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Services

December 01, 2008 Category: Services Tags: , , ,
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News and tidbits from the oil and gas service sector More →

Go Forth and Prosper – This Boom Still Has Legs

September 16, 2008 Category: Services Tags: , , , , ,
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The Energy Services Summit opened the eyes of an industry newcomer to the opportunities in the sector More →

A Q & A with Roger Soucy of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada

September 16, 2008 Category: People Tags: , , , ,
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The PSAC represents more than 270 firms focused on oil and gas contracting with in excess of 68,000 employees More →

Not Your Father’s Oil Crisis

September 16, 2008 Category: International Tags: , , , , , ,
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How globalization sets the current problems apart from the oil shocks of the 70s More →

How Oil Traders Gave Albertan Consumers and the Financial Community a Wild Ride

September 16, 2008 Category: Finance Tags: , , , ,
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Canadian industry realities taught investors a hard lesson since the big bull market in commodities in general, and energy in particular, took off five years ago. More →

The Story of Canada’s Oldest Oil Company

September 15, 2008 Category: Services Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Learn how the industry began over 150 years ago in southern Ontario More →

Edmonton based crane company combines the best of Alberta, Idaho and Washington

September 15, 2008 Category: Services Tags: , , , , ,
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NC Services Group is challenging for top spot in the heavy lifting world More →

Mission Impossible? Oil sands advocates disagree on how to improve the reputation of the oil sands

September 15, 2008 Category: Policy Tags: , , , , , , , ,
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In the face of vociferous criticism, oil sands stakeholders and lobbyists discuss how best to remediate the industry’s reputation More →

Profile of Calgary-based Enhanced Oil Recovery Company Enhance Energy Inc.

May 29, 2008 Category: Environment Tags: , , ,
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Three Alberta Oil and Gas Insiders Debate the Future of the Industry

May 29, 2008 Category: Policy Tags: , , , , , ,
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The subjects of discussion: the royalty review, climate change regulation, commodity prices and carbon capture and storage More →

Chart of the Week

Alberta Oil Magazine chart of the week

Offshore drilling moves to the deep end

The proportion of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico first began to outpace drilling at shallower depths in the early 1980s, figures from the U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service show. The gap grew steadily until the late-1990s, when production from deepwater plays rose dramatically. The sudden increase in deepwater activity lends credence to the argument that oil is increasingly harder and more expensive to access.

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