Top Oil Stocks Profiles
Despite talk about moving away from oil dependence, the fact remains that much of the world cannot function without oil. Whenever oil supply is disrupted, the price surges, which trickles down and impacts the cost of food, shipping, and transportation, just to name a few examples. For this reason and many others, investors may want exposure to oil stocks. Oil stocks can include companies involved in drilling, production, exploration, refining and marketing. Barchart’s Top Oil Stocks list will help investors identify and compare oil stocks to find the best investment opportunities.
Spartan Delta Corp (SDE.TO)
Full ProfileSpartan Delta Corp is an oil and gas exploration and production company. It is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas properties in western Canada. It operates and focuses its activities on Peace River Arch and Central Alberta.
Peyto Exploration and Dvlpmnt Corp (PEY.TO)
Full ProfilePeyto Exploration & Development Corp is a Canadian energy company involved in the development and production of oil and natural gas. It conducts exploration, development and production activities in Canada. Substantial revenue is generated from Natural gas and natural gas liquid sales.
Athabasca Oil Corp (ATH.TO)
Full ProfileAthabasca Oil Corp is an energy company. It is focused on the exploration, development, and production of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas. The company organizes its business under two operational segments, Light Oil and Thermal Oil. It generates maximum revenue from the Thermal Oil segment. Thermal Oil includes the exploration, development, and production of bitumen from sand and carbonate rock formations located in the Athabasca region of Northern Alberta.
Birchcliff Energy Ltd (BIR.TO)
Full ProfileBirchcliff Energy Ltd is an intermediate oil and gas company that explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, light oil, and natural gas liquids. The company conducts its drilling program in resource plays located in the Peace River Arch region of Alberta. Birchcliff focuses on operating nearly all its high-working production, which is surrounded by blocks of high-working interest lands where it owns and/or controls the infrastructure. To get the full value out of its natural gas wells, several gas plants are completely owned and operated for gas processing purposes. Natural gas production accounts for the majority of Birchcliff's revenue.
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd (AAV.TO)
Full ProfileAdvantage Energy Ltd is a Canadian energy company primarily engaged in the extraction of natural gas and liquid resources. The company holds over 145,000 net acres of liquids-rich lands throughout Canada. Advantage Energy Ltd focuses on creating low-cost, low-emission Canadian energy for the world. The company sells crude and medium crude oil as well as conventional natural gas and liquid natural gas. Advantage Energy Ltd plans to grow by utilizing areas with high rate of return targets due to the presence of existing infrastructure capability.
Tourmaline Oil Corp (TOU.TO)
Full ProfileTourmaline Oil Corp is a Canadian energy company engaged in natural gas and crude oil acquisition, exploration, development, and production in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It includes the Alberta Deep Basin, the Northeast British Columbia Montney, and the Peace River Triassic Oil complex.
Vermilion Energy Inc (VET.TO)
Full ProfileVermilion Energy Inc is an international oil and gas-producing company. It engages in full-cycle exploration and production programs that focus on the acquisition, exploration, development, and optimization of producing properties in North America, Europe, and Australia. The majority of Vermilion's revenue is derived from the production and sale of petroleum and natural gas. In each market, the company relies on a host of drilling and well-completion techniques to keep production at attractive levels. It derives a majority of its revenue from Canada.
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TVE.TO)
Full ProfileTamarack Valley Energy Ltd is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas. Its target is drilling and acquisition of repeatable and predictable long-life resource plays in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Its oil & gas properties include Cardium Oil, Viking Oil, and Penny Barons Oil.
Precision Drilling Corp (PD.TO)
Full ProfilePrecision Drilling Corpd is a provider of contract drilling and completion and production services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in Canada, the United States and certain international locations. Contract Drilling Services include drilling rigs, procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, and the manufacture, sale and repair of drilling equipment. Completion and Production Services include service rigs, oilfield equipment rental, and camp and catering services.
