Pipeline Construction Western Canada , Feb 27, 2022

Western Canada Pipeline Construction Summary

Pipeline Construction Western Canada last 7 days (report date Feb 27, 2022). We are tracking 29 Canadian Oil & Gas Operators who had 42 pipeline permits approved for for a total of 70KM of oil & gas pipeline projects.

  • Pipeline construction permits by top operators & permit count – ARCHER EXPLORATION CORP. (4), Hammerhead Resources Inc. (4), CNRL (2), Spartan Delta Corp (2)
  • Pipeline construction permit count by province – Alberta Pipeline Permits (32), Sask Pipeline Permits (0), BC Pipeline Permits (0)
  • Pipeline construction permits by area & project distance – VALHALLA (14.47KM), Woodlands County (9.85KM), GOLD CREEK (7.92 KM)
  • Facility Permits with Compressors – total of 8 Operators and 10 permits.

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Western Canada Pipeline Construction Detail

Pipeline permits include gathering or transport pipelines of a liquid, gas or oil through a system of pipes. In addition to these main types of pipelines, there are also four other sub-categories of pipelines: Gathering Lines, Feeder Lines, Transmission Pipelines and Distribution Pipelines. The permits represent all types of pipelines. This section shows pipeline permits that have a new construction component. (Pipeline Construction Western Canada Feb 27, 2022 report date )

Petroleum pipelines transport oil, oil products and natural gas. In addition to these two main types of pipelines, there are also four other sub-categories of pipelines: Gathering Lines, Feeder Lines, Transmission Pipelines and Distribution Pipelines. The permits represent all types of pipelines.

Pipeline Permits Approved Last Week

Pipeline Project Details

ARCHER EXPLORATION CORP. Permit#62,689 total 6.7KM Pipeline to pipeline

Charlie Lake Formation is a hydrocarbon bearing formation found predominantly in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Aeolian sand bodies are present in both the subsurface and outcrop occurrences, and in fields like Brassey, are the primary hydrocarbon reservoir.

The Charlie Lake light oil play ranks amongst the most economic light oil plays in North America, is situated in an active development area with well-established production and egress infrastructure and is considered to be economically resilient to crude oil prices as low as US$30 WTI.

Charlie Lake light oil inventory has very robust economics consisting of: high productivity wells (IP30 rates of >650 boe/d(4)); payouts of less than 6 months; profit to investment ratios(1) (10% discount) of >1.7; and long-term net asset value growth (NPV10 per well greater than $5 million) at US $55/bbl WTI and $2.50/GJ AECO.

ARTIS EXPLORATION LTD. Permit#61,087 – 6.29KM Well to pipeline

ARTIS EXPLORATION LTD. IS A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY EXPLORING FOR SCALABLE RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES IN WESTERN CANADA.   Primary an oil producer in the Duvernay shale play in the TWINING & HUXLEY field.

“Artis has established a large and attractive acreage position in the Alberta East Shale Basin, where we see many compelling opportunities for future growth and development,” said David B. Krieger, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus.

Duvernay zone within the defined geographic area around Fox Creek/Kaybob South, we can quickly see that Chevron Canada Limited (Chevron) is the largest player. The ownership structure of this area is quite different from that of the southern area of the Duvernay play which is centered more around Red Deer/Lacombe.  The top players in the Fox Creek are Chevron, Shell Canada Limited (Shell) (these assets are now owned by Crescent Point Energy) and ExxonMobil Canada Ltd (Exxon) versus Vesta Energy Ltd (Vesta), Artis Exploration Ltd (Artis) and Baytex Energy Corp (Baytex), so we can see that the large, multinational E&P companies have really dominated the Fox Creek Duvernay play.

Duvernay Shale natural gas formation located in Alberta harbor 9.6 billion bbl of liquid byproducts and premium light oil. Duvernay Shale is expected to have more marketable oil resource (3.4 billion barrels) than the Bakken Formation in Saskatchewan (1.4 billion barrels) and Montney Formation in Alberta and B.C. (1.1 billion barrels).

HAMMERHEAD RESOURCES INC. Permit #56,042  – 2.10KM 

Hammerhead Resources is a growth-oriented private company with its corporate headquarters in Calgary, Alberta and operations in the Alberta Deep Basin where it is developing multi-zone, light-oil rich plays.

The Montney is a top quartile North American play, with the Company’s holdings offsetting Seven Generations, Paramount, Shell, XTO, CNRL, RMP and Velvet.  Hammerhead Resources holds >200,000 contiguous acres of Montney rights (97% average W.I.) and is actively developing its land position in the heart of the Montney volatile oil window in the Gold Creek, Karr, and Simonette areas of NW Alberta.

Successful Hammerhead Resources well results are demonstrating the areal extent and repeatability of the play on the Company’s acreage.  Hammerhead Resources Gold Creek wells compete with the best wells in the basin – at a significantly lower capital cost.  The Lower Montney has the potential to add significant upside – early geological and petrophysical analysis are proving encouraging.

WESTBRICK ENERGY LTD. Permit #53,973 – 5.59KM Battery to pipeline

Westbrick is a private oil and gas company formed to utilize proven resource technologies on conventional plays in Canada. The Company has captured an inventory of high quality, low risk liquids-rich gas drilling opportunities and is looking for further opportunities to expand its opportunity base. The Company is led by CEO Ken McCagherty, CFO Lloyd Heine, VP Exploration Tom Collins, VP Engineering Moe Mangat and VP Land James O’Connor. Board members include Bruce Chernoff, David Rain, Doug Kay (Chairman) and Jim Riddell.

The Brazeau River area is located over 180 kilometers southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, from Township 41-44 and Range 12-13 west of the fifth meridian.

Deep Basin assets provide short-cycle development opportunities with high return potential. The Elmworth gas field is located within the Deep basin near Grande Prairie, Alberta (Fig. 1). The Deep basin covers about 26,000 sq miles and appears to contain an enormous amount of gas in different-quality rocks. Masters1 has estimated the Deep basin could contain more than 400 Tcf of gas, recoverable at various levels of price and technology.


Western Canada Oil & Gas Facility with Compressor Detail

ARC Resources Ltd.064-04W6-  Gas battery – multiwell – KAKWA


Baytex Energy Ltd. 14-14-084-18W5 – IBitumen battery – multiwell


Cardinal Energy Ltd. 16-12-071-11W6 Oil satellite – multiwell


Longshore Resources Ltd.. 16-29-076-10W6 Oil battery – multiwell


Entrada Resources Inc. 13-03-042-06W5 Oil battery – multiwell


Halo Exploration Ltd. 03-22-065-22W5 Oil battery – multiwell

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The location of the pipeline permits are the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) located in Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia.

Pipeline permits are related to petroleum pipelines transport oil, oil products and natural gas. In addition to these two main types of pipelines, there are also four other sub-categories of pipelines: Gathering Lines, Feeder Lines, Transmission Pipelines and Distribution Pipelines. The permits represent all types of pipelines.

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