Transportation

Winter weights are over, road ban season is here

March 5, 2020

That +11 C forecast for Friday means an early end to the winter trucking season, and means an early end to the drilling season. Winter weights are over, now, in the south, ...

Weyburn Industrial TransLoad rail facility announced

February 25, 2020

Weyburn – There once was a time where you could load and unload rail cars at almost any siding and in every town on the Canadian prairie. Not these days. The days of ...

Secure Energy and Kingston Midstream at odds in Alida

January 20, 2020

Alida – Secure Energy Services Inc., which recently shut down its crude oil terminal in Alida, Sask., has applied to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) for orders to allow ...

Inter Pipeline’s Viking Connector to serve one of Canada’s top oil plays

September 26, 2019

Construction is underway on a new pipeline giving optionality to producers on the Alberta side of the Viking light oil play, where production is growing and economics are ...

Shipping bitumen in solid form, in seacans

September 26, 2019

Calgary – Calgary based Melius Energy said in a release on Sept. 25 it has successfully transported bitumen from Edmonton, Alberta to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, ...

A pipeline company is born

April 18, 2019

April 30 marks the 70th anniversary of Enbridge’s Mainline system, which traverses Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and is Canada’s largest crude oil transportation ...

Saskatchewan introducing mandatory minimum training for semi drivers

December 3, 2018

Regina – Starting March 15, 2019, drivers seeking a Class 1 commercial licence in Saskatchewan to drive semi trucks will be required to undergo a minimum of 121.5 hours of ...

Heavy truck sales picking up

October 14, 2018

Lloydminster – Things are picking up for truck sales, according to Roger Deeks, works in sales with First Truck Centre in Lloydminster. They are the Western Star and ...

Clients are replacing their worn out equipment: ARW Truck Equipment

October 3, 2018

Lloydminster – JPD Enterprises is doing something that hasn’t been very common since the oil downturn hit, namely adding new iron to its fleet, in addition to opening a new...

You hear the whispers

September 27, 2018

Lloydminster – Much of the Saskatchewan oilpatch has held off on capital purchases since the oil downturn hit at the end of 2014, and there’s a pending need to recapitalize...

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April 3, 2020

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Saskatchewan proclaims Pipelines Amendment Act

January 23, 2020

Regina – The Government of Saskatchewan is modernizing and strengthening its regulatory oversight of oil and gas pipeline infrastructure in the province, with the ...

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Two weeks left in drilling season, 60 rigs working in Saskatchewan

February 27, 2020

Estevan – With a little over two weeks left before the inevitable shutdown for spring breakup, 60 drilling rigs were making hole on Feb. 26, according to sister publication...