U.S. Energy Development Corporation is drilling longer lateral oil wells at faster speeds
By Mark Lawton
Following an extensive 40-year operating history that comprises over 2,350 wells in 13 states and Canada, U.S. Energy Development Corporation has found an affinity for the Eagle Ford Shale in south Texas. In 2015, the company bought more than 13,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford, one of the top seven shale regions in the United States. It now has 36 wells producing about 4,500 barrels of oil per day with 14 additional wells going into production in the coming months.
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Its relationships with local communities and government agencies
were critical to Conuma Coal’s successful reopening of two British Columbia mines.
By Tim O’Connor
When it took over three mines in Canada last year, no one knew the name “Conuma Coal.” But the newly formed coal mining company pledged to bring back jobs and treat the surrounding communities with integrity. “I made a commitment to them that I wouldn’t do something that didn’t result in long-term security for their family,” President Mark Bartkoski says of his pitch to the people of northeastern British Columbia.
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Blackeagle Energy Services is replacing parts of a major pipeline in Colorado and planning for expansion.
By Kat Zeman, Knighthouse Media
A frontrunner in the utility and energy industries, Blackeagle Energy Services is spreading its wings and making a move for a larger chunk of the market.
Based in Berthoud, Colo., Blackeagle specializes pipeline and facility construction, integrity management, mobile flaring maintenance and fabrication. It has major field offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Ohio and has operated in 17 states from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf, across the Great Plains and into the Northeast.
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Cruz Energy Services is ramping up its logistics and overall operations
to better serve its oil and gas customers.
By Staci Davidson
The lower United States has so much energy work happening with active basins in areas such as Pennsylvania, Texas, North Dakota, Montana and Colorado, as well as ongoing wind energy projects. Operators understand, however, it can be tricky to get all the necessary equipment where they need it to be to get those important commodities out of the ground or to properly harness the wind. Cruz Energy Services understands this struggle and is ramping up its logistics and overall operations to better serve its oil and gas customers.
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Anaconda Mining expands its reach into Nova Scotia and explores other projects in the region.
By Kat Zeman
The future’s so bright that Dustin Angelo needs to buy himself a new pair of shades. The president and CEO of Anaconda Mining is watching his company make significant strides in its gold mining initiatives.
The Toronto-based gold mining, development and exploration company is snaking its way into Novia Scotia and prepares to explore other territories in the Atlantic Canadian region.
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Energy Drilling’s new rig will allow the company to further expand
and upgrade its rig fleet and make it more versatile.
By Alan Dorich, Knighthouse Media
Evolving with the market has been key for Energy Drilling Co. Over the years, “We’ve been able to adapt smartly to the changing needs of our customers and market in the land oil and gas industry in the United States,” General Manager Jody Helbling says.
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Cementation Canada was founded on the idea of changing the mining industry for the better,
and continues to disrupt the industry with its latest technology advancements.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Knighthouse Media
Cementation Canada specializes in building underground mines for its long-term clients throughout the world with a “Best for Project” philosophy it has maintained for 20 years. “Twenty years is an important anniversary for us,” President Roy Slack says. “Cementation Canada was a start-up backed by Cementation out of the UK, and I was the first employee. We started from scratch and built from there, and it’s been quite an adventure.”
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Integrated Petroleum Technologies maintains its founding vision during the downturn by continuing to innovate and increase its operations overseas.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers
Integrated Petroleum Technologies (IPT) Inc. began with an engineer’s desire to bring technology from the lab into the field and the company has remained the industry leader in innovation ever since. “There seemed to be a mismatch because things were being learned in the labs, but nothing was getting into the field,” President Todd Poulson says. “IPT founder Billy Aud wanted to bring technology into the field.”
Aud started the company in 1991 as a production company, but it quickly evolved into an independent petroleum consulting firm. Early on, IPT worked with the Gas Research Institute to develop new technology that is still used in the field today. The company has remained committed to understanding petroleum engineering technologies and what it takes to get the maximum response from a well. “Most people say to get IPT if you want top-notch engineering work,” Poulson says. “We are the experts on fracturing and have the best background in understanding the analytics and academic side of it.”
Poulson became a part-owner in 1998 and fourteen years later sold part of the company to a private equity firm that wanted to help IPT grow. In 2012, IPT joined forces with Peterson Energy, founded in 1989 by Andy Peterson as a cost-effective engineering, drilling and completion solutions provider to oil and gas companies. “IPT specialized in reservoir engineering and hydraulic fracturing design and supervision and Peterson’s services were essentially everything in addition to that,” Peterson explains. “The combination of the two enabled IPT to offer a full service suite of engineering and supervisory services from start to finish, or as we put it ‘Concept to Pipeline.’”
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