he Montney formation — long known for its stacked resource potential — is now becoming equally famous for technological innovation. At the forefront is PD 868, North America’s first land-based drilling rig equipped with modular robotics to automate pipe handling.

ConocoPhillips exercised its right to acquire TotalEnergies SE’s 50 per cent stake in the Surmont oilsands field for as much as US$3.33 billion ($4 billion), giving it full control of the Alberta operation