News
Petrel Robertson is excited to share the news that Imperial Helium Corp will be acquired by Royal Helium
Petrel Robertson is excited to share the news that Imperial Helium Corp will be acquired by Royal Helium. As a founding partner and technical service provider to Imperial, we are very proud of the value that has been created with the discovery and appraisal of the Steveville helium pool. Imperial brings a highly economic helium asset, ready to develop and put on production, to the deal and will benefit from Royal’s strong industry relationships and access to capital. Read about the deal at https://royalheliumltd.com/news/royal-helium-ltd-enters-into-agreement-to-acquire-imperial-helium-corp/
PRCL welcomes Tony Fogarassy as VP Business Development and Indigenous Affairs
PRCL is pleased to welcome Tony Fogarassy back to our team as Vice President of Business Development and Indigenous Affairs. Tony is based in Vancouver and works with the natural resources community and Indigenous peoples across Canada and internationally. He has worked on several major projects with PRCL, including as a co-founder of Tuzo Energy, First Helium and Imperial Helium. We look forward to building new ventures together and to build more ties with Indigenous communities participating in Canadian resource development.
PRCL congratulates Imperial Helium on establishing great flow rates and potential reserves from their helium discovery at Steveville
PRCL congratulates Imperial Helium on establishing great flow rates and potential reserves from their helium discovery at Steveville. We are happy to supply technical and logistical support that supported Imperial in progressing from a start-up to a helium company with an asset that is planned to be on production in the near future. Read the full news release here.
Kathleen Dorey and Brad Hayes – 2022 Virtual Course – Lithium Exploration and Development for a New Energy Economy
While many people think of lithium only in the context of batteries, it is a critical material supporting development of diverse new technologies in the 21st century. Global supply chains of past years must be rapidly expanded to meet new demands. Traditionally, lithium has been produced from both hard-rock mines and from highly saline brines brought to the surface and concentrated through evaporation. New mines can be developed, but surface concentration of lithium brines is limited to specific areas and is coming under increased environmental scrutiny. To address the demand, exploration companies have identified brines in deep saline aquifers as huge potential new lithium resources, but there are many challenges to finding, appraising and developing them. This course is aimed at helping the student understand and address these challenges and develop a plan to extract these resources. Visit the SEG website for registration and more info.
Petrel Robertson is pleased to announce the release of Geoscience BC Report 2018-052 Amplification of Seismic Ground Motion Hazard in the Fort St. John – Dawson Creek Area
Petrel Robertson is pleased to announce the release of Geoscience BC Report 2018-052 “Amplification of Seismic Ground Motion Hazard in the Fort St. John – Dawson Creek Area”. PRCL assisted lead author Patrick Monahan, providing mapping, technical, and administrative support. Please go to Geoscience BC’s project page to learn more about this project.
PRCL to contribute to partnership between CPE and IRM to support industry decarbonization
Canadian Petroleum Engineering Inc. (CPE) and Irwin Resource Management (IRM) have formed a strategic partnership to support the decarbonization objectives of industry and government. Their extensive CCUS experience and capabilities span the entire carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) value chain from reducing carbon emission liabilities through to realizing value from carbon monetization. Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., and active affiliate, will contribute their knowledge of the subsurface and advanced imaging to assist the partnership.
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Petrel Robertson is pleased to announce the release of Geoscience BC Report 2019-04 Wastewater Disposal in the Maturing Montney Play Fairway of NEBC
Petrel Robertson is pleased to announce the release of Geoscience BC Report 2019-04 “Wastewater Disposal in the Maturing Montney Play Fairway of NEBC”. PRCL was the lead author for this study, providing project management for a distinguished multidisciplinary team including Howard Anderson (Reservoir Engineering), Dr. Mark Cooper (Sherwood Geoconsulting – Structural Geology), Pat McLellan (McLellan Energy Advisors – Stress and Geomechanics), and Dr. Ben Rostron (University of Alberta – Hydrogeology). Please go to Geoscience BC’s project page to learn more about this project.
