted a number of show-and-tell demonstrations at its Leduc, Alta., facility. Oilweek attended one of these sessions in late August.

About 40 people shuffle about a bright, spacious workshop. Present are representatives from Calfrac Well Services Ltd., Alberta government offi-cials, consulting engineers and scien-tists, media and a couple businessmen from Texas, among others.

Watching the demonstration and listening to how NEXT Frac works, the thing that palpably begins to irk some people here like an unexplained magic trick, offending their understanding of how things are supposed to work, is how this mixture of compounds, once activated by water, seeks out rock. It builds pressure to crack rock not by containment, but within the matrix of the rock itself.

“Like an animal, it pulls itself into the rock and cleans itself out of the well casing,” we are told during

a PowerPoint presentation by Darren Wiltse, Next Legacy’s chief execu-tive officer.

So when poured into a two-inch borehole drilled in a solid block of con-crete, as Skinner shows us during the demonstration, the material gradually expands and shatters the block even though the ends of the borehole remain uncapped.

“It doesn’t take the path of least resistance,” Wiltse explains. “It stays away from water. Rocks attract the compound. We exposed it to many types of rocks and it works in all of them.”

Even more baffling, Skinner reaches into a pail and pulls out a handful of the compound that is about a third of the way through its expan-sion cycle, and pats it onto the side of a concrete section. First, it doesn’t burn his hand even though it’s generating significant heat at its core. Second, as he pours some more water over it, he tells us that as long as there is a small crack in the concrete, the material will work its way into the structure and break it apart.

How effective is it? We’re shown a PowerPoint slide of production results of six wells selected out of the 36 wells NEXT Frac says it tested the product in. The company’s bar graph shows roughly an eightfold increase in oil production. At the low end, one

well apparently went from 10 barrels a day to 80 barrels a day after NEXT Frac treatment. The best one went from about 17 barrels a day to 170 barrels a day.

To be clear, NEXT Legacy is still not disclosing any details of the secret ingredients or of the well tests—where they are, in which formation, who owns the wells, decline rates, etc. But Wiltse promises more will be revealed this fall when the company goes commercial.

And, judging from the buzz in this room and the various discussions pep-pered with words like “game changer,” NEXT Legacy will likely get a fair chance to prove itself in the field in the coming months.

The business model has changed since Oilweek first spoke with Skinner. NEXT Legacy isn’t looking to sell its invention anymore. Instead, it plans to licence its use to frac ser-vice providers. Supply NEXT Legacy with the technical information about the reservoir and what you’re trying to accomplish and it will mix what you need. Costs will be at a slight premium to current fracking practices, but the environmental and performance advantages are expected to outweigh that premium.

So will this be another promising idea or the real thing? Time may tell.

Dana Skinner, of NEXT Legacy Technologies Inc., demonstrated his revolutionary fracking technology to industry observers at its Leduc facility.

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The low-hanging fruit has been picked and chasing the next tier of hydrocarbons involves new challenges

that demand new drilling technology solutions.

“We have many more complex wells, from extended-reach horizon-tals to the complexities surround-ing deepwater wells, and we’ve got a demographic situation where experi-enced industry professionals are going into retirement,” explains Andreas Sadlier, global product line manager for surface logging and data solutions at Baker Hughes Incorporated. “On top of that, because everything is so cost competitive, we have to fi nd ways to drive down costs without sacrifi cing expertise and safety.”

One dimension of drilling innova-tion that addresses this issue has been a shift toward remote drilling services that extend the infl uence of increas-ingly scarce experts. What falls under the banner of remote drilling services, however, varies.

Its simplest variations involve computer technology linked by cel-lular or satellite communications to allow remotely based executives and experts to look over the shoulder of on-site operators and see how wells are progressing. At the other end of the

continuum are varying degrees of data transfer and interpretation, as well as input and control over the drilling pro-cesses by experts located at a remote control centre.

Baker Hughes’ WellLink Radar remote drilling advisory service tends toward the more sophisticated end of that continuum. Its focus is delivering wells on plan and outperforming bud-get projections by recognizing potential drilling problems before they occur.

“There’s a number of components to this solution,” Sadlier says. “First, our BEACON real-time remote col-laboration platform facilitates wellsite data aggregation and secure fi eld-to-office connectivity. BEACON has all the right redundancies and the ability to provide real-time data to the expert. And we also have a number of tech-nologies, such as case-based reason-ing, that can facilitate getting the right information to the right experts and delivering more consistency.”

WellLink Radar’s 24/7 drilling sur-veillance is combined with automated decision support from DrillEdge—a real-time case-based reasoning tech-nology provided by Norwegian-based technology provider Verdande Technology.

“So that’s the platform. The other component is the ability of our remote

service engineers to draw on the more than 100 years of historical Baker Hughes expertise more easily. Rather than tying up the best people on one job, they can service multiple jobs as needed and extend the reach of our global expertise from a remote centre.”

The premise behind this drilling approach is that similar problems have similar solutions. The case-based rea-soning software automatically and consistently identifi es patterns and trends from real-time drilling data and compares that to Baker Hughes’ historical cases.

“This guidance suggests what we should look at and possible advice for corrective action,” Sadlier says. “It doesn’t mean we’re automatically going to do that, but it gets us looking in the right direction and focused on what’s important rather than having to mine the tsunami of data that we have today.”

Situations that merit further inves-tigation show up on the case radar and allow remote engineers to focus attention where required. When they identify a potential event, they investi-gate, validate and collaborate to deter-mine the best course of action to avoid potential drilling problems.

“It’ll even identify good perfor-mance and, in real time, recall that

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expertise and put it in front of our remote users,” Sadlier says. “So essen-tially, it gives remote experts the abil-ity to look at more than one well at a time and have at their fingertips the necessary information.”

A lot of this technology comes from offshore applications where deep-water wells routinely cost in excess of $100 million to develop. Baker Hughes, for example, has been sup-porting North Sea drilling operations with remote drilling services for more than a decade now.

But long-reach horizontal wells in shale formations can run upwards of $10 million to develop as well, so remote services are headed for the shore with the coming of the shale gas revolution.

“For land operations, it’s more about reducing variability,” Sadlier says of Baker Hughes’ onshore ser-vices. “Onshore, it’s more about how can we identify the things that have gone well, capture that and use it on the next well?”

While the focus of offshore remote services is to reduce non-productive time and safety issues by maintaining the right pressures, avoiding lost circu-lation events, stuck pipe, etc., onshore services are geared to optimization and repeatability.

Onshore remote drilling services also incorporate a problem-solving dimension for detecting vibrational issues, erratic torque, stuck pipe and the like, but the technology goes beyond just looking for red/green light scenarios.

“It’s looking for trends,” Sadlier says. “So it’s less diagnostic and more predictive. Both are important.”

Where Baker Hughes sees value for WellLink Radar in western Canadian applications is in its ability to focus on an entire field collectively. If an operator is running multiple rigs at the same area, this technology can improve efficiencies.

“In land operations where it’s a bit less complex, it may take several wells before they have a problem or to start to really establish that base-line for achieving the repeatability,” Sadlier adds.

The only problem is that Baker Hughes has yet to roll out this ser-vice in Canada. Currently, it’s being focused on the offshore arena.

“In Canada, we’re focused on a dif-ferent remote solution. WellLink Fit is a remote directional service that’s aimed at rightsizing our directional ser-vices for the routine sections,” Sadlier says. “So we have a lot of demand for these basic directional services, and

this service provides maximum value, but only with what’s needed. It’s in the prototype stage, but we hope to bring it in the remote-service dimension later this year.”

WellLink Fit leverages a third-party service company’s satellite connectivity and its directional system software to decode the Baker Hughes measurement-while-drilling (MWD) signals.

“Since the supplier is already on location, using that system will reduce our rigsite footprint,” Sadlier says. “Another benefit to customers is that our MWD engineers will be able to work in the BEACON remote centre so operators can use the same MWD hand to monitor two or more of their wells. It adds value with a more fit-for-purpose solution where the specialist doesn’t need to be on location,” Sadlier adds. “But our directional drillers will stay at the rig to make sure of the pre-cise wellbore placement.... Also, if the well is more complex or requires more than a basic directional or directional gamma service, then our other drill-ing service solutions would make a better fit.”

As remote services continue to evolve, the full range of benefits have yet to be realized, Sadlier says. There are still a lot of opportunities to be exploited in this evolution.

High-speed data transmission capabilities and enhanced reservoir imaging software are combining to allow improved remote drilling initiatives.

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Quebecers head west for the straight story on living with shale gas developments

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The straight goods

In the five years or so that the implementation of horizontal drilling and multistage hydraul ic fracture stimulation has changed the face of the conventional oil and gas business in North America, operators and service providers have pretty much nailed the technology. Horizontal wells now account for the majority of drilling, and fracking has become just another stage in

the completion process.But while fracking has become common in the indus-

try, it is far from accepted in many places across North America, particularly in areas that don’t have a long his-tory of living with the oil and gas business. Concerns sur-rounding aquifer contamination persist—despite evidence to the contrary—and fracking bans continue to inhibit the development of shale gas resources.

In Quebec, a strategic environmental assessment into the impact of natural gas development recommended by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement in the fall of 2010 is about two-thirds of the way complete, and a final report from the assessment committee is expected in the fall of 2013.

Until then, however, Quebec’s natural gas industry, led by the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec (OGSAQ), is taking the bull by the horns to educate the public about the realities of horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracking. In July, it launched that initiative by spon-soring, with the participation of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), a tour of Alberta that brought rural residents of Quebec together with rural Albertans who have lived with oil and gas—and fracking—for generations.

“With so much discussion and debate happening in the province of Quebec with regards to the development of their natural gas resources, this was an opportunity to bring rural residents from Quebec out here and get them talking one

on one with Alberta farmers who have been dealing directly with the oil and gas industry here for years,” PSAC pres-ident Mark Salkeld said of the three-day tour.

Tour participants met with a number of rural Albertans who deal with oil and gas on a daily basis, and also with the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the Surface Rights Board, two Alberta regulatory agencies with a global repu-tation for effective and efficient regulation of the upstream oil and gas industry, and pressure pumping services provider Trican Well Service Ltd.

“This tour allowed participants to experience first-hand the quality of the relationship that has developed between farmers and Alberta’s natural gas industry,” OGSAQ pres-ident Mario Lévesque said following the tour. “It was an opportunity to demystify the process of hydraulic fracturing and to demonstrate how, under an appropriate regulatory environment, the industry acts in a safe and environment-ally friendly way.”

Over the last several years, Lévesque says, Quebecers have been bombarded with negative press surrounding fracking and shale gas development, most notably the con-troversial documentary Gasland, which purported to offer evidence that fracking contaminates drinking water. The tour, he says, was an initiative undertaken by OGSAQ to provide real, first-hand information on what it’s like to live with fracking on a daily basis and to prove that fracking operations, when done properly, are environmentally safe.

And Alberta, he says, was a logical destination for Quebecers seeking answers to questions about fracking and the natural gas industry. Alberta produces 73 per cent of the fossil fuel energy produced in Canada and is home to 64 per cent of the country’s natural gas reserves. Since the 1950s, 171,000 wells in Alberta have been fracked, and since 2008, more than 3,300 horizontal wells with multi-stage fracking have been drilled.


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Pascal Grodin, who lives in the St. Lawrence Lowlands community of Thetford Mines south of Quebec City (atop the eastern fringes of the Utica shale zone in Quebec), came to Alberta hoping to get the straight facts on fracking after hearing only the horror stories related by critics.

“In Quebec, there has been a lot of controversy, and I wanted to see for myself what is the industry outside of what we see in the media, either from the industry or from the opponents to development,” he said. “What I saw here was the conversations between the people and the industry and all the regulations around that which make the decisions easier for people to accept this kind of development on their land.”

The tour, he said, constituted a crash course in the oil and gas industry, and served to open his eyes to the realities of drilling and fracking and to the fact that oil and gas developments—even the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing—can be carried out with min-imal disruption and impact on agricultural activities.

“I learned a lot and what I learned is totally different from what I thought,” he said. “I learned that these develop-ments can be done environmentally friendly and that is very important for me. I understand more now the business.”

That understanding, Lévesque said, is the key mes-sage OGSAQ wants to convey to Quebec residents and politicians, in a manner that is at once informative and non-confrontational.

“I leave here with a renewed conviction that it is pos-sible to develop the gas industry while respecting local communities, and in particular the farming community,” he said. “We have seen with our own eyes that there exists an alternative to confrontation and that there are people embracing this alternative.”

Michael Binnion, president and chief executive officer of Calgary-based Questerre Energy Corporation, says the tour of Quebecers to Alberta was just the opening move in getting proper information into the hands of stakeholders in Quebec, including the politicians who will ultimately decide how the province’s gas resources are produced.

[Above] Quebec rural residents met several of their Alberta counterparts who live daily with oil and gas developments virtually in their backyards.[Below] Mario Lévesque (left), president of the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec, was responsible for putting the tour together.

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“The main goal [of the tour] was to show how Canadians actually develop natural gas and counter the myths imported from America on how Americans develop natural gas,” he said. “But one tour is not enough for the message that Canada is different than America on regulatory approach to get through. It is essential to have a dialogue and the farmer tour proved to be the right forum and the right audience.”

Educating the politicians, however, could be more of a challenge than educating rural residents. In the wake of the Parti Quebecois’s minority election win in September, Martine Ouellet, a Hydro-Quebec engineer named to head the natural resources ministry, appeared to slam the door shut on any future shale gas develop-ment in the province.

“I do not see the day when there will be technologies allowing the safe extraction of [shale natural gas],” she told reporters as she headed into her minority government’s fi rst cabinet meeting. “Our position is very clear: we want a complete moratorium, not only on exploitation, but also on exploration of shale gas.”

Binnion, however, dismissed Ouellet’s comments, and said they will have no impact on the company’s business plans, in Quebec or elsewhere.

“There is already a moratorium in Quebec. So the minis-ter’s comments about a moratorium have no impact on our business plan,” he said. “We were disappointed to hear that the minister does not believe modern completion techniques can ever be done safely, which is ironic since Quebec imports about 500 million cubic feet a day of natural gas from west-ern Canada that is safely produced using this proven, well-established technology.”

Adding to the confusion over just where the Parti Quebecois stands with respect to shale gas development is Ouellet’s admis-sion in early October that the province favoured development of shale oil resources in the Old Harry geological area of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, near Îles de la Madeleine, and on Anticosti Island.

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Milepost ManufacturingSturgeon County AB780 459-1030

Millenium Oilfield Services LtdOyen AB403 664-3116

MIM Your Body Mechanics In MotionGrande Prairie AB780 832-8711

Mitchco Spraying LtdKitscoty AB780 808-0521

MOJO TruckingDrayton Valley AB780 542-5283

Muskwa Valley Ventures LtdFort Nelson BC250 500-3478

Newalta CorporationCalgary AB403 806-7000

Newcart Safety ServicesRocky Mountain House AB800 661-6986

Nilex IncEdmonton AB780 463-9535

Nisku Security Patrol IncNisku AB780 955-9308

Nor-Alta Environmental Services LtdEdmonton AB 780 486-4931

North Shore Environmental ConsultantsSherwood Park AB 780 467-3354

Northern Climate Soils LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-6203

Northern Factory WorkwearLloydminster AB780 875-4800

Northern Lights CollegeDawson Creek BC250 782-5251

Northern Waste Water ServicesFort St John BC250 262-4985

Northwest Fire Rescue & TrainingGunn AB877 393-7498

NWT Safety Supplies LtdNisku AB 780 955-8797

Odor Tech CanadaNisku AB 780 980-6760

Oilfield Medical Services IncCalgary AB403 669-4465

On.Site Advanced Medical ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 402-2339

Ordos Fire Equipment LtdEdmonton AB780 466-2033

Panther Environmental IncBonnyville AB780 812-2702

Paragon Performance TrainingFort McMurray AB780 799-7350

Peace Sign & Graphics IncPeace River AB780 624-4334

Petro Plan Safety LtdCalgary AB403 261-7064

Phoenix Treatment SystemsClairmont AB403 862-6662

Plains Environmental IncMelville SK306 728-3636

PPE Safety Services LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-7217

Preference First AidDawson Creek BC 250 719-8200

Pride H2S Safety & Medical ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 539-4119

Primco Dene (EMS) LPCold Lake AB780 594-4034

Priority One First Aid LtdFort St John BC250 793-5747

Prodahl Environmental Services LtdLloydminster AB306 825-5933

Pro-Envirocore Consulting IncCalgary AB403 519-1698

Rapid Rod Service LtdHigh River AB 403 652-7000


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YRCO Lease Mowing & MulchingDrayton Valley AB 780 542-5150

Remote ResponseWorsley AB 780 251-0099

Remote Sewer Systems LtdGrande Prairie AB780 625-1817

Remote Waste LPSexsmith AB780 537-3011

Respect Breathing Air & Safety ServicesWhitecourt AB780 779-8689

Rig Ratz H2S SafetyFort St John BC250 785-7289

The Robert James Medic GroupRed Deer AB403 350-5377

Robwel Constructors IncConklin AB780 559-2966

Rocky Mountain Containment Airdrie AB403 946-4735

SafeTech Consulting Group LtdEdmonton AB877 455-4480

Safety BOSS IncCalgary AB403 261-5075

Safety BuzzMedicine Hat AB 403 526-8400

Safety Man Canada Ltd Airdrie AB 403 945-3533

Safety Training CentreRed Deer AB403 341-4544

Saskatchewan Energy Training InstituteWeyburn SK306 848-2500

Scrub Squad Cleaning ServicesFort Nelson BC250 775-1052

SDS Environmental Services LtdWainwright AB780 842-6365

Service Masters SecurityRed Deer AB403 358-8908

SHARP Environmental (2000) LtdFairview AB 780 835-4646

Shield Specialized Emergency Services IncEdmonton AB 780 416-6082

Silverstream Outdoor IncCalgary AB 587 216-0660

Site Safety Services IncSylvan Lake AB 403 887-8842

Skye Lyne ConsultingHigh Level AB780 926-3552

Slave Safety Supply LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-4214

Snow Valley Site Solutions IncFernie BC250 430-7779

SOS Oilfield SafetyGrande Prairie AB780 539-5393

Sphere Environmental LtdOkotoks AB403 995-2137

Spring Air Industrial AcousticsRocky View County AB403 295-6110

Summit Safety IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-9191

Superior Fire Control LtdGrande Prairie AB780 882-0070

Taber Water Disposal IncTaber AB 403 223-2658

Target Emission ServicesCalgary AB855 225-8755

Target Safety ServicesLloydminster AB780 870-5350

TCATaber AB403 223-1113

Tenaquip LtdCalgary AB403 203-5721

Terra Water SystemsCalgary AB403 264-4882

Terry’s Lease Maintenance LtdSylvan Lake AB403 350-7017

TervitaCalgary AB 403 233-7565

Toro Safety Consulting Development & Design IncSherwood Park AB 780 464-8530

Total Combustion IncCalgary AB 403 309-7731

Total SafetyEdmonton AB 780 461-0738

Transcend Safety Services LtdStettler AB403 742-4216

Trek Construction & Environmental Services LtdCalgary AB403 274-1000

Tri Jet Services IncWhitecourt AB780 779-4965

Tri-Arrow Industrial Recovery IncSurrey BC604 597-7334

Trinity Safety & TrainingSaskatoon SK306 955-9933

Trojan Air Monitoring ServicesFort St John BC250 785-9557

Trojan Safety Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-9557

Tundra Environmental & Geotechnical DrillingStettler AB 403 742-6601

Tundra Specialized Services IncSherwood Park AB888 818-2247

United Safety Ltd Airdrie AB403 912-3690

Universal Environmental Safety Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-2122

Universal Fluid Carriers (UFC)Drayton Valley AB780 514-4459

Vantage Safety Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-4097

Vital Safety Training LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-2016

Walls Apparel Canada, IncEdmonton AB780 466-6385

Wapose Medical Services IncFort McMurray AB 780 714-6654

Watchorn Oilfield Rentals & ServiceFairview AB 780 834-0055

Waterline Resources IncCalgary AB 403 243-5611

WellSite Environmental IncCalgary AB 403 263-9011

Western Canadian Containment (WCC)Camrose AB780 672-0323

Western Solutions 2000 LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-3364

