Contract Drilling and Services to Oil and Gas Extraction Industry

Detailed information for 2000

This annual survey collects information on Canadian companies involved in the contract drilling and other services to the oil and gas extraction industry. The survey collects financial and operating statistics.

• Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s)
• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This annual survey collects information on Canadian companies involved in the contract drilling and other services to the oil and gas extraction industry. The survey collects financial and operating statistics.

These data are required for integration into the input-output sector of the Canadian System of National Accounts. Data are intended for use by survey respondents, federal departments and agencies, provincial ministries and authorities, industry associations, industry analysts, the press and the general public to assess trends in the contract drilling and other services to the oil and gas extraction sector of the Canadian economy.

Reference period: Calendar year

Subjects

• Business performance and ownership
• Crude oil and natural gas
• Energy
• Financial statements and performance

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The universe is comprised of all Canadian companies classified as operating in the oil and gas contract drilling (NAICS 213111) and services to oil and gas extraction (NAICS 213118) according to the North American Industry Classification System. The target population is those companies found on Statistics Canada's Business Register, classified to the NAICS codes 213111 and 213118, and whose revenues are above the 10% cut-off threshold used to alleviate response burden (that threshold eliminates all establishments that represent the bottom 10% of the industry total revenues). This leaves us with a census of all firms above that threshold.

Instrument design

The questionnaire was designed using Statistics Canada questionnaire design standards. The design was done in consultation with the survey's partners. The questionnaire is respondent completed in paper format delivered by mail, fax or in electronic format.

The questionnaires are subject to regular revision to reflect changes in information requirements.

Sampling

This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.

Data sources

Responding to this survey is mandatory.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

The data are collected through a mail-out/mail-back process, while providing respondents with the option of telephone or other electronic filing methods. Follow-up procedures are applied when a questionnaire has not been received after a pre-specified period of time: respondents are phoned or sent a fax to remind them to send their questionnaire in order to reach the survey target response rate.

View the Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s) .