OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

James Richardson & Sons, Limited has been actively involved in Canada's oil and gas industry, playing a significant role in harvesting the abundance of available resources in an environmentally responsible way.

Former affiliate, Marine Pipeline of Canada Limited, built both the first 42-inch pipeline in Canada and the first commercial natural gas pipeline north of the 60th parallel. In turn, Tundra Oil & Gas Limited pioneered the use of three-dimensional seismic and horizontal drilling in its home Province of Manitoba. With over 1,000 producing oil wells in the Williston Basin of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Tundra is a strong example of a specialty niche player continuing to find new oil pools by using the latest technology.

Driven by a desire to participate in the next generation of Canada's oil development, James Richardson & Sons, Limited is one of the originating investors in a $5 billion oil sands mine North of Fort McMurray, Alberta, known as Muskeg River.