Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 10: Ken From, former CEO of SaskEnergy, TSASK, PTRC, and Prairie Hunter
Ken From is former CEO of SaskEnergy, TSASK, Petroleum Technology Research Centre and oil company Prairie Hunter Energy. A few weeks ago he was a keynote speaker at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, where his presentation was called, “Humanity, we have a problem.”
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, verbatim
Editor’s note: In Pipeline Online’s continuing mission to tell you exactly what the federal Liberal government is saying on energy and environmental policy, this is the verbatim speech of the new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, who spoke at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on May 23. In this case, the ministry was kind enough to provide the transcript online, indicating this is a message they really, really want to get out there.
Vermilion Energy sells Saskatchewan and Manitoba portfolio to unnamed buyer for $415 million
Vermilion Energy Inc. announced on May 23 that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its Saskatchewan and Manitoba assets for cash proceeds of $415 million. The buyer was not announced.
Rig Report: Drilling at a standstill in southern Saskatchewan due to low oil prices and wet weather
Spring breakup is long over, but drilling activity in Saskatchewan is all but dead for most of the province.
UPDATED: Tennessee Valley Authority submits construction permit application for SMR, the same design SaskPower is considering
In the space two weeks, two major announcements have been made regarding the deployment of the same small modular reactor (SMR) SaskPower is considering building near Estevan.
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Carney’s mandate letter to ministers is dramatically different than Trudeau’s, with climate change an afterthought
Prime Minister Carney went about it a little differently. On May 21 he publicly issued one, singular mandate letter to his entire cabinet. Notably, climate change is mentioned almost as an afterthought, and not included in the list of seven priorities.
Brian Crossman: So, we had an election. Now what?
To watch Trudeau, step down (removed?) and then run away from the Trump regime was frustrating. Then we watched as a globalist multi-millionaire was anointed as the leader of the Liberal party, and then somehow used fear to win an election, which robbed Canadians of the opportunity for positive change.
Outlaw Buckers & Oil Kings Match Bronc Riding returns to Weyburn June 3
While the oil show takes place every second year, with the next one planned for 2026, it was important to make this riding event an annual occurrence so that it can maintain its place on the riding schedule.
What a month of Alberta’s electrical mix shows: enormous variability backed up by natural gas
Pay special attention to the gas readings, and how close they get to the black bar showing total generation at that time. The federal Clean Electricity Regulations mean to do away with all of that gas generation, unless it has carbon capture with standards that are currently unreachable, will be done away with in 24 years, seven months and 18 days.
Jim Warren: The Carney Liberals Second Act: Bashing Alberta and Saskatchewan over their lack of patriotism and environmental zeal
The crème de la crème of patriotic images shown on TV were of spastic chicken dancers trying to emulate aggressive elbows up play in hockey.
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SAGD blowout to surface east of Maidstone on May 9
On May 9, Cenovus Energy had an explosive pressure release to the surface from its Rush Lake 2 thermal facility.
Reaching for a million (or 600,000?), Part 3: Low Productivity and Reactivation Oil Well Program announced
What if you could breathe new life into an old, depleted well? What if you could make use of existing infrastructure like pumping equipment, tubing, flowlines and batteries, as well as the vertical wellbore, itself? That’s exactly what the new incentive offered by the Province of Saskatchewan tries to do, by incentivizing the reinvigoration of old wells by drilling new, additional horizontal legs.
Moe issues Saskatchewan’s demands, a week after Smith announces Alberta’s
This week, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe issued his own public letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, albeit with a much less threatening tone and without the implied threat of Saskatchewan separation.
Jim Warren: The Canadian Deep Green State
There are thousands of federal bureaucrats who’ve spent up to a decade thinking about ways to block pipelines and stifle expansion of Canada’s conventional energy sector. They are probably not all climate alarmists and emissions cutting fanatics, but it’s a safe bet lots are.
The shark gets swallowed: Whitecap closes Veren (formerly Crescent Point) strategic combination
The company that pretty much defined Saskatchewan’s Bakken Boom, gobbling up over 30 companies (most of them in southeast Saskatchewan) is no more.
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Pipeline Online Podcast: Ep. 9 E. Craig Lothian, CEO of Lex Capital
E. Craig Lothian has founded 11 oil companies in Saskatchewan over the years under the Keystone and Villanova names. He is the CEO of Lex Capital Corp. The federal election, Trump’s trade war, Alberta’s demands, growing Saskatchewan oil production and more are discussed.
Bronwyn Eyre: “Elbows Up” for the Provinces Against the Ottawa Hegemons!
We’ve become the land of perpetual Liberal minority governments and neutered Oppositions who are too weak to do anything but dominate Question Period.
Saudi oil giant Aramco announces first-quarter profits of $26 billion, down 4.6% from a year earlier
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco posted first-quarter profits of $26 billion on Sunday, down 4.6% from the prior year as falling global oil prices undermine the kingdom’s multi-trillion-dollar development plans.
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show: Election, Alberta separatism, and Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
There was some breaking news about the Weyburn Seven Stars wind project. Of course the federal election was also discussed. And Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s numerous demands for changes from the new federal government, or separation could be at stake, were also discussed.
Ontario greenlights four SMRs identical to the model SaskPower has chosen. The cost is $20.9 billion
A major nuclear power announcement was made in Ontario on May 8 that will have a direct impact on Saskatchewan’s plans for nuclear power generation development, especially when it comes to how much it would cost.
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Ontario Leads the G7 by Building First Small Modular Reactor
On May 8, Ontario and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced the green-lighting of four small modular reactors at the Darlington New Nuclear site. Here is the Ontario press release, verbatim. Note, there are an awful lot of quotes included in the press release. To see how this impacts Saskatchewan, which could be a great deal, click here.
Parkland agrees to be bought by U.S. heavyweight Sunoco in US$9.1B deal
A judge has declined to hear a challenge to Parkland Corp.’s last-minute decision to delay its shareholder meeting by more than a month so investors can vote on a US$9.1-billion takeover by Sunoco LP at the same time they elect a board of directors.
Enbridge’s Seven Stars wind project survives crucial RM of Weyburn vote
Enbridge’s Seven Stars Energy Project lives to carry on another day, as the RM of Weyburn passed a critical bylaw amendment on May 7 which will remove a restriction on wind turbine height.
SaskPower awards major wind and solar projects to Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak and Potentia partnerships
The two projects are a 200 megawatt wind facility to be located east of Assiniboia, and a 100 megawatt solar facility south of Coronach. Two partnerships formed by Potentia Renewables Inc., and its Indigenous partners, Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) and Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation, will develop, own, and operate a new wind and a new solar facility in south-central Saskatchewan.
All-of-the-above approach: SaskPower Minister’s speech at wind and solar announcement
Why is Saskatchewan approving additional wind and solar projects at Assiniboia and Coronach? (See principal story here.) Here’s Crown Investments Corporation (and SaskPower) Minister Jeremy Harrison’s speech, given at the May 1 announcement in Regina, verbatim, picking up after the acknowledgements: