2016   
First liquefied natural gas export facility is sanctioned: Woodfibre LNG, based in Squamish, BC

2015   
Canada’s sees a 47% drop in drilling rig activity from 2014 levels making it the hardest hit region (on a percentage basis) by the rapid decline in oil price.

2014   
Canadian natural gas exports the lowest since 1994; furthering the case for market diversification and liquefied natural gas export facilities.

2013   
Working Energy Commitment is established to open up the lines of communication between the oil and gas service sector companies and the public.

2012   
More than 175,000 oil and gas wells have been hydraulically fractured in Alberta and BC with no evidence of drinking water contamination

2010   
Community Partners program launched to foster courteous, in-the-field behaviour

2009   
First liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in Canada (Saint John, NB) begins operation

2002   
First coalbed methane project in Canada

2000   
First large-scale CO2 injection project for enhanced oil recovery at Weyburn, SK

1997   
First coiled tubing rig in Canada

1991   
First horizontal well with multistage hydraulic fracturing in Texas (since 2008, approximately 5,000 horizontal wells have been drilled in Alberta using multistage hydraulic fracturing)

1981   
Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) is formed to represent the service, supply and manufacturing sectors of the Canadian oil and gas service sector

1980s 
3D, then 4D, seismic introduced

1980   
National Energy Program (NEP) introduced by Liberal government

1978   
First horizontal well drilled in Canada at Cold Lake, Alberta

1972   
30-year moratorium on west coast drilling imposed by federal and BC governments

1967   
Oil sands production begins

1958   
Longest pipeline in the world (3,500 km) transports natural gas from Alberta to Toronto.

1953   
First significant oil reservoir discovered in Saskatchewan, near Midale

1951   
Oil discovered in Manitoba

1950s 
Hydraulic fracturing first used in Canada (introduced by Halliburton in Oklahoma in 1949)

1950   
Interprovincial pipeline carries oil from Alberta to the Great Lakes region (1,800 km), linking Alberta oil pricing to international factors

1949   
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) formed

1948   
First natural gas discovery in BC, near Pouce Coupe

1947   
After 133 dry holes, light oil is discovered by Leduc #1 well in Alberta

1943   
First offshore well drilled near Prince Edward Island

1938   
Energy Resources Conservation Board set up (now Alberta Energy Regulator) to reduce gas flaring activities

1930   
Federal government transfers ownership of natural resources to the provinces

1927   
Alberta Oil Operators’ Association formed, which evolved into today’s Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) 

1924   
First hydrogen sulfide (H2S) extraction plant makes sour gas “sweet”

1920   
Norman Wells, NWT, oil field discovered

1914   
Dingman #1 well in Turner Valley launches Alberta’s oil and gas industry

1908   
Natural gas service begins in Calgary, Alberta

1902   
First Alberta oil exploration well is drilled in Waterton Lakes area

1883   
Well drilled for water near Medicine Hat, Alberta discovers natural gas

1866   
Natural gas discovered in Ontario

1862   
World’s first oil pipeline carries oil from Petrolia to Sarnia, Ontario

1859   
Natural gas discovered in New Brunswick

1858   
First Canadian oil well is drilled at Oil Springs (Petrolia), Ontario

1853   
Canada’s first gas transmission pipeline is built in Trois-Rivières, Quebec

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