Westland ConsultingEdmonton AB780 447-5052

White Bear Work WearNisku AB780 955-3810

Whitecourt Transport IncWhitecourt AB780 778-2226

Whitmore Protective Technology IncCalgary AB403 457-5588

Worktime WearhouseHines Creek AB 780 494-3836

Xtra Energy ServicesRed Deer AB 403 506-7654

Geological & Geophysical ServicesDawson Energy Advisors LtdSalt Spring Island BC250 537-1741

Forward Energy Group IncCalgary AB403 214-0066

John Crane Canada IncEdmonton AB780 466-1338

Maltais Geomatics IncEdmonton AB780 483-2015

Midwest Surveys IncCalgary AB403 244-7471

MPE Geomatics LtdLethbridge AB403 381-1320

Pals Geomatics CorpEdmonton AB 780 455-3177


Petrel Robertson Consulting LtdCalgary AB403 218-1618

Petro Logic ServicesCalgary AB403 270-8517

Precision Geomatics IncEdmonton AB 780 470-4000

Source-Eval LtdCalgary AB 403 607-6565

Stewart Weir & Co LtdSherwood Park AB 780 410-2580

Vista Geomatics LtdCalgary AB403 270-4048

Laboratory ServicesALS EnvironmentalEdmonton AB780 413-5227

Apex Technological Field Services LtdCalgary AB403 818-2739

Central LabsRed Deer AB403 348-8378

Chandler Consulting IncRed Deer AB403 343-6869

CoreLab, Integrated Reservoir Solutions DivisionCalgary AB 403 295-3284

Fluid LifeEdmonton AB780 462-2400

Phoenix Safety ConsultingDawson Creek BC250 467-3121

POLARIS LaboratoriesEdmonton AB877 808-3750

Procurement & Construction ServicesA I M Oilfield ServicesWabasca AB780 891-1003

ABCAN Forest Industries IncLa Crete AB780 928-4110

ACI Acoustical Consultants IncEdmonton AB 780 414-6373

Albright Refrigeration LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-8820

All Around Oilfield Services LtdBarrhead AB780 674-6457

Amaritech Electric & Controls LtdRed Deer County AB 403 346-2071

Andy Harapchuk ConstructionSangudo AB 780 785-2060

Arctic Crane Service LtdClairmont AB780 814-6990

ARW Truck Equipment LtdCalgary AB403 243-6111

Aurora Energy Controls LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-0785

Avalon FencingNisku AB780 955-3370

B & B Wilson Oilfield Service LtdSwan Hills AB780 333-4502

Badger DaylightingRed Deer AB403 343-0303

Bare Contractors LtdFox Creek AB 780 622-3743

barkmanSteinbach MB 204 667-3310

Basarab Garry Construction & GraderHigh Prairie AB780 523-4793

Battle River Oilfield Construction LtdManning AB780 836-3498

Bauer Foundations Canada IncCalgary AB403 723-0159

Beachcorner Crane Service LtdOnoway AB780 967-3454

Bear Slashing IncBonnyville AB780 826-8048

Beaver Mulching IncRed Deer County AB403 358-7762

Benoit Oilfield Construction (1997) LtdChauvin AB 780 858-3794

Bernie Lublinkhof Welding LtdAlhambra AB403 729-2261

Biantco Environmental Services IncLethbridge AB403 327-8194

Bieg-A-Hoe Backhoe Service LtdFairview AB 780 835-3627

Big Block Picker Services LtdEdson AB780 712-3045

Bob’s Pile Driving & Crane ServiceWhitecourt AB780 778-2761

Bohn Pumpjack & Picker ServiceSwan Hills AB780 333-4350

Borysiuk Contracting IncPrince Albert SK306 763-0911

Brews SupplyCalgary AB403 243-1144

Broersen Construction LtdBrooks AB403 793-0688

Bula.ca Construction/Maintenance ServicesBlackfalds AB 403 885-5919

BWG ExcavatingMedicine Hat AB403 502-3611

C & D Oilfield Construction LtdHanna AB403 854-2528

C. Herman Trucking LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-5399

Camtech Construction IncEdmonton AB780 480-8000

Can West Projects IncCalgary AB403 261-8890

Canada Crane Services IncNisku AB780 955-7564

Canada CulvertEdmonton AB780 487-3404

Canadian Discovery LtdCalgary AB403 269-3644

Carlan Services LtdWhitecourt AB 780 778-4998

CarRey Picker Service LtdEdson AB 780 723-4880

Cat Bros Oilfield Construction LtdAlix AB403 747-2723

CBW Resource ConsultantsCalgary AB403 265-9347

CC Blocking SystemsRed Deer AB 403 358-2195

Chevallier Geo-Con LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 844-2736

Civic Recycling & Equipment 1995 LtdCalgary AB403 236-9600

Clark Construction Ltd Altario AB403 552-2477

Clayton Construction Co LtdLloydminster AB780 875-8754

Clear Path MulchersDrayton Valley AB780 621-6397

Commercial Sand Blasting & PaintingSaskatoon SK 306 931-2820

Compass Industrial Services LtdSherwood Park AB780 417-9553

Conway Electric IncFort St John BC250 785-6829

Covolt Systems LtdWhitecourt AB780 706-3340

Crow Enterprises LtdThorsby AB780 789-3721

Crude Energy Services IncLac La Biche AB780 623-4409

Curly’s ContractingFalher AB780 837-1009

D.A. Electric LtdLethbridge AB403 328-4849

D.A. McIntyre Construction LtdEdmonton AB780 484-6333

Dacapa Crane & Rigging LtdSpruce Grove AB780 963-0004

Danny’s Picker Service LtdSlave Lake AB 780 849-5441


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YDave’s Truck & CraneCalgary AB403 333-4843

Dawn Lynn Construction LtdHinton AB780 865-7266

Day Construction LtdCarnduff SK306 482-3244

DBC Contractors Ltd Airdrie AB 403 948-5991

DBY Contractors IncTangent AB780 359-2363

Deep Basin Contracting LtdBeaverlodge AB780 354-2696

Demco Electric LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-7884

Deniche Screw PilingSpruce Grove AB780 318-1821

DFIEdmonton AB 780 466-5237

Digger Dan’s Contracting LtdKindersley SK 306 463-4871

Dipper Oilfield DevelopmentsConklin AB780 559-2244

Dunne-za Ventures LPFort St John BC250 787-5084

Dwight’s Picker Service & Oilfield Hauling (1997) LtdRed Deer AB403 347-8632

E & E Oilfield Services LtdStettler AB403 742-6607

Earth & Iron IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-5622

Echo-B-Canada LtdBeaumont AB780 778-5423

Edge Controls IncDawson Creek BC250 784-0555

Elite Technologies IncFort St John BC250 785-3311

Enahz ContractingFalher AB780 837-7700

Encore Trucking & Transport LtdEdmonton AB 780 463-5057

ENGCO Specialty Electrical ProductsNisku AB780 955-2501

Enjay Contracting IncGrande Prairie AB780 402-1900

Excel HydrovacEdmonton AB780 983-9330

ExlcoHanna AB 403 854-2077

Falvo Electrical Supply LtdEdmonton AB780 466-8078

Fearless Oilfield Service (FOS)Slave Lake AB780 849-8554

Fine Line ServicesHigh Level AB780 926-3298

Finlay Crane Service LtdOlds AB 403 556-3411

Flint Energy Services LtdCalgary AB403 215-5499

Force Pile Driving LtdRed Deer AB403 341-0030

Formula Contractors LtdStony Plain AB780 968-1102

4 Lee Cat ServiceBarrhead AB780 674-7370

Fox Creek ExcavatingFox Creek AB780 622-7675

Frontier Fencing LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-7773

Garnet’s Oilfield Trucking IncRed Deer County AB403 346-7668

Gazelle’s Oilfield Services LtdBreton AB780 696-3412

General Recycling Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 461-5555

Good To Go Oilfield Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-3693

Gordon Bros ConstructionValleyview AB780 524-3595Drayton Valley AB 780 621-3304

Gray Electric LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 296-5274

Greschner Enterprises (2007)Manning AB 780 836-2544

Grimshaw Gravel Sales LtdGrimshaw AB780 332-2284

Grizzly Electric & Instrumentation LtdSlave Lake AB 780 849-9164

Groundwater Control SystemsEdmonton AB780 447-4685

GTS Machine & DynoDrumheller AB403 823-2616

Gummow’s Construction Ltd/Alberta PipelinerSwan Hills AB780 333-4879

H F Nodes Construction LtdPouce Coupe BC250 786-5474

H & H Shearing & Salvage LtdHigh Level AB780 841-1119

H & S Oilfield ServicesWandering River AB780 771-2027

H. Rahn Contracting LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-0097

Helical Pier Systems LtdSherwood Park AB780 992-0007

Hopkins Construction (Lacombe) LtdLacombe AB403 782-4400

Hunter Hydrovac IncBentley AB403 304-7556

Hurricane Industries LtdLloydminster SK780 875-5597

Hydrodig Canada IncBentley AB403 748-2110

HydroMaxx Hydro Vac ServicesBrooks AB403 362-0500

Hy-Line Crane & Picker Service LtdHinton AB780 865-3448

Iconic Power and Controls IncCalgary AB 403 240-1233

InSite Petroleum Consultants LtdCalgary AB403 262-2499

Integral Energy Services LtdAirdrie AB 403 912-1261

IPAC Services CorporationClairmont AB 780 532-7350

IVIS IncEdmonton AB780 476-2626

J D Haggart Contracting LtdCarrot Creek AB 780 712-1640

Jackson Power & Electric LtdEdmonton AB780 435-9275

JazCo Contracting LtdBassano AB403 641-2465

JD Piling & Anchor LtdFort St John BC250 787-6001

Jim Moffatt ConstructionWorsley AB780 685-3600

Jodek Industries LtdSpruce View AB403 728-3966

K G Enterprises LtdLamont AB780 895-7554

K & R ServicesFairview AB780 835-5585

Kevin Crocker Contracting LtdBonanza AB780 353-2616

Kimmitt ExcavatingElnora AB403 773-7807

King Cool Refrigeration, Heating & Air Conditioning LtdFort St John BC250 787-1688

Klassen Blade Contracting LtdRed Deer AB403 598-2485

Kowal Construction Alta LtdCrossfield AB403 946-4450

KSB Industrial Services IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-7678

L & L Oilfield Construction (1990) LtdLloydminster SK306 825-6111

Lakeshore Contracting LtdFort McMurray AB 780 714-3665


Lalonde Contracting Oilfield LoggingHinton AB 780 865-0008

Landmass DirtworxCochrane AB 403 399-5103

LaPrairie CraneTumbler Ridge BC 250 242-5561

Larson Contracting LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-4552

Lightning Hydrovac LtdLloydminster SK780 205-4822

Littlehawk Enterprises Ltd Arcola SK306 455-2667

Lobo Picker Service LtdFort St John BC250 785-2970

Lonestar Vacuum IncSylvan Lake AB780 887-0234

LTD Oilfield Services IncRedwater AB780 942-4484

Lydell Logging & Oilfield Construction LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-6019

Lynx Creek SteamingHinton AB780 865-0329

M & R PTL Backhoe, Trucking & Cat ServiceWhitecourt AB780 778-5553

Marcus Pipe IncEdmonton AB780 490-7473

Marks Oilfield Services IncMilo AB403 599-0003

Marnevic Construction LtdFox Creek AB780 622-3994

Maverick Construction LtdSaskatoon SK306 933-2950

McLellan Fencing 1997 Lethbridge LtdLethbridge AB403 329-0625

McNeil ConstructionGrande Cache AB 780 827-4444

Metro’s ContractingWaskatenau AB 780 358-2351

Mid-East Oilfield Services IncMinburn AB 780 593-3946

Mielke Way EnterprisesStettler AB 403 741-7121

Mile “0” Electric LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-4662

Mixcor Aggregates IncLeduc AB780 986-6721

Moose Jaw RefineryMoose Jaw SK306 691-7800

MorQuest Electric LtdMorinville AB780 939-7585

Myshak Crane & Rigging LtdAcheson AB780 960-9790

Navigator Resource Consulting LtdCalgary AB403 233-7380

Nels Ostero LtdFort St John BC250 789-3508

Newcart ContractingRocky Mountain House AB403 845-4884

Newforce Energy Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 514-7882

Nipisi Electric LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-3700

Noise Solutions IncCalgary AB403 232-0916

Nordic Industries (1979) LtdSaskatoon SK306 653-3663

Northern Mat & Bridge LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-4135

NorthstarGrande Prairie AB780 539-0700

Northstar Hydrovac IncValleyview AB855 524-2666

NWS ConstructionHinton AB 780 865-4469

OGS ConsultingKamsack SK 306 542-3635

OSSA Terra LtdLethbridge AB 403 328-5882

P.C. Oilfield Construction Supplies LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-5134

Pasco Maintenance LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-4041

Permalta LtdDonnelly AB780 925-2400

Petrowest Construction LPFort McMurray AB780 743-0486

Petrowest Energy Services CorpGrande Prairie AB780 830-0881

Phoenix Fence IncEdmonton AB780 447-1919

Pile Base Contractors 1987 LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5292

PileMasterGrande Prairie AB780 539-3538

Pinnacle Picker Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 512-7775

Pipemaster Oilfield Services IncMarsden SK306 826-5550

PMP Powerline ConstructionAssiniboia SK306 642-3547

Pokey Trucking LtdFalher AB780 837-1958

Porta CrushRedwater AB780 942-3699

Powell Cats LtdChauvin AB780 858-3978

Predator LogisticsVegreville AB 780 632-9394

Prentice Creek Contracting LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-6884

Pro Pile IncFort St John BC 250 787-2663

Profoxx Energy Services LtdFox Creek AB780 622-5015

Pruden Contracting LtdFort McMurray AB 780 714-6654

Pyramid CorporationNisku AB 780 955-2988

Quigley ContractingCharlie Lake BC250 787-0254

R Bee CrushingWembley AB780 766-3343

R. Pollitt Oilfield Construction LtdLeslieville AB403 729-3778

Reda Enterprises LtdBonnyville AB780 826-2737

Reg Norman Trucking LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-2778

REW Electric (2003) IncHigh Level AB780 926-2245

Richard Oilfield Services LtdPlamondon AB780 798-3288

Rindal Oilfield Construction LtdCoronation AB403 578-2097

Risley Equipment IncGrande Prairie AB780 532-3282

Ritchie Bros Construction IncSilver Valley AB780 351-2345

River Valley ContractorsDrayton Valley AB780 542-7712

Riviere’s Construction LtdPincher Creek AB403 627-4131

Rocky Road ContractingBay Tree AB780 864-1269

Rogers Trucking IncFort St John BC250 785-3647

Rogo Holdings LtdSpruce Grove AB 780 962-9209

Roszko Construction LimitedWhitecourt AB 780 778-3961

Roterra Screw Piling LtdEdmonton AB 780 454-9796

Roy Larson ConstructionClairmont AB 780 830-3051

RSI Crane Service IncEdmonton AB 780 641-2141

Ruskin Construction LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 538-1919


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YS & R TransportKindersley SK306 463-7544

Scafom CanadaEdmonton AB780 472-6255

SedonaTaber AB403 223-3255

Sedore Enterprises LtdRed Deer AB403 391-1145

Site Energy ServicesCalgary AB403 818-4183

SL Oilfield Construction LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-3763

Smash & Sons Contracting LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-3665

Smithbrook Mud Services LtdBrooks AB403 362-4071

Smitty’s Oilfield Services LtdEckville AB403 588-4640

Soldan Fence & MetalsSherwood Park AB780 436-9530

Southline Inspections LtdCarnduff SK306 482-3917

Speight Construction IncRocky Mountain House AB403 845-2548

Standard General IncSt Albert AB780 459-6611

Stenhouse Construction LtdFalher AB780 837-0617

Stone Eagle Electrical SupplyFort McMurray AB 780 715-4463

Streeper & Sons Trucking LtdFort Nelson BC 250 774-7425

Strictly Fences LtdMoose Jaw SK306 692-4303

Stuber’s Cat Service LtdBarrhead AB 780 785-2173

Summit 1998 Oilfield LtdGrimshaw AB 780 332-4115

Sunpro Production Service LtdRocky Mountain House AB 403 844-0931

Sylvan Backhoe & Bobcat ServiceSylvan Lake AB403 887-5604

T N T Hydro-Vac & Line LocatorsRocky Mountain House AB403 845-5828

Taber Pipe & EquipmentTaber AB403 223-1277

Tangle Ridge Custom Crushing LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-7900

Tarnes Electric LtdKindersley SK306 463-2511

Techmation Electric & Controls Ltd Airdrie AB403 243-0990

Thompson Bros (Constr) LPSpruce Grove AB780 962-1030

Trigon Construction LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-2332

Tri-S Concrete (1996) LtdFairview AB780 835-2050

Tristar Hydrovacs LtdStettler AB403 883-2525

Triwell Oilfield Construction (1989) LtdTaber AB403 223-3292

True Grit Oilfield Services LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-9414

Twister Piling IncNisku AB780 955-8880

Unsurpassable Construction LtdDidsbury AB403 994-0700

Urban Scaffolding LtdEdmonton AB 780 452-5950

Veracity Energy Services LtdCalgary AB403 537-1300

Wajax EquipmentEdmonton AB780 483-6641

Wallace Oilfield Services LtdSedgewick AB 780 384-3779

Waydex Services LPGrande Prairie AB 780 538-9101

Weir Construction LtdDunmore AB 403 527-1829

Wellside ServicesGrimshaw AB780 332-2512

West Coast Scaffolding IncEdmonton AB780 939-5595

Westburne Electric Supply AlbertaCalgary AB403 243-4214

West-Can Seal Coating IncDidsbury AB403 335-9137

Willowdale Crane Service IncBarrhead AB780 920-1970

Wilmot Supervision LtdPonoka AB403 783-4655

Woodland EnterprisesRycroft AB780 765-2496

WorleyParsonsCord LtdEdmonton AB780 465-5516

Zach’s Oilfield Services LtdStrathmore AB 403 793-5741

Regulatory & Government Permitting ServicesRoadata Services LtdRed Deer AB403 341-7466

Visser Consulting LtdCalgary AB 403 239-3797

Reserves & Resource Determination ServicesAJM DeloitteCalgary AB403 648-3200

Fekete Associates IncCalgary AB 403 213-4200

GLJ Petroleum ConsultantsCalgary AB403 266-9500

McDaniel & Associates Consultants LtdCalgary AB403 262-5506

Roke TechnologiesCalgary AB403 273-5553

Sproule Associates LimitedCalgary AB403 294-5500


Compression Products & ServicesAnnugas Compression Consulting LtdWetaskiwin AB780 361-2350

Bluewater Compressor Services LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-8793

Brahma Compression LtdCalgary AB403 287-6990

Brittania Industries 2009 IncLeduc AB780 986-5955

ComGen Power SolutionsRed Deer County AB403 357-3348

CPI Service-AllwestMedicine Hat AB403 529-5111

Cream CompressionDrayton Valley AB780 542-2250

FloMax Compression LtdDrumheller AB403 823-9920

Frontline Compression Services IncRimbey AB403 843-4546

Gas DriveCalgary AB403 387-6300

Gas Field InnovatorsLinden AB403 546-0011

Northwest Equipment LtdAirdrie AB403 945-1988

PC Compression IncNisku AB780 955-4292

Power Serv Engine & Compressor Repair 1998 LtdMedicine Hat AB403 527-9426

Rival Engine & Compressor Services LtdEdmonton AB780 941-3833

Sage Energy CorpRocky View County AB403 250-8810

Sterling Machine And Compression IncEdmonton AB780 439-1212

Tiger Machining IncSherwood Park AB780 467-2024

WestRon Pumps, Compressors & Blowers/VacuumEdmonton AB780 732-7867

Drilling ContractorsA M A Drilling And Water Well ServiceRed Deer AB403 347-7704

Aable Directional BoringOlds AB403 391-3227

Access Waterwells IncEdson AB780 723-2242

Alberta Tall Pine Drilling LtdBentley AB403 748-2955

Alken Basin Drilling LtdBentley AB403 748-4340

Allstar Construction LtdEdmonton AB780 452-6330

Anderson Water WellsFort St John BC250 785-2285

ARK Directional Services IncCrossfi eld AB403 946-2550

Arrival Oil Tools IncCalgary AB403 730-6660

Ashburn Drilling LtdEdson AB780 723-7641

Bertram Drilling CorpCarbon AB403 572-3591

B-Line Directional DrillingElk Point AB780 210-2225

Blowout Control Tools IncRed Deer AB403 346-3814

Boundary Drilling Services LtdCalgary AB403 693-3369

Brian Steed Contracting & Horizontal Directional Drilling LtdPeace River AB780 624-8609

