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Ensign Energy Services

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Canadian company that provides oilfield services

Ensign Energy Services Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian company that provides oilfield services for the North American and international market. Founded in 1987, Ensign is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Ensign's Common Shares are publicly traded though the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ESI.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1
  • Industrypetroleum industry1
  • HeadquartersCalgary1
  • Websitewww.ensignenergy.com
  • Listed onToronto Stock Exchange1
  • Incorporated inAlberta, Canada6
  • Business address400 - 5Th Ave. S.W., Suite 1000, Calgary, A0 Abt2P0L66
  • Legal formCorporation4
  • LEI984500EN54370LB9D2324
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address1000 400 - 5 AVENUE S.W., T2P 0L6 Calgary, Canada4
  • Registered withMinistry of Service Alberta, 2036397524

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Ensign Energy Services Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian company that provides oilfield services for the North American and international market. Founded in 1987, Ensign is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Ensign's Common Shares are publicly traded though the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ESI.3

The story

1987 to 2007

Ensign was founded in 1987 as Ensign Resource Service Group. It listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1993. In the second quarter of 2005, the company changed its name from Ensign Resource Service Group to its current name.

2008 to Present

In 2011, the company was accused of option backdating; it eventually reached a $4 million settlement. In 2015–2016, it experienced significant losses of $104 million and $150 million; in the 2009 to 2016 period, it closed down 200 rigs.

In August 2018, Ensign made a C$470 million hostile takeover offer for Trinidad Drilling. On November 27, 2018, Ensign announced the successful acquisition of a total of 66.73 per cent of the outstanding common shares of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. ("Trinidad"), including the 9.82 per cent previously held by Ensign, which increased to 89.3 per cent by December 21, 2018. The company reported a 72 per cent increase in revenue in its first full quarter since acquiring Trinidad Drilling Ltd.

In 2019, the company was awarded significant new drilling contracts in the United States, Canada and the Middle East.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ensign Energy Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Named in SEC Form D filings

People the company listed in its private-offering notices.

  • Executive Vice President - International OperationsBrent A. Conway named Jan 23, 20258
  • Senior Vice President - Canadian OperationsEldon A. Culshaw named Jan 23, 20258
  • General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryJustin K. Louie named Jan 23, 20258
  • Executive Vice President - United States OperationsMichael A. Nuss named Jan 23, 20258
  • Chief Financial OfficerMike A. Gray named Jan 23, 20258
  • ChairmanNorman M. Edwards named Jan 23, 20258
  • President and Chief Operating OfficerRobert H. Geddes named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorBarth M. Whitham named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorCary A. Moomjian, Jr. named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorDarlene J. Haslam named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorDonna J. Carson named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorGary W. Casswell named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorJames M. Howe named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorKarl A. Rudd named Jan 23, 20258
  • DirectorLen O. Kangas named Jan 23, 20258

Products and brands

Ensign is one of the world's land-based drilling and well servicing contractors serving crude oil, natural gas and geothermal operators. The company’s premium service is focused on contract drilling with complementary services such as directional drilling, underbalanced and managed pressure drilling, rental equipment, well servicing and production services. Today, the company owns 302 drilling rigs and 102 service rigs across the globe. It has more than 5,000 employees, the majority of whom are field-based.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ensign Energy Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Timeline

  1. 1987Founded Founded1

Filings

1 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 private raises. The latest 1:

  1. Jan 23, 2025D EDGAR

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$25.0M 2024–2024
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2024–2024: $25.0M in all. Private raises (Form D) $25.0M.$0$10M$20M$30M2024 · Private raises (Form D): $25.0M2024
Figures by year
YearPrivate raises (Form D)Total
2024$25.0M$25.0M

Private raises

Private offerings the company reported to the SEC on Form D. The amount is what the latest filing says was sold so far, charted in the year of the first sale. Covers filings since Oct 1, 2021.

  1. Dec 31, 2024Raised $25 million in a private offering of securities8 Form D: 9 investors so far Form D

SEC filer profile

How Ensign Energy Services is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGAREnsign Energy Services, Inc.2
  • CIK0001736837
  • Incorporated inAlberta, Canada2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Business address400 - 5Th Ave. S.W., Suite 1000, Calgary, A0 ABT2P0L62
  • Phone(403) 260-55852
  • On EDGAR sinceApr 12, 20182
  • Filings2 in all: D (2)2

Sources

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