... Abstract Newfoundland and Labrador is a proven petroleum province with discovered offshore resources of 1.6 billion barrels of oil, 8.2 trillion cubic feel of gas and 360 million barrels of natural gas liquids. Discoveries to dale include sixteen oil and gas fields on the Grand Banks and five...

... Cummings formation. This paperreports on the results of a laboratory investigation and on the discovery of amethod as well as its field implementation to prevent wettability shifts atelevated temperatures. The contact angle experiments revealed that awettability transition to an oil-wet state occurred...

.... 3 The Salt Creek Field discovery well wasdrilled in late 1889 by P. M. Shannon of the Pennsylvanian Oil and Gas Company, and completed at a rate of 4 BOPD (0.6 m 3 /d) in the Shannonsandstone. 4 This well was located about 1 ¼ miles (2.0 km) north ofthe present day boundary of the Salt Creek Unit...

... tries to match the appropriate expenditures to given discoveries. Moreover, since the initial reserves estimate typically increases as the find is developed, the true size of the discovery is often not known with any degree of certainty until several years afterward. These factors make an initially...

...; the tax features which will replace the super depletion allowance, and the date they will become effective; stringent Newfoundland and Nova Scotia regulations; the technical problems associated with discoveries on the Labrador Coast and Davis Strait; and the National Energy Program...

... unique environment pose annual general meeting exploration system survival ship physical environment discovery remoteness transportation system upstream oil & gas petroleum society article begin technological development BEAUFORT SEA EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT M.I. COMYN Fthis article...

... is the southeasterly portion of a belt in which Mannville sands contain huge quantities of bitumen and heavy crude. The first discovery of crude oil in Saskatchewan occurred in this area near Lloydminster, but progress here has been retarded due to the low demand for heavy oil. However, declining petroleum reserves...

... Abstract Canada bas been an early participant in the petroleum industry but significant entry into the world oil scene occurred with the Leduc discovery of 1947. Development of the industry since Leduc has resulted in net self sufficiency. To-day there are forces which would wish to push...

... Abstract Discovery of oil and gas in the Arctic may pose the greatest transportation challenge of our time. Airlifting the oil out of the Arctic might be preferable to fighting the environment every foot of the way along the surface. There are several conditions for competitive costs...

... Abstract The Canadian petroleum industry has made impressive gains since the discovery at Leduc in 1947. Rapid growth prior to the Suez crisis of1956 was followed by a period of adjustment culminating in a Royal Commission and the introduction of the National Oil Policy in 1961. During...

.... Atlantic Richfield have three economically productive structures, one of which is already being developed by platform drilling. venezuela petroleum society investment brazil discovery petroleum development indonesia necessity offshore south america lease government proportion upstream...