Oil, Gas & Energy Analysis

Weekend Edition: Multibillion-Dollar Commitments to Oilsands Projects

At this week’s TD securities energy conference, a strong commitment to multibillion dollar oilsands projects was expressed by operators. That is a great sign of confidence in Canada’s energy future given current pipeline uncertainty, wide price differentials and lower crude prices. This also means the oilsands operators are banking on increased pipeline capacity to solve …

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Eagle Energy Trust: Q3/12 Operational Challenges Trigger Selloff

Eagle Energy Trust’s last Q3 report was below expectations due to operational hiccups. The company reduced its guidance for the second half of 2012 which triggered a drop in the stock price. Its time to check on the dividend sustainability based on the anticipated lower production volumes in 2013. Q3 production came in at 2,825 …

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OGA January Update: Rolling Out 2013 Guidance

Capital expenditures & production guidance for 2013 are making their way gradually into OGA for companies in the coverage universe. The budget announcements are typically released between December and January. For dividend paying companies, the annual average production & capex figures are instrumental for projecting a company’s ability of supporting its dividend. While guidance usually …

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Weekend Edition: Alberta Producers Losing $18B a Year

March 17th, 2012 Category: Weekend Edition 5 comments Tweet According to a recent CIBC world Market report, oil producers in Alberta are missing out on $18B (B for Billion)/year by selling out their Canadian oil priced substantially lower than international crude.??Weve??got Brent oil trading around $126, WTI oil around $107 and our Edmonton light trading …

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Global Green Matrix?s Big Growth Opportunity in Big Heat

Global Green Matrix Corp. GGX.V 0.08 [0.00] is the new kid on the block in the Frac Fluid Heating Business. This oilfield equipment-rental company entered the sector with a technological edge, using an innovative and highly efficient water heating system called ?Big Heat?. ? Fracking is a technique used to release oil and gas from …

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Weekend Edition: World Energy Consumption Registers Sold Growth in 2010

According to BP’s annual??Statistical Review of World Energy, published on June 8th, 2010’s energy consumption was up by 5.6% from 2009. Oil consumption which accounts for 34% of the world’s primary energy by BP’s calculations rose by 3.1%. Coal, at 30% the number two fuel, was up by 7.6%, growing faster than at any time …

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NXT Energy Solutions: How Big OIL Exploration Can Save Hundreds of Millions In Exploration

The oil and gas industry is notorious for flushing billions of dollars down unsuccessful and incredibly expensive exploration wells every. single. year. The cost of a single exploration well these days can exceed $100 million. Thats on top of the money spent on seismic data acquisition before the drill bit starts turning. In fact, the …

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Xtreme Coil Drilling: Undervalued Drilling Company on the Cusp of Strong Growth

Xtreme Coil Drilling markets high spec drilling rigs and coil service rigs ideally suited for unconventional resource plays. With the advent of the shale revolution not only is the number of horizontal wells steadily rising, companies are drilling deeper wells with longer lateral legs which is exactly where XDC’s specialty comes in. XDC is currently …

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The Red Earth Slave Point Formation Oil Play

The Slave Point formation is a 400 million year old layer of carbonate rocks (sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbonate minerals: limestone and dolostone) that occurs in southern?Northwest Territories, northeastern?British Columbia?and?northern Alberta. Exploration targeting this formation has yielded significant pool discoveries in Alberta especially in the Greater Red Earth area where the first vertical wells …

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