Passion for exploration drives Exall Energy's success
In a snow-covered clearing in Marten Mountain, Alberta, geological engineer Roger Dueck completes his regular inspection of the oil wells. Discovered in the 1960s by oil majors, the Mitsue oilfield has been Dueck's workplace for the past 26 years. His profound understanding of the area has helped Exall Energy to become one of Canada's most successful junior oil exploration companies.
In a snow-covered clearing in Marten Mountain, Alberta, geological engineer Roger Dueck completes his regular inspection of the oil wells.
Discovered in the 1960s by oil majors, the Mitsue oilfield has been Dueck's workplace for the past 26 years. His profound understanding of the area has helped Exall Energy to become one of Canada's most successful junior oil exploration companies.
As the company's president and CEO, Dueck master-planned the intricate oil channels underneath the site.
The wells are water pressurised to maintain a daily flow of about 1,600 barrels of premium light sweet crude oil rated at 41 degrees American Petroleum Institute gravity.
"We have combined our engineering design for the site with our geological understanding to form a very successful geological model," Dueck says. "We have a good understanding of the sand systems."
As oil flows directly to the refinery, the company gets Alberta spot price at the wellhead without transport costs.
