Gas flaring near Spy Hill Monday and Tuesday

SPY HILL — SaskEnergy will be conducting controlled natural gas flaring at the TransGas station site, located within the RM of Spy Hill, near the SaskPower Spy Hill Power Station approximately 10 kilometres west of the village of Spy Hill.

Flaring will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, July 14 and from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15.

Residents and drivers in the area may see a 40-foot flame being emitted from the flare stack temporarily attached to SaskEnergy’s infrastructure.

According to SaskEnergy, the flaring is necessary to perform maintenance work on the natural gas line system in the area and supports the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to SaskEnergy’s customers. During this process, a portion of the gas line will be isolated from the system and natural gas will be removed from the line in a controlled burn called a flare. Flaring is an industry standard practice when natural gas needs to be removed from a line and reduces the carbon footprint of the vented natural gas by 85 per cent, SaskEnergy says.

The area around the flare will be supervised to ensure public safety. Residential natural gas service in the area will not be affected. SaskEnergy has notified the RM of Spy Hill as well as the village of Spy Hill and its fire department about this upcoming event.