Construction underway on 100 megawatt Turning Sun Solar Facility near Estevan
Construction has started on the 100 megawatt solar facility 10 kilometres southwest of Estevan and six kilometres southwest of Boundary Dam Power Station.
Stampede Drilling is going to wildcat in Greenland – and that’s no joke
Stampede Drilling, originally founded in Estevan, is sending a drilling rig to Greenland, yes, Greenland, to drill for oil. This is about as wildcat as you can possibly get, in one of the most inaccessible and hostile places on the planet.
This is NOT an April Fool’s joke, either.
A lesson on LNG from our federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson took to social media on March 31 to explain to us what LNG is. Notably, he does not discuss whether or not there was “no business case” for Canadian LNG.
Pipeline Online Podcast, Ep. 32: Ron Wallace & Tammy Nemeth, on “decarbonizing” Canada’s oil & gas
Ron Wallace and Tammy Nemeth join the Pipeline Online Podcast. Wallace is a former member of the National Energy Board, and Nemeth is an energy analyst, originally from Saskatchewan but now based in the UK. Why does Canadian-produced oil and gas need to be decarbonized, but imported oil and gas, or product from Newfoundland, does not? That’s a really good question…
The coal refurbishment plan, laid out by year until 2035
There’s been a lot of talk about the coal refurbishment. Here’s the plan, laid out year by year until 2035.
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Beck’s frosty letter to new federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis over energy and resource policies
“The positions that you have taken when it comes to natural resource development are ideological and unrealistic. They would hurt Saskatchewan workers, communities, and industries.” – Carla Beck
Energy policy key as NDP leadership candidates make final pitch
The NDP leadership candidates made their last pitch to voters Saturday morning in a last-ditch effort to win support from the handful of members who have not voted yet.
The Iran War is causing an energy crisis: Doomberg on Decouple and Soar Financially
Every chance I get to listen to financial analyst Doomberg, I do. Doomberg is the most in-tune analyst I’ve seen on energy issues, and is initimately aware with Canada and even Saskatchewan (Doomberg did a piece on Saskatchewan recently).
On coal refurbishments: NDP focus on cost, Sask Party focus on reliability
The NDP took on the cost of refurbishing Saskatchewan’s coal-fired power generation fleet on Thursday, March 26, saying it’s going to cost more and have a greater impact on utility rates, while the Sask Party government countered by saying reliability is the most important factor.
Bronwyn Eyre’s speech on “Conservatives need their own ‘living tree’”
If we take the fundamental precepts, about the pursuit of equal justice—and improving it, and speaking out in its defence: if we take that to heart, we must question. We must criticize. Diplomatically, but sometimes forcefully. And be bold.
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Alberta, Ottawa reach ‘agreement-in-principle’ on methane emissions
Alberta and Ottawa have reached an “agreement-in-principle” that puts the province in control of regulating its methane emissions, with final rules expected by the end of this year.
LNG Canada, Coastal GasLink sign pipeline deal, bringing projects closer to reality
The companies behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the massive LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., have signed agreements that bring both of their second phases closer to reality.
Op-Ed: Jeremy Nielsen: The challenges we grew up with built judgment. How do we do that in an AI world?
And somewhere between the farm and Edmonton, it hit me: The road hasn’t changed. But my role on it has. And the next time I make that drive, there’s a very real chance I may not even be driving at all. Full self-driving is coming the same way GPS did: slowly, then all at once.
Financial leaders pushing for new approaches amid geopolitical tensions
Despite the country looking to diversify trade from the United States, he said the defunct Keystone XL pipeline project that would’ve sent more Alberta crude there needs to be revived immediately.
Fire out and shelter-in-place order is lifted after oil refinery explosion near Texas coast
An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said.
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Brian Zinchuk: Did the Multi-Lateral Well Program shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to provincial revenues?
Did the program get more people working? In select fields, like drilling, directional drilling and the like, yes. But ask anyone in those services impacted that I listed above, and you’ll have to look long and hard to find a yes.
2026 Estevan OTS Curling Bonspiel Photos
March 20-21 saw the Estevan Oilfield Technical Society’s annual bonspeicl at the Power Dodge Curling Centre. Twenty-two teams took place, with Innovative ALS beating out Surepoint for the win.
Below are the winners, along with two photo galleries. And, as per Pipeline Online tradition, there’s a photo of someone on their phone while curling. Who is it this year? Check it out.
Decouple Media: The Reactor Canada Forgot How to Sell
This episode features Joe St. Julian, President of Nuclear at AtkinsRéalis, outlining why Canada may be closer to a new nuclear fleet build than most observers realize.
Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on the Strait of Hormuz
On March 19, Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the leaders of United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan to issue the following statement regarding the Strait of Hormuz. It did not mention us actually doing anything militarily about it.
Pierre Poilievre on Joe Rogan Experience
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appeared on the March 19 edition of the Joe Rogan Experience. Poilievre was down in Texas talking to people about oil, so it’s a good bet that’ll come up.
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GE Vernova Hitachi look to develop SMRs in southeast Asia
The model of small modular reactor SaskPower has chosen for development of its first nuclear power plant is gaining more attention worldwide. On March 14, GE Vernova GEV) and Hitachi, Ltd. announced they had have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to deploy the BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Southeast Asia.
Everything energy in the 2026 Saskatchewan provincial budget
Pipeline Online poured through the budget documents, and put together pretty much anything energy related into this story.
TC Energy celebrates 75 years
TC Energy, which spent most of its existence as TransCanada Pipeline, celebrated its 75th anniversary by ringing the bell at theNew York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 17.
Brian Crossman: Good News 2020, Follow-up for 2026
I wrote one of my very first columns six years ago when I was six years younger and about the same level of smarts as I am today. (Will I ever learn?) Anywho, with all the not-so-great news lately, (and there is a lot) it might be time to re-focus on what a great province we live in.
NDP say coal refurbishment will double electricity rates by 2050, prefer natural gas and renewables instead
““If you want to know what our plan is for coal, we don’t think it’s the best use of public money, what the Government of Saskatchewan is proposing to do, we think, of course, we’re not shutting down coal tomorrow, no matter how many times the Sask Party wants to say this. That’s not practical. It’s not on these this is an important part of our system. This provides reliable, fundamentally critical base load power right now it is. It is not where we should be investing for the future. And these are not investments that the government is making for growth.” – Aleana Young