By Jake Kardash, Technical Specialist-Engineering & Stephen Lund, Technical Specialist, Mountain Coil Tubing Introduction Completing horizontal wells with the plug-and-perf and the ball-and-seat styles of completion has remained one of the most common methods for stimulating tight oil and gas or shale formations across North America. The use of coiled tubing, coupled with a milling…
By Heather Douglas “We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?” Stephen Hawking, (1942 -), English…
By Heather Douglas “There’s no good idea that cannot be improved on.” Michael Eisner (1942 –), retired chairman & CEO of The Walt Disney Company (1984 — 2005). Spectrum Wireline Services Ltd. is one of the oilpatch’s surprising success stories. It has teamed with an established Norwegian company to introduce a cutting-edge abandonment technology to…
It was an auspicious start. Communications Group Red Deer Ltd. launched April 1, 1992 and it was no joke. The company specializes in the sales, service, and rentals of two-way radio systems, GPS products, GPS tracking devices, satellite phones and cellular equipment, while providing 24-hour, 365-day back-up to many central Alberta emergency services, petrochemical and…
As Canada’s 150th birthday approaches on July 1, the growth of the oil and gas services (OGS) industry in the past 50 years is noteworthy. While oil companies get the attention, OGS does the work, supplies all the equipment and most of the people. Drilling -To 1967, Canada’s centennial year, 47,722 wells had been drilled….
Buys Low, Sells High By Bilal Hydrie President, Inclusive Energy Ltd. & Centurion Investment Ltd. Even Alberta’s traditional boom and bust cycle is affected by the current downturn. Instead of the typical upswing that sees the energy industry return to “normal” after a stretch in the trenches, the coming recovery is expected to be “gradual…