Bullet Boring IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-0654

Calibre Drilling LtdSpruce Grove AB780 960-2992

Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling ContractorsCalgary AB403 264-4311

Canadian Horizontal Drilling IncWetaskiwin AB780 352-5041

Carnduff Horizontal Directional DrillingCarnduff SK306 482-3925

Carson Energy Services LtdEmerald Park SK306 781-2429

Clean Harbors Directional BoringNisku AB780 955-7794

Craig Waterwell & Drilling LtdEdson AB780 723-7705

Crossfire Directional Drilling LtdRimbey AB403 748-2871

The Crossing Company IncNisku AB780 955-5051

Daski Contracting LtdFort St John BC250 785-4831

Departure Energy ServicesLeduc AB780 980-3900

Direct Horizontal Drilling IncCalgary AB403 269-4998

Dwayne Unger Construction LtdTaber AB403 223-1666

Energy Drilling Services IncEdmonton AB780 485-0999

Enseco Energy Services CorpCalgary AB403 806-0088

Fast Forward Horizontal Directional DrillingGrande Prairie AB780 554-8222

Garritty And Baker Geotechnical Drilling IncEdmonton AB780 433-8786

Hopper Water Well Drilling LtdGrande Prairie AB780 832-2400

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yIFP Technologies (Canada) IncCalgary AB403 234-0342

JayNart Directional Drilling LtdRedwater AB780 942-4105

K Tec Industries IncGrande Prairie AB780 538-1855

Landcore Technologies IncPonoka AB403 783-4090

Markhoe Oilfield Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-3740

Mears Canada CorporationNisku AB780 955-7155

Millennium Directional Service LtdCalgary AB403 264-8206

Minimal ImpactCalgary AB403 837-7997

North Point Drilling SystemsLeduc AB780 986-3878

OK Drilling Services LPRed Deer AB403 343-8860

Pacesetter Directional DrillingCalgary AB403 695-1160

Phoenix Technology Services LPCalgary AB403 543-4466

Prairie Rat Hole Services LtdEstevan SK306 634-4577

Precise Crossings LtdSpruce Grove AB780 962-6882

Precision Directional ServicesCalgary AB403 716-4500

Precision Drilling CorporationCalgary AB403 716-4500

Right-Way Horizontal Directional DrillingCamrose AB780 672-8649

Rock Hard Directional Boring LtdRed Deer AB403 318-5215

S & S Directional Boring LtdBlackfalds AB403 347-9400

Savanna DrillingRedcliff AB403 580-1899

Scientific Drilling International (Canada) IncCalgary AB403 250-3277

South Sask Rathole LtdWeyburn SK306 842-1868

Strata Energy Services IncRed Deer County AB403 358-3442

Teledrift Canada IncCalgary AB403 203-0840

Tempco Drilling Company IncCalgary AB403 259-5533

Terroco Drilling LtdRed Deer AB403 343-6236

Titan Specialty DrillingCalgary AB403 265-6525

Torque Rathole Drilling IncSylvan Lake AB403 396-7225

Treo Drilling Services LPCalgary AB403 723-8600

Trinidad Design & ManufacturingRed Deer County AB403 340-2267

Trinidad Drilling LtdCalgary AB403 265-6525

Unique BoringSlave Lake AB780 849-0232

Val’s Drilling LtdBalzac AB403 226-0572

Vermeer Canada IncEdmonton AB780 484-3600

Westar Drilling LtdSherwood Park AB780 449-6905

Western HorizontalLloydminster AB780 205-5352

XTEND Energy ServicesOkotoks AB403 995-9739

Drilling SuppliesA & B Industrial Rentals LtdRycroft AB780 765-2900

A S L Industrial No Flame Heaters LtdBarrhead AB780 785-2859

A Star Rentals IncEckville AB403 505-6029

AARYL Production Services & Rental EquipmentGrande Prairie AB780 831-8353

Accurate Oilfield Supply LtdNisku AB780 955-7801

Acquire Oilfield Rentals LtdWainwright AB780 842-4050

Action Equipment Rentals IncRed Deer AB403 340-1700

Advantage Products IncCalgary AB403 264-1647

Advantage Valve Maintenance LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-0020

Advantage Valve RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 513-0020

A.E.S. Industrial Supplies LtdRed Deer AB403 342-2525

AGI-EnvirotankBiggar SK306 948-5262

Alberta Gold Energy & RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 402-6222

Alberta Governor Service IncEdmonton AB780 437-4673

Alberta Oil ToolEdmonton AB780 434-8566

Alberta Oilfield Rentals IncRocky View AB403 936-7682

Alberta Rig MatsNew Sarepta AB780 941-3555

Alberta Tubular Products LtdCalgary AB403 264-2136

Alberta Wilbert Sales LtdEdmonton AB780 447-2222

All Choice Rentals LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-7377

All-Fab Tarpaulin Co LtdEdmonton AB780 448-9646

All-McG Anchors LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-5333

All-Pro Valve & Maintenance LtdEckville AB403 505-1425

Alphatech Services LtdEdmonton AB780 996-6602

Altek Industrial Supply LtdEdmonton AB780 465-9000

AMS-Alberta Measurement Services LtdEdmonton AB780 468-6387

Amsoil Industrial SalesEdmonton AB780 451-0367

Anchor Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 910-8598

A-1 Anchors LtdValleyview AB780 524-8846

A1 Rent-AllsRegina SK888 322-7368

Apex Controls & Instrumentation Services LtdBrooks AB403 362-6066

Apex Distribution IncCalgary AB403 268-7333

Apex Valve ServicesCalgary AB877 288-8019

Armor Alloys LtdEdmonton AB780 463-2207

Armour Valve LtdCalgary AB403 229-3171

ASAP Heating & Well Servicing CorpGrande Prairie AB780 532-3119

Ashbros Enterprises LtdCranford AB403 223-1888

ATL Canadian Technologies LtdRed Deer AB403 341-3367

Auto & Tractor Supply Co LtdMeadow Lake SK306 236-4444

Automated Tank Mfg IncKitscoty AB780 846-2231

B & H Tank Systems IncTaber AB403 223-9198

Baker Hughes Canada CompanyCalgary AB403 537-3400

Baldor - A Member of the ABB GroupEdmonton AB780 434-4900

Baron Oilfield SupplyGrande Prairie AB780 532-5661


BBI Banana BitsPonoka AB403 350-4491

BDM Supply LimitedEdmonton AB780 465-2200

Bell IndustriesEdmonton AB780 434-4401

Benoit Rentals LtdChauvin AB780 858-2212

Benron Oilfield Services LtdCalgary AB403 205-4444

Berja Meter & Controls LtdEdmonton AB780 440-1234

BHD Instrumentation LtdEdmonton AB780 434-7850

BHD Tubular LtdEdmonton AB780 434-6824

Bico Faster Drilling Tools IncNisku AB780 955-5969

Big West ValveDrayton Valley AB780 396-5130

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing LtdInnisfail AB403 227-7799

Bitz Power Tongs LtdEdson AB780 723-3448

Black Diamond Energy ServicesCalgary AB403 206-4747

Black Gold Tank Rentals 2001 CorpBonanza AB780 353-3111

Black Knight Energy Services LtdEdmonton AB780 988-9501

Bonness Oilfield Supply LtdSedgewick AB780 384-2338

Border Tank Rentals LtdEstevan SK306 634-7700

Boss LubricantsCalgary AB403 279-2223

Boxer Petroleum Services IncBonnyville AB780 826-5002

Boydland Fuel Tank RentalsGrande Prairie AB 780 532-6639

Brace ToolEdmonton AB 780 438-0441

Brayco Services LtdClairmont AB780 814-2294

Bri-Chem Supply LtdCalgary AB403 252-5904

Brock White CanadaCalgary AB403 204-3322

Brooks Industrial Metals LtdBrooks AB403 362-3544

Buck 75 Oil & Gas Services IncWetaskiwin AB780 312-0749

B.W. RentalsHigh Prairie AB780 523-3051

C & N SupplyCarnduff SK306 482-5105

C.A.T. Oilfield Services LtdFairview AB780 835-8772

Calgary Aluminum Custom Fabrication LtdCalgary AB403 279-3392

Cal-Gas IncCalgary AB403 279-7019

CampCorp Structures LtdEdmonton AB780 488-3391

Canadian Mat Systems IncEdmonton AB780 485-0808

Canarctic IncCalgary AB403 241-9260

CanaWest Technologies IncCalgary AB403 375-0528

Canfab Products LtdEdmonton AB780 451-4341

CanGlobal Products LtdNisku AB780 955-7009

Canline Pipeline SolutionsBreton AB780 696-3412

Cansco LtdBrooks AB403 362-7414

Cantech Tubular Services LtdRed Deer AB403 340-8634

Canwest PropaneCalgary AB 403 206-4100

Carreau Oilfield SpecialtiesEdmonton AB 780 436-7730

Cartel Energy ServicesBeiseker AB877 250-7711

Catafan Infrared Forced Air SystemsSylvan Lake AB403 350-4892

CCI Thermal Technologies IncEdmonton AB780 466-3178

CCW Creative Carbide Works LtdLeduc AB780 980-2580

CE Franklin LtdBonnyville AB780 812-2972

CE Franklin LtdCalgary AB403 531-5600

CE Franklin LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5020

CE Franklin LtdProvost AB780 753-2991

CE Franklin LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 844-2335

Centra Cam Custom ProjectsCamrose AB780 672-9973

CFI Energy Services CorpDrayton Valley AB780 542-2706

ChaPau Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 876-5941

Chinchaga Anchors & Pilings LtdManning AB780 836-3800

Circle H Pipe Laydown Service LtdEdson AB780 712-2965

City Wide Radiator LtdCalgary AB403 243-5100

CJ’s Oilfield RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 538-1101

Classic Oilfield Service LtdLloydminster AB780 875-3276

Clearwater Radiator IncRocky Mountain House AB403 845-7708

Cloverdale PaintEdmonton AB780 453-5700

Cobalt Controls LtdEdson AB 780 723-7273

Cobra Industries LtdDelisle SK 306 493-3238

Columbia Oilfield SupplyEdmonton AB780 437-5110

Combo Energy Services IncCalgary AB403 233-2148

Command Energy Rentals LtdNisku AB780 979-1440

Command Energy ServicesNisku AB780 955-9331

Command Fishing, Rentals & WirelineLeduc County AB780 979-2220

Commercial Solutions IncNisku AB780 955-7494

Complete SuppliesDrayton Valley AB780 542-3055

Concrete IncEdmonton AB780 930-4232

Con’s Energy Services LtdNisku AB780 955-3441

Control TechGrande Prairie AB780 539-7114

Copperhead Casing Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 933-6669

Corlac IndustriesLloydminster AB780 875-8459

Corona SuppliesCalgary AB403 253-9494

CPTDCCalgary AB403 228-6088

Crazy Horse Casing (2007) IncSylvan Lake AB403 887-1726

Crimtech Services LtdRed Deer County AB403 342-7579

Crossfire Controls LtdEdson AB780 723-6766

CRYOCANADA INCRed Deer AB403 352-4436

CSA Piping Solutions LtdLeduc AB780 980-9666

Cummins Western CanadaCalgary AB 403 569-1122

Custom Welding Services A Division of CW Manufacturing IncEdmonton AB 780 435-5033


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YCuttings Edge EnergyLeduc AB780 980-0028

C.W. Carry LtdEdmonton AB780 465-0381

C.Y.A. Rentals LtdRed Deer AB403 341-7696

D & D Oilfield Rentals CorpRedcliff AB403 548-2700

D & M Plastics IncLacombe AB403 782-4606

D & R Equipment LtdEdmonton AB780 436-5585

Dakota Rental Services IncHay Lakes AB780 878-3350

Dalco Instrument & Measurement Services (2001) LtdFort St John BC250 785-4374

Dash Power Tongs LtdGrande Prairie AB780 357-9455

Davy Crockett’s Oilfield Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 957-3101

Decarson RentalsNisku AB780 955-9420

Deran Oilfield Services LtdLac La Biche AB780 623-2193

Derek Casing ServiceRed Deer AB403 363-5552

Derrick Equipment CoHouston TX281 590-3003

DG Valve Systems IncEdmonton AB780 413-1760

DHV Canada IncCalgary AB403 532-0873

Diamond Drill LtdAcheson AB780 960-0666

Diamondback Oilfield Services LtdNisku AB780 955-2660

Direct Way Power Solutions LtdLloydminster AB 780 875-6955

DK-LOK Canada LtdRed Deer AB403 348-5980

D&M Madison Holdings LtdFort St John BC 250 785-1503

DNI Bolting SolutionsCalgary AB403 203-7004

Do All Industries LtdEstevan SK306 634-8388

Dragon Oilfield Supply LtdCalgary AB403 660-3499

Drifters Casing ServiceGrande Prairie AB780 539-7234

DRV Transport & Rentals IncCoaldale AB403 345-6141

Drydan Transport & Barrier SalesGrande Prairie AB780 518-9997

DSI Thru-Tubing IncRed Deer AB403 346-9788

DStar Electric (1994) LtdEdmonton AB780 462-9344

Dura Energy IncNisku AB780 955-3462

Dusk ‘Til Dawn RentalsValleyview AB780 552-0023

Dutch Casing ServicesFort St John BC250 787-8540

D.V. MeterDrayton Valley AB780 542-2713

D.V. Rentals IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-5845

DYNAenergetics Canada IncEdmonton AB780 490-0939

DynaWinch Industries LtdCalgary AB403 319-2333

E & E Radiator Service (1992)Westlock AB780 349-4234

E & M Oilfield Services LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-4515

Edcon Power Tongs and Oilfield Services LtdLac La Biche AB780 623-4808

Edmonton Fabrication CentreEdmonton AB 780 466-7171

Ed’s Fabrication ServiceRed Deer County AB403 346-7800

Ed’s Valve Servicing (Red Deer) LtdRed Deer County AB 403 346-7800

Edson AnchorsEdson AB780 723-3113

Edson Expediting Service IncEdson AB780 723-5520

Electric Power Generating Equipment IncEdmonton AB780 451-3401

Eliminator Downhole Tools IncSpruce Grove AB780 960-1334

Emax Plastics Custom MoldingFort Saskatchewan AB780 992-1793

Emkade Distribution IncEdmonton AB780 468-5600

Enerbuilt Technologies IncNisku AB780 979-9991

Energlo Diesel Heaters IncEdmonton AB780 484-9948

Enertech Energy & Rentals IncRed Deer AB403 348-8400

Enterprise Steel Fabricators LtdKelowna BC250 762-3131

Enterprize Steel & Sales LtdFort McMurray AB780 743-4379

ESG Filtration LtdCalgary AB403 571-0202

Evergreen Energy Tank Rentals LtdRed Deer AB403 309-5509

Evraz Inc NA CanadaRegina SK306 924-7700

Expro Group Canada IncCalgary AB403 532-0873

Expro Power Tools/Line CuttersCalgary AB403 532-0873

Fabmaster LtdEdmonton AB780 461-8111

Fairbanks Morse EngineCochrane AB 403 932-3230

Fibreglass Solutions IncEstevan SK306 636-2002

Filterco Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-5720

Fil-Trek CorpRed Deer AB 403 346-6476

Flaman Sales & RentalsNisku AB780 955-3400

Flexahopper Plastics LtdLethbridge AB403 328-8146

Flexpipe SystemsCalgary AB403 503-0548

Flo-Back Equipment Rental and SalesNisku AB780 955-3561

Fluid Clarification Inc (FCI)Calgary AB403 236-0666

Foothills Resource Services IncCalgary AB403 266-5543

Foremost Industries LPCalgary AB403 295-5800

Formation Fluid TechnologySylvan Lake AB403 887-8874

4 Star Ventures LtdGull Lake SK306 672-3317

Frank’s Power Tongs LimitedSlave Lake AB780 849-5164

Freudenberg Oil & Gas Canada IncNisku AB780 955-7500

Frontier Auto & Industrial SupplyLa Crete AB780 928-3885

Fusion Valve IncEdmonton AB780 468-9696

G & B Rubber Products (1998) LtdWetaskiwin AB780 352-4015

G. P. Masonry SupplyGrande Prairie AB780 538-9907

G S Equipment LtdRed Deer AB403 357-9560

Gemco Industrial TrailersMayerthorpe AB 780 786-2727

Genax Metal Manufacturing LimitedEdmonton AB780 454-9799

General Metals LtdEdmonton AB780 461-5555

General Oilfield Services IncRed Deer County AB403 347-4301

George’s Power Tong Services LtdTilley AB 403 793-3024


Giant Power TongsFort St John BC250 785-8242

Global Heat Transfer LtdEdmonton AB780 448-3600

Good To Go Rentals LtdKindersley SK306 463-6337

Gosselin Pipe & Steel LtdWainwright AB780 842-5705

Grande Pipe Services IncGrande Prairie AB780 539-3560

Great Western Tong Services (1987) LtdVirden MB204 748-3877

Grizzly EquipmentFort St John BC250 785-4334

Grizzly Power LtdNisku AB780 955-3305

GRM Flow Products LtdEdmonton AB780 416-4823

Guardian Chemicals IncFort Saskatchewan AB780 998-3771

GuyCo Hot OilingSwan Hills AB780 333-5354

Harpoon EnergyRed Deer County AB403 357-6660

Hazee’s Radiator ShopFort Vermilion AB780 926-0277

Hazloc HeatersCalgary AB403 730-2488

Hess FishingFort St John BC250 785-0078

High Tech Magnets IncHigh River AB 403 651-2352

Highland ProjectsSundre AB403 638-4030

Hi-Kalibre Equipment LtdEdmonton AB780 435-1111

Hill’s Power Tongs (1991) LtdRimbey AB403 843-3611

Hi-Mark Hotshot, Picker & Rental ServicesSlave Lake AB780 849-0888

Hi-Tech Radiator IncRed Deer AB 403 347-7811

HiTEK Urethane Global IncNisku AB780 955-7402

HM Power SystemsFort St John BC250 787-1269

Hobblestone Enterprises IncBlackfoot AB780 875-7282

Horizon TarpsCalgary AB403 277-0100

Hot Pass Welding & Maintenance LtdCalmar AB780 985-3838

H2O Systems IncLucky Lake SK403 539-2236

Hunting Creek Hot Oil & Pressure ServiceFalher AB780 323-3370

Hurst Anchors & Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-3232

HYTORC Sales & ServiceCalgary AB403 235-4733

ICON International Coating Inspections LtdLeduc AB780 913-3313

ICS Group IncCalgary AB403 247-4440

Import Tool Corp LtdEdmonton AB780 434-6406

Industrial Engines LtdEdmonton AB780 484-6213

Infinity Downhole Tools IncOkotoks AB403 995-9739

In-Line Flow Products LtdEdmonton AB 780 490-5337

Inline Valve Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-6677

InnerTech Valve LtdEdmonton AB780 413-7183

Interstress Structural LtdEdmonton AB780 466-4849

IROC Hydraulics LtdSpruce Grove AB780 962-1147

Irontech Rig Repair & Manufacturing IncAcheson AB 780 960-4881

J R Wellsite Power LtdWeyburn SK306 861-1597

Jacques Electric (1997) LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-7029

Jasper TankAcheson AB888 826-5374

JCCL Oilfield ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 567-2123

Jerack Filtration LtdFort St John BC250 787-1440

JET Rentals & SalesRed Deer County AB403 314-3333

Jet-Lube Of Canada LtdEdmonton AB780 463-7441

Jimbob Rentals (2000) LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-3285

