Oil & Gas

Anne Phair was having some coffee with some friends one day, back when you could still do that. They were talking about the federal carbon tax.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday the next major environmental initiatives with reference to climate change, and the cornerstone is an increase of the federal carbon tax from the current $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) to $170 per

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the allocation of $200 million for Phase Two of the province’s Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP). The ASCP prioritizes Saskatchewan-based oil and gas service companies.

Two of Saskatchewan’s intermediate oil producers announced on Dec. 8 they will be combining. Whitecap Resources Inc. and Torc Oil & Gas Ltd.

The Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering Dec. 1 highlighted the sale of several leases for “oil shale” southwest of Hudson Bay.

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) is pleased to announce the newest members to the Board of Directors, following the close of the election period on November 30. Two board members are new, and SPG retains an existing Director for another term.

For many years, it has been known that Saskatchewan has oil shale resources, but they have never been developed.

The two rig shacks that were reported as missing from the Estevan area last week have been located. The Estevan RCMP announced last week in a post on the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network that it was investigating the theft of the rig shacks.

Saskatchewan geothermal power pioneer Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has recently hydraulicly stimulated a horizontal geothermal well south of Torquay, something president and CEO Kirsten Marcia says is a global first.

Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre spoke about how Saskatchewan’s oilpatch production has been recovering.