Brad Hayes writes about Canada’s net-zero emissions goals for JWN Energy
Brad Hayes writes about Canada’s net-zero emissions goals for JWN Energy, making the point that our emissions-reduction targets are not yet backed with plans to achieve them – and that reduced emissions are not a high priority in other parts of the world. Read more at https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2021/10/26/navigating-in-a-net-zero-world-a-canadian-view/
Imperial Helium Corp has successfully drilled its first well
Imperial Helium Corp. has successfully drilled, logged, and cased its first well, IHC Steveville 102/03-01-020-12W4, on its historic Steveville helium asset, in southeastern Alberta.
“As soon as is practical, the company will commence completion and production testing of the well, and begin field operations in preparation for drilling the second well in our program, IHC Steveville 103/10-22-020-12W4,” said the company.
Steveville 02/03-01, the first appraisal well of the Steveville structure, reached a total depth of 2,167metres and penetrated the crest of the structure, as expected. Preliminary petrophysical analysis of well logs confirms the presence of a 152-metre section of the Beaverhill Lake Formation. The depth and thickness of the gas-saturated intervals calculated from logs are in line with pre-drill estimates and are consistent with those identified in the original Steveville blowout and four other wells penetrating the structure.
“The preliminary results of this first appraisal well are tremendously encouraging and support management’s estimate of at least 1.1 BCF of recoverable helium from the Steveville structure,” said David Johnson, director and CEO. “Shortly, we will commence production testing to appraise reservoir quality and deliverability potential.
“In addition, we will begin drilling IHC Steveville 03/10-22, the second appraisal well directly offseting the Steveville blowout. We remain on schedule with our plan to complete an independent resource assessment of the pool during the fourth quarter of 2021.”
Imperial Helium’s Steveville property is situated over a large basement dome with four-way closure, approximately 200 kilometres east of Calgary and 40 kilometres northeast of Brooks. Highways 544 and 876 cross the structure, providing easy access for drilling and development. The property includes land leased from Heritage Royalty Resource Corporation covering 24,635 hectares (95 square miles), with rights for natural gas (including helium) below the base of the Big Valley and Nisku formations.
Petrel Robertson is a founding partner of Imperial Helium, and PRCL President Brad Hayes is Co-Chair of IHC’s Board of Directors.
Call for abstracts – Near Surface Geophysics for Renewables
Kathleen Dorey has been asked to guest edit a special edition of FastTIMES for the EEGS with a focus on renewables. She is looking for papers to address near surface geophysical applications for renewable energy projects. If you can contribute a paper for this edition please contact Kathleen at kdorey@petrelrob.com. Some of the featured topics will be as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal energy as well as storage solutions for renewable energy. The articles are usually 8-12 pages in length including figures. Final edits are due at the end of November 2021.
Energy Transition – The word on the street
Few people seem to appreciate how extremely complex energy transition is. Is it possible to transition to a low carbon intensity energy system quickly, cheaply, and safely, given the realities of energy demand and existing technologies associated with `green’ energy? In this episode my guests, Brad Hayes, Mark Brown and Gordon Holden, look at one of the many pathways proposed to reduce carbon emissions, the “Sustainable Development Scenario”, where the International Energy Association (IEA) outlines the assumptions to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% by 2040. Using this information, we took energy transition to the street, and asked people about energy transition, their energy consumption, and the cost of energy. Tune it to hear what they had to say.
I am happy to welcome back Brad Hayes, who has a PhD in geology, and is President of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd in Calgary. Gordon Holden serves as an executive director on the CHOA board and is the founder of Energy Strategies & Project Associates, a boutique energy consultancy firm.
Mark Brown, who will cohost today’s episode, is the general manager for Fluor Canada. Over the course of his tenure with Fluor, Mark has served in many leadership roles in North America, Europe and Asia.