Jonell Canada IncCalgary AB403 313-1559

K & S Power Tongs LtdLloydminster AB780 875-0000

Kamber Fab Industries LtdBow Island AB403 545-6001

Karl Oilfield ServicesCardston AB403 653-1004

Kash Downhole Anchors IncEstevan SK306 634-7552

Kayden InstrumentsCalgary AB403 253-1423

Kelemen Oilfield Services LtdOlds AB403 507-1557

Keranda Industrial Supply LtdMaidstone SK 306 893-2631

Ketek RentalsEdmonton AB780 447-5050

Kick Hot Oil LtdOlds AB403 556-6671

King’s Energy Services LtdRed Deer County AB403 343-2822

Kitter’s Bit SupplyVeteran AB403 575-2184

Kona Energy Services IncEdson AB 780 728-0041

K.T.M.-ATV, UTV & Sled RentalsBlackfalds AB403 885-5233

L & D Distributors LtdEdmonton AB780 465-0752

Lac La Biche Equipment Rentals LtdLac La Biche AB780 623-7225

Latmann Equipment LtdCalmar AB780 985-4202

Laytec IncLacombe AB403 782-1775

Lee Oilfield Service LtdEdmonton AB780 440-6705

Lee Specialties LtdRed Deer AB403 346-4487

Lee Specialty Seals Inc (LSSI)Red Deer AB403 356-1127

Lipsey Oilfield ServicesRocky Mountain House AB403 845-0038

Lister Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 468-2040

LoCo Power Tongs LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-2475

Lo-Cost Propane LtdLethbridge AB403 320-9585

Logan Completion SystemsLloydminster AB780 808-8788

Lone Pine Forest ProductsRocky Mountain House AB403 845-5733

Lonestar Oilfield Services 2009 IncCamrose AB 877 450-2835

Longhorn Oilfield ServicesDawson Creek BC250 782-7353

Lory Oilfield Rentals IncNisku AB780 955-2626

Lougheed Welding & FabricationNisku AB780 955-3700

LV Energy ServicesLacombe AB403 782-0678

M & M Valve Services IncNisku AB 780 955-2667

M & T Tong RepairLeduc AB 780 980-2409


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YMadex Supply LtdLeduc AB780 986-2568

Majestic Rentals LtdSherwood Park AB780 995-0235

Mal-Cor Filter SystemsDrayton Valley AB780 542-7667

Marquis Alliance Energy Group IncCalgary AB403 264-1588

MAS-Pro Oilfield SupplyRed Deer AB403 341-5959

Matco Manufacturing LtdSexsmith AB780 568-4484

MaXfield IncCalgary AB403 258-3680

MaxquipCalgary AB403 258-3685

MAXX Bit Supply & Light Oilfield HaulingBeaumont AB780 983-6299

MaXXiMaTNisku AB780 979-6588

McCann Equipment LtdEdmonton AB780 414-1808

McClelland Oilfield Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-3656

MeridianEdmonton AB780 468-7161

Meridian ManufacturingLethbridge AB403 320-7070

Metal SupermarketsEdmonton AB 780 440-1212

Miko Casing Service LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-4777

Miller Supply LtdOkotoks AB403 995-4797

Mohr Casing Services LtdFort Saskatchewan AB780 718-5725

Monarch Supply LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-7135

Monster Energy RentalsRed Deer County AB403 347-2007

Moose Mountain MudCarlyle SK 306 453-4411

The Motor CompanyCalgary AB403 230-3055

Movac Valve Systems LtdEdmonton AB780 468-6077

MPI-Marmit Plastics IncGrande Prairie AB780 532-0366

MRC MidfieldCalgary AB403 233-7166

MufflercentreLeduc AB780 980-1110

Mustang Controls LtdNisku AB780 987-7300

Mustang Rentals LtdFort St John BC250 261-5555

National Trailer Manufacturing LtdEdmonton AB780 469-0820

National Trailer PartsSwift Current SK306 773-4484

Navigator Energy Services IncRed Deer County AB403 309-3444

NCS Oilfield Services Canada IncCalgary AB403 862-0870

Neufeld Petroleum & PropaneGrande Prairie AB780 814-6111

New Beginning Oilfield Services Ltd - N.B.O.S.Fairview AB780 835-4598

New-Line Hose & FittingsRocky Mountain House AB403 845-7756

Newteck Well Service LtdRed Deer AB 403 347-3323

NexSource Power IncSylvan Lake AB403 887-4567

Niemeyer’s Oilfield & Industrial SuppliesOlds AB403 556-2926

Norette Oilfield Services (2005) IncDrayton Valley AB780 542-4610

Normandeau RentalsFort Nelson BC250 774-7806

Norseman IncEdmonton AB 780 451-6828

Nor-Tech Systems LPGrande Prairie AB780 539-6677

NORTECH Welding & Fabricating IncDawson Creek BC250 782-3833

North American Tubulars LtdEdmonton AB780 438-5100

Northern Source IncSt Paul AB780 646-0774

Northern Valve Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-1900

Northland Radiator LtdRed Deer AB403 347-2380

Northwell Rentals (Lloydminster) IncLloydminster AB780 875-6604

Northwell Rentals (R & M) IncSwan Hills AB780 333-2116

North-West Oilfield Rentals IncGrande Prairie AB780 532-9631

Norwesco Canada LtdEdmonton AB780 474-7440

Norwest Cooling Systems IncEdmonton AB780 466-8742

NOV ASEP ElmarCalgary AB403 303-3450

NOV DownholeCalgary AB403 234-9999

N.S. Oilfield Services IncEdmonton AB780 438-2666

Nu-Northern Tractor RentalsGrande Prairie AB 780 532-2886

NWS Inspection IncCalgary AB403 236-5982

Ocean Fluids & FiltrationClairmont AB780 567-3400

Oil Boss Rentals IncRocky Mountain House AB403 844-3031

Oil Country Solutions LtdEdmonton AB780 801-2603

OilPro Oilfield Production Equipment LtdCalgary AB 403 215-3373

Old Fort Services LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-7403

Orion Rentals LtdInnisfail AB403 318-5393

Pacesetter Equipment LtdCrossfield AB403 968-4468

Packers Plus Energy Services IncCalgary AB403 263-7587

Paddle Plastics LtdMayerthorpe AB780 786-4408

Patcher Energy Management LtdSherwood Park AB780 467-1999

Pathmaker Service Co LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-4872

Pavlis Rentals LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-9819

PCM CanadaCalgary AB403 252-8902

Peace Country RentalsFort St John BC250 785-8951

Peaceland Fabricating & SupplyHythe AB780 356-2200

Peak Energy ServicesCalgary AB403 543-7325

PECOFacet CanadaCalgary AB403 717-2891

Pelican Products Inc (Canada)Edmonton AB866 273-5422

Pembina Controls IncEdmonton AB 780 432-6821

Penta Completions Supply & Services LtdCalgary AB403 262-1688

Pepco Pipe Services Limited PartnershipNisku AB780 979-0211

Perfection Powder CoatingsEdmonton AB780 413-7578

Performance Hot Oil Services LtdDevon AB780 446-0120

Performance Steam LtdDrumheller AB 403 820-0582

Peterson InstrumentsCalgary AB 403 291-9169


Petroline Rentals LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-0063

Petrotec Controls IncFort St John BC250 785-2849

Phoenix Oilfield Rentals LtdLeduc AB780 980-0778

The Pickford Group LtdEdmonton AB780 469-6002

Pierce Co Manufacturers LtdEdmonton AB780 448-9659

Pinnacle Oil Tools IncRed Deer AB403 348-8323

Pipe And Piling Supplies (Western) LtdNisku AB780 955-0501

Platinum Grover Int. IncCalgary AB403 264-6688

Pop PDC Bits IncCalgary AB403 301-0828

Porta-Stack Energy Services IncStrathmore AB403 793-5741

Prairie Mud ServiceEstevan SK306 634-3411

Predator Oilfield Rentals & Fluid HaulingGrande Prairie AB780 538-0043

Premium Artificial Lift Systems LtdCalgary AB 403 723-3008

Premium Tubular And SupplyStrathmore AB403 885-5965

Priority Projects LtdNisku AB780 955-3320

Prism Flow ProductsEdmonton AB780 450-9444

Pro EnergyRed Deer AB403 347-7353

Pro Inspection LtdEdmonton AB780 469-0853

Pro Oil ToolsRed Deer AB403 341-6666

Process & Steam SpecialtiesEdmonton AB 780 484-0577

Proficient Oil Tools LtdCalgary AB403 255-4070

Propipe Group LtdGrande Prairie AB780 402-3131

Pro-RodEdmonton AB780 449-7101

Provincial RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 814-5633

Pyramid Process Fabricators CorporationNisku AB780 955-2708

QA Structures IncBlackfalds AB403 885-5411

Quest Gasket & Supply IncEdmonton AB780 463-4049

R & R Pipehandlers LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-9999

Ram Industries IncCalgary AB403 945-0140

Ram Oilfield Services & Supply (1981) LtdFox Creek AB780 622-3489

Ramrod Oilfield Services (2000) LtdEdmonton AB780 450-0777

Rant Oilfield Rentals & Services LtdCalgary AB403 921-7234

RARE Oilfield Services CorpCalgary AB 403 269-1175

RBI Canada 2000 IncCalgary AB403 255-3730

RDWC Red Deer Well ControlRed Deer County AB403 347-3456

Reaction Oilfield Supply LtdLeduc AB780 955-2226

Rebco Oil Tools, IncCalgary AB403 243-1380

Red Coat Industries LtdRed Deer AB403 347-7760

REDCO Equipment Sales LtdEdmonton AB780 462-8148

Redmont International ULCCalgary AB 403 297-0910

Redneck Oilfield Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-0720

Redz RetippingRed Deer AB403 348-0540

Regent Energy Group LtdNisku AB780 955-4288

Reliable-Tube (Calgary) LtdCalgary AB403 236-7800

Reliable-Tube (Edmonton) LtdAcheson AB780 962-0130

Rentco Equipment LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-7860

RG Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 496-7473

Rider Energy Services LtdGull Lake SK888 717-4337

Rig Service Tools LtdEdmonton AB780 435-3451

Rig Shop Oilfield Supply Ltd TheEdmonton AB780 437-0019

Rite On Que Power TongsBeaverlodge AB780 830-6833

Rocking Horse Energy Services IncStrathmore AB403 324-4224

Rocky Mountain Valve Services LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-2243

Roda Deaco Valve IncEdmonton AB 780 465-4429

ROMATECEdmonton AB780 440-6147

Rotation Power & Equipment IncNeilburg SK306 823-4818

Rotork Controls (Canada) LtdCalgary AB403 569-9455

Rough and Ready Power Tongs LtdGrimshaw AB780 983-0572

R/T RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 518-2400

Sabre Oilfield Equipment LtdEdmonton AB780 446-6054

SBI Modular LtdCarstairs AB 403 337-3796

Sci-Tech Engineered Chemicals LtdAcheson AB780 960-1200

Scott Pump Service LtdEdmonton AB780 468-2158

Sea-Can Containers (1989) LtdEdmonton AB780 440-4037

Sebco Coring LtdAlida SK306 443-2333

Secure-Rite Mobile Storage IncCalgary AB888 440-9232

Select Equipment RentalsAthabasca AB780 675-5414

Sentag Trailer ManufacturingEdmonton AB780 454-6517

Servco Oilfield Supply Canada LtdNisku AB780 955-7444

Setco Industries IncLeduc AB780 986-0000

Shack Vac LtdRedcliff AB403 527-1333

Sicotte Drilling ToolsEdmonton AB780 440-6700

Sil Industrial MineralsEdmonton AB780 467-2627

Silverback Equipment RentalsEckville AB403 598-6060

Silverline ToolsSlave Lake AB 780 849-8373

Silvertip Rentals and Fishing ToolsSlave Lake AB780 849-8372

Simark Controls LtdCalgary AB403 236-0580

Simson MaxwellEdmonton AB780 434-6431

Sirius Instrumentation And Controls IncEdmonton AB780 436-6301

SL Rentals & Sales LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-5011

Source Energy Sales & Rentals IncBlackfalds AB403 885-4136

Source Hose & Industrial LtdNisku AB 780 955-5514


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YSouth Fork Energy Services IncCalgary AB403 512-0254

Spartan Controls LtdCalgary AB403 207-0700

Specialty Precast Western LtdNisku AB780 955-7107

Spur Oilfield Services LtdLeduc AB780 986-8896

Steelcraft IncInnisfail AB403 227-1861

Stellar Tech Energy Services IncCalgary AB403 279-8367

Sterling Valve AutomationCalgary AB403 207-0797

Stewart Sales & RentalsLac La Biche AB780 623-3243

Stoney Mountain RentalsWawota SK306 577-9818

Strad Drilling Services-DownholeNisku AB866 779-2552

Strad Drilling Services-RentalsNisku AB888 955-2544

Straight Line BOP & Valve IncBrooks AB403 362-5514

Stratis Oilfield Services LtdStony Plain AB780 983-1008

Sun Drilling Products CorpCalgary AB 403 319-0677

Superior Oilfield Equipment & Rentals LtdNisku AB780 906-0051

Surefire Oilfield RentalsDrayton Valley AB780 621-0414

Sur-Flo Meters & Controls LtdCalgary AB403 207-9715

Swift Oilfield Supply IncorporatedEdmonton AB780 423-6979

Systech Instrumentation IncCalgary AB403 291-3535

T.A.K. Oilfield Sales & Service LtdStettler AB403 742-4407

Tank Gauging SystemsEdmonton AB 780 474-2365

Tanks DirectEdmonton AB780 455-5207

TankSafe IncCalgary AB403 291-3937

Tanner Bit ServiceBienfait SK306 421-3726

Target Products LtdMorinville AB780 939-3033

Target RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 567-2002

TARM IncRed Deer AB403 348-0765

TechWest IncCalgary AB403 640-2124

Telematic Controls IncCalgary AB403 253-7939

TerraCore Rentals LtdAcheson AB780 960-4949

Terroco Oilfield ServicesRed Deer AB403 346-1171

3D Controls LtdTaber AB403 223-1117

3D Drilling Tools IncEdmonton AB780 440-1922

Thru Tubing SolutionsRed Deer AB403 346-5550

Tight Power-Tongs LtdRed Deer AB 403 550-2421

Tinky TruckingEdson AB780 723-3439

Topco Oilsite Products LtdEdmonton AB780 436-3400

Total Depth Power Tongs LtdHigh Level AB780 926-2600

Tote TanksFairhope AL888 535-8683

Trac Energy Services LtdNisku AB780 955-7270

Transtank Canada IncCalgary AB403 242-6622

Trendon Bit Service LtdCalgary AB 403 536-2770

Tri-Bit Services LtdNisku AB780 955-8873

Trig IndustrialWinnipeg MB800 830-8744

Trilogy Oilfield LtdProvost AB780 753-6097

Trottier Pipe HandlersFort St John BC250 785-0470

T3 Energy ServicesNisku AB780 955-2210

TTS Drilling SolutionsRed Deer AB403 346-5550

Tundra Oilfield Rentals LtdZama City AB780 683-2555

Twister Instrumentation & Process Solutions IncCalgary AB403 201-8904

TWM Industrial LtdEdmonton AB780 401-1822

Tylace Oilfield ServicesWhitecourt AB780 778-8417

ULTERRACalgary AB403 355-2505

Ultimate Bit Service IncSt Walburg SK780 871-8406

Unified Valve LtdCalgary AB403 215-7800

United DiamondGrande Prairie AB 780 567-3530

United Fabrication & Welding LtdTwo Hills AB780 657-2509

Univar Canada LtdCalgary AB403 236-1713

Universal IndustriesCalgary AB403 266-4556

Valhalla Filtration 2006Stettler AB403 742-9402

Velocity Oilfield Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 832-7767

Vicon Ent Oilfield ServicesLloydminster AB780 872-0925

Victory Spring LtdEdmonton AB 780 442-4020

Viper Rentals & Service LtdHigh Level AB780 926-3366

Wajax Power SystemsEdmonton AB780 437-8200

Wallace Construction Specialties LtdRegina SK306 569-2334

Ward ChemicalEdmonton AB780 436-4832

Warrior Equipment RentalsCrossfield AB403 946-4756

Waschuk Equipment RentalsRed Deer AB403 342-2447

Waste Treatment Solutions LtdNanton AB403 336-0028

Water Drive Energy ServiceFalher AB780 625-5005

WeDrill Services IncGrande Prairie AB780 402-6680

Weir Concepts IncEdmonton AB780 462-1910

Wellmax Oilfield Rentals LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 844-1158

West Coast BOP ProductsRed Deer AB403 352-4400

Westar Oilfield Rentals IncFort St John BC250 263-9444

WesteelWinnipeg MB204 233-7133

Western Fiberglass Pipe Sales LtdRed Deer County AB403 347-4682

Western Polymers LtdCalgary AB403 295-7194

Western Pressure Controls (2005) LtdEdmonton AB780 437-3615

Western Refractory Services LtdEdmonton AB780 466-4540

Western Ultrasonics IncEdmonton AB780 462-5858

Westfab Manufacturing LtdHythe AB780 356-2599

Westlund Wellhouse Supply LtdDrayton Valley AB 780 542-3772


Westquip Diesel Sales LtdAcheson AB780 960-5560

Williams Bit & Supply LtdCalgary AB403 271-8682

Wilson Tong Service LtdVermilion AB780 853-6866

Wizard Valve Services LtdEdson AB780 712-4055

World Oil Tools IncCalgary AB403 720-5155

Wrangler Rentals LtdLeduc AB780 980-1331

Wylie Oilfield Rentals LtdCalgary AB403 297-9298

XL Fluid SystemsCalgary AB403 264-1588

Xtreme Hot Oil & Pressure Services IncHinton AB780 865-5250

ZCL Composites IncEdmonton AB780 466-6648

Zedcor Oilfield RentalsEdmonton AB780 438-9332

Zero Spill Oilfield Services LtdBeaverlodge AB780 766-2348

Zinger Light Tower & Office Trailer Rentals LtdDrayton Valley AB 780 898-2210

Zirco (1989) LtdCalgary AB403 259-3303

Drilling Support ServicesA To Z Hot ShotGrande Prairie AB780 539-4291

Ab Cobra Pipe JackingBonnyville AB780 812-5614

Acctive Oilfield Inspection IncNisku AB780 955-3020

Accu Swab LtdRed Deer AB403 505-6444

ACR Oilfield Services LtdEckville AB 403 304-7179

Acura Machine and Manufacturing IncEdmonton AB780 413-8974

Adair (Tom) Pilot Car ServiceDawson Creek BC250 719-6010

Advantage Oilfield Services LtdSpruce Grove AB780 470-3530

Aggressive Energy Services IncFort St John BC250 785-5948

A-K Potable Water HaulingVegreville AB780 632-4088

Aker Well ServiceCalgary AB403 212-3650

Al Bumstead Water Services LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-6733

Alberta Tank Truck & Supply LtdDrayton Valley AB780 621-0539

Alberta Treating Chemicals Ltd & SubsidiariesCalgary AB403 297-0160

Alberta’s Missing Link Vacuum Service LtdBlackfalds AB403 885-4555

All Around Delivery LtdGrande Prairie AB587 297-2837

All Peace Towing & HotshotPeace River AB780 624-5599

Allard Vac Truck ServiceHay Lakes AB780 878-0008

Alliance TruckingFox Creek AB780 622-5055

Allnite Trucking LtdBoyle AB780 689-2121

Alpine Tech Contracting LtdGrande Prairie AB780 933-2111

Alpine Vac & Water ServicesRocky Mountain House AB403 846-6034

Al’s Car Clean and RepairFort Nelson BC250 774-4931

Al’s Hotshot & Trucking Services LtdWainwright AB780 842-2947

Alta-West Cathodic ProtectionEdmonton AB 780 461-8257

Alternate Choice Water Hauling LtdEdson AB780 723-2773

American Jereh International CorporationHouston TX281 860-0488

Amigo Trucking IncGrande Prairie AB780 518-4055

Anaconda ServicesPeace River AB780 618-4742

Anvil Machine LtdEdmonton AB780 434-9796

Anytime N2 Oilfield Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 933-0990

Apex Oilfield Services (2000) IncCalgary AB403 257-5152

API Oilfield Hauling IncRed Deer AB403 309-7400

Applus RTD CanadaEdmonton AB780 440-6600

Aqua Laser Alberta LtdEdmonton AB780 440-4762

Aqualine Express (2011) LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-0740

