Local Business

Shell Cansolv is set to use SaskPower’s carbon capture test facility at the Shand Power Station over the coming year to further explore existing and new chemistry at the core of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Saskatchewan land sales for 2017 were an improvement over 2015 and 2016 on an aggregate basis, but the lowest on a per hectare basis compared to the last 10 years.

Vertex Resource Group Ltd. announced on Jan. 2 it had acquired the business of Sonic Oilfield Services Ltd., an environmental services company that provides pressure trucks, fluid hauling, chemical and potassium chloride products in Saskatchewan.

The South East Cornerstone Public School Division’s (SECPSD) board heard a presentation on supports for student wellbeing and wellness during the board’s final meeting of 2017 on Dec. 20.

Saskatchewan’s small business owners now have the highest income threshold in Canada.

The winners have been announced for the YouthBiz entrepreneurship competition organized by Community Futures (CF) Sunrise.

Just under a year after fire devastated drilling company, things are falling into place

Having lead the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) through the boom times and bad times, Mark Salkeld is moving on to new prospect.

The grand prize winner has been drawn in the Estevan Mercury Publications Business Bingo promotion. Brenda Turnbull won $2,500 in cash, to be spent at the local merchants who participated in the Bingo promotion.

TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. announced on Dec. 12 the company’s board of directors has approved a 2018 capital budget of $165 million.