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Shoal Point Energy Ltd C.SHP

Alternate Symbol(s):  SHPNF

Shoal Point Energy Ltd. is a Canada-based oil and natural gas exploration and development company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties. The Company’s projects include Humber Arm Allochthon. It has the rights to the exploration lands covering approximately 220,000 acres in the near offshore of the west coast of Newfoundland. The Company holds exploration license 1070 (EL 1070) off the west coast of Newfoundland which totals approximately 150,000 acres. The EL 1070 in Newfoundland is considered to be an exploration and evaluation asset, as it is still in the exploration stage. The Company’s Pratt County project is considered a developed oil and natural gas property. The Company’s subsidiary is Shoal Point U.S.A. Inc.


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Post by tickerhiton Apr 19, 2020 1:07pm
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Canada cuts steam-driven oil projects, risking permanent

Canada cuts steam-driven oil projects, risking permanent damage

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO, April 19 (Reuters) - Canada’s steam-driven oil facilities are bearing the brunt of output cuts as the industry copes with low prices, and deeper reductions may risk permanent damage to the sites.

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely cut fuel demand as the global economy slows, leading refiners to reduce purchases of crude. Canada, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer, has started slashing production, but analysts say the biggest cuts lie ahead.

Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) projects heat seams of tarry bitumen and account for nearly half of Canadian oil sands production.

Maintaining temperature and pressure is necessary to keeping the reservoir in shape for future production.

ConocoPhillips on Thursday became the latest producer to cut Canadian steam-driven production, chopping 100,000 barrels per day (bpd).

“Shutting down those (sites) sounds a lot easier than it actually is,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney told reporters on Wednesday, when asked about closing such sites to avoid spreading coronavirus infections. “It can cause permanent damage to their reservoir and jeopardize billions of dollars of assets.”

Husky Energy and Cenovus Energy have also made cuts to steam-driven production, estimated at 15,000 bpd and up to 45,000 bpd respectively.

Such sites face cuts because they produce bitumen, a form of heavy oil that requires the added cost of blending with ultra-light oil to move it through pipelines, said Matt Murphy, upstream analyst at Tudor Pickering Holt & Co.

Canada has cut oil sands output by more than 300,000 bpd, and total shut-ins may grow to 1.5 million, TD analyst Menno Hulshof said in a note. The higher estimate represents nearly one-third of Canadian output.

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