Arcs Oilfield Services LtdNanton AB 403 485-8161

Arctic Storm OilfieldFort McMurray AB250 808-9253

Ardy Rigging LtdValleyview AB780 524-3459

Ariant Holdings LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-6629

ARKK Tubing Inspection Services LtdCamrose AB780 608-8090

Armack Light Oilfield Hauling & Hot ShotEdmonton AB780 468-2110

Ar-Tech Coating LtdTaber AB403 223-4016

Ashtale Contracting LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 348-7004

Astro Oilfield Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 539-9645

Attack Oilfield Services IncManning AB780 836-3609

Auburn Rentals - Denille Ind. LtdEdmonton AB780 413-0900

Aurora Corrosion ControlCalgary AB403 291-4495

Aurora Transport LtdClairmont AB780 567-2040

Avalanche Trucking LtdTumbler Ridge BC250 242-4774

Avenge Energy Services, IncPeace River AB780 624-5001

Axe TruckingEdmonton AB780 463-2700

Aztec Inspection IncThree Hills AB403 443-2213

B & D Simons TruckingCamrose AB780 672-3248

B. Frid Trucking LtdBentley AB403 748-2615

B & J Knodel Autobody & Sandblasting LtdForestburg AB780 582-2269

Bad Boyz Oilfield Services IncFort Saskatchewan AB 780 998-7747

Badass Matting LtdCamrose AB780 608-9563

Bailey HelicoptersFort St John BC250 785-2518

Baintree Oilfield Services LtdStrathmore AB403 934-3105

Bakos (N.D.T.) Inspection (1989) LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-5575

Barden Oilfield HaulingRed Deer County AB403 597-7273

Barracuda Oilfield ServiceHigh Prairie AB780 523-7119

Bartek Wireline Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-1997

Basnett Oilfield ServicesFairview AB780 835-5962

Battle River Ironworks IncForestburg AB 780 582-3596


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YBayou Perma-Pipe CanadaCalgary AB403 264-4880

Bear Vac & SteamFort Nelson BC250 774-3588

Becker’s Pilot & Hotshot ServicesFort St John BC250 827-3575

BendKing IncEvansburg AB780 727-2761

Bert Baxter Transport LtdEstevan SK306 634-3616

Beta Machinery Analysis LtdCalgary AB403 245-5666

Bidell Equipment LPCalgary AB403 235-5877

Big Chief Ventures IncFort St John BC250 787-6780

Big Guns Energy Services IncCalgary AB403 294-1444

Big Smoky Enterprise LtdGrande Prairie AB780 831-2063

Big Steam Oilfield Services LtdBrooks AB403 793-7046

Bigelow Vac Oilfield Services LtdArdrossan AB 780 922-8395

Blastaway Enterprises LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-5278

Blastaway Truck Wash SandblastingGrande Prairie AB780 532-5278

Blueridge Water HaulingEckville AB403 340-9328

Bob Miller Trucking (2001) LtdAirdrie AB403 948-5516

Bonnett’s WirelineGrande Prairie AB780 513-3400

Border Bandit Pilot & Light Hauling ServicesTomslake BC250 786-5919

Boreal ElineGrande Prairie AB780 513-3400

Boreal PumpingWhitecourt AB780 778-8470

BOS Oilfield Service LtdGlendon AB 780 635-4459

Boss Pressure ServicesSlave Lake AB780 849-8868

Boydland Water HaulingGrande Prairie AB780 532-6639

Bramco Contracting LtdDrayton Valley AB780 621-3527

Brander Technical Services IncCalgary AB403 281-8242

Brekkaas Vacuum & Tank LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-4319

Brenntag Canada IncCalgary AB403 263-8660

Brother’s Specialized Coating Systems LtdEdmonton AB780 440-2855

Brovac Mobile Vacuum ServicesMedicine Hat AB403 528-1665

Bruno’s Trucking LtdLeduc AB780 718-4454

Bryks Vac & Steam TrucksRed Earth Creek AB780 649-6445

Bry-Tan Trucking LtdLloydminster SK 780 875-9250

Bry-Tec Oilfield Services LtdValleyview AB780 524-2186

Bulldog Hot Shot ServiceCalgary AB403 280-4344

Bullet Wireline ServicesWhitecourt AB780 778-6690

Bush Baby Trucking LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-5565

Bushwacker Light Trucking And Oilfield HaulingBeaumont AB780 718-4664

C & D Tank Truck Service IncCherhill AB780 785-3383

C P Systems LtdCalgary AB403 240-1246

C & V Portable Accommodations LtdCalgary AB403 279-7451

Cam & Sue’s Fresh Water HaulingTaber AB 403 223-3101

Canadian Nitrogen Services LtdCrossfield AB403 946-0404

Canadian Wellsite Rentals IncRed Deer AB403 346-8400

Cangas SolutionsCalgary AB403 452-7789

Canvac Oilfield Services LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-2826

Canwell Enviro-Industries LtdCalgary AB403 290-1331

Canyon Technical Services LtdCalgary AB403 355-2300

Capstan Hauling LtdGrande Prairie AB780 402-3110

Cara Dawn Transport LtdRegina SK306 721-8888

Caradan Chemicals IncNisku AB780 955-3050

Cardium Vac Services LtdEdson AB 780 723-7777

CBI ManufacturingLinden AB403 546-3851

CEL Quality Services LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 729-2060

Cen-Alta Oilfield Trucking LtdLegal AB780 961-4148

CFR Chemicals IncRed Deer AB403 346-2214

Challenger Technical ServicesElk Point AB780 724-4117

Champagne Edition IncLegal AB780 961-3229

Channico Machine & Millwright Services LtdPeace River AB780 624-1822

Charlie’s Truck Repair LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-6333

Charter Coating Service (2000) LtdCalgary AB403 250-3027

Chinchaga Oilfield Services LtdManning AB780 836-2646

Christie Corrosion Control (1983) LtdLloydminster AB 780 875-6559

Cierra Trucking LtdSpruce Grove AB780 960-9761

Cinch Oilfield Hauling & Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 876-3632

CJ InspectionRed Deer County AB403 347-1773

Classic Hot ShotTaber AB403 382-9654

Classic Vacuum Truck LtdAlida SK306 483-8697

Clean HarborsEdmonton AB780 451-6969

Clean Solutions IncRed Deer AB403 340-0131

Clearwater Oilfield ServicesRocky Mountain House AB403 844-9323

Clearwater Trucking Enterprises LtdRocky Mountain House AB 403 844-1153

Cliff Nankivell Trucking LtdKisbey SK306 462-2130

Cliff’s Trucking (489377 Alta Ltd)Sherwood Park AB780 914-7895

CMMinspect IncEdmonton AB780 982-1201

Collar Tech Inspection LtdEdmonton AB780 463-8340

Collin Vacuum & Tank Trucks LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-3800

Compass Bending LtdCalgary AB403 279-6615

Complete Energy Services IncSylvan Lake AB403 887-0226

Conabar Chemical ConsultingSylvan Lake AB403 748-4386

Concept Energy Services LtdHay River NT866 303-6445

Conklin General Store LtdConklin AB780 559-2200

Conrad’s Potable WaterWhitecourt AB 780 778-4837


Contact Chemicals IncMillet AB 780 352-2436

Continental Cartage IncEdmonton AB780 452-9414

Continental Stress Relieving Systems LtdEdmonton AB780 468-4973

Core Snubbing Systems IncDrayton Valley AB780 293-2676

Coulson NDE Services IncWhitecourt AB780 778-1834

C.P. Water HaulingRed Deer AB403 304-9129

Crude Group OSITaber AB403 223-9191

Crude Services IncStettler AB403 742-4189

C-Tech Design & ManufacturingEdmonton AB780 464-3800

Custom Fiberglass Contractors LtdRed Deer AB 403 357-8360

Custom Landtran Carriers IncAcheson AB780 960-3466

Cutbank TruckingGrande Prairie AB780 532-2421

CX Energy ServicesHigh Prairie AB780 523-7357

D & D Well ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 402-0383

D W Jensen Drilling LtdClairmont AB780 567-2349

Dale Bentley TruckingFox Creek AB780 622-7236

Dalmac Oilfield Services IncEdmonton AB780 988-8510

Dan Bailey Oilfield & Road Construction LtdHinton AB780 865-4868

Darren’s Mechanical & Machine LtdRainbow Lake AB780 956-2990

Das Disposals LtdVegreville AB 780 632-2966

Dave’s HotshotWhitecourt AB780 706-0688

DB Engineered Hydraulics LtdRed Deer AB403 343-3211

DC Water Hauling (2010) LtdDawson Creek BC250 219-8559

Degree Bending and Pipe ProtectionCalgary AB403 236-3661

Deken Oilfield TransportRycroft AB780 765-3070

Delorme Enterprises LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-3278

Deranway Enterprises LtdBrooks AB403 362-5120

Desran Holdings LtdPerryvale AB780 698-2137

Destiny Carriers IncWestlock AB780 349-8254

Dewitz EnterprisesWhitecourt AB 780 778-6232

Diamond Valley Pressure Services LtdEckville AB403 746-3524

Ditmarsia Holdings LtdFort St John BC250 785-2282

Divestco IncCalgary AB587 952-8000

DMT Tank Truck ServiceRimbey AB403 704-0171

Docktor Oilfield Transport CorpDrayton Valley AB780 514-7898

Double B Machining & Fabricating LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-6688

Double J Pressure Services LtdBrooks AB403 362-7200

Double J Tank CleaningWhitecourt AB780 778-1884

Doug’s Tank Truck ServiceStettler AB403 742-6163

Doug’s Vacuum Truck Service LtdBrooks AB 403 362-6939

Downton’s Oilfield Services LtdLacombe AB403 588-1151

DP Digital Precision Metrology IncMaple Ridge BC778 928-4462

DRT Rentals LtdRed Deer AB866 348-5552

Duane’s HotshotLeduc AB780 986-1492

Duckering’s International Freight Services IncCalgary AB403 720-3970

Duckering’s Transport LtdRed Deer AB403 346-8855

DW RentalsLeduc AB780 986-7823

Dynamic Heavy Haul LtdSwift Current SK306 773-8611

E-Can Oilfield Services LPElk Point AB780 724-4018

Echo NDE IncRed Deer AB 403 347-7042

Eldorado Pressure Services LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-5309

Elite Waste Disposal IncGrande Prairie AB780 933-7400

Emerald Oilfield ATV Services LtdSherwood Park AB780 467-5218

Encore Dataline IncCalgary AB403 265-5647

ENTREC CorporationSpruce Grove AB780 962-1600

Enviroex Oilfield Rentals & Sales LtdBrooks AB403 501-0386

Epsilon Chemicals LtdEdmonton AB780 438-3040

Equal TransportCarlyle SK306 453-4470

Exlon Slickline Services LtdBrooks AB403 793-3696

Extreme Heli AdventuresConklin AB 780 861-0925

Extreme Steam and Vac Truck ServicesStrathmore AB403 901-5664

Fast Trucking Service LtdCarnduff SK306 482-3244

Finnie SpecializedCalgary AB403 226-0733

First Pick Cranes LtdStettler AB403 742-5777

5 K Ventures LtdFort St John BC250 785-9045

Flatout Hotshot ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 876-7333

Flex Oilfield ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 876-1205

Fluid Experts LtdRed Deer AB403 347-8031

Fontana’s Trucking (2006) LtdVirden MB204 748-2261

Foothills Radiography & Inspection Services LtdEdson AB 780 723-7766

Foothills Tank Rentals LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-4040

Ford Bros. Water ServiceGrande Prairie AB780 532-6178

Form-Tech Machining & Fabrication LtdMedicine Hat AB403 529-5600

Fort St John Water IncFort St John BC250 785-0862

Fossil Industries LtdPeace River AB780 624-8877

Fracturing Horizontal Well Completions IncCalgary AB403 464-1741

Fred’s Trucking & Oilfield Service LtdEckville AB403 746-2452

Fresh Mountain Water LtdHinton AB780 865-0402

FST Oilfield Tank TrucksFox Creek AB 780 622-3363


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YG Force Oilfield Services IncBonnyville AB 780 812-0930

G & L TruckingFox Creek AB780 622-3008

G. Lawrence Water Hauling LtdEdmonton AB780 463-8055

Gamajet Cleaning Systems IncExton PA877 426-2538

Ganotec WestAcheson AB780 960-7450

Garry’s Oilfield HaulingTaber AB403 308-9250

Gearheads Truck RepairFort Nelson BC250 774-4327

Ged’s Hydraulic & Field Repair LtdGrande Prairie AB780 831-1255

General Tank Truck Services Canada LtdVeteran AB403 575-3843

Geotrakker Resource GroupRandy Smith [email protected] 403 650-6777

Gerry’s Trailer Sales LtdEdmonton AB 780 447-2237

GFL Environmental West CorporationEdmonton AB780 485-5000

Gibson EnergyCalgary AB403 206-4000

GKD Industries LtdCalgary AB403 279-8087

Glacier Water Transport Service LtdOkotoks AB403 938-3282

Glen Unger Water ServicesDebolt AB780 957-2238

Global Fusion Coating IncWainwright AB780 842-6860

Global Water Group IncEdmonton AB780 485-0911

Goliath Snubbing LtdGrande Prairie AB866 976-7682

Good To Go Trucking LtdKindersley SK 306 463-1454

Goulet Trucking (1989) LtdShaunavon SK306 297-2861

Grizzly Vacuum Services LtdTaber AB403 223-9545

G.S.K. Transport LtdCalgary AB403 293-4875

GT’s Oilfield HaulingGrande Prairie AB780 814-2189

GTW Oilfield ServicesCalmar AB780 955-2294

H & E Oilfield Services LtdWainwright AB780 842-6444

Hall Industrial Contracting LtdRed Deer AB403 885-8885

Hart Oilfield Rentals LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 310-4278

Hayduk Picker ServiceDrayton Valley AB780 542-3217

H-D Services LtdFort St John BC250 787-1755

Heli-Lift International HelicoptersYorkton SK 306 783-5438

Hellbound Services CorpEckville AB 403 746-2783

High Arctic Energy Services IncRed Deer AB403 340-9825

High Country Vac ServicesOkotoks AB403 938-1500

High Gear Trucking LtdSexsmith AB780 814-0579

High Gear Water & RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 518-0250

High Level Truck & Trailer (2001) LtdHigh Level AB780 926-3321

Highliner Holdings IncCarievale SK306 928-2237

Hi-Hog Farm & Ranch Equipment LtdCalgary AB403 280-8300

Hillbilly Haulin’ LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-3361

Hitch’em Oilfield HaulingGrande Prairie AB 780 832-0281

Hoffman’s Tank Truck Service LtdElk Point AB780 724-4117

Horizon HaulingSexsmith AB780 876-9987

Horizontal Well Testing LtdCalgary AB403 287-0170

Hot Shot Tom Light Oilfield HaulingLeduc County AB780 991-4003

Howard’s Transport ServicesStony Plain AB780 968-8555

Hranco Industries LtdMedicine Hat AB403 527-4190

Hub’s Light Oilfield HaulingSherwood Park AB780 467-2775

Hughson Trucking IncMilk River AB403 647-2244

Hunt Inspection LtdStettler AB403 742-4868

Hunting Energy Services (Canada) LtdCalgary AB403 543-4477

Hurricane Management Tank Truck ServiceVulcan AB 403 534-1267

Hydraco Industries LtdMedicine Hat AB403 526-2244

Hydro Vacuum Oilfield Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 514-3773

Hydro-Jet Aqua Pressure SystemsLeduc AB780 980-9400

Hymark Energy ServiceRimbey AB403 396-9148

Impact Oilfield Management Team IncCarlyle SK306 453-6248

Infinity Oilfield Services IncSundre AB403 860-4473

Inland Tech Systems Pilot Truck & Hot Shot ServicesRed Deer AB403 357-6668

In-Situ Machining Solutions LtdAirdrie AB403 948-7675

Inspectrum Testing IncGrande Prairie AB 780 539-0000

Integrated Production ServicesCalgary AB403 266-0908

Integrity Oilfield IncEckville AB403 391-2856

IPC - Integrated Protective Coatings IncEdmonton AB780 465-3467

Ironhorse Oilfield Services LtdStony Plain AB780 963-1338

J & A Trucking LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5722

J M A Mechanical Services LtdFalher AB780 837-3511

J Quartly Trucking LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-7423

Jake’s RentalsDrayton Valley AB780 202-0504

Jaron Potable Water HaulingWhitecourt AB780 778-0096

Jay-Day Water ServicesGunn AB780 785-2244

J.B. Water & Vacuum ServiceGrande Prairie AB 780 539-9951

JBird Pilot Car & Hot Shot ServicesFort St John BC250 263-4685

J.D.A. Oilfield HaulingGrande Prairie AB780 532-5101

JD&C ServicesHinton AB780 865-6807

Jen-Ty Contracting LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-2411

Jerry’s Water ServiceCecil Lake BC250 781-3359

J.M.B. Precision IncCalgary AB403 250-7704

Johnstone Tank Trucking LtdFrobisher SK306 486-2044

Jonnys Light Oilfield Hauling LtdNisku AB780 913-9959

JR LTL ServicesEdmonton AB780 220-5938

Jug’s Trucking LtdMaidstone SK 306 893-4286


K & L Oilfield Holdings LtdPink Mountain BC250 772-5133

K & S Oilfield HaulingStrathmore AB403 901-2021

Kaitin Heavy Duty MechanicalRed Deer AB403 356-1526

Kalmar Construction LtdFort St John BC250 787-7118

Kamber Nitrogen Services LtdFort St John BC250 787-8812

Kaymor Machining & Welding LtdClairmont AB780 538-2623

KDM Oilfield Manufacturing LtdNisku AB780 979-0052

KDM Transport LtdCalgary AB403 235-4796

Keian Coating & Sandblasting LtdFort St John BC250 262-4455

Kelly’s Trucking LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-2777

Kema EnterprizesRedwater AB 780 736-2232

Kinetic Transport LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-5757

King Cat Pilot Car ServiceDawson Creek BC250 784-5888

Kingpin Trailers LtdEdmonton AB780 447-1970

Kinsella Water Hauling LtdInnisfail AB403 350-4135

Kirk’s Vacuum Truck Services LtdTaber AB403 223-9377

KJ’s Trucking & Hot ShotRed Deer AB403 347-7445

Klaus Oilfield Hauling LtdRed Deer AB403 391-0831

Klick Tank Trucks LtdWhitecourt AB780 779-4999

KMC Oilfield Maintenance LtdSwan Hills AB780 333-4300

Kodiak Wireline Services PartnershipSt Albert AB 780 418-3405

Kopala Environmental ServiceBonnyville AB780 826-2945

Kory’s Vacuum Truck Service LtdBrooks AB403 793-4778

Kos Oilfield TransportationDrayton Valley AB780 542-6773

KPA Oilfield Services LtdChetwynd BC250 788-6933

KSJ Rig & Potable Water HaulingWestlock AB780 349-3853

Kyncl Trucking LtdSundre AB403 556-2239

Lakeshore HelicoptersFort McMurray AB780 714-3665

Lakeside Oilfield Services IncGrande Prairie AB780 513-2386

Lamb’s Trucking LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-7818

Last Chance Trucking (1995) LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-7556

LAW Inspection Services IncLethbridge AB 403 380-3555

Leak Technologies Solutions LtdCalgary AB403 637-0280

Legend Oilfield Services LtdDevon AB780 987-3154

Len’s Pilot Car ServiceLeduc AB780 986-4938

Letan’s Leveling LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5812

Lindholm Vacuum Service LtdRed Deer AB403 886-2211

Lion Hot Shot IncRed Deer AB403 588-5210

Little Guy Oilfield Rentals IncLeduc AB780 980-1166

Little Valley Holdings LtdDawson Creek BC250 759-4081

Lockhart Oilfield Services LtdRed Deer AB403 347-7017

Logic NDT Solutions LtdCalgary AB 403 720-3233

Lone Wolf Wireline 2002 LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-4758

Lonestar Hotshot & Pilot Car Services LtdDawson Creek BC250 784-8036

Lonkar Services LtdRed Deer AB403 347-9727

LR Helicopters IncCalgary AB403 286-4601

Lyd-Von Inspection Services LtdSylvan Lake AB403 318-8369

Lynx Wireline Services LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-4475

