The boreal forests that stretch along the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan north of Lloydminster are dotted with hundreds of oil batteries drawing heavy crude from the vast Cold Lake deposit that sits below.

This week’s DOB Backstory comes from a Dec. 13, 1965 edition of the Daily Oil Bulletin.  Husky Oil Canada Ltd. plans new office building and towering spire in downtown Calgary.

Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Sept. 20, 2021 as reported this morning by Rig Locator.

Royal Dutch Shell plc has reached an agreement for the sale of its Permian business to ConocoPhillips for $9.5 billion in cash.

The Daily Oil Bulletin has published the August edition of the On The Move newsletter.

Greenfire Acquisition Corporation (GAC) closed the acquisition of Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS), which includes a 75 per cent working interest and operatorship of the Hangingstone expansion site.

2020 will be a year that everyone will remember. When asked, “What happened in 2020?” everyone’s response (in some form) would likely relate to the global pandemic.

The global market for lithium ion batteries will be $300 billion annually by 2030, according to a recent World Economic Forum report.

Enbridge Gas is holding a binding open season for C1 transportation services from St. Clair (DTE) and/or Bluewater to Dawn starting Nov. 1, 2023 for a minimum of five years.

EDP Renewables SA (EDPR) and TC Energy Corporation have executed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100 per cent of the output of the 297-megawatt (MW) Sharp Hills Wind Farm, located in the Special Areas municipality near the hamlets of Sedalia and New Bridgen in Alberta.

While stakeholder engagement has always aligned with good governance, there is a heightened focus on ESG reporting and consultation that is bringing it into the spotlight.

Questor Technology Inc. announced that Darko Ulakovic, chief operating officer, has left the company effective Sept. 17, 2021.