Joint CSPG-CWLS-CSEG Convention: GeoConvention 2019 We are pleased to be part of GeoConvention 2019 again this year. Chinook Consulting will be on the exhibit floor at the TELUS Convention Centre at booth 407 from Monday, May 7th to Wednesday, May 9th. Register at the link below for a Free Exhibit Hall Pass. Visit us at Booth 407: […]
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Geosteering Workshop-April 2019
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Canadian Drilling Stalled in 2019
Activity in the Western Canadian sedimentary basin started to deteriorate again in November of 2018. While the 2015-2017 bust was global in scale and caused by market fundamentals (supply/demand imbalance), the recent downturn is Canadian in nature and extent. In order to move the needle, the Canadian oil patch needs egress pipelines to international markets (other than US) for both oil and gas, and governments that support development.
Picture Calendar 2019
Our call for pictures for the 2019 calendar brought in many great photos of rigs, wellsite operations and rocks sent by our team members from all over Canada and a few from overseas. Thank you all for your wonderful submissions; it was difficult to pick a limited number for the 12 months of the year. […]
Announcement: Geosteering Workshop-November 2018
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Traditional Art
Chinook is proud to announce collaboration with traditional artist Mulidzas Curtis Wilson. Curtis designs elements of the chinookpetroleum.com website in the traditional West Coast Ligwilda’xw style. Mulidzas is the traditional name handed to Curtis Wilson during a family Potlatch held in 2001. Curtis was born, raised and lived in Campbell River. His family comes from […]
Announcement: Geosteering Workshop August 2018
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Announcement: Petroleum Geochemistry Service
Chinook Consulting has recently added Geochem Lab Services to our ever expanding suite of professional services. Geochemical well logs are created from samples using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) that measure elemental concentrations and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) that measure mineral/phase characteristics and abundance. Geochemical well logging is a proven tool that helps clarify subtle changes in hydrocarbon […]
East Duvernay Shale Basin
Devonian Duvernay Formation, East Shale Basin, Alberta Summary The East Shale Basin of Alberta is located geographically in the Three Hills and the Ponoka/Gull Lake area, with recent activity mainly found within the strike areas of Joffre, Morningside and Huxley. The East Shale Basin (ESB) has seen a flurry of recent activity since 2016 following […]
Technological Approach in Resource Plays
The aptly titled “shale revolution” is changing the energy production landscape in North America one resource play at the time. The potent combination of horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracking is unlocking oil and gas reserves around the continent. Faced with dwindling recoverable reserves in mature basins, explorers and producers are using technological advances to extract […]
Conference: AAPG ACE Convention 2018
AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition ACE 2018 – Salt Lake City We are pleased to be part of AAPG ACE 2018 again this year. The conference is hosted by the Utah Geological Association. Chinook Consulting will be on the exhibit floor at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah at booth 801 […]
McMurray Oil Saturation
Have you ever wondered what rich McMurray oil saturation looks like at the shaker and in cuttings? See a short video of heavy oil saturated McMurray sand on the shale shakers:
Conference: GeoConvention 2018
Joint CSPG-CWLS-CSEG Convention: GeoConvention 2018 We are pleased to be part of GeoConvention 2018 again this year. Chinook Consulting will be on the exhibit floor at the TELUS Convention Centre at booth 218 from Monday, May 7th to Wednesday, May 9th. Register at the link below for a Free Exhibit Hall Pass. We look forward to […]
SAGD and Heavy Oil Development
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) SAGD/CSS is an unconventional resource development that is widely used to extract bitumen from underground oil sands deposits. These methods involve injecting steam into sub-surface oil sands deposits to heat the bitumen locked in the sand, thereby lowering the viscosity allowing it to flow and to be extracted. In […]
Geosteering in the WCSB
What Works, What Doesn’t Not all plays are equally suitable for a geosteering approach. While geosteering is the preferred method of reservoir navigation in unconventional shale and siltstone reservoirs, the approach is also used in conventional tight oil and gas clastic resource plays, as well as in some heavy oil plays and carbonate reservoirs. This […]
Drilling Optimization Approach
At Chinook Consulting Services we define Drilling Optimization as: Constructing a well that meets all objectives, for both reservoir access and data gathering, at the lowest possible cost and/or time without compromising HS&E or wellbore quality In order to meet this objective, we believe that the most two main areas focus should be: Borehole […]
Drilling activity in the world
Rig activity throughout the regions of the world changes daily and with it changes the amount of services needed for the oil and gas industry. Rig counts throughout history and the world varied widely, between 6000 in 1981 and 1100 in 1999. Reasons for wild swings in rig utilization are numerous, among them political, technological, […]
Technologies and Geology
Undoubtedly new technologies drive development of resources plays and have spurred a new stage of exploration in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Engineering based plays place emphasis on drilling and completion techniques, but achieving desired production benefits substantially from improved understanding of reservoir geometry and mechanics, enhanced modelling of the producing formation and ideal placement […]
The Grosmont Carbonate Trend
The Grosmont Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) age. It is present in the sub-surface of north-eastern Alberta,1 south-west of the Sub-Cretaceous erosional edge and north-east of the Ireton Shale facies of central Alberta. The ERCB estimates more than 400 billion barrels (65 billion m3) bitumen in place are trapped in the […]
The Duvernay Shale
The Duvernay Shale came to prominence in 2010 and 2011, when more than $2 billion were spent in auctions for land rights targeting the Devonian shale formation. The liquids rich play follows the trend set by similar unconventional targets in the United States, such as the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in Texas. Technology advances such […]
The Montney Play
The Montney Play is the foremost example of unconventional gas play in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Large deposits of shale and siltstone with poor permeability contain vast quantities of gas in the west and oil in the coarser eastern facies of the Montney Formation. An estimated 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is […]
The Horn River Basin
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 […]
Alberta Township System
The Alberta Township System is a land survey system used in Western Canada to divide land in 1 square mile sections. Initially used to define land for agriculture purposes, the system was later adopted in land sales and leases for hydrocarbon exploration rights. Provincial governments in Western Canada regulate the naming of oil and gas […]
Well classification
Lahee classification Mnemonic Lahee classification Description NFW New Field Wildcat An NFW well is located at a considerable distance beyond the limits of known pools and is outside the boundaries of existing fields. The well is drilled in an area where hydrocarbons have not yet been discovered. The geological risk of this type of well […]
Preparing cuttings samples drilled with invert mud
Invert (oil based) mud poses very specific challenges when it comes to cleaning drill cuttings. Invert mud coats the cuttings in a sticky membrane; in order to eliminate this, the coating has to be dissolved with thinners and shaken off using kinetic energy. Most cleaning methods are time consuming and require large quantities of water […]