M D H Transport & Craning LtdHinton AB780 865-8891

M & R Machines (2000) LtdWeyburn SK866 842-4803

MADDON Oilfield ServicesVegreville AB780 632-9910

Magnum Inspection LtdBrooks AB403 793-7970

Magus Engineering LtdCalgary AB 403 264-3309

Maiko’s Trucking (1990) LtdMorinville AB780 939-7203

Manac WesternEdmonton AB780 447-1559

Mark’s Hauling LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-3777

MarrCo Trucking LtdMedicine Hat AB403 504-1656

Marvin Sheehan Services - MSSGrimshaw AB780 332-4777

Mateo Oilfield Services LtdCaroline AB403 722-2898

Maverick Inspection LtdEdmonton AB780 467-1606

Maverick Oilfield RentalsHigh River AB403 652-4652

Maverick Oilfield Transportation LtdHigh River AB403 652-4652

Maxim Rentals LtdFairview AB 780 835-5966

Maximum Tank Truck Services LtdGrande Prairie AB855 814-6884

Mayers Machine & WeldingEstevan SK306 634-6466

McGregor, O.H. Oilfield Services IncOlds AB403 556-3880

Medicine Hat Pilot Car & Hot Shot IncMedicine Hat AB403 502-5094

Mi Casa Rentals IncCalgary AB403 262-2288

Midnight North Transport LtdSlave Lake AB780 805-1384

Midwest Energy ServicesWetaskiwin AB780 352-1990

Milron Metal Fabricators IncEdmonton AB780 451-3258

Mirage Trucking LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-2826

M.L. Vacuum & Acid Hauling LtdDrayton Valley AB 780 542-2111

Moore’s Industrial Service LtdCalgary AB403 219-7160

MOVAC Mobile Vacuum Services LtdCalgary AB403 201-3710

MTS Mix Bros Tank ServicesEdmonton AB780 471-1386

Mud Doctor Vacuum Truck Services LtdCalgary AB403 697-7199

Murtron HaulingClairmont AB780 567-3612

Mustang Helicopters IncLacombe County AB403 885-5220

Nelson Bros Oilfield Services (1997) LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5777

New Age Oilfield Services IncNisku AB780 979-9977

Neway Oilfield ServicesFort Saskatchewan AB 780 992-1600


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YNEXEO SolutionsEdmonton AB780 417-9385

Nighthawk Pilot Car ServiceTaylor BC250 789-3349

NIPI Services (2007) IncFort McMurray AB780 791-6411

Nisku Industrial Coatings LtdNisku AB780 955-9696

Nitro Heavy Hauling LtdLloydminster AB780 875-6832

Nitrogen Technologies of CanadaGrande Prairie AB780 310-6487

Nitschke Vacuum Truck Service LtdStettler AB403 742-2125

Noranco Transport LtdSpruce Grove AB780 962-5800

Nor-Kam Vacuum Pumping Service IncDawson Creek BC250 782-5759

Norondo Wireline ServicesOlds AB 403 556-8036

North Of 55 Oilfield Hauling LtdSlave Lake AB 780 849-4333

Northern Hot Shot Service LtdDawson Creek BC250 784-3927

Northern NDTSherwood Park AB780 449-4935

Northern Truck Services (1994) LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-3659

Northstar Drillstem Testers IncCalgary AB403 265-8987

Northwell Oilfield Hauling (09) IncAcheson AB780 960-4900

Northwest Machine & Welding (1994) LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-3073

Northwest Wireline ServicesFairview AB780 835-4499

Nor-Trail Oilfield LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-5230

Norweld Stress (1994) LtdFort St John BC 250 787-0609

NOV Enerflow IncCalgary AB403 279-9696

O.C.E.A.N. Hauling & Hotshot LtdCalgary AB403 235-1942

OilKat Energy Services IncEdson AB780 712-5798

Okala Energy Services LtdCalgary AB403 453-4990

Omega Transport Services IncBrooks AB403 362-7303

109 Wireline Services LtdFort St John BC250 261-6490

Opsco Energy WirelineCalgary AB403 272-2206

Osco Gunite & Mudjacking LtdEdmonton AB780 469-1234

Outlaw Oilfield Hauling LtdEstevan SK306 634-3009

Overdrive TransportRocky Mountain House AB403 348-7004

Overland Transport LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 830-1490

Panda Tank & Vac Truck ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 513-2655

Paradox Access Solutions IncEdmonton AB780 418-1955

Paragon Fusion Clad (PPC) LtdEdmonton AB780 461-7719

Parcels Trucking (2007) LtdStettler AB403 742-2781

Pardy’s Robotic Tank CleaningLeduc AB780 986-6201

ParmaHigh Level AB780 926-2133

Pathway MatsLeduc AB780 986-0766

Pavlis Trucking LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-9819

Pembina Tubing InspectionDrayton Valley AB780 621-2011

Pentacon Energy Services IncVermilion AB 780 853-7836

Perfection Pumping CorpRed Deer AB403 318-9178

Performance Vac & Tank Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 830-0045

Performance Wireline LtdCochrane AB403 304-6225

Petro Carbon NDT Solutions IncCalgary AB403 720-2077

Petrotreat IncRed Deer AB403 314-1820

Phoenix Oilfield HaulingNisku AB780 955-8840

Piston Well Services IncRed Deer AB403 309-4429

Polaris Petroleum LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5958

Ponto Water Hauling IncFairview AB780 835-4554

Portiek Ventures LtdRimbey AB403 588-1950

Powerstroke Well Control LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 539-0102

Prairie Blasting & Coating LtdVirden MB204 748-2864

Prairie West Ventures LtdEdmonton AB780 916-3211

Precision Well ServicingGrande Prairie AB780 532-5260

Pressure Services IncAlder Flats AB780 388-2282

PressureWorx IncHinton AB780 817-1694

Primco Dene LP - Courier ServiceCold Lake AB780 594-4034

Pro Energy Transport CorpRed Deer AB403 347-5535

Pro North Oilfield Services LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-2855

Prospector Oilfield ServicesProvost AB780 753-8440

ProTechnics (Canada)Calgary AB 403 269-2055

Providence Trucking IncRed Deer AB403 314-0909

PSI Fluid Power LtdCalgary AB403 253-2236

Pulse Wireline Services LtdSherwood Park AB780 464-2981

Pure Energy Services LtdCalgary AB403 262-4000

Pure Spirit Water Services LtdSpirit River AB780 864-4424

PureChem ServicesCarlyle SK306 453-4414

P.W. Rentals LtdFairview AB780 835-4401

Q Test Inspection LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-5630

Q-Tek Tankers LtdViking AB780 336-2696

Quality Wireline Services LtdEstevan SK306 634-7975

Quick Silver Wireline LtdRed Deer AB 403 346-6167

Quicksilver Hot ShotFort Nelson BC250 774-2209

Quik HotshotGrande Prairie AB780 814-3499

Quin-Ko Custom Machining LtdRed Deer County AB403 340-3425

Quinn Well Control LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-3440

Quinn’s Big Country Oilfield Services LtdHanna AB403 854-2361

R & D Trailer Rentals LtdEdmonton AB780 447-1918

R & R Stress Relieving Service LtdNisku AB780 955-7559

Rae’s Industrial RepairSlave Lake AB780 849-0906

Rai-Lynn Trucking LtdLacombe AB403 782-3548

Rapid Wireline Services LtdFort St John BC 250 785-4364


Raven Oilfield RentalsFort St John BC250 787-8474

RBT - Randy Brodersen Trucking LimitedGrande Prairie AB780 532-2613

R-Dale Oilfield Services LtdCalmar AB780 985-2125

R.E. Line Trucking (Coleville) LtdColeville SK306 965-2472

ReAction Pressure ServicesClairmont AB780 933-7867

Rebel Energy Services LtdRed Deer AB877 732-3549

Rebel HotshotCalgary AB403 214-1333

Rebel TransportEdmonton AB780 464-5171

Recom Energy IncRed Deer AB403 348-8110

Red Arrow ExpressEdmonton AB800 232-1958

Red Planet Trucking LtdRed Earth Creek AB 780 649-3401

Redline Well Control IncRed Deer County AB403 347-2007

Redneckz WirelineGrande Prairie AB780 830-0002

RedSky Resources LtdKindersley SK306 463-6533

Regulator’s Oilfield Hauling LtdGrande Prairie AB780 832-0372

Reilly Transfer LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-1312

Remote Wireline ServicesMorinville AB780 939-6655

Renegade Oilfield ServicesRed Deer County AB403 350-7777

Rice Bros Trucking LtdBrooks AB403 501-8556

Rick’s Oilfield HaulingRedwater AB780 942-2025

Right Now Hotshot IncGrande Prairie AB 780 831-1352

Risley Hydraulic Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-5335

Risley MachiningGrande Prairie AB780 538-8256

Rivers Water & Vac Truck ServiceEdmonton AB780 460-8417

R.L. Electric Motor Rewinding (1995) LtdLloydminster AB780 875-6880

Road Runner Well ServiceForestburg AB780 336-5880

Road Train Oilfield Transport LtdRed Deer County AB403 346-5311

Roadway Trailers LtdEdmonton AB780 434-2644

Robby Davis Trucking IncLamont AB780 895-2656

Rock Data Services LtdRed Deer AB403 340-3311

Rock Tubulars LtdNisku AB780 955-4234

Rock Weld Oilfield Services LtdNisku AB 780 979-0203

ROCO Oilfield Systems LtdRocky Rapids AB780 621-8111

Roger’s Steam Rite Ltd & Vac ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 539-0980

Ron’s Vacuum Service LtdWainwright AB780 842-2390

Rosenau Transport LtdEdmonton AB780 431-2877

Rostel Industries LtdCalgary AB403 720-3999

Roughrider Hotshot Service LtdSwift Current SK306 774-9652

RPM Automotive Sundre (1983) LtdSundre AB403 638-4525

RPM (Real Production Management) IncDrayton Valley AB780 621-2775

R.P.T.L. Ron Prokipchuk Trucking LtdWhitecourt AB 780 648-3950

Sabre SwabbingDrayton Valley AB780 542-6096

Sage Wireline ServicesBrooks AB403 362-7503

Samax IndustriesWestlock AB780 349-1777

Sandpiper Truck Services LtdLloydminster SK780 875-2850

Sanjel CorporationCalgary AB403 269-1420

Savage Trucking LtdEckville AB403 746-5652

Schiltron Non Destructive Testing IncCalgary AB403 869-1518

Scooters Transfer LtdGrande Prairie AB780 605-2100

Scorpion IndustriesBonnyville AB780 826-0405

Scott’s Water Service (2006) LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-4663

Secure Hotshot ServiceEdmonton AB 780 803-6464

Shaw Lease & Truck RentalsCalgary AB403 243-6200

Shelk’s Oilfield Hotshot & Light Hauling LtdCamrose AB780 679-8126

Sierra Vacuum Truck Services LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-3039

Signal Hill Hotshot and Core Van Services LtdSherwood Park AB780 289-3600

Silver Hills Wireline LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-6044

Silver Shadow Inspection Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-0202

Silverado Oilfield Ventures LtdRed Deer AB403 340-1900

Silverline SwabbingBeaverlodge AB780 354-3052

Silverline WirelineSlave Lake AB 780 849-2880

Silverman Oilfield Services LtdNeilburg SK306 823-4722

Silvertip Oilfield Services IncManning AB780 836-3792

Simon & Simon Picker & Hotshot ServiceKerrobert SK306 834-8303

Singer SpecializedCalgary AB403 569-8605

Ski Marmot BasinJasper AB780 852-3816

Skinner Bros Contracting LtdFort Nelson BC250 774-6691

SLH Picker Service & Pile DrivingSlave Lake AB780 849-5275

Snow King Environmental Group LtdWestlock AB780 777-4594

Snub Force Well Control LtdBrooks AB403 793-5559

Snubco Pressure Control LtdCalgary AB 403 265-9384

South West Pipe LtdGull Lake SK 306 672-4242

Southern Industrial & Truck LtdWeyburn SK306 842-2422

Spectrum Testing IncLacombe AB403 782-6990

Spectrum Wireline Services LtdAirdrie AB403 948-5031

Sphere Drilling SuppliesCalgary AB403 720-9333

Springburn Oilfield Services LtdHigh Prairie AB780 837-9225

SPS Well Services IncAirdrie AB403 948-9599

Stahl Peterbilt IncEdmonton AB780 483-6666

Stats Ventures IncBonnyville AB780 826-5778

Stealth Oilfield Inspections LtdRed Deer AB403 309-7221

Stene Bros Oilfield Hauling IncCalmar AB 780 955-7228


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Strad Drilling Services-ManufacturingNisku AB780 955-9393

Strad Drilling Services-MattingWhitecourt AB780 778-2552

Strad Drilling Services-TransportWhitecourt AB866 778-2552

Streamline Inspection LtdCalgary AB403 454-6630

Substantial FlurriesStettler AB403 742-8838

Summit Wireline IncLloydminster AB306 825-4191

Sunrize Pilot ServicesRed Deer AB403 357-6610

Supreme Vac Oilfield ServicesEdmonton AB780 691-3436

Sure Shot HotshotEdmonton AB 780 220-7873

Surface Solutions IncGrande Prairie AB780 538-1074

Swamp Mats IncCalgary AB403 265-8757

Swede’s Towing LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-7787

SWL WirelineBrooks AB403 362-3873

T D Styles Trucking LtdNisku AB780 955-8020

T T’s Transport LtdRainbow Lake AB780 956-3030

TADD WirelineWhitecourt AB780 778-1209

Taiga Helicopters 1993 LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-3674

Talmek Energy Services LtdSlave Lake AB780 849-6844

Tazmech LtdEdmonton AB780 438-3770

TCL Trans Carrier LtdFort St John BC 250 785-5553

Team Industrial ServicesEdmonton AB780 417-7777

Team Snubbing Services IncRocky Mountain House AB403 844-2728

Terrapro Group of CompaniesSherwood Park AB780 449-2091

Thermex Metal Treating LtdEdmonton AB780 440-4373

Thirsty Boys Fresh Water Supply (2012)Caroline AB403 350-6132

THR Trucking LtdSundre AB403 638-9399

Three Star Services LtdConsort AB403 577-3211

Tiger Energy SystemsCalgary AB403 236-5016

Tiggo Transport LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-8237

T.I.P.S. TanksEdson AB 780 723-4470

Titan Logix CorpEdmonton AB780 462-4085

Titan Service Group IncLethbridge AB403 795-2218

TITAN Specialized Hauling LtdEdson AB780 723-6643

Titan Transport LtdCalgary AB403 216-5500

Titan Trucking LtdEdmonton AB780 668-4367

TJ’s Pilot Car LtdDawson Creek BC250 784-8540

TL Wood Transport LtdSt Albert AB780 458-0248

Tolway’s Rig JackingClairmont AB780 567-2422

Tomtruck Enterprises LtdLloydminster SK780 205-1535

Too SPEC IncGrande Prairie AB780 832-3540

Top Coat Industrial Coating Applicators IncEdmonton AB 780 387-4801

Total Depth Steam & Vacuum Services Ltd (1999)Grande Prairie AB780 518-0545

Total Engine Services LtdPeace River AB780 624-2567

Total Lube And WashGrande Prairie AB780 832-3846

Total Oilfield Rentals LPCalgary AB403 698-8448

Tower RatsRocky Mountain House AB403 845-4884

Trail TransportHigh Level AB780 926-9172

Tri-Auto LtdRainbow Lake AB780 956-3262

Triple D BendingCalgary AB403 255-2944

Triple K Oilfield Services IncGibbons AB 780 921-2221

Triple Random IncNisku AB780 979-0717

Triple Seven Oilfield Rentals LtdInnisfail AB403 396-7972

Triple T Trucking LtdClaresholm AB403 625-2829

Tristar Contracting LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-4455

Truck ZoneEdmonton AB780 451-0225

TSL Industries Operations LPKola MB204 748-5088

Tuboscope CanadaCalgary AB403 216-5000

Tucker Oilfield Hauling LtdDrayton Valley AB780 621-6490

Tundra Petroleum Services LtdRed Deer AB403 314-4474

Tusk Inspection Services IncFox Creek AB780 622-4252

20/20 NDTechnology IncGrande Prairie AB866 930-6220

TWH Oilfield Services LtdTaber AB 403 223-4717

Twilight Hotshot & Pilot ServicesWhitecourt AB780 778-0108

Two Rivers Water LtdFort St John BC250 789-3651

TWR Contracting LtdEdson AB780 712-6760

Twylight Pressure Controls LtdFort St John BC250 785-2178

Under Pressure Contracting LtdAirdrie AB403 803-5098

United Tank InspectionsStettler AB403 742-4747

Universe Machine CorporationEdmonton AB780 468-5211

Vac Attack LtdMillet AB888 424-4822

VIH Helicopters LtdNorth Saanich BC 250 656-3987

Viking Wireline Services LtdEckville AB403 746-3111

Visa Truck Rentals (1991) LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-0636

Vixen Oilfield ServicesOnoway AB780 982-9719

Volant Products IncEdmonton AB780 490-5185

Wachs Canada LtdEdmonton AB780 469-6402

Warrior Manufacturing Services LtdCalgary AB403 291-6444

Water WorxRed Deer AB403 358-3377

WC Trucking (1998) LtdBreton AB780 542-1089

Welco InspectionsSpruce Grove AB780 962-5396

Welco Stress Relieving LtdEdson AB780 712-7137

Wellco Pressure Controls LtdEdmonton AB780 414-0661

Wescan Precision Machine CorpCalgary AB 403 275-3784


West Penetone IncEdmonton AB780 454-3919

Western Oilfield Equipment LtdNisku AB780 980-2660

Western Star & Freightliner Trucks of Grande PrairieGrande Prairie AB780 513-2236

Western Star Trucks (North) LtdEdmonton AB780 453-3452

Westland Energy Services LtdSherwood Park AB780 490-4646

Whitefang Oilfield Services LtdGull Lake SK306 672-3595

Whiterock Water Hauling LtdCamrose AB780 672-3188

Wilcox High Velocity LtdEdmonton AB780 483-8861

Wildcat Vacuum Services LtdLloydminster SK 780 875-0464

William Rivers & Sons Fresh Water HaulingBowden AB403 556-1610

Wilmar Oilfield Pressure Services LtdBeaverlodge AB780 518-6964

Winacott Equipment GroupSaskatoon SK306 931-4448

WolverineWhite City SK306 757-1203

Wood Buffalo HelicoptersFort McMurray AB780 743-5588

Worsley Water ServiceWorsley AB780 685-2095

X-Cel EnergyHigh Prairie AB780 523-4412

XS Oilfield Services Group LtdGrande Prairie AB780 830-3994

Yellowhead Corrosion & Coatings DivEdmonton AB780 449-1340

Young EnergyServe IncRocky View AB403 517-2100

Z-Best Light Oilfield Hauling LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 513-8535

