
January 29, 2021 WotW - First Oil Well in Western Canada
This is the third post in a series describing how Resource Plays (basin-wide plays in which hydrocarbons are the continuous phase) have...

January 23, 2021 WotW - First Gas Well in Western Canada
Resource Play: Milk River - Medicine Hat Biogenic Shallow Gas Discovery Well UWI: 100/03-29-015-10W4/00 Drilling/Completion Technology: ...
Historical Drivers of the WCSB Industry: Introduction
by Neil Watson The response to the Petro Ninja Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week (WotW) short articles we started on LinkedIn in 2020...


An Optimist's Look Back and Ahead
After a few days to relax, read, ski and other holiday activities I started to reflect on the challenging times the oil and gas industry...


Happy Holidays, Especially to the Entrepreneurs
It's the holidays, and as usual they were preceded by a flurry of activity as everyone struggled to get things either wrapped up or at...


A Career (thus far) Timeline, (Probably Over-)Simplified
As I head off to the SPE/SEG Workshop: Injection Induced Seismicity - The Next Chapter in Dallas tomorrow, I'm reflecting on the overall...


Epilogue - Moneyball
wikipedia Writing blog posts is an interesting process. There is the composition of the post itself: the identification of a kernel of...


The Voyage Home
Petcinemetary - Podbean This article is the last of a three part series. Part 1: The Circle of Life (in the Canadian Oil Patch) can be...


You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
YouTube.com This article is part 2 of a series. Part 1: The Circle of Life (in the Canadian Oil Patch) discusses some of the causes of...

The Circle of Life (in the Canadian Oil Patch)
(Source: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Circle_of_Life) This article is the first in a three part series on the roots of the employment...