Local Business

After nearly a decade working on developing the concept of geothermal-sourced electrical power, Saskatchewan’s Deep Earth Energy Production (DEEP) Corp. is finally drilling its first hole south of Torquay, within sight of the American border.

Daily Oil Bulletin – Ensign Energy Services Inc. says it is varying certain terms and conditions of its all-cash offer dated Aug. 30 2018 to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Trinidad Drilling Ltd.

Christmas is just a few weeks away, and Estevan Mercury Publications is encouraging people to shop locally as part of this year’s Christmas promotion. They can win great prizes when they enter, too.

The dramatic decline in the price of oil, down to the mid-US$50s by Nov. 13, has not yet been reflected in Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count on that same day. According to sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.

Green for Life (GFL) Environmental has announced that local residents can once again place glass containers and plastic bags in single-stream recycling bins.

A federal judge in Montana has put the brakes on the Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. Federal Court Brian Morris quashed the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project on Nov.

Running oilpatch industry associations seems to have become a landing ground for former cabinet ministers.

SaskPower has released the October report for the carbon capture and storage facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

The City of Estevan continues to look at options to fill the Glen Peterson Industrial Park in east Estevan. A meeting was held with land owners in the area on Oct. 31.

Nalco Champion, an Ecolab Company, has had a third and final Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) charge under the Saskatchewan Employment Act dismissed in connection with the death of one of its workers, Michael Bunz.