Production ServicesA & E Boiler Farm LtdEdmonton AB780 264-1267

Ace Instruments LtdFort St John BC250 785-1207

Ace Pressure Testing & Services LtdLacombe AB403 782-0606

Acer Industries Alberta LtdLeduc AB780 986-4832

Advanced Pressure Testing LtdLloydminster SK780 871-4729

Air Liquide Canada IncEdmonton AB780 438-5600

Alberta Mobile Boiler IncRedwater AB 780 942-4435

Alco Gas & Oil Production Equipment LtdCalgary AB 403 243-5055

Alkota CanadaRed Deer AB403 356-9274

Alpine Pumpjack Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 766-3000

AMGAS Services IncRocky View AB888 335-7370

ArcTech Welding & Machining LtdFort St John BC250 785-5151

Arctic Boilers & Fabricating LtdNisku AB780 267-0791

Astro Thermal TecRedcliff AB403 548-1231

Atek Water SystemsEdmonton AB780 414-0554

Attack Energy Services LtdHigh Prairie AB780 523-3302

Baron Pumpjack ServicesGrande Prairie AB780 814-5636

Beartrax Pumpjack Services IncSlave Lake AB780 849-3388

Bergendy Pressure TestingBrooks AB 403 793-2377

Big Bear Energy RentalsSylvan Lake AB403 887-2839

Big Iron Industrial IncHigh Level AB780 926-4944

Big K Pressure TestingCypress County AB403 529-2188

Bighorn BoilersRocky Mountain House AB403 844-8445

Bill’s Boiler ServiceCarbon AB403 948-8646

Black Gold Steaming & Pressure WashingDelburne AB403 350-8353

Blackdog Mobile Steamer LtdBarrhead AB780 674-1791

Braeside Fabricators IncCalgary AB403 279-0628

Bruin Instruments CorpEdmonton AB 780 430-1777

Buckin’ Good Welding LtdProvost AB780 753-4749

Bunch Welding LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 729-3335

Burnie’s Oilfield ServiceCamrose AB780 608-6260

BW Welding LtdEdmonton AB780 446-3110

Cactus Pressure Testing LtdGrande Prairie AB877 836-4322

Campbell Oilfield Rentals LtdClairmont AB780 532-8793

Canadian Advanced ESP IncEdmonton AB780 469-0770

Canadian Western Scrubbing SolutionsGrande Prairie AB780 513-4427

Caproco (1987) LimitedEdmonton AB780 465-1187

Central Alberta Pumpjack Services IncEckville AB403 746-3799

Central Water & Equipment Services LtdSaskatoon SK 306 975-1999

Chaceco LtdGrande Prairie AB780 518-2390

Cheyenne Oil Well Services (2012) LtdSt Albert AB780 460-1277

Chisholm Pressure Testing LtdOnoway AB780 886-9944

Claresholm Welding & Fabricating LtdClaresholm AB403 625-3824

Claude deMontarnal’s Welding LtdHigh Level AB780 926-4888

ClydeUnion PumpsCalgary AB403 236-8725

Coltek Energy Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-9878

Combustex CorpRed Deer AB 403 342-4494

Complete Pumpjack ServicesFort St John BC 250 785-2211

Concept Controls IncCalgary AB403 208-1065

CoorsTekRed Deer AB403 347-7244

Corrosion Service Company LtdCalgary AB403 233-2601

CorrproEdmonton AB780 447-4565

Coulter & McGillicky Sales & Service 1997 LtdEstevan SK306 634-3114

Culligan Water Conditioning LtdGrande Prairie AB780 532-8584

D. Blatkewicz Steamer & Mini Vac ServicesDrayton Valley AB780 621-7121

D & K Mobile WeldingMedicine Hat AB403 502-3459

D. Karach WeldingDrayton Valley AB780 542-6534

Daler Pressure Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-4272

Daniel’s Welding LtdEdson AB 780 723-5020


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Darcy’s Welding & Mechanical IncEdson AB780 723-2969

Davco Welding & Crane Service LtdWainwright AB780 842-5559

David Meffen Sales LtdEdmonton AB780 448-1938

Don Cinnamon Welding LtdRainbow Lake AB780 956-3766

DPS Microbial SolutionsFrobisher SK306 486-2110

Dupre Boilers LtdEdmonton AB780 434-7488

Dushay Welding LtdFort Nelson BC 250 774-4410

E & L Mobile Steaming LtdPeace River AB780 322-2118

E S Fox LtdEdmonton AB780 434-9475

Earl’s Pressure Testing LtdStettler AB403 740-6846

Eastend Iron Industries LtdTaber AB403 223-2620

Ecodyne Limited Cooling ProductsBurlington ON905 332-1404

Ecoquip Rentals & Sales LtdCalgary AB403 255-5207

Edmonton Industrial Oilfield Welding LtdEdmonton AB780 465-4664

ElectroGas Monitors LtdRed Deer AB403 341-6167

Enerflex LtdNisku AB780 955-2447

Entech Industrial Cleaning IncFort Saskatchewan AB780 913-2229

Evolution Production Equipment LtdCalgary AB403 984-3599

E.W. WeldingHigh Prairie AB 780 536-7319

Excel Exchanger IncEdmonton AB780 430-8360

Exeter Boiler RentalsSundre AB403 850-1820

Frank Henry Equipment (1987) LtdEdmonton AB780 434-8778

Frog Lake Oilfield Services LPElk Point AB780 724-3131

Frontier Steam LtdRimbey AB403 748-2900

GE Oil & Gas Artificial LiftCalgary AB403 263-7166

Glen’s Welding LtdMedicine Hat AB403 526-7383

Grande Cache Energy Services LtdGrande Cache AB780 827-4201

Graphic Controls CanadaCalgary AB 800 761-1669

Grenco Energy Services IncEdmonton AB780 468-2000

Greywolf Production Systems IncCrossfield AB403 946-4445

HalTech Testing IncBay Tree AB780 353-7001

HB Boiler ServicesCoronation AB403 575-4004

HD Energy Rentals LtdGrande Prairie AB780 831-0040

Heartland Industries IncStettler AB403 742-3397

Hell ‘N’ Back Industries LtdNampa AB780 322-2222

High Fire Boiler Service LtdRed Deer AB403 309-4622

Hotsy Water Blast Manufacturing LPEdmonton AB780 451-4521

HTH Heatech IncCalgary AB403 279-1990

H2S Solutions LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-4427

Incendium Supply LtdCalgary AB 403 202-0055

Industrial Pump CorpEdmonton AB780 436-3110

Inproheat Industries LtdCalgary AB403 253-2228

JaCat Pressure Truck ServicesEdson AB780 712-9030

Jag Pressure Testing IncLac La Biche AB780 689-7925

Jason’s Mobile Steam LtdLac La Biche AB780 623-3086

Jaycees Pressure Testing LtdLloydminster AB780 266-3832

J.C. Boiler Service LtdNisku AB780 955-3833

John Brooks Company LimitedMississauga ON905 624-4200

Joule Technical Sales IncCalgary AB 403 239-3477

JR’s Pressure Truck Service LtdWhitecourt AB780 706-2626

JW WeldingBrooks AB403 362-7122

Kayden Industries IncCalgary AB403 571-6688

L & L Steam ServiceViking AB780 336-2330

Larry’s Oilfield Engine ServiceVirden MB204 748-2111

LCO Technologies LtdCalgary AB403 860-9899

Leading Edge Artifical Lift Systems LtdManning AB780 836-2445

Leading Edge Heat Treating Services LtdEdmonton AB780 469-5660

Liberty Oilfield Rentals LtdEdmonton AB780 462-0886

Lindale Truck Service LtdCarnwood AB780 621-0940

Lonestar Energy ServicesGull Lake SK 306 672-6666

Lost Creek Custom Welding & FabricationLinden AB 403 333-5611

LoTech Manufacturing IncEdmonton AB780 440-5064

Lufkin Industries Canada LtdCalgary AB403 234-7692

Lynco Products IncCalgary AB403 250-3600

Maloney IndustriesCalgary AB403 279-5000

Ma-Shine Pressure Wash Services LtdRed Deer AB403 550-9555

Mega C Steaming LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-6148

Merv’s WeldingThree Hills AB403 443-2427

Millennium HeatRed Deer AB 403 357-9394

Millennium Pressure Testing LtdTaber AB403 317-5823

Mobile Data TechnologiesAcheson AB780 962-2825

Moss Fabrication LtdCalgary AB403 279-4950

MSI - Maintenance Solutions IncorporatedAthabasca AB780 675-5558

Murland Projects IncLloydminster SK780 871-4671

National Oilwell VarcoCalgary AB403 264-9646

NETZSCH Canada IncBarrie ON705 797-8426

Nipple-Up Pressure Testing (2005) LtdDrayton Valley AB780 514-7388

Nixon Oilfield Services LtdYellowhead County AB780 712-9410

NRMAC SteamingFort Nelson BC 250 775-1052

NWP Industries IncInnisfail AB 403 227-4100


Oil Lift Technology IncCalgary AB403 291-5300

Opsco ManufacturingRocky View AB403 723-3468

Oyen Welding & Machining LtdOyen AB403 664-3535

Panama Enterprises (1990) IncEdmonton AB780 452-5757

Paw’s Pressure TestingHigh Level AB780 926-1912

Penfabco LtdEdmonton AB780 434-0222

Pentagon OptimizationRed Deer AB403 347-6277

Peregrine Pressure Testing LtdFort St John BC250 787-8662

Platinum Pumpjack Services CorpCalgary AB 403 264-6688

Porterco Welding & Trucking LtdSlave Lake AB780 805-4000

Potomac (1980) LtdEdmonton AB780 466-2046

Prairie PrideGrande Prairie AB780 402-2566

Premier Integrated TechnologiesRed Deer AB866 443-5656

Process Combustion Systems (2000) IncCalgary AB403 250-1075

Profire Combustion IncSpruce Grove AB780 960-5278

Progressive Completions LtdEdmonton AB780 434-2399

Pumps & Pressure IncRed Deer AB403 347-9770

Quick Silver Optimization IncRed Deer AB403 346-6167

Quinn PumpsRed Deer AB 403 347-1128

R & M Energy Systems CanadaEdmonton AB 780 465-9500

Radar’s Pressure TestingAlhambra AB 403 729-0002

Ralph Littlechilds Welding ServicesEvansburg AB780 542-1171

Randco Millwright Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-0004

Red Hawk Pressure TestersSlave Lake AB780 849-2010

Red-D-Arc WelderentalsSherwood Park AB780 417-0330

Renown Industries LimitedEdmonton AB780 435-3447

Rig Rug RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 539-5522

Risley Steel Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 538-8240

RJV Gas Field ServicesVegreville AB780 632-7774

RMW Industrial Services LtdRegina SK 306 949-8234

Rob Morrell Fab & Welding IncFairview AB780 835-5314

Rotating Right IncEdmonton AB780 485-2010

Rotor-Tech Canada LtdSylvan Lake AB403 887-2545

Rovin Welding LtdEdson AB780 723-5819

Schoendorfer Pressure Testing And Chemical DeliveryWembley AB780 766-2727

Semerra Oilfield Pressure TestingGrande Prairie AB780 539-0070

Silvertip Enterprises LtdRed Earth Creek AB780 649-3925

SLY Steaming & Cleaning LtdBrooks AB403 793-5013

Sniper ServicesWhitecourt AB780 779-8057

Southern Plains Energy IncRedcliff AB 403 526-9668

Southern Pressure Tester’s LtdGull Lake SK 306 672-7692

Spice Steamer ServicesFairview AB 780 835-1234

SPM Energy Services IncSt Paul AB780 646-6331

Steamaster Oilfield ServicesLindale AB780 542-0183

Steam-Est Industries LtdEstevan SK306 634-3144

Steam-N-Steve’s Oilfield Services LtdViking AB780 336-2696

Stettler Oil & Gas EquipmentStettler AB403 742-6686

Steve’s Pumpjack Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 518-9722

Sub-Zero HeatingRed Deer AB403 391-9535

Sunrise WeldingSpruce View AB 403 728-3264

Superior PropaneCalgary AB403 730-5880

Supersonic Oilfield ServicesBay Tree AB780 864-1269

Supreme Welding & Mfg LtdRed Earth Creek AB780 649-3406

Taber Solids Control (1998) LtdEdmonton AB780 466-7799

Tecumseh Industries LtdHigh River AB403 601-2424

Topco Oilsite Products LtdClairmont AB780 567-2398

Tracker Steam & Oilfield Services LtdEckville AB403 746-2402

Tranter Heat Exchangers Canada IncEdmonton AB780 465-4582

Tri-Hi PressureWhitecourt AB780 778-4697

Triple T Oilfield ServicesCalgary AB 403 274-0100

Tubetest Service & Supply (1978) LtdRed Deer AB 403 346-6161

United Centrifuge LtdWeyburn SK 306 842-2378

United Oilfield IncAirdrie AB403 945-3443

VanRos Services IncGrande Prairie AB780 539-1553

Vetsch Steaming & Vacuum ServiceValleyview AB780 524-2001

Victory Pressure TestingSpruce Grove AB780 296-8378

Vindicator Products 2007 LtdRocky View AB403 250-5574

Wally’s Welding 2001 LtdForemost AB403 867-3773

Welco Welding & Maintenance Services LtdEdson AB 780 723-4505

Wermac Electric (1994) LtdCalgary AB 403 279-2358

West Pembina Pump & Equipment LtdDrayton Valley AB780 514-3288

Westalta Pressure Testing IncEdson AB780 723-7111

Westcomm Pump & Equipment LtdCalgary AB403 215-7867

Western PumpCalgary AB403 287-0256

Western Water & WastewaterCalgary AB403 287-0256

Willy D BoilersNisku AB780 955-7182

X-Factor Oilfield Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 514-2711

XYLEM IncSaskatoon SK306 933-4849

Zazula Process Equipment LtdCalgary AB 403 244-0751

Reclamation Products & ServicesAz-Tec Reclaim LtdIrma AB780 842-0621

Bozco EnterprisesProvost AB 780 753-3515


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YChampion Feed Services Ltd WholesalerBarrhead AB780 674-2910

Diversified Glycol Services IncRed Deer AB403 343-9555

Evergreen EnvironmentalOyen AB403 664-0420

Excel Construction & Environmental LtdAirdrie AB403 948-4218

Frac Rite Environmental LtdCalgary AB403 265-5533

Hannas SeedsLacombe AB 403 782-6671

Hodgson Contracting LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-6655

Nelson Environmental Remediation LtdSpruce Grove AB780 960-3660

NV Oilfield ServicesStettler AB403 740-9144

RemedX Remediation Services IncCalgary AB403 209-0004

TWB Construction LtdMaidstone SK306 893-4500

Tubular Products & ServicesAdvanced Coil Tubing IncRed Deer AB403 352-8552

Alberta Rhythm Well Service IncBrooks AB403 362-6471

Aluminum Pipe SystemsEckville AB 403 746-6060

Big Kahuna Coil TubingLeduc AB780 499-7751

Camaro Coil TubingProvost AB780 753-0203

Camel Coil TubingStrathmore AB 403 325-0484

Celtic Pride Manufacturing LtdBrooks AB 403 362-7044

Coil Works IncCastor AB403 882-2797

Dynamic Solutions IncRed Deer AB403 346-9788

Essential Coil & Stimulation ServicesRed Deer AB403 347-6717

Fedmet TubularsCalgary AB403 237-0955

Global Tubing LLCRed Deer AB403 346-9231

Hallmark Tubulars LtdCalgary AB 403 266-3807

Hydrotestors 2000 LtdRed Deer AB403 343-6779

Leader Energy Services LtdCalgary AB403 265-5400

Major Pipe & Supply LtdNisku AB780 979-0042

Pacrim SteelCalgary AB403 234-8228

Prowler Tubing Services LtdCalgary AB403 239-7596

Quality Tubing CanadaRed Deer AB403 342-1000

Select Energy Systems IncCalgary AB403 243-7542

Silverline CoilSlave Lake AB780 849-8377

STEP Energy ServicesCalgary AB403 457-1772

Taz Well Servicing LtdBrooks AB 403 363-0011

TechnicoilCalgary AB403 509-0700

TenarisCalgary AB403 767-0100

Tenaris Coiled TubesRed Deer AB 403 347-4544

TMK IPSCOCalgary AB 403 538-2182

Tubes CanadaCalgary AB403 912-4052

Warthog TubularsTaber AB403 223-5030

Well Evaluation & Testing ServicesAccuracy Online Production TestingRed Deer County AB403 391-8335

Boreal TestingGrande Prairie AB 780 513-6448

Cadieux Oilfield ServicesLac La Biche AB780 623-3443

Centennial Well Testing LtdRed Deer AB403 318-5724

Coral Oilfield Services IncGrande Prairie AB780 402-9800

Dark Star Production Testing LtdRed Deer AB403 396-9217

Demon Oilfield Services IncCrossfield AB403 946-4800

1st Rate Energy Services IncSylvan Lake AB403 887-2147

FloRite Environmental Systems IncFort St John BC250 785-3569

G & R Production TestingRed Deer AB403 341-6981

Grant Production Testing Services LtdCalgary AB403 663-0050

Kannco Energy Systems IncRed Deer AB 403 304-4805

Ker West Production Testing LtdOkotoks AB403 938-2660

LTD Production Services LtdShaunavon SK877 583-3569

Lutz Production Testing IncGrande Prairie AB 780 539-7350

Lyons Production Services LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 538-3400

Proflo Production Separators LtdRed Deer AB403 341-4337

Silver Stream Production Services LtdRed Deer AB403 340-2535

Strataflo Energy Testing IncBrooks AB403 501-3800

Summers Drilling LtdStony Plain AB780 963-1282

Sunrise Production Contractors IncSmoky Lake AB 780 656-6306

TC Mobile Vessels LimitedBrooks AB403 362-7945

10K RentalsGrande Prairie AB780 832-6300

TestAltaCalgary AB403 250-1790

TNT Production Testing IncSt Albert AB780 915-6656

Vencor Production Testing LtdWhitecourt AB780 778-6695

Venture Production Testing IncRed Deer AB403 343-8888

Zubar Production ServicesCalgary AB403 813-1914

Well Monitoring Products & ServicesDean’s Pump Service LtdFrobisher SK306 486-2110

Deploy Technologies IncDelta BC 888 213-3888

Echo Fluid Levels LtdBrazeau County AB780 542-0235

Hamdon Wellsite Solutions LtdEdmonton AB780 448-0074

Honeywell LimitedCalgary AB 403 509-1200


Senior TechEdmonton AB 780 484-4447

24-7 Enterprises LtdMidale SK306 458-2367

Well Stimulation Services & SuppliesCalfrac Well Services LtdCalgary AB403 266-6000

Canadian Chemical Technology IncCalgary AB403 250-9787

CS&P Cryogenics Canada LtdRed Deer AB 403 346-8240

Ferus IncCalgary AB403 517-8777

HalliburtonCalgary AB403 231-9300

Interra Energy Services LtdCalgary AB 403 693-3365

Schlumberger Canada LimitedCalgary AB403 509-4000

Trican Well ServiceCalgary AB403 266-0202

Weatherford Canada PartnershipCalgary AB403 693-7500

Wellsite Design & ConstructionCamrose Well Servicing LtdCamrose AB780 672-2216

Concord Well ServicingCalgary AB403 294-1950

Grimes Well Servicing LtdFort St John BC250 787-9264

Intricate Well ServicingLloydminster AB 780 870-7023

John Kmita LtdWeyburn SK 306 842-3536

Wizard Well Servicing LtdLloydminster AB 780 875-6035

Wellsite SuppliesAcclaim Insulation LtdRed Deer County AB403 391-8609

Accu-Flo Meter Service LtdCalgary AB403 243-1425

Adventure Foaming LtdRed Deer AB403 986-3626

AJ Energy ServicesCalgary AB403 262-8900

Billey Insulation LtdSmoky Lake AB780 656-2126

BIW Connector SystemsSt Albert AB780 460-3993

Book Insulations LtdSpruce Grove AB780 960-8402

Border Insulators IncEstevan SK306 634-4836

Bouchard Well Service LtdBrooks AB403 362-4732

Brost Well ServicingRed Deer A 403 314-0434

Canadian Wellhead IsolationSylvan Lake AB 403 340-3356

Canalta Flow MeasurementRed Deer AB403 342-4494

Cavalier Construction CorpClairmont AB780 567-3316

Connelly Industrial Insulation Services LtdRed Deer AB403 343-3125

Crossroads C&I DistributorsEdmonton AB780 452-7410

D & G Polyethylene Products LtdNeilburg SK 306 823-4789

Denarii Well Servicing LtdCamrose AB 780 608-7637

Diamond Energy Services LPSwift Current SK306 778-6682

Enerpro Insulation LtdEdmonton AB 780 478-4959

Enzo Energy ServicesRed Deer AB403 309-4562

Essential Well Service - CentralRed Deer AB403 358-5225

Essential Well Service - NorthDrayton Valley AB780 621-0654

Essential Well Service - SouthMedicine Hat AB403 527-6235

Estevan Meter Services LtdEstevan SK306 634-5304

Estevan Plastic Products LtdEstevan SK306 634-6400

Farm Boys Oilfield Services IncBeaverlodge AB780 539-5060

Firefly Critical Well Safety Equipment LtdRed Deer AB403 342-1050

FlareTech IncStettler AB403 742-2212

FMC Technologies CompanyEdmonton AB 780 468-9231

Foamco Industries IncRed Deer AB 403 314-1318

FTCA LtdEdmonton AB780 987-3717

G & R Insulating LtdGrande Prairie AB780 568-4500

GE Oil & GasCalgary AB403 531-7500

Gibson Foam Insulations LtdCalahoo AB780 967-3275

Global Well Servicing LtdDrayton Valley AB780 515-9885

Great North Equipment IncEdmonton AB 780 461-7400

Hanson Well Servicing LtdCoronation AB 403 578-3999

Haulin’ Acid IncRed Deer AB403 304-6643

Hi-Flo Oilfield Services LtdRed Deer AB 403 886-2133

High Mark Well Servicing LtdDrayton Valley AB780 621-0414

Insulation SnakesBreton AB780 696-3412

ISC Insulated Soft Cover LtdBonnyville AB780 573-2883

J & G UrethanesEdmonton AB780 457-7388

Kandrea Insulation (1995) LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-6847

