Regional perspective: Canada

J. Stell, Contributing Writer One hundred years ago, the success of Calgary Petroleum Products Co.’s Dingman No. 1 well in Alberta changed Canada’s economy and led to the nation’s first natural gas processing plant, marking the beginning of the modern era of Canadian oil and gas exploration and processing. The plant, built in Turner Valley approximately 60 km south of Calgary, contributed to the successful development of the Turner Valley oil field, which became western Canada’s first commercial petroleum-producer well on May 14, 1914. Despite Canada’s long history of successful oil and gas development and production efforts, the nation has been experiencing new challenges over the past s