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Coming home to look after turnaround

Coming home to look after turnaround

Steelman – When Plains Midstream Canada’s district manager for LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gases) comes down to oversee the annual turnaround at the company’s Steelman gas plant, he stays at the Hotel McLaren, northwest of Arcola.
Anatomy of a gas plant turnaround

Anatomy of a gas plant turnaround

30 workers, 120 contractors and 10 days to get it done
Drilling rig numbers down by about half in just one month

Drilling rig numbers down by about half in just one month

Numbers recover by end of September, still low compared to previous years

No, production has not dropped by half

Regina – A Leader Post story on Sept.
Garrison Oilwell Servicing, a close-knit service provider

Garrison Oilwell Servicing, a close-knit service provider

Lloydminster – Garrison Oilwell Servicing Ltd. is in its 37 th year as a family run business that is co-owned by Darryl and Beverly Garrison in Lloydminster.
Terry Gunderman SE Sask Oilman of the Year

Terry Gunderman SE Sask Oilman of the Year

Riding out this downturn
Weatherby owners wonder about expanding

Weatherby owners wonder about expanding

Estevan – When it came time to pick a company name, the Wigley’s turned to something they knew well. “Weatherby rifles is how that came to be,” said Dean Wigley, who owns and operates the company with his wife Christie.
No business like snow business

No business like snow business

een doing autobody work, primarily on heavy trucks, since 1982. “I never saw an oil rig until five years ago,” he said. Now he runs the Three Star Trucking heavy collision repair shop in Alida.
Drilling rig numbers down by about half in just one month

Drilling rig numbers down by about half in just one month

Most of the fleet now laid down
It’s theirs, again

It’s theirs, again

Boettchers once again have full ownership of Three Star Trucking