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The
Drilling Industry
Alberta’s
drilling industry is a crucial player in the search for new
crude oil and natural gas deposits in Alberta as well as the
rest of Canada. Once geologists have a location plotted
where they think there could be a large deposit of oil or
gas a drilling rig comes in and drills a well.
The drilling industry in Alberta has evolved quite a bit
since the first discovery of oil in Alberta and is now a
highly technologically advanced multi billion dollar
industry.
Drilling rigs are owned and operated by private companies
that specialize in drilling wells and are called “drilling
contractors” and are contracted by the large oil companies
to drill their wells. Some of these “drilling contractors”
are larger then others and some drilling companies
specialize in certain types of drilling, such as directional
drilling or deep well drilling.
Alberta’s drilling industry is constantly expanding as are
the ever changing technologies that form the industry and
result in a great need for skilled personnel and laborers.
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