101 Top Oil and Gas Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Oil and Gas companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Oil and Gas industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Canada Oil and Gas Startups

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Enbridge

Enbridge

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Enbridge is a Canadian Company that has a significant and growing involvement in natural gas gathering, and transmission.

Hydrostor

Hydrostor

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Hydrostor is a developer of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES), a long-duration, emission-free, cost-effective energy storage.

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Ballard Power Systems

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Ballard Power Systems develops and sells hydrogen fuel cell products primarily in United States, Canada, Japan and Germany.

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GHGSat

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GHGSat’s mission is to become the global reference for remote sensing of greenhouse gas

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Ambyint

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Ambyint provides artificial intelligence-based technologies that automates the process of companies in oil and gas industry.

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Validere

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Validere builds software and hardware solutions that improve visibility and trust in oil testing.

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Pembina

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Pembina Pipeline is a reliable energy transportation and service provider.

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Crescent Point Energy

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Crescent Point Energy is an independent exploration and production company that produces oil and gas.

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Cold Bore Technology

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Cold Bore develops technology for fracking companies that provides transformative insight into both surface and downhole operations.

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Lithium Americas

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Lithium Americas is engaged in the exploration and evaluation of lithium, potassium, and other mineral resources in South America.

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Superior Plus

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Superior Plus goal is to provide long-term stable dividends and premium returns to shareholders through value-based growth in core assets.

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Eddyfi

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Eddyfi is a provider of electromagnetic inspection technologies.

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Velvet Energy

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Velvet Energy is an energy exploration company that explores for, develops, acquires, and produces crude oil and natural gas in Canada.

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Xebec Adsorption

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Xebec provides gas purification and filtration solutions for the natural gas, field gas, biogas, helium, and hydrogen markets.

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FREDsense

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FREDsense is changing the way we think about water monitoring – bringing it out of the lab and into the hands of those who need it.

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P&P Optica

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P&P Optica combines in-line smart imaging technology with data analytics in a novel way to help ensure the food they eat is safer.

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Terrestrial Energy

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Deploying advanced reactor power plants based on the Molten Salt Reactor, in the 2020s

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Birchcliff Energy

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Birchcliff Energy Ltd. is a Calgary, Alberta based intermediate oil and gas company.

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Just Energy

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Just Energy specializes in electricity and natural gas commodities, energy efficiency solutions, and renewable energy options.

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Proton Technologies

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Proton Technologies produces hydrogen with zero emissions and keep the carbon in the ground.

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Seven Generations Energy

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Seven Generations Energy develops oil and gas resources in Canada and the United States.

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SkyX

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SkyX is a Canadian company that delivers unique, actionable, long range aerial data to infrastructure asset companies globally. 

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Enerplus

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North American Energy Producer

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Irving Oil

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Irving Oil is a privately-owned energy and marketing company.

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Keyera

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Keyera is one of the largest midstream operators in Canada.

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Black Swan Energy

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Black Swan Energy is an oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

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AltaGas Ltd

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AltaGas’ vision is to be a leading North American energy infrastructure company.

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SECURE Energy Services

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SECURE provides safe, innovative, efficient and environmentally responsible fluids and solids solutions to the oil and gas industry.

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DarkVision Technologies

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New ultrasound-based imaging technology for delivering ultra-high resolution 3D models of oil and gas wells.

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Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure

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Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure is dedicated to the purchase,sale, and transportation of natural gas liquids.

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Ideon Technologies

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Ideon Technologies is a world pioneer in the application of cosmic-ray muon tomography.

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Osperity Informatics

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Osprey Informatics provides a computer vision platform that transforms images and video into actionable enterprise intelligence.

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Vesta Energy

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Vesta Energy is a privately owned oil and gas company focused on the development of commercial shale oil properties.

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Crux OCM

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Crux OCM utilizes AI and real-time optimization to enable autonomous operation of major oil and gas assets.

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Aimsio

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Aimsio improves managerial, operational, and financial processes by strengthening communications between the office and the job site.

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Spartan Energy Corp.

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Spartan Energy Corp. is an oil and gas company.

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BDATA Solutions Inc

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We provide Digital Twin platform along with patent Blockchain IoT (BIoT) SDK for Simcards, IoT Gateway, PLC, SCADA etc.

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Sherritt International

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A company’s business interests include nickel and cobalt mining, oil and gas exploration and production, and electricity generation.

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Trinidad Drilling

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Trinidad Drilling is focused on providing modern, reliable, expertly designed drilling rigs, operated by well-trained personnel.

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Gran Tierra Energy

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Gran Tierra Energy is a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Valent Low-Carbon Technologies

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Valent Low-Carbon is an industrial technology development company focused emerging renewable fuels and refining process innovations.

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Osum

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Unlocking Canada’s unrealized bitumen resource potential

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Avanti Energy

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Avanti Energy focuses on the business of exploration and acquisition of the oil and gas business.

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EnerCare

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EnerCare, they believe that intelligent energy solutions can benefit everyone.

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Strad Energy Services

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Strad Energy Services is a provider of energy services and solutions.

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MEG Energy

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MEG Energy is a Canadian oil sands company focused on sustainable in situ development and production in the southern Athabasca oil sands.

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Africa Oil Corp

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Africa Oil is a Canadian oil and gas company with assets in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

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Woodland Biofuels

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To produce cellulosic ethanol from waste biomass, such as wood chips and agricultural waste.

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Beyond Energy Services And Technology

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Beyond Energy Services & Technology is a provider of managed pressure drilling and drilling fluids services.

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Black Diamond Group

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Black Diamond has built a solid track record by providing innovative solutions using modular buildings, support equipment and surface.

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Tourmaline

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Tourmaline operates as an intermediate crude oil and natural gas exploration and production.

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Touchstone Exploration

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Touchstone Exploration is a Canadian-based, international upstream oil and gas company.

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Acceleware

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Acceleware Ltd. is a Calgary-based software development company,

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McCoy Global

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McCoy Global provides innovative products and services to the global energy industry.

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ReFuel Mobile

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ReFuel Mobile is a mobile application for ordering fuel for a car.

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Parex Resources

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Parex Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration and production company.

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EBI

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EBI offers integrated waste management, is a green energy producer and, has one of the largest fleets of natural gas trucks in Quebec.

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EverGen Infrastructure

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EverGen acquire, develop, build, own and operate a portfolio of Renewable Natural Gas, waste to energy, and related infrastructure projects.

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Leucrotta Exploration Inc

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A Montney focused producer with lands located in the Dawson area in Northeast British Columbia.

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Saguaro Resources

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Saguaro Resources focuses on the exploration, acquisition, and development of tight oil and liquid rich gas fairways.

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Interface Fluidics

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Interface Fluidics is an international technology company offering innovative reservoir fluid analysis services.

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Intelligent Wellhead Systems

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Intelligent Wellhead Systems provides proprietary and unique surface control systems for the oil and gas industry.

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Steel Reef Infrastructure

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Steel Reef is a privately held mid-stream company targeting strategic small and mid-sized infrastructure projects.

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Flyscan

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Flyscan develops automated, airborne, leak and threat detection services for oil and gas pipeline operators.

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Ikkuma Resources Corp

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Ikkuma Resources Corp is a diversified junior public oil and gas company.

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Greenlane Renewables

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Greenlane is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.

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Peyto Exploration & Development Corp

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Peyto Exploration & Development Corp is an explorer and producer of uncoventional natural gas in Alberta’s Deep Basin.

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Source Energy Services

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Source Energy Services is an integrated supplier and distributor of high quality proppants in Western Canada and the United States

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North American Helium

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North American Helium is a energy oil and gas company located in Calgary.

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NuVista Energy

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NuVista is an oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves.

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EnviCore Inc.

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EnviCore is an R&D company that specializes in developing technologies that are essential for improving natural resource development.

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Entrec

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ENTREC is a leading provider of heavy lift and heavy haul services with offerings encompassing crane services, heavy haul transportation,

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Yangarra Resources

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Yangarra Resources is a junior oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil.

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Blackbird Energy Inc

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Blackbird Energy is an emerging oil and gas exploration company focused on the liquids-rich Montney fairway.

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Hifi Engineering

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Hifi Engineering develops robust, high fidelity monitoring systems for the purpose of licensing to oil and gas service companies.

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Bellatrix Exploration

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Bellatrix Exploration is a producer focused on exploration and development of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas opportunities.

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Suncor Energy

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Suncor Energy is an integrated energy company specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands.

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Cnergreen

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Cnergreen is an enhanced oil recovery and CO2 storage efficiency via resilient nanoparticle-based foam technology.

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Direct-C

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Direct-C has developed a proprietary, polymer nano-composite platform technology.

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Westbrick

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Westbrick is a private oil and gas company with current operations in the greater Pembina area of Alberta.

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PetroShale

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PetroShale is an oil company.

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Excelsior Mining

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Developing the Gunnison Copper Project, a low cost in-situ recovery copper project located within the copper porphyry belt of Arizona.

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Cataleya Energy

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Cataleya Energy is a firm focused on oil exploration.

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Inplay Oil

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InPlay Oil is a growth-oriented light oil development & production company focusing on large oil in place pools with long life reserves.

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Hyduke Energy Services

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Hyduke Energy Services is a canadian based provider of quality solution

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FLITE Material Sciences Corp.

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Surface engineering that gives ordinary materials extraordinary abilities

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Raging River Exploration

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Raging River Exploration Inc. is a junior oil and gas producer currently focused in the Kindersley area of Saskatchewan.

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Strategic Oil & Gas

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Strategic Oil & Gas is an emerging junior oil and gas company that explores and develops oil and gas properties.

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Dejour Energy

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Dejour Energy Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.

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Marsa Energy

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Marsa Energy engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties.

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Cequence Energy

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Cequence Energy engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of petroleum and natural gas reserves.

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Specialized Desanders

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Specialized Desanders provides high pressure sand recovery services.

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TC Energy

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TC Energy delivers the energy millions of people rely on every day to power their lives and fuel industry, stable network of natural gas.

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Exchanger Industries

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Exchanger Industries is a designer and manufacturer of world wide custom heat transfer equipment for the global oil, natural gas.

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Gear Energy

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Gear Energy engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas properties.

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Ceiba Energy Services

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Ceiba provides specialized services to the energy sector, specifically to companies involved in the exploration, extraction and production.

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Fractal Systems

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Fractal Systems is a technology company focused on the development and advancement of proprietary partial upgrading technology solutions.

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Le Groupe Harnois inc

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Le Groupe Harnois inc Specializes in the sale of wholesale and retail petroleum products, lubricants and speciality products.

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Kaliber Chemicals

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Kaliber Chemicals is a distributor of chemicals serving the petroleum, industrial, commercial, institutional, and agriculture sectors.

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G4 Insights Inc.

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Renewable Natural Gas, Power to Gas, RNG, Green Hydrogen, Blue Hydrogen, Biomass Energy, Biofuel

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EnerPure

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EnerPure is a cleantech energy company that recycles waste petroleum into a clean source of fuel and energy.

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