For many years, Saskatchewan’s energy sector had a high number of junior oil producers, companies willing to take risks to prove up a resource. That sector has largely vanished over the last seven years, but there is a new one rising: helium wildcatters. There are...
REGINA – While development of helium in Saskatchewan is proving to be the birth, or rebirth of an industry, there is one simple fact: it is entirely dependent on the expertise developed in oil and gas, and the oilfield service companies that, for years, have produced...
REGINA – On Nov. 15, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre announced a Helium Action Plan, meant to foster further development of the industry. The announcement took place in the Legislature, and had invited representatives from the helium...
REGINA – On Nov. 15, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre announced a Helium Action Plan, meant to foster further development of the industry. The announcement took place in the Legislature, and had invited representatives from the helium...
ESTEVAN – It’s always tough to launch a new business, but Raymond Vacuum Truck Services Ltd did so four years into an oil downturn that seemed to have no end, and then endured the economic collapse that came with COVID-19. Now, with oil prices coming up, things are...
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of an eight-part series on development of helium in Saskatchewan. REGINA – Saskatchewan has been a helium producer, but a very, very tiny one. Now, it’s seeking to be a world player. There were four historical wells north of Swift Current...
