In the DOB’s Engaging with our Future leadership series, Bill Whitelaw, managing director of Sustainability and Strategy at geoLOGIC systems ltd., sits down with some of the best and brightest CEOs in the industry to unpack the issues surrounding the energy transition and what kind of leadership is needed. Today, Bill’s conversation with Kevin Krausert, CEO and co-founder of Avatar Innovations Inc.

Leadership is foundational to vision.

Net-zero emissions mandates are so new that public opinion on the issue is “pretty much unknown,” even as Canada sits at a point of transition to an emissions reductions future, according to energy researcher Monica Gattinger.

Enerflex Ltd. is responding — with its newly-announced combination with Exterran Corporation — to market forces demanding service providers have the right cost and capital structures to tackle the larger, increasingly complex problems of consolidated, cost-conscious E&P companies, says Marc Rossiter, president and chief executive officer.

Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of Jan. 25, 2022 as reported this morning by Rig Locator.

Canadian crude oil exports by rail were flat in November, new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) show.

Calculating the emissions performance of oil and gas operators — in absolute terms, and on an intensity scale — is much more than a baseline regulatory requirement in today’s market. And it will be central to their overall ‘ESG identity’ as 2022 progresses.

The origin and distribution of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) — a highly toxic and corrosive gas in conventional and unconventional resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin — was subject of many studies.

A new group formed to help a collection of Indigenous communities acquire the Trans Mountain pipeline will seek support from the Canadian government in a deal to buy the pipeline project.   

The Geothermal Resource Tenure Regulation is now in effect and Alberta Energy is accepting applications for geothermal resource leases.

A $31.2-million investment from the Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC) will help Alberta technology, the province announced.

Two months after closing a Series B fundraise, Interface Fluidics has announced a joint industry project (JIP) with Equinor and Exxon Mobil Corporation to accelerate the deployment of what it called the world’s first compact, rapid fluid screening equipment for oil and gas.

Global Helium Corp. has acquired additional acreage in southern Saskatchewan’s “helium fairway,” advancing the company’s 100 per cent-owned acreage to over 1.5 million acres, making Global one of the largest helium-focused landholders in North America.