Canada well drilling to dip slightly in 2014

摘要

Calgary-A total of 10,604 oil and gas wells are forecast to be drilled in 2014 in Canada, a marginal decrease of 45 wells compared with expectations for the current year, the president of the Canadian Association of Oil- well Drilling Contractors, Mark Scholz said in an interview. Despite the decrease, conventional oil production is forecast to rise 50,000 b/d in 2014 to 1.41 million b/d, while gas produc- tion is forecast to fall 0.2 Bcf/d to 13.5 Bcf/d, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.