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Ensign is one of the world's land-based drilling and well servicing contractors serving crude oil, natural gas and geothermal operators. [verification needed] The company’s premium service is focused on contract drilling with complementary services such as directional drilling, underbalanced and managed pressure drilling, rental equipment, well servicing and production services. [4]
In September 2019, amid a difficult energy sector in Alberta, Precision Drilling Corporation's share price fell below the required minimum for the S&P/TSX Composite Index and was removed from the index. [15] In July 2022, Precision Drilling acquired High Arctic Energy Services Inc.'s welling services and rental divisions for $29.3 million. [16]
Leduc No. 1 was a major crude oil discovery made near Leduc, Alberta, Canada, on February 13, 1947.It provided the geological key to Alberta's most prolific conventional oil reserves and resulted in a boom in petroleum exploration and development across Western Canada.
Trinidad Drilling Ltd. was a corporation headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that operated in the drilling and well servicing sectors of the North American oil and gas industry. Trinidad was acquired by Ensign Energy Services between late 2018 to early 2019, and was amalgamated into Ensign in 2019.
"In northern Alberta, the Dominion Government began a drilling program to help define the region's resources. Using a rig brought from Toronto, in 1893 contractor A.W. Fraser began drilling for liquid oil at Athabasca. He abandoned the well in 1894." [6] "In 1897 Fraser moved the rig to Pelican Rapids, also in northern Alberta. There it struck ...
Feb. 2—The rig count in the Permian Basin was up one this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 311 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 354 rigs were active in the region.
Lineham's well was drilled by a wood "Canadian Pole" rig powered by a 35-horsepower (26 kW) steam engine. Drilling began in November 1901 and succeeded on 21 September 1902. [4] The Lineham Discovery Well No. 1 struck oil at 311 metres (1,020 ft), producing saleable quantities of oil at the rate of 300 barrels per day (48 m 3 /d). The well ...
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