Weyburn – The Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show, commonly referred to as the Weyburn Oil Show, will take place this year on June 3-4.
June 2 will include the exhibitors’ golf tournament as well as steak and lobster supper. But if you wanted to get a booth, you’re out of luck. They were all taken
last fall. “We’re full again,” said organizer Tanya Culbert.
Ten per cent of the participants from two years ago gave up their booth space. “We filled them right away,” she said. The oil show typically has a long waiting list of companies wanting to get in. By Sept. 30, it was sold out.
There’s only about 10 companies who have not yet paid up. Culbert said that in years when there’s a low oil price, sometimes attendance is better.
When oil prices are high, some companies may feel they don’t have to do as much promotion, because there’s lots of work. But when they are low, people may be looking to make new contacts or put products on display.
Six years ago, the 2009 show was well attended, despite oil bottoming out in April of that year. After having kept their fees the same for several years, Culbert
said they did increase booth prices this year to keep up with increasing costs.
The layout of the show will be the same as previous years, but organizers are looking to change things up a bit for the following event.
“We have formed an expansion committee for 2017,” she said. That doesn’t mean more space so much as reallocating the pavement area north of the rink to more smaller booths.
Some of the larger equipment in that area might have to be moved onto the gravel areas. This year sponsors who aren’t exhibitors can golf as well. The golf
tournament is highly prized for its networking.
