SaskPower now offers greenwashing program

Saskatchewan’s Crown power utility is now offering its own form of greenwashing program to its customers. According to a Feb. 20 press release, verbatim: SaskPower is now offering a Renewable Subscription Service for small and medium business, farm and residential...

Top 10 Saskatchewan conventional wells in November

It looks like there are still good wells to be found in the very heart of the Bakken. Veren Inc. scored the No. 1 conventional well in Saskatchewan in November, with its 105/03-12-007-09W2/00 well clocking in 577 barrels per day. That well is in the heart of the...

Westinghouse in SK, Part 2: First Nations involvement from the beginning

SASKATOON – It’s not typical to start an energy conference with traditional First Nation drumming and dance, but then again, Westinghouse might be doing things a bit differently. On Nov. 8 at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park, nuclear reactor builder Westinghouse held its...

Royal Helium files for bankruptcy

TORONTO – Royal Helium, which has spent several years trying to develop a helium play in southwest Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta, has filed for bankruptcy. Four years ago, Royal Helium was the second most-active company in Saskatchewan’s burgeoning helium...