Lea-Der Urethane Spray Foam Systems LtdSpruce Grove AB780 962-5060

Leading Edge Hot Shot & Picker ServiceManning AB780 836-2445

Loric Industrial Insulation IncProvost AB780 753-4744

M & Z Industrial Supply LtdEdmonton AB 780 440-2737

MactronicRed Deer AB 403 342-1822

Martec Insulations LtdLethbridge AB403 328-8246

Marvan Transport (1994) LtdRed Deer County AB403 346-9440

McCormick Ventures LtdFort St John BC250 787-1037

MDI Industrial Sales IncEdmonton AB 780 462-2975

Measurement IncDrayton Valley AB 780 514-5010

Meter-Man Flow Products 2006 LtdRed Deer AB403 343-0822

Metra Equipment IncEstevan SK 306 634-6325

Miquelon Meter Services LtdEdmonton AB780 434-3411

North Peace Insulating Products LtdGrande Prairie AB 780 831-7888


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YNorthern GaugeSherwood Park AB780 449-4935

Northern Industrial Insulation Contractors IncEdmonton AB780 483-1850

O.K. Wellhead Equipment & ServiceEdmonton AB780 469-6544

optiflow casing plungers incMedicine Hat AB403 526-2425

Park DerochieEdmonton AB780 478-4688

Pioneer Petrotech Services IncCalgary AB403 282-7669

PLR Insulating CoHythe AB780 356-3626

Polard Insulation Services LtdDrayton Valley AB780 621-0701

Power Ignition And ControlsCalgary AB403 236-2115

Precision Proving LtdSlave Lake AB 780 849-9335

Production Control ServicesFrederick CO720 407-3550

PROMORECalgary AB403 571-1669

Raider Well Servicing LtdLloydminster AB780 875-7373

Ram River Pipeline Outfitters LtdOlds AB403 556-3899

Range One Oilfield Services LtdLloydminster SK306 825-6111

RDIRed Deer AB403 343-1141

Reflex Manufacturing LtdEdmonton AB 780 484-4002

Reliance Well Servicing (2002) LtdDrayton Valley AB780 542-5295

Rezone Well Servicing LtdRed Deer AB 403 342-7772

Rockwell Servicing PartnershipCalgary AB403 265-6361

Roll’n Oilfield Industries LtdRed Deer AB403 343-1710

Royal Well Servicing LtdLloydminster AB780 808-2333

Samsco Service (1990) LtdBrooks AB403 362-4533

Savanna Well Servicing IncCalgary AB403 503-0650

Silverline Insulation 2005 LtdBonnyville AB780 826-1899

Silver-Tech Contracting LtdGrande Prairie AB780 832-0279

Spartek SystemsSylvan Lake AB403 887-2443

Specialized Tech IncCalgary AB403 233-2040

Steels Industrial Products LtdEdmonton AB780 452-4710

Swatech Industries LtdCalgary AB 403 228-0677

Tiger Lily Insulation LtdEdmonton AB780 469-5029

TMI InsulatorsFort St John BC250 785-1727

Tru-Line Insulation Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 513-0633

TSI Insulation LtdAcheson AB780 960-1398

We R Nuts & Bolts LtdNisku AB780 955-8002

Weir SPMRed Deer AB403 341-3410

Westerra Insulation IncSylvan Lake AB403 887-0920


Kogas Canada LtdCalgary AB403 532-8550

Mosaic Energy LtdCalgary AB403 699-7650

Murphy Oil Company LtdCalgary AB403 294-8000

Nexen IncCalgary AB403 699-4000

NuVista Energy LtdCalgary AB403 538-8500

Pace Oil & Gas LtdCalgary AB403 303-8500

Penn West EnergyCalgary AB403 777-2500

PetroBakken Energy LtdCalgary AB403 268-7800

Progress Energy Resources CorpCalgary AB403 216-2510

Questerre Energy CorporationCalgary AB403 777-1185

Quicksilver Resources Canada IncCalgary AB403 537-2455

Seven Generations Energy LtdCalgary AB403 718-0700

Shell Canada LimitedCalgary AB403 691-3111

Sinopec Daylight Energy LtdCalgary AB403 266-6900

Crew Energy IncCalgary AB403 266-2088

Devon Canada CorporationCalgary AB403 232-7100

Direct Energy Marketing LimitedCalgary AB403 261-9810

Encana CorpCalgary AB403 645-2000

Enerplus CorporationCalgary AB403 298-2200

EOG Resources Canada IncCalgary AB403 297-9100

Fairborne Energy LtdCalgary AB403 290-7750

Harvest Operations CorpCalgary AB403 265-1178

Hunt Oil Company of Canada, IncCalgary AB403 531-1530

Huron Energy CorpCalgary AB403 264-1200

Husky Energy IncCalgary AB403 298-6111

Imperial Oil Resources LimitedCalgary AB800 567-3776

Kallisto Energy CorpCalgary AB403 237-9996

JunexQuebec QC418 654-9661

Apache Canada LtdCalgary AB403 261-1200

Birchcliff Energy LtdCalgary AB403 261-6401

Black Swan Energy LtdCalgary AB403 875-7800

Canada Energy Partners IncVancouver BC604 909-1154

Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCalgary AB403 517-6700

Canadian Spirit Resources IncCalgary AB403 539-5005

Canbriam Energy IncCalgary AB403 269-2874

Cenovus Energy IncCalgary AB403 766-2000

Chevron Canada ResourcesCalgary AB403 234-5000

Chinook Energy IncCalgary AB403 261-6883

Compton Petroleum CorporationCalgary AB403 237-9400

ConocoPhillips Canada LimitedCalgary AB403 233-4000

Corridor Resources IncHalifax NS902 429-4511

Crescent Point Energy CorpCalgary AB403 693-0020

Suncor Energy IncCalgary AB403 296-8000

Talisman Energy IncCalgary AB403 237-1234

Tamboran ResourcesCalgary AB587 899-6551

TAQA North LtdCalgary AB403 724-5000

TORC Oil & Gas LtdCalgary AB403 930-4120

Total E&P Canada LtdCalgary AB403 571-7599

Unconventional Gas Resources CanadaCalgary AB403 269-1690

Vero Energy IncCalgary AB403 218-2063

Zargon Oil & Gas LtdCalgary AB403 264-9992

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Liquid Capital Rockyview IncCalgary AB403 503-1233

Maxx North America Services LtdEdmonton AB780 482-4144

Michener Allen Auctioneering LtdEdmonton AB780 470-5584

Montgomery Auction Services LtdBlackfalds AB403 885-5149

Paramount Insurance & Investment Services LtdRed Deer AB403 347-8400

PHH ArvalCalgary AB403 298-2996

Progress Land Services LtdEdmonton AB866 454-4717

SubConsult IncNisku AB780 980-6240

Thomson Schindle Green Insurance & Financial Services LtdMedicine Hat AB403 526-3283

Vital Recruiting Consulting Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 978-0754

Access Land Services LimitedRed Deer County AB403 348-5558

Annapolis Capital LtdCalgary AB403 231-4432

ARC Financial CorpCalgary AB403 292-0680

BMO Nesbitt BurnsCalgary AB403 515-1500

Brokerlink IncCalgary AB403 209-6300

Canadian Western BankCalgary AB403 262-8700

Capital Now IncCalgary AB403 617-2075

Cavalier Land LtdCalgary AB587 952-8282

Essex Lease Financial CorporationCalgary AB403 693-4060

Factors WesternCalgary AB403 250-1779

Foster Park Baskett Insurance LtdEdmonton AB780 489-4961

International Oilfield Equipment Brokers LtdCalgary AB403 299-2244

The Leasing Group IncCalgary AB403 703-4213

Liquid Capital Alberta CorpRed Deer AB403 342-0006

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Education, Research & Other GroupsAlberta Motor AssociationEdmonton AB780 474-8717

Custodians of the PeaceGwen [email protected]

SAIT PolytechincCalgary AB403 210-4453

University of AlbertaEdmonton ABYucel [email protected]

University of CalgaryCalgary ABRoberto [email protected]

University of LethbridgeLethbridge AB403 329-2040Dan [email protected]

Government AgenciesAlberta Advanced Education & TechnologyEdmonton AB780 427-0285

Alberta Department of EnergyCalgary AB403 297-8955

Alberta Geological SurveyEdmonton AB780 427-2995

Alberta Innovates - Technology FuturesEdmonton AB780 450-5111

Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC)Calgary AB403 592-8845

Atlantic Canada Opportunities AgencySt John’s NL709 772-2751

BC Ministry of Energy & MinesVictoria BC250 952-0115

BC Oil & Gas CommissionFort St John BC250 261-5700

Canada Revenue AgencyCalgary AB403 691-8792

Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum BoardHalifax NS902 422-5588

Canadian Consulate General Buffalo NYBuffalo NY716 858-9559

Enterprise Cape Breton CorpSydney NS902 564-2965

Environment CanadaEdmonton AB780 951-8600

Farmers’ Advocate of AlbertaEdmonton AB780 310-3276

Government of Canada (Foreign Affairs & International Trade)Ottawa ON613 944-4000

Guysborough County Regional Development AuthorityGuysborough NS902 533-3731

Industry CanadaOttawa ON613 954-2788

Manitoba Geological SurveyMichelle [email protected] 945-6571

National Energy BoardCalgary AB403 292-4800

Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN)Ottawa ON613 992-4923

Nova Scotia Department of EnergyHalifax NS902 424-4575

Nova Scotia Petroleum DirectorateHalifax NS902 424-4575

Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and ResourcesRegina SK306 787-0613

Strait-Highlands Regional Development AuthorityPort Hawkesbury NS902 625-3929

Industry AssociationsAssociation of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of AlbertaEdmonton AB780 426-3990Calgary AB403 262-7714

Canadian Association of Drilling EngineersCalgary AB403 532-0220

Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling ContractorsCalgary, AB403 264-4311

Canadian Association of Petroleum ProducersCalgary AB403 267-1100

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA)Calgary AB403 221-8777

Canadian Society of Exploration GeophysicistsCalgary AB403 262-0015

Canadian Society of Petroleum GeologistsCalgary AB403 513-1235

Canadian Society for Unconventional ResourcesCalgary AB403 233-9298

Petroleum Services Association of CanadaCalgary AB403 264-4195

Petroleum Technology Alliance CanadaCalgary AB403 218-7700

Progressive Contractors Association of Canada - PCACEdmonton AB780 466-3819

Small Explorers and Producers Association of CanadaCalgary AB403 269-3454

Society of Petroleum EngineersCalgary AB403 930-5454

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Media & Information ServicesAbacus Datagraphics LtdRed Deer AB403 346-7555

Albertametal.caEdmonton AB780 944-9333

AMCiOttawa ON613 410-8130

Apex Distribution IncPeace River AB780 624-0035

Atlantic Canada Petroleum ShowSt John’s NL403 209-3555

B W Rig SupplyNisku AB780 955-8686

Back Country Communications LtdBlackfalds AB403 396-1483

Beijing Zhenwei Exhibition Co, LtdBeijing China86-10-58236588

Blue Arrow CommunicationsSylvan Lake AB403 391-0917

Business Information GroupToronto ON416 442-5600

Cactus CommunicationsBrooks AB403 362-0100

Chatback Wireless Rig IntercomsValleyview AB780 524-4438

Comm Centre IncSwift Current SK306 778-9181

Communications Group Lethbridge LtdLethbridge AB403 380-6602

Expert Mobile Communications LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-3962

Fossil Communications LtdPeace River AB780 624-8770

Galaxy Broadband Communications IncEdmonton AB780 417-0644

Gas & Oil ExpoCalgary AB403 209-3555

Global Energy Career ExpoCalgary AB403 209-3562

Global Petroleum ShowCalgary AB403 209-3555

Infosat Communications LPCalgary AB403 543-8188

International Pipeline ExpositionCalgary AB403 209-3555

International Sustainable Energy CongressCalgary AB403 209-3562

ISA Calgary ShowCalgary AB888 799-2545

JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy GroupEdmonton AB780 944-9333

Kenwood Electronics Canada IncMississauga ON905 670-7211

Lloydminster Heavy Oil ShowLloydminster SK780 875-6664

Map Depot & Framing MattersEdmonton AB780 429-2600

Map Town LtdCalgary AB403 266-2241

Morad Communications LtdHinton AB780 865-4484

Mountainside Sales & Rentals LtdEdson AB780 723-5536

Mountainview Safety ServicesDawson Creek BC250 782-5559

Nexus Exhibits LtdCalgary AB403 262-8030

North Peace CommunicationsDawson Creek BC250 782-6664

Oil Sands Trade Show & ConferenceFort McMurray AB403 209-3555

The Oilfield AtlasEdmonton AB780 944-9333

Pipeline NewsEstevan SK306 634-2654

Pipeline News NorthFort St John BC250 785-5631

PrintWest CommunicationsSaskatoon SK306 665-3560

Quintel Communications LtdCalgary AB403 250-5417

Ralcomm LtdWetaskiwin AB780 352-4077

Red Rabbit Communications IncHigh Level AB780 926-8887

RigSat Communications IncCalgary AB403 250-5417

Rigstar Communications IncCalgary AB403 243-0600

Saskatchewan Oil & Gas ShowWeyburn SK306 842-3232

Shaw TrackingMississauga ON905 403-2126

SkypicsCalgary AB403 271-5094

South Peace CommunicationsValleyview AB780 524-2111

Southern Alberta Petroleum ShowMedicine Hat AB403 527-5214

Switch IncEdmonton AB780 628-3800

TOG Systems-Telecommunications Oilfield GroupValhalla Centre AB780 356-3965

Virgin Technologies IncEdmonton AB780 469-4470

Whitetail Oilfield Rentals LtdDawson Creek BC250 782-9524

World Heavy Oil CongressEdmonton AB888 799-2545

Software & Data ServicesAbra ControlsCalgary AB403 281-2277

Hallmark Technical ServicesNisku AB780 955-7955

Hybrid Energy Services LtdGrande Prairie AB780 897-3189

Pro Torque Connection Technologies LtdFort Saskatchewan AB780 933-0404

Softrend Systems IncNorth Vancouver BC604 983-3389

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Facility ConstructionAlta-Fab Structures LtdNisku AB780 955-7733

BCT Structures IncLethbridge AB403 331-2281

Horizon North ManufacturingGrande Prairie AB780 539-6601

Facility Products & ServicesAce Open CampRed Earth Creek AB780 649-2282

Almac Metal Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 465-0861

ARAMARK Remote Workplace ServicesEdmonton AB780 437-5665

Armor Building Systems LtdBrooks AB403 362-6637

ATCO Structures & Logistics LtdCalgary AB403 292-7804

Battery World (Grande Prairie) IncGrande Prairie AB780 402-3515

Big Foot Metal SystemsBrooks AB403 362-4181

Big Sky Camp Catering LtdRed Deer AB403 347-3838

Black Diamond Camps and LogisticsCalgary AB403 206-4747

Black Gold Camp ServicesRed Earth AB780 649-2221

BlackSand Executive LodgeSherwood Park AB780 410-1000

BOXX ModularBalzac AB403 567-1949

Calling Lake LodgeCalling Lake AB780 331-2220

Cameron Construction ServicesCalgary AB403 735-1021

Canada North Camps IncEdmonton AB780 488-3391

Canalta Panels LtdVegreville AB780 632-3839

D.J. Catering LtdEdmonton AB780 454-7378

Enerpan TechAcheson AB780 962-4044

EnerSys Canada IncCalgary AB403 640-1010

Excell Battery CompanyCalgary AB403 250-5988

Gas Link Industries LtdFort St John BC250 785-9022

George Ross Caterers IncCalgary AB403 837-8683

G.N.S. Industrial Trailer Services LtdEdmonton AB780 451-8088

GreenGate HomesEdmonton AB780 431-4275

Hayley Industrial Electronics LtdCalgary AB403 259-5523

Horizon North Camps & CateringSherwood Park AB780 410-1000

Horizon North Logistics IncCalgary AB403 517-4654

Jamal Contracting IncSwift Current SK306 773-0400

Jennifer’s Open CampWabasca AB780 891-2267

K & T Metal Industries LtdMorinville AB780 939-4486

L.A. Metal BuildingsNisku AB780 955-2560

MakLoc Buildings IncNisku AB780 955-2951

McTaves Camp & Catering LtdSpirit River AB780 351-2173

MegaDome ConstructionCalgary AB855 765-8999

Metalex Metal Buildings IncStettler AB403 742-1300

Mocoat Fibreglass Products LtdCalgary AB403 236-7738

Mountview Business Park-Rentals & SalesGrande Prairie AB780 532-6614

Norseman StructuresSaskatoon SK306 385-2768

Northern Industrial Camp MaintenanceFort St John BC250 262-4985

Northgate Industries LtdEdmonton AB780 448-9222

P R M Camps & CateringEdmonton AB780 451-8088

Paramount Structures IncCalgary AB403 244-7411

Pavilion StructuresSt Albert AB780 460-1726

PTI Group IncEdmonton AB780 463-8872

PTI GROUP INCGrande Prairie AB780 532-1808

Red Earth Lodge LtdRed Earth Creek AB780 649-2422

Reliable Metal BuildingsCarlyle SK306 453-6410

Ronaco IndustriesCalgary AB403 279-2840

Spartech Manufacturing LtdCalgary AB403 273-5775

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Sprung Instant StructuresAldersyde AB403 601-2292

Thermal Pro Steel Buildings LimitedStettler AB403 742-1163

Trans Peace Construction (1987) LtdGrande Prairie AB780 539-6855

Warwick Industries LtdCalgary AB403 720-9425

Wilf’s Oilfield Services LtdSwift Current SK306 773-4700

Pipeline ConstructorsArnett & Burgess Oilfield Construction LimitedSedgewick AB780 384-4050

ATCO PipelinesCalgary AB403 245-7060

Bandit PipelineLloydminster AB780 875-8764

Benedict Pipeline IncLeduc AB780 980-0156

Beretta Pipeline Construction LtdLloydminster AB780 875-6522

Big Country Energy Services LPCalgary AB403 225-8867

Blair Nelson Enterprises LtdCamrose AB780 672-7545

Bunch ProjectsRocky Mountain House AB403 729-3335

Candoo Oilfield Services IncFort St John BC250 785-2018

Challand Pipeline LtdRocky Mountain House AB403 845-2469

Corvet Construction (1977) LtdRed Deer County AB403 340-3535

Denmax Energy ServicesWainwright AB780 842-3661

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EnerTek Energy Services LtdFort St John BC250 785-5100

Enterprise Energy Services IncSt Albert AB780 418-4400

EOS Pipeline & Facilities IncCalgary AB403 232-8200

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Our commitments to technological innovation, well-trained

and qualifi ed personnel, industry-leading health and safety

programs and service excellence make us the leaders in the

pressure pumping industry.

We strive to further our ability to perform for our customers and

push for innovation in our industry through technical expertise

in the following areas: fracturing and coiled tubing design and

simulation, advanced lab analysis capabilities, strategic pre-job

planning, pre-frac and post-frac analysis.

Expect us to bring our best now and tomorrow.

Calfrac continues to prove to customers, peers and industry that we are a leader in all that we do.

“WE’RE BREAKING NEW GROUND…. EVERY DAY”

www.calfrac.com

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RECORD IT WAS A RECORD FOR THE WILLISTON BASIN. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR US.

When big thinking is called for, people call us. We recently completed the company’s largest single wellbore multistage fracturing operation in the Bakken formation. 50+ zones, isolated by swell packers, along a 2,697 m (8,850 ft) lateral. We didn’t do it to set a record. We did it to optimize recovery from the well so our client could get the most from their asset.

That’s just one more example of how we deliver solutions to tough problems, maximizing the return on your investment. So if you’re as tenacious as we are about working smarter, we need to talk. Expect the Unconventional.

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