EPIC COMEBACK IN TEXAS HOLD ‘EM Lynn and Tony were seasoned participants, their previous experiences were largely at the side tables. However, they both enjoyed dominant chip positions to that of Wade’s cache. Fortunes changed for Tony as current chip leader on a brazen bluff that failed and cost him a chance for the second…
The explorers of the Canadian West had to come from somewhere, and many of them came from central Canada. They came in the tradition of the fur traders who chased the beaver across the continent, intent on securing raw material for expensive hats for people in the old country. But the Geological Survey of Canada…
It was in early 2007 when Stewart & Stevenson LLC of Houston, Texas acquired Calgary-headquartered Crown Energy Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of drilling, well servicing, workover rigs and stimulation equipment. “As a result of this acquisition, Stewart & Stevenson will be the largest provider of well stimulation equipment in North America,” said Robert L….
By Roger Soucy . . . I would like to address a few pressing issues. The first is the industry’s reaction to thepublic perception results that came out of the royalty review panel report and the new royalty program for Alberta. There is no question that the industry, and by that I am referring especially…
“The ultimate aim of Integra Safety Inc. is to make safety an integral aspect of performance regardless of the task,” explains Clay Purdy, who helped found the Medicine Hat-headquartered company about two years ago. “Safety should be a value linked with every activity or task in a work routine. Safe work should be the enduring…
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008 has been circled on calendars at Precision Drilling Trust for quite a long time. That’s the date when the non-compete agreement with Weatherford International Ltd. expires and Precision can pursue an international growth plan. It was about three years ago when Precision sold its considerable international business to Weatherford for $2.28billion…
