Questerre

Questerre Boosts Utica Prospects in Quebec, Despite Drilling Ban

Questerre Boosts Utica Prospects in Quebec, Despite Drilling Ban

After trying unsuccessfully for 20 years to start natural gas production in French Canada, a small Calgary company refuses to take no for an answer from the Quebec government.

March 18, 2019

Questerre Energy Says New Technique to Tap Oil Shale Shows Early Promise

Canadian oil startup Questerre Energy Corp. on Wednesday reported encouraging results from a study in Jordan that used oil mining and separation technology invented in Utah for tapping surface shale deposits.

June 28, 2018
Questerre Vows to Fight Quebec’s Utica Fracturing Ban

Questerre Vows to Fight Quebec’s Utica Fracturing Ban

After collecting a months-long deluge of popular disdain for the oil and gas industry in a public regulatory review, the Quebec government has decided to toughen its five-year-old moratorium against unconventional exploration using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) into a permanent ban.

June 8, 2018

Revised Utica Assessment Says Questerre Holds 5.8 Tcf in Quebec

Questerre Energy Corp., which explores in Quebec’s Utica Shale within the St. Lawrence Lowlands, said independent engineers estimate that some of the company’s resources in the play are 30% larger than previously thought.

February 8, 2017

Quebec Panel: Use Labs, Not Wells, to Test Fracking

A committee appointed by Quebec’s environment minister to study hydraulic fracturing (fracking) said the practice requires further study and recommended against authorizing any test wells that would conduct fracking for research purposes.

April 10, 2012