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New business Prairie Pride Fishing has proven to be popular in the oilpatch

April 28, 2021

A new company in Estevan has proven to be popular with the oilpatch since it opened, thanks to the services it offers. Prairie Pride Fishing, owned by Mike Zohner and ...

Canada’s largest helium purification facility opens in Saskatchewan

April 27, 2021

Saskatchewan is now officially home to the largest helium purification facility in Canada. Located near Battle Creek in the province's southwest, the new $32 million ...

Record subsurface mineral public offering in April

April 22, 2021

The Government of Saskatchewan's first subsurface mineral Crown disposition public offering of the 2021-22 fiscal year was held on April 19, and raised $2,448,936 in ...

Saskatchewan and other provinces release small nuclear reactor study

April 14, 2021

The premiers of Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta joined virtually to release a study by power utilities in three partner provinces and to formally welcome ...

SaskPower CCS facility achieves 4 million tonnes of CO2 captured

March 31, 2021

SaskPower’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility at Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan has captured more than four million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) since ...

Sask. Premier Scott Moe and others respond to carbon tax decision

March 25, 2021

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the federal government’s carbon tax is legal, and it has drawn plenty of reaction. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said in ...

Supreme Court says federal carbon tax is constitutional

March 25, 2021

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the federal carbon price is entirely constitutional. The split decision upholds a pivotal part of the Liberal climate-change ...

Deep Earth successfully completes 53-day geothermal production and injection test

March 24, 2021

Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has announced that it has successfully completed Canada’s first large-volume production and injection test on its 100 per ...

CCS facility captured 67,699 tonnes of CO2 in February

March 17, 2021

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station had another productive month in February, as it was online 96 per cent of the time, ...

Saskatchewan announces support for new gas measurement and monitoring technology

March 17, 2021

The Government of Saskatchewan announced $500,000 to support innovative research and technology applied to measuring gas volumes and monitoring emissions in the oil and gas...

Electrical heater burned down an oilfield trailer

March 11, 2021

Estevan fire crews were working alongside the 737 Volunteer Fire Department earlier this week. The call for mutual aid came in on Monday at about 11:30 a.m. The report ...

Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show planned for June 2-3

February 25, 2021

The Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show committee is still planning on holding its biennial event this June 2-3, but things are still up in the air due to public health ...

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Letter: Keystone XL is worth fighting for

March 9, 2021

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Saskatchewan oil production recovers half of losses

November 23, 2020

Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre spoke about how Saskatchewan’s oilpatch production has been recovering. Screen capture via Zoom Saskatchewan ...

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PSAC increases Canadian drilling forecast

April 29, 2021

In its second update to the 2021 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast, released Thursday, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) has revised the number...