Nuvista Energy Ltd (NVA.TO)
Full ProfileNuVista Energy Ltd engages in the exploration, delineation, development, and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Products sold include natural gas, condensate & oil, butane, propane, and ethane, with condensate composing nearly half of all sales. Condensate finds use in the heavy oil business when applied to heavy oil bitumen. It creates the viscosity needed for pipeline transportation. The Wapiti Montney area delivers the portion of hydrocarbon production for NuVista. To improve service assets and production in this area, the firm operates compressor and dehydration stations.
Meg Energy Corp (MEG.TO)
Full ProfileMEG Energy Corp is an energy company focused on sustainable in situ thermal oil production at its Christina Lake Project in the southern Athabasca oil region of Alberta, Canada. MEG transports and sells thermal oil (known as Access Western Blend or AWB) to customers throughout North America and internationally.
Arc Resources Ltd (ARX.TO)
Full ProfileARC Resources Ltd is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of conventional oil and natural gas in Western Canada. The company produces light, medium, and heavy crude, condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.
Whitecap Resources Inc (WCP.TO)
Full ProfileWhitecap Resources Inc is engaged in the business of acquiring, developing, and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and assets. The company acquires assets with discovered petroleum initially in place and low current recovery factors. Light oil is the primary byproduct of Whitecap's Canadian assets. To extract petroleum products from its resources, the company uses horizontal drilling, in addition to multistage fracturing technology. Crude oil is the revenue generator out of the basket of energy products sold.
Prairiesky Royalty Ltd (PSK.TO)
Full ProfilePrairieSky Royalty Ltd is the owner of subsurface mineral rights on a variety of royalty properties in western Canada. The company encourages third parties to develop these properties, while also seeking additional petroleum and natural gas royalty assets. Once PrairieSky has given a third party the right to explore, develop, or produce on its properties, the company collects royalty revenue from the development of petroleum and natural gas. Property arrangements can be contracted as lease issuances, farmouts, drilling commitments, or seismic option agreements.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ.TO)
Full ProfileCanadian Natural Resources Ltd is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production company. The Company's exploration and production operations are focused in North America, largely in Western Canada; the United Kingdom (UK) portion of the North Sea, and Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa in Offshore Africa. The Company's exploration and production activities are conducted in three geographic segments: North America, the North Sea, and Offshore Africa. These activities include exploring, developing, producing, and marketing crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. The company has two divisions; Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading, Midstream and Refining. It derives a majority of its revenue from North America.
Topaz Energy Corp (TPZ.TO)
Full ProfileTopaz Energy Corp is a royalty and energy infrastructure company focused on generating low-risk income and paying dividends to its shareholders. It generates revenue from the Royalty Assets, which generate the company's Royalty Production Revenue; and the Infrastructure Assets, which generate the company's Processing Revenue and Other Income. The majority of the company's revenue is earned through royalties.
Headwater Exploration Inc (HWX.TO)
Full ProfileHeadwater Exploration Inc is an oil and gas exploration and development company. It is engaged in the exploration for development and production of petroleum and natural gas onshore in McCully Field, New Brunswick and Marten Hills, Alberta. The firm generates substantial revenue from the sale of commodities which include crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids.
Freehold Royalties Ltd (FRU.TO)
Full ProfileFreehold Royalties Ltd is in acquiring and managing Oil and Gas royalties. It operates in two segments: Canada, which includes exploration and evaluation assets and the petroleum and natural gas interests in Western Canada; and the United States, which includes petroleum and natural gas interests held in the Permian (Midland and Delaware), Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Bakken basins primarily located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota. The maximum revenue is generated from the Canada Segment.
Imperial Oil (IMO.TO)
Full ProfileImperial Oil Ltd is one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. It is active in all phases of the petroleum industry in Canada, including the exploration for, and production and sale of, crude oil and natural gas. It is a major producer of crude oil, the largest petroleum refiner, a leading marketer of petroleum products, and a major producer of petrochemicals. The company also pursues lower-emission business opportunities including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and lower-emission fuels. The company's operations are conducted in three main segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical. The majority of revenue is from the downstream segment. The Downstream segment is organized and operates to refine crude oil into petroleum products and to distribute and market these products.
Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE.TO)
Full ProfileCenovus Energy Inc is an integrated oil company, focused on creating value through the development of its oil sands assets. The company also engages in production of conventional crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in Alberta, Canada, with refining operations in the U.S. Net upstream production averaged 786 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2022. The company had upstream projects across Western Canada; crude oil production and natural gas and NGLs production offshore China and Indonesia. The downstream operations include upgrading and refining operations in Canada and the U.S., and commercial fuel operations across Canada.
Pason Systems Inc (PSI.TO)
Full ProfilePason Systems Inc is a provider of instrumentation and data management systems for drilling rigs. The electronic drilling recorder is the company's primary product, and provides a complete system of drilling data acquisition, data networking, drilling management tools, and reports at both the wellsite and customer office. The company reports on three strategic business units: The North American (Canada and the United States) and International (Latin America, including Mexico, Offshore, the Eastern Hemisphere, and the Middle East) business units, all of which offer technology services to the oil and gas industry, and the Solar and Energy Storage business unit, which provides technology services to solar and energy storage developers.
Parex Resources Inc (PXT.TO)
Full ProfileParex Resources Inc engages in exploration, development, production and marketing of oil and natural gas. The company brings technology utilized in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin to South American basins with large oil-in-place potential. Majority of the company's properties are focused in Colombia, where it pays a royalty or tax to the government for its operations. The operating segments of the company are; Columbia which is also its key revenue generating segment, and Canada.
Baytex Energy Corp (BTE.TO)
Full ProfileBaytex Energy Corp is an oil and gas company. Geographically, the group operates in Canada and the United States. The company derives a majority of revenue from Canada. Its Canada segment includes the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in Western Canada.
Suncor Energy Inc (SU.TO)
Full ProfileSuncor Energy Inc is an integrated energy company. The company's operations include oil sands development, production and upgrading, offshore oil production, petroleum refining in Canada and the U.S., and the company's Petro-Canada retail and wholesale distribution networks. The company is developing petroleum resources while advancing the transition to a low-emissions future through investment in power, and renewable fuels. It also conducts energy trading activities focused principally on the marketing and trading of crude oil, natural gas, byproducts, refined products and power. The company's operating segments include Oil Sands, Exploration and Production, and Refining and Marketing. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Canada.
Paramount Resources Ltd (POU.TO)
Full ProfileParamount Resources Ltd is a Canadian energy company that explores, develops, produces, and markets natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The company takes part in exploration and production in Alberta and British Columbia. Sales for Paramount's products are priced in a multitude of markets that span the United States and Canada. Depending on the product, contracts can have daily, monthly, or long-term agreements. Assets for exploration and production are acquired by way of royalties that are paid to provincial governments and freehold landowners.
Secure Energy Services Inc (SES.TO)
Full ProfileSecure Energy Services Inc provides fluids and solids solutions to the oil and gas industry. It operates in three segments: Environmental Waste Management, Energy Infrastructure, and Oilfield Services. These facilities provide processing, storing, shipping, and marketing of crude oil; the processing of waste; and water treatment and disposal. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Environmental Waste Management segment which includes a network of waste processing facilities, produced water pipelines, industrial landfills, waste transfer, and metal recycling facilities. Energy Infrastructure includes a network of crude oil gathering pipelines, terminals, and storage facilities. Oilfield Services include drilling fluid management, and project management services.
Enerplus Corp (ERF.TO)
Full ProfileEnerplus Corp produces and develops crude oil and natural gas assets in Canada and the United States. The majority of oil production is derived from the Williston basin, with the Marcellus providing a significant portion of natural gas production. Enerplus acquires the right to use assets through royalties paid to government entities, land owners, and mineral rights owners. Crude oil and natural gas are sold to customers in both countries where assets are held and can be sold either at the well or a fixed destination.
Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG.TO)
Full ProfileCrescent Point Energy Corp is an independent exploration and production company. It is engaged in acquiring, developing, and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and assets related thereto through a general partnership and wholly-owned subsidiaries. The company generates maximum revenue from Oil and gas sales.