NCS Energy Services: ‘Leave Nothing Behind’ By: Fadeke Adegbuyi When the oil and gas industry experienced a horizontal well boom and shifted away from vertical drilling, NCS Energy Services saw a niche that needed to be filled and set out to redesign their “Mongoose” tool system to operate effectively in horizontal well applications. Just [...]
Centennial Global Technology: North America’s one-stop shop for eco-friendly solar products By: Mudeeha Yousaf Renewable energy is often overlooked in North America’s oil-driven economy, however Centennial Global Technology Inc. is celebrating its 10thyear as Canada’s leading solar panel distributor. Expanding its business to over 26 countries and continents including Europe, Africa, South America and [...]
LandSolutions: providing industry-leading land expertise in Canada By: Fadeke Adegbuyi Founded in February 2000 by Ron Vermeulen, LandSolutions started as a small firm providing solutions to Energy companies with short-term land administrative needs via an outsourcing service. Chad Hughes, current CEO and President, came aboard in 2001 with the goal of expanding the [...]
Walker Drilling: Meeting Ontario’s drilling needs since 2002 By: Mudeeha Yousaf The drilling industry in Canada provides fierce competition. Mineral exploration rises and falls according to commodity prices, and when the prices are high there comes an increase in drilling companies who want to succeed in Canada’s harsh geological climate. Walker Drilling is one [...]
Imperial turns to Kearl With patented technology, production efficiencies look to reduce environmental impact By: Perry King Since beginning plans on the Kearl Oil Sands project in the early 2000s, and sanctioning the project in 2009, Imperial Oil Resources is charting new territory, taking on one of Canada’s largest oil sands projects with an [...]
Carmanah’s Solar EPC Services changing the face of solar technology By: Aileen Ormoc Since the birth of Carmanah’s Solar Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) Services group in 2001, the subsidiary has introduced innovative designs to the grid connected solar industry through its work on high profile and award winning projects with the City of Toronto [...]
Reliability for the Core: Why Toronto Hydro is Building a New Transformer Station in the City’s Downtown Core By: Toronto Hydro Between 2006 and 2011, the population in the city’s downtown increased by over 50 per cent. Based on Toronto Hydro’s load forecast, between 2017 and 2022 anticipated load increases will exceed the ability [...]
Onsite at the PDAC by: Sunjay Mathuria This year, Toronto’s largest annual mining convention brought minerals and expertise from places as far off as China and Nigeria. Thousands of exchange investors, CEOs, business executives, and mining industry specialists flooded the Metro Convention Centre in early March for the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of [...]
Track Record of Mine Discoveries by: Sunjay Mathuria A Canadian-based energy company specializing in uranium projects, Forum Uranium Corp. has reason to look forward to 2013. President, CEO and Director Rick Mazur explains: “The market is poised for a major comeback. The supply/demand situation is ready to see an uptake in prices for a [...]
Mining and the Yukon are often synonymous. The territory has long been the site of countless mining explorations and endeavors. For almost 70 years, the Yukon Chamber of Mines has represented Yukon's mining industry and the members' various interests. It grew from 12 members in 1943 to over 400 members in [...]