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Ranger Oil Limited was a Canadian independent petroleum company that operated between 1950 and 2000. Ranger was founded as the Maygill Petroleum Company Limited with the aim to develop oil leases in the Steveville, Alberta area. In 1954, Jack Piece (1924–1991), originally of Montreal, acquired control of the company and renamed it West ...
Ranger Oil was an Alberta based company with its main office in Calgary. Originally under Maygill Petroleum Company Ltd., Ranger Oil was created in 1950 with the mission to explore and develop oil and gas formations in North America. In 1956, Jack Pierce was named the first president and personality behind the creation of Ranger; he ...
World War II. John Michael "Jack" Pierce (22 February 1924 – 8 June 1991) was a Canadian oilman. Pierce was the president and chairman of Ranger Oil Limited, a petroleum exploration and production company based in Calgary, Alberta. He is best known for co-leading the 1974 discovery of the 1.2 billion barrel Ninian Oil Field in the North Sea. [1]
small company to start with and it finally got absorbed by other companies, Maygill did. Then Ranger come in and you know, that’s where Ranger took over you see, Maygill just disappeared in. . . NM: It got absorbed. EP: Yes, it got absorbed. But Maygill was started before it became Ranger. Going back into
Ranger Oil Corporation (formerly Penn Virginia Corporation) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, NGLs and natural gas in various domestic onshore regions of the United States, with a primary focus in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Penn Virginia recently relocated its ...
Aug. 5, 1958 - name changed from West Maygill Gas & Oil Limited to Ranger Oil (Canada) Limited June 12, 1980 - name changed from Ranger Oil (Canada) Limited to Ranger Oil Limited July 28, 2000 - acquired by Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Jun 16, 1991 · Mr. Pierce founded Ranger Oil Co. in Wyoming in 1954 and a year later also became president of West Maygill Gas & Oil Ltd. In 1958, the companies merged into Ranger Oil Ltd. of Canada.
