Governments across Canada licensed 1,231 new wells in the first quarter of 2022 — up 26 per cent from 980 licences approved in the first three months of last year, although this year’s count was impacted by no new well approvals in British Columbia.

Oilfield service companies are continuing to mitigate the impacts of global supply-chain issues.

Drilling rig activity in Western Canada and the Top 10 active operators as of April 14, 2022 as reported this morning by Rig Locator.

The Daily Oil Bulletin will not be publishing on Friday. We will publish the next edition on Monday, April 18. Have a great long weekend.

Woodfibre LNG Limited has issued a notice to proceed to prime contractor McDermott International.

Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc. (IWS) announced that Bill Henn and Rip Stringer have joined the IWS team to help the industry accelerate the adoption of digital completion technologies.

Helium Evolution Incorporated has appointed Heather Isidoro as a director of the company effective April 13, 2022.

Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. reported an increase in 2P reserves for 2021.