Oil & Gas

The Saskatchewan Crown land sale for oil and gas mineral rights in October was worse than the previous one in August, but better that the one before that.

If this year wasn’t bad enough for the oilpatch, next year’s drilling activity is expected to be even worse, with substantially fewer wells drilled across the country.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2021 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast. PSAC expects a total of 2,600 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2021.

The 2020 harvest is all wrapped up in the southeast region, and farmers are doing fall work as the weather conditions allow, although recent cold temperatures and snow have prevented some of the work being done.

Harvesting in southeast Saskatchewan is nearing full completion for 2020, with 98 per cent of the crop combined, up from 96 per cent the previous week, ahead of the five-year average of 84 per cent done by this time of year.

A well-known Lampman oilfield company has local ownership for the first time in more than six years, and the new owners couldn’t be happier. Grimes Sales & Service Co. (2020) Ltd.

The New Democratic Party pledged to go into geothermal electrical power production in a big way, in a policy announcement by NDP Leader Ryan Meili on Sept. 17.

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count spent the third week of September hovering around 10 rigs working, with nine working on Sept. 25, according to Rig Locator (riglocator.ca).

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count spent the third week of September hovering around 10 rigs working, with nine working on Sept. 25, according to Rig Locator ( riglocator.ca ).

Saskatchewan mining company Nutrien Ltd. pleaded guilty to one count under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996 in Moosomin Provincial Court on Sept. 17. The company, operating as Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.