Brian Crossman: Just hired! Now let’s keep them hired!

Brian Crossman: Just hired! Now let’s keep them hired!

In my last column (for those three people that read my stuff in order) we discussed what the new employee can do to get that job and do well at it. Well, at least we hope so. But this is only half the story. It is up to a few other people to make this symbiotic relationship work out. The employers, the HR departments, managers and co-workers all have a hand in making this brand new relationship work. Us old-school guys have an archaic way of thinking that the new hire is there to work hard, do our bidding and make us happy. That may have been kinda true at one time (I said true, not right) but it sure isn’t today. Let’s have a look at this and see if we can figure it out together.

Royal Helium develops plan for maximizing helium extraction from Nazare, begins drilling at Val Marie

Royal Helium develops plan for maximizing helium extraction from Nazare, begins drilling at Val Marie

SASKATOON – Royal Helium started drilling for helium near Climax, Saskatchewan, in January, 2021. So far, they have punched four holes there, and two northwest of Ogema, with Val Marie next on the agenda. But once they found helium, the key thing was figuring out how to maximize its extraction.

To do that, the company turned to the University of Regina’s petroleum engineering department, and specifically to Dr. Gary Zhao, P.Eng, to model drilling scenarios for the Nazare reservoir. On July 5, Royal announced their results

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Feds pay lip service, but show little action, Saskatchewan’s energy minister says after energy ministers conference

Feds pay lip service, but show little action, Saskatchewan’s energy minister says after energy ministers conference

The federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers just met in their annual conference, and Saskatchewan’s minister was wholly unimpressed with the result.

Minister of Energy and Resources Jim Reiter spoke to Pipeline Online from St. John’s just after getting out of the conference on July 7, and he was rather incredulous that the federal government hardly even wanted to mention the word “oil” in their drafts of the final communique.

This, despite the fact that the Ukraine war has Europe crying out for energy that is not sourced from Russia.

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Saturn closes deal buying up Crescent Point’s assets in Saskatchewan Viking

Saturn closes deal buying up Crescent Point’s assets in Saskatchewan Viking

Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. announced on July 6 they had closed their previously announced previously announced acquisition of assets in the Viking area of West-central Saskatchewan from Crescent Point Energy Corp. The deal is for cash consideration of approximately $248 million (net of adjustments). Saturn also has completed a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $400,326.

EU lawmakers back gas, nuclear energy as sustainable

EU lawmakers back gas, nuclear energy as sustainable

European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to include natural gas and nuclear in the bloc’s list of sustainable activities, backing a proposal from the EU’s executive arm that has been drawing fierce criticism from environment groups and now looks set to trigger legal challenges.

As the EU wants to set the best global standards in the fight against climate change, the decision could tarnish the bloc’s image and question the region’s commitment to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.

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Brian Zinchuk on John Gormley Live: LNG, helium nuclear power, electric F-150s, solar, wind and more

Brian Zinchuk on John Gormley Live: LNG, helium nuclear power, electric F-150s, solar, wind and more

Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk appears on CJME/CKOM’s John Gormley Live the first Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. This month’s edition discussed drilling activity, helium, the war in Ukraine, Germany’s need for Canadian LNG, 25 years for the CO2 project at the Weyburn Unit, SaskPower’s selection of a nuclear reactor design, the first electric Ford F-150 Lightning to arrive in Estevan, and two days of the utter failure of solar and wind power generation in Alberta recently. That’s a lot to pack into a half hour, but you can hear it all by clicking below.

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FortisBC, Suncor to partner on Port Moody hydrogen pilot project

FortisBC, Suncor to partner on Port Moody hydrogen pilot project

FortisBC Energy Inc. says it will partner with Suncor Energy Inc. and Hazer Group Ltd. to build a hydrogen pilot project in Port Moody, B.C.
The $11-million pilot project will also be supported with grant funding from the provincial government’s CleanBC Industry Fund.
The project will be located at Suncor’s Burrard Terminal site and will produce hydrogen from natural gas.