David Yager: The many reasons for oilpatch optimism in 2022
If you’re fortunate enough to still be working in oil and gas, not only is your future secure but do your employer a favour and inquire if a few of your former co-workers would consider coming back. We need your help.
It’s -32 C, and we spent 3.5 hours snowblowing today. Could an electric snowblower charged by wind power have done it?
It’s Dec. 27, and I’m sitting at my parent’s acreage on the edge of Yorkton. We got back last night from Preeceville just before a big storm hit. Just driving a half mile out of town to their acreage, visibility was less than 50 metres, and I could not see where the...
The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the 12th day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Panther Drilling Rig 4
Here’s the 12th day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our industry is still keeping our trucks fueled and our...
The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the 11th day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Red Dog Drilling Rig 4
Here’s the 11th day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our industry is still keeping our trucks fueled and our...
Premier Scott Moe year end, Part 3: Helium, lithium, geothermal all possible because we have an oilpatch, and sorting out mineral rights between them
Premier Scott Moe sat down with Pipeline Online on Dec. 14 to discuss energy issues of the past year. It was likely the only year-end interview that did not touch on COVID-19, but rather energy. In this part, he talks about helium, lithium and geothermal...
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The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the tenth day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Crusader Drilling Rig 2
I would like to dedicate the tenth Rig of Christmas to Larrie Rae. Larrie passed away a few days ago, and his funeral was this week. A drilling consultant, he was one of the founders of Yorkton-based Crusader Drilling. I don’t have any photos of him, and we never met, but I got to know his father, Don, who ran Crusader, over the years. To Don and family, I would like to pass my condolences.
Brian Crossman: Energy issues and Celine Dion – did you buy your wife tickets for Christmas? Good luck with that
My wife Valerie has always wanted to see Celine Dion perform live. She loves many of the songs she sings, along with the obvious amazing talent the performer possesses. And of course she is Canadian. While not as big a fan, I am in awe of her incredible voice, and I...
Premier Scott Moe year end, Part 2: Energy security, and the labour shortage in Saskatchewan’s energy sector
Premier Scott Moe sat down with Pipeline Online on Dec. 14 to discuss energy issues of the past year. It was likely the only year-end interview that did not touch on COVID-19, but rather energy. In this part, he talks about energy security and food security being...
Helium in Saskatchewan, Part 8: The nitty gritty on helium development, from an early mover in Saskatchewan’s play
DALLAS – Back in 2015 or 2016, this reporter got a phone call from a man with a Texas accent. The voice on the other end of the call was that of Wheeler “Bo” Sears, and he wanted to talk about helium, in Saskatchewan, of all places. This was long before helium started...
Quick Dick McDick: Carol of the Chores
One of my favourite Christmas carols is the Carol of the Bells, played very, very loudly. Well, this is the Quick Dick McDick version. Turn it loud, and make that subwoofer boom! [fwduvp preset_id="brian" playlist_id="ad1" start_at_playlist=""...
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Premier Scott Moe year end, Part 1: What the end of the 7-year oil downturn means for Saskatchewan
Premier Scott Moe sat down with Pipeline Online on Dec. 14 to discuss energy issues of the past year. It was likely the only year-end interview that did not touch on COVID-19, but rather energy. In this part, he talks about the end of the seven year slump in oil...
The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the ninth day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Betts Drilling Rig 3
Here’s the ninth day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our industry is still keeping our trucks fueled and our...
Last phase of Accelerated Site Closure Program announced with $55 million in funding
REGINA – When COVID-19 initially took hold in the spring of 2020, the oilpatch ground to a near-halt. Oil prices collapsed to the point where, for one day, they actually went into negative territory. Capital spending was being cut to next to nothing. Wells were being...
NEWS: B.C. Mounties say they are monitoring protest against gas pipeline
HOUSTON, B.C. — The RCMP say they are investigating allegations that protesters threatened security officials, set off flares and damaged vehicles at a drill site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. The Mounties say in a...
Quick Dick McDick: Santa Said F*ck It
You've heard of politically correct? Well, this ain't it. Santa Said F*ck It. You read the headline. You have been warned.
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NEWS: Intertribal agency faults Wisconsin review of Line 5 reroute
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — An intertribal agency says Wisconsin's draft environmental review for a planned reroute of an oil and gas pipeline across northern Wisconsin is incomplete and flawed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released its...
The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the eighth day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Stampede Drilling Rig 2
Here’s the eighth day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our industry is still keeping our trucks fueled and our...
David Yager: Saskatchewan – Canada’s most underappreciated province
Surely the most underappreciated province in Canada – the one that contributes the most but is recognized the least – is the resource and agricultural powerhouse of Saskatchewan. While I’ve written about this subject on this page before, more information appeared...
The 12 Rigs of Christmas: On the seventh day of Christmas, my missus gave to me, Lasso Drilling Rig 1
Here's the seventh day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our...
Buffalo Potash secures two parcels of land for proof-of-concept development
SASKATOON – Buffalo Potash CEO Steve Halabura likes to talk about other things we can do with our drill bits. And now the professional geologist and his team have lined up the land to try his next big thing. It’s not oil; it’s potash. But it’ll be developed...
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Mineral rights doubles petroleum rights in December Crown land sales
On Dec. 16, the Ministry of Energy and Resources announced its Dec. 13 mineral rights sale came in at a record $3.2 million, which more than doubled the petroleum land sale a week earlier, on Dec. 7. That petroleum and natural gas rights sale came in at $1.4 million....
NEWS: Imperial Oil expects $1.4 billion in capital spending next year
CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. says it expects its capital spending to total $1.4 billion next year. The company says the plan includes the ramp-up of an in-pit tailings project at the Kearl oilsands facility and completion and commissioning of a...
FCL posts $9.1 billion in revenue for 2021 fiscal year
SASKATOON — Coming off a string of big-money announcements, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) posted nearly $9.1 billion in revenue and $495 million in earnings for the financial year ending Oct. 31, 2021, up from $7.9 billion in revenue and $177 million in...
Brian Zinchuk: Trudeau’s mandate letter to Minister of Natural Resources is all about climate change, and little about resources
Canada has a lot of natural resources. We’ve got lumber, coal, nickel, gold, oil, copper, natural gas, helium, uranium, helium, and maybe even some lithium and rare earth elements. We’ve got fish and grain, too, but they get their own ministries. No matter, we have a lot of resources, as we should, given we have half a continent. But you wouldn’t know it, from reading the marching orders Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his new minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, on Dec. 16.
NEWS: Cenovus to sell Tucker oilsands project for $800M; buyer not yet disclosed
CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. says it has reached a deal to sell its Tucker thermal oilsands project in northeast Alberta for $800 million. The Calgary-based company did not immediately disclose the name of the buyer. Cenovus says the sale will...