David Yager: The world’s remarkable reversal on the future of oil
The message is now to resume normal activities even though 'civil society' has spent years trying to crush the industry The love/hate relationship between oil companies and the world’s billions of customers is unique in the world of commerce. Until recently,...
Douglas Tompson: First lesson learned on the rigs – be good to the camp dishwasher
My name is Douglas Tompson and I’m an oil rig worker. I say that I’m an oil rig worker because it makes a long story much simpler. I used to be an oil rig worker and I travelled an unusual path into oilfield training, but I define myself as an experienced roughneck that rarely enjoys the sight of a rig floor.
Brian Crossman: Finding Your Way; Turn east at the horse standing on the corner
One of the most important skills in the Oilpatch is finding your way to location. It sounds silly, but it is one-hundred percent true. Scratch that, it is THE most important skill. If you can’t find your way to the job, your chance of getting paid is zero. That is not how you want to be remembered. That guy who didn’t show up and didn’t get paid. Don’t be that guy.
David Yager: The rising value of Mark Carney’s ‘stranded assets’; Rendering fossil fuels obsolete was conceived in a different environment than the one we live in today
The pre-COVID climate playbook and energy transition are in big trouble. Not among climate crusaders. For them, the crisis continues. It is the ordinary people who have more pressing issues. War. Energy. Food. Inflation. Interest rates. The cost and availability of energy has become more important than the source.
But some still worry. Like Mark Carney, the famous former governor of the Bank of Canada and possible future leader of the federal Liberal party.
Brian Zinchuk: Plowing into a snow drift and Elon Musk’s take on full self-driving
In the midst of the worst blizzard we’ve had in a few years in Estevan, my daughter got a call. Her friend’s dad was stuck, in town, less than a mile from our place. Could we help? Absolutely. I told both kids to pile into the F-150 to come along. They were going to...
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