Shales

Article
May 2015
Drilling, LNG prospects face stiff headwinds
News
May 01, 2015
The huge gas resource base in North America offers significant potential for LNG exports, but currently it is the U.S., not Canada, that is building an LNG export industry, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis.
News
February 26, 2015
Alberta’s energy producers are pivoting toward developing gas reserves rather than oil after crude lost half its value last year.
News
February 20, 2015
Shale producers in Alberta’s Duvernay region are being asked to monitor and prevent earthquakes after regulators linked a series of seismic events over the last two months to hydraulic fracturing.
News
January 29, 2015
ShaleTech Canada 2015 is the premier event for professionals working in the shale oil and gas industry in Canada, which is the world's fifth-largest oil producer.
Article
November 2014

A 10-year production analysis suggests that the reuse of produced water in hydraulic fracturing results in better initial production, as well as longer-term equivalent output.

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