A very special thanks to our sponsor, Fluor Canada Ltd. and Mark Brown, who acted as my co-host.
You can listen to the conversation at Apple Podcasts, here or at Spreaker.com, here.
Imperial Helium announces acquisition of their founding properties
PRCL is pleased to share in Imperial Helium’s success as they announce acquisition of their founding properties, a key strategic alliance agreement, and an expanded Board of Directors. See their press release at LinkedIn. Petrel Robertson has played an integral role as the primary technical advisor to Imperial Helium, helping them move from a small startup in 2019 to a well-financed junior helium explorer today, about to develop a highly prospective helium property at Steveville, Alberta and in the process of being listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
Geoscience for an Energy Transition
Kathleen Dorey has published an article reviewing exploration and development for geothermal heat/power, lithium resources as well as Inland LNG and carbon capture and storage. The geoscience applications and techniques used for these projects are discussed as well as the challenges that exist bringing these energy sources to maturity. Read the article at the CSEG Recorder.
Kathleen Dorey named as the CSEG representative to SEG Council
Ms Dorey has been recently appointed by her peers to represent the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) on the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Council. Headquartered in Oklahoma, the SEG establishes and nurtures a global network of closely aligned professional societies that cooperate to promote the science of geophysics and the education of applied geophysicists. The council, which consist of up to 40 global member societies, serves as advisors to the SEG Board of Directors.
PRCL and partner Cronin Capital have been developing an exciting new helium company – Imperial Helium Corp
Based on PRCL’s geoscience and engineering expertise, Imperial Helium is securing helium assets to meet the growing global demand for helium in a variety of 21st-century applications
Imperial Helium has surpassed our objectives for 2020, and management is excited to report that they have secured an asset projected to contained in excess of 1 BCF of marketable helium, verified by two existing wellbores. The company plans to run a production test in 2021, and to conduct other geological and engineering work to quickly advance the asset to a development decision. Imperial and PRCL / Cronin are encouraged with the upside potential, and are proceeding toward further asset acquisitions.
Imperial has broadened their strategy by establishing Strategic Alliances with an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) company and an international gas off-taker – providing the ability to quickly monetize assets, and to offer a helium monetization solution to natural gas producers not currently capturing helium from their production streams.
PRCL will continue to provide technical and logistical support to Imperial Helium as they raise funds and move toward helium production.
For further information, visit Imperial’s website at https://imperialhelium.ca/
PRCL facilitates 21st century Energy Transitions
We apply our subsurface geoscience and engineering expertise to oil and gas, water resource characterization, geothermal resources, subsurface energy storage and carbon sequestration, and exploration for helium and other strategic commodities
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THE 21st CENTURY ENERGY TRANSITION
Petrel Robertson is playing an important role as Canada and the world transition to more diverse energy sources and storage.
Oil and gas will be critical for energy and petrochemicals for decades to come. PRCL supports orderly, efficient, and environmentally responsible development of oil and gas resources. Much of our oil- and gas-related work now supports initiatives such as identifying water source and disposal opportunities for unconventional oil and gas, while ensuring protection of fresh water resources.
We are also finding opportunities to leverage our subsurface skill sets beyond oil and gas, including:
- Exploring for and developing other resources, such as minerals-rich saline brines and helium, found in deep gas reservoirs
- Characterizing saline water resources in deep aquifers to supply water for hydraulic fracturing, and to safely dispose of waste water from petroleum and other industrial processes
- Characterizing fresh water resources in shallow aquifers, as water supply for many uses, and to guard against contamination
- Mapping areas at risk from induced seismicity
- Evaluating and planning geothermal energy development
- Assessing and planning subsurface energy storage, as in caverns and fracture systems
News
Geoscientists Canada recently award Brad Hayes the 2024 Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award
Geoscientists Canada recently award Brad Hayes the 2024 Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award, recognizing his exceptional leadership and commitment to public education and community service. Press release at www.geoscientistscanada.ca
