Alberta
ExxonMobil steps in liquids-rich Montney shale acreage October 2012, ExxonMobil announced to acquire the Canadian company Celtic Exploration (Celtic) for the amount of $3.15 billion. ExxonMobil has already a strong presence in Canada since the 1940s in beginning with offshore exploration and production in Nova Scotia with the Sable project and in Newfoundland with Hibernia project. […]
In Business to Deliver Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and listed at the Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE, TransCanada is a leader in energy infrastructures in North America. With more than 60 years of experience and 4,200 employees, TransCanada is active in two types of business, pipelines and energy. In midstream activities, TransCanada builds its […]
Non-end drive to USA paves Enbridge way to Asia With the cancellation of the $16.2 billion Mackenzie Valley pipeline project, Canada integrates the new situation created in the USA with the exponential development of the shale gas these last years. Proposed in the 1970s and finally approved by the Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB), the […]
International oil and gas company growing upstream Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy) was originally established in Lousiana in 1950 as Murphy Corporation but is today headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA, and listed in the New York Stock Exchange. Murphy leads exploration in many countries and produces oil and natural gas mostly from USA (Gulf of Mexico), Canada […]
Definition Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection (NCG) belongs to the in-situ exploration and production of oil sands. Non-Condensable Gas Co-Injection refers to the process which is to inject NCG together with the steam in the oil sands reservoir. Comments Canada is the country with the biggest unconventional oil resources called bitumen. This bitumen lies in oil sands reservoirs. Most […]
$185 million program to boost production by 30% MEG Energy Corp (MEG) from Calgary in Alberta, Canada, announced last July to revise upward its Christina Lake oil field production enhancement program called RISER. Christina Lake is an in situ oil sands field located 150 kilometers south of Fort McMurray in the northeast Alberta. Christina Lake […]
Rosneft and Exxon mobilize $3.2 billion as first step On April 2012, Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to jointly explore and develop oil and gas fields in the Russian Black Sea and Kara Sea. This Strategic Agreement is supported by the: – Opportunity given to Rosneft to take stakes in ExxonMobil oil […]
Definition Oil sands are bitumen deposits which naturally occurred from the mixture of thick, heavy oil, water and sand. Since the heavy oil is classified as bitumen, Oil sands are scientifically named as Bituminous sands. Oil sands may also be called Tar sands where Tar refers to the residue produced from organic material distillation such as bitumen. […]
