Energy Services BC, Fort St. John, BC

NSOCSF was registered in BC as a non-profit society in July 1976 to provide a united voice from the contractors and service firms located in Northeast BC who were actively delivering services to the growing oil and gas industry. Their primary role through the next twenty years was to be able to respond in a cohesive manner to specific issues, usually by providing input to various levels of government regarding input to or the impact of policy and regulatory issues.

The association has evolved over the past ten years participate in more proactive initiatives such as marketing and to be responsive to the many external requests for participation of directors on various board and committee. NSOCSF produced 3 member directories, a 30th anniversary newspaper supplement and most recently a brief supplement to launch ESBC. Appendix V includes copies of the referenced publications.

NSOCSF has participated in trade shows including Discover Energy in four Northeast Communities, the Prince George Industry Trade show in January 2007 and at each of the four annual Ministry of Energy & Mines Annual BC Oil and Gas Trade Shows in Calgary.

In 2005, NSOCSF organized and participated in the Fort St. John BC Oil and Gas Conference trade show and in 2006 organized and participated in the Dawson Creek Oil and Gas Conference reverse business fair.