Canadian oil and gas drilling activity to reach 10-year high in 2025: industry group

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The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, which represents drilling and service rig companies, says it expects a total of 6,604 wells to be drilled in Western Canada in 2025.

RELATED VIDEO The province says it will invest up to $50 million to support the creation of the Alberta Drilling Accelerator. As Lisa MacGregor explains, the test site will support technology development in the oil, gas, geothermal and lithium industries.An industry organization predicts 2025 will see the highest amount of oil and natural gas well drilling activity in Canada in a decade.

The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, which represents drilling and service rig companies, says it expects a total of 6,604 wells to be drilled in Western Canada in 2025 — a 7.3 increase from 2024. The organization says it also expects the number of jobs in the sector to grow seven per cent year-over-year, to 41,800.

It attributes the uptick in activity to this year’s completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which has given oil companies increased export capacity.It says natural gas drilling should rise due to the expected startup in 2025 of LNG Canada, the country’s first major liquefied natural gas export facility.The association says Canada must work to keep its energy sector competitive as the new Trump administration south of the border seeks to grow the U.S. oil and gas industry.

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