The Horn River play is one of the latest grand resource plays to emerge in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Following in the footsteps of such shale gas plays as the Barnett, Antrim and Caney Shale, the Horn River discovery lead to a surge in land sales in remote north-eastern British Columbia. Mineral rights for […]
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Cardium Reborn
Back in 2008, the Cardium Formation in central Alberta was stale and tired, with well known areas drilled to exhaustion, and fringes deemed un-economic. As of 2010, thanks in large part to new technologies that include horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracturing (“multistage horizontals”, as nonsensical as it sounds, is becoming a mainstream term), the Cardium […]
The Case for Remote Geo-Steering
The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is a mature oil and gas area, where most of the easy reservoirs have already been discovered, and in many cases already drained. Most new plays are linked to the deployment of new technologies in reservoirs previously deemed un-economic. Where is remote geo-steering applicable? Not every play is suitable for […]