Birchcliff Energy Ltd. engages in the business of exploring, developing, and producing natural gas, light oil, condensate, and other natural gas liquids. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta and currently employs 231 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2001-02-22. The firm's Montney/Doig Resource Play is centered approximately 95 kilometers northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The Montney/Doig Resource Play in its areas of operations is approximately 300 meters thick. The play has a large areal extent, covering in excess of 50,000 square miles. The company is developing its Montney/Doig Resource Play through the use of horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracture stimulation technology. Its assets include Pouce Coupe, Gordondale and Elmworth. The company has a 100% working interest in its Pouce Coupe Gas Plant and two oil batteries, as well as various working interests in numerous other gas plants, oil batteries, compressors, facilities and infrastructure. The company operates the Gordondale Gas Plant owned by AltaGas Ltd., with 100% of its throughput consisting of its production.