Pipeline News

Virden, Man. – Thirty-three-year-old CD Oilwell Servicing Ltd., based in Virden, Man. is looking for workers, according to Adam Gonty, field supervisor.

On July 19, The Financial Post’s Claudia Cattaneo wrote a piece entitled “Saskatchewan advantage means oil activity surges while Alberta lags.” Maybe we missed something while on summer holidays.

Two rigs expected to continue drilling for Corex for foreseeable future

Virden, Man. – Virden, Man.-based Premier Oilfield Services Ltd. started in May 2014, just before the big oil downturn was took hold. Despite tough timing, the company has grown since then into a diversified fleet servicing southwest Manitoba.

Tundra made several acquisitions during downturn

(Daily Oil Bulletin) Calgary – Husky Energy Inc.

Increase of just 124 wells over April forecast, but substantially more than its November forecast

Estevan – Nalco Champion has been on a substantial push in southeast Saskatchewan, updating labs in Estevan and Carlyle, and, most recently, holding a technical innovation day in Estevan on May 10.

It was three years ago this month that oil prices began their big decline. Three years, folks. We’re now entering year four. The downturn didn’t really show its teeth until Nov. 26, 2014, when OPEC met and decided to let the price of oil float.

Weyburn – Estevan’s Grant Fagerheim, of Whitecape Resources Inc., was inducted into the Saskatchewan Oil Patch Hall of Fame on June 7.