Oil & Gas

Lloydminster – When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That’s how it is for heavy duty transport mechanic Nathan Miller who owns NGM Mechanical Ltd. located northwest of Lloydminster on Range Road 20 off Highway 16.

Company tells vendors to cut prices, because they will remember those who do, and who does not.

Saskatoon – Finding better ways to pipeline light and heavy oil from the wellhead to process facilities will be under study at the newly expanded Pipe Flow Technology Centre at the Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon.

Estevan – In the summer of 2014 Pongo Holdings of Estevan made some improvements to its frac water facility south of Estevan, electrifying the pumping system and building a new manifold.

Cromer, Man. – There’s a picture on Facebook that keeps floating around. In it, a stick figure in a toque asks himself why he lives in a place where the air stings his face.

Cromer, Man. – Jaie Zorzos, 24, has been fracking since 2010. Now he’s running one of the most prominent pieces of equipment on the frac spread, the coil tubing unit.

Weyburn – Panther Drilling of Weyburn was still going strong through much of January as rigs were being racked across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Lloydminster – The boom and bust of heavy oil prices is old hat to the city of Lloydminster that continues to plan ahead based on an average population growth rate of 2.5 per cent. The city’s new 2015 capital budget of $52.

Estevan – Red Dog Drilling of Estevan sent out its latest rig into the field in mid-January, working near Northgate.