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Carlyle – Spearing Service Ltd. in Carlyle has seen a good beginning for 2018. “I think 2018 is, so far, going to get off to a good start, compared to the last couple years.

Carlyle – Ron’s The Work Wear Store Ltd. took it on the chin early in the current oil downturn, closing its Estevan store in September 2016 after nearly three decades in business.

On Jan. 22 there were 73 drilling rigs working in Saskatchewan. That number is up quite a bit compared to the last three years, according to sister publication Rig Locator .

George Strait sang about “Ocean front property in Arizona.” I don’t know about Arizona, but I’m pretty sure about most of southeast Saskatchewan.

Driller tries to figure out what to do with itself - sell, merge, partner or otherwise

Moose Mountain Mud and Equal Transport names giving way to CES

The Feb. 6, 2018 public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas dispositions generated $3,439,121, an average of $411/hectare. This compares to $9,551,628, an average of $695/hectare received at the last offering held on Dec. 5, 2017.

Estevan – Roughly 190 service rig personnel and wellsite supervisors who work for Crescent Point attended the third annual Independent Well Servicing Safety Stand down at the Estevan campus of Southeast College on Jan. 10.

Regina – Bronwyn Eyre was sworn in on Feb. 2 as the new Minister of Energy and Resources, as well as Minister Responsible for SaskEnergy and SaskWater. Along with her appointment comes a change in the ministry’s name.

Weyburn – It was with considerable relief that Nikki Dikkie, office manager with Panther Drilling, tweeted on Jan. 8, “Beautiful sunrise, topped off with a rig move in the foreground.