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:
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Energy Realities Podcast: Spain and Portugal’s major blackout
These are important considerations as Alberta has added a tremendous amount of wind and solar, and Saskatchewan continues to add to its fleet, although nowhere near the proportions Spain or Alberta have done.
Smith implies not necessarily separation, but separation if necessary
In this case, Smith was essentially saying to the effect “not necessarily separation, but separation if necessary.”
Williston Basin Petroleum Conference: Moe on Energy, Trade and the Federal Election
Premier Scott Moe & Cenovus Executive Vice President Jeff Lawson spoke at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on April 29 to kick off the event. The discussion ranged from trade barriers and pipelines to careers and of course, the federal election. This was the first public appearance of Moe the morning after the election.
Trump won’t stop talking about annexing Canada
On May 4, NBC’s Meet the Press broadcast an interview with President Donald Trump which in part talked about his thoughts on turning Canada into the 51st state. Trump did not back down on that assertion at all, and instead reiterated his claims. Energy was part of that discussion.
Bronwyn Eyre: Westerners facing a crucial fork in the road
Preston Manning’s idea of a “Canada West Constitutional Conference” would begin doing something about the prospect of another four years of Liberal, anti-Western rule.
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US and Ukraine sign deal giving US access to country’s valuable mineral wealth
The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable continued military aid to Kyiv amid concerns that President Donald Trump might scale back support in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia.
Either a bylaw amendment is approved, or the Weyburn wind project is dead
Over a half billion dollar wind project is on the line just outside of Weyburn, and at this point it comes down to one simple thing – a bylaw on the books of the RM of Weyburn that was never really intended to be there in the first place needs to be changed to allow taller wind turbines, or the project will die.
“Our old relationship with the United States … is over,” says Carney in victory speech
“We are once again at one of those hinge moments of history: Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over.
Jim Warren: A Dangerous Game: The FIX IT or WEXIT proposition
If few, or any, of the West’s demands for greater autonomy are met, separation could be moved up to the top of the agenda. Let’s call this the FIX IT or WEXIT proposition.
Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 8: Mark Scholz, CEO of Canadian Association of Energy Contractors
Mark Scholz, CEO of CAOEC, has been a leading voice of the energy industry for 17 years. And guess what, we spoke to him on election day!