Ovintiv
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Ovintiv Inc. is a U.S. petroleum company based in Denver. The company was formed in 2020 through a restructuring of its Canadian predecessor, Encana.
HistoryEdit
On January 24, 2020, after receiving shareholder approval, the company completed the transfer of its corporate domicile from Canada to the United States,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ovintiv Canada ULC retains an office in Calgary.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2020, the company announced layoffs of 25% of its workforce.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hydrocarbon productionEdit
In 2021, the company's average production was Template:Convert per day, of which 26% was petroleum, 25% was natural gas liquids, and 49% was natural gas. Of 2021 production, 56% was in the United States and 44% was in Canada.<ref name="10K" />
List of notable sales, mergers and acquisitionsEdit
In October 2004, EnCana sold its UK unit, including a 43% stake in the Buzzard field (discovered in 2001 by a PanCanadian-led group), to Nexen for $2.1bn US.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In January 2007, the company sold its assets in Chad to China National Petroleum Corporation for $202.5 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2007, the company sold its assets in the delta of the Mackenzie River.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2009, EnCana's oil business was spun-off as Cenovus Energy.<ref name="spinoff">Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2011, a potential buyer backed out of a $45 million deal to buy the company's gas field in Pavillion, Wyoming.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2011, the company sold the majority of its natural gas producing assets in the Barnett Shale.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 2012, Mitsubishi paid approximately C$2.9 billion for a 40% interest in the Cutbank Ridge Partnership with Encana, which involves 409,000 net acres of Montney Formation natural gas lands in northeast British Columbia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The company also sold its midstream assets in the Cutbank Ridge to Veresen for C$920 million.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In June 2014, the company sold its Bighorn assets in Alberta to Jupiter Resources for US$1.8 billion.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In November 2014, the company acquired Athlon Energy for $7.1 billion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2014, Jonah Energy LLC acquired the company's Jonah Field operations in Sublette County, Wyoming.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In June 2014, the company acquired assets in the Eagle Ford Group from Freeport-McMoRan for $3.1 billion.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In August 2015, the company sold its assets in the Haynesville Shale for $850 million to affiliates of GSO Capital Partners and GeoSouthern Energy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2015, the company significantly cut its dividend and capital expenditures budget after a fall in energy prices.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In July 2016, the company sold its assets in the Denver Basin for $900 million.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In June 2017, the company sold its assets in the Piceance Basin for $735 million.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In May 2018, the company permanently ceased production at Deep Panuke. The Deep Panuke project produced and processed natural gas 250 kilometers offshore southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The platform was sent for recycling in 2020.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2018, the company sold its assets in the San Juan Basin for $480 million.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 2019, the company acquired Newfield Exploration.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Major land assetsEdit
The company has a land position in Canada of 1.3 million net acres, of which about 773,000 net acres are undeveloped.<ref name="10K" /> Its assets in Canada are in the Montney Formation, where it has a partnership with Mitsubishi to develop Cutbank Ridge, Wheatland County, Alberta, and the Horn River Formation.<ref name="10K" />
In February 2022, Ovintiv absorbed former subsidiary EWL Management Limited<ref name=":8">Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Order Under Section 25 or Paragraph 37(2)(f) of the Nuclear Safety Control Act, 6 May 2022. (archive)</ref> making it the owner of five decommissioned mines in Ontario: Coldstream Copper Mine, Gordon Lake Mine, Greyhawk Mine (uranium), Dyno Mine (uranium), and Madawaska Mine (uranium) which is being rehabilitated to meet current compliant standards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the United States, the company holds approximately 929,000 net acres of land, of which 152,000 net acres are undeveloped. It operates in the Permian Basin, Anadarko Basin, Uinta Basin, and the Bakken formation.<ref name=10K/>
LawsuitsEdit
Alleged collusion and bid rigging with Chesapeake EnergyEdit
From 2008 through 2010, the company accumulated 250,000 net acres in the Collingwood-Utica Shale gas play in the Middle Ordovician Collingwood formation of the Michigan Basin at an average cost of $150/acre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In May 2012, the company paid about $185 an acre for oil and gas rights on 2,156 acres (873 hectares) at an auction by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, which was "88 percent less than the average paid two years ago in the area".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In July 2012, Reuters reported about e-mails between the company and Chesapeake Energy, the second-largest natural gas producer in the U.S., to divide up Michigan counties state land leases to suppress land prices in an October 2010 auction.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2013, a private landowner filed suit against the company and Chesapeake for bid rigging.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Justice Department and Michigan authorities were investigating whether state or federal laws were violated; the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also investigated.
While the case was dropped by the DOJ, Michigan's Attorney General followed up on the accusations, and Encana ended up with a fine of $5 million, and Chesapeake paid $25 million into a victim-compensation fund.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Failed lawsuit by adjacent property owners to prevent drillingEdit
In 2013, two property owners adjacent to a drilling unit filed suit against the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Encana for potential harm due to proximity. In October 2013, the judge of the Circuit Court of Ingham County issued an injunction against Encana starting to drill until an administrative hearing before DEQ's supervisor of wells had been completed, re part 12 of DEQ's rules for oil and gas operations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In May 2014, the supervisor of wells found with Encana, that the petitioners did "not have standing", because they did not own land within the drilling unit and dismissed the case.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Alleged excessive water use for hydraulic fracturingEdit
In November 2013, Ecojustice, the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Committee filed a lawsuit against British Columbia's Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) granting Encana Corp. "repeated short-term water permits, a violation of the provincial water act".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Supreme Court in October 2014 upheld the validity of OGC's use of short-term water use approvals on a recurrent basis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CriticismEdit
Wyoming water pollutionEdit
In spring 2008, residents from Pavillion, Wyoming, approached the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about changes in water quality from their domestic wells. Encana was the primary natural gas producer in the area. In 2009, the EPA announced that it had found hydrocarbon contaminants in residents' drinking water wells.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pipeline explosionsEdit
In Pouce Coupe British Columbia five explosions targeted Encana pipelines between October 2008 and January 2009; media reports indicate the pipeline may have been bombed by a disgruntled community member fearing the sour gas (containing hydrogen sulfide, which can be fatal if too much of it is inhaled) poses a danger to the community.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Encana was fined CAD $250,000 under Canada's Environmental Emergency Act.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Encana's hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States are portrayed in the 2010 documentary, Gasland, which alleges that hydraulic fracturing causes pollution of ground and surface water, air, and soil.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Deep Panuke projectEdit
Issues were raised for the Deep Panuke project offshore of Nova Scotia, when it was proposed in 2006 as a smaller version with increased ocean discharges and when Encana asked for a "streamlined regulatory process" without public hearings.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Track record of legal chargesEdit
In British Columbia, between 2007 and 2019, Ovintiv was charged for breaching provincial legislation 19 times, more than any other company, as well as being fined the highest amount.<ref name=":0" />
LeadershipEdit
PresidentEdit
Michael G. McAllister, January 24, 2020 – June 30, 2020
Brendan M. McCracken, December 1, 2020 –
Chairman of the BoardEdit
Clayton H. Woitas, January 24, 2020 – June 30, 2020
Peter A. Dea, June 30, 2020 –