Pipeline News

Maidstone – Asked how things have been going, Bob Ormiston of GreMur Industries Ltd. in Maidstone responded, “It’s going.” “It’s been relatively slow the last three years, ever since oil took a dive.” Pipeline News visited GreMur on Feb. 21.

Sedgewick, Alta. – Very few companies in the oilpatch last 60 years. Fewer still remain as the same legal entity throughout that time. But on Feb. 22, Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners Ltd. hit six decades in operation.

Maidstone – “There’s definitely a lot more traffic. Traffic-wise, that means dollars,” said Kevin Pike, partner in Maidstone’s Keranda Industrial Supply Ltd.

Regina – Energy and Resources Minister Dustin Duncan announced on March 23 that the Ministry of the Economy has completed its investigation of the Husky pipeline incident on July 21, 2016.

Maidstone – Paul Lawrence has been with Baytex Energy Corp.’s Maidstone area Soda Lake operations since the beginning, when the company purchased the area from Dorset in 1997. Lawrence, 55, is originally from Red Water, Alta.

Maidstone – When Brian Blanchette left the oil producer he had been working with to join Baytex nearly 20 years ago, he wasn’t alone.

Maidstone – Baytex Energy Corp. has been a key player in the Maidstone oilpatch, with its Soda Lake field southwest of the community seeing active drilling during the winter season.

Washington – The Keystone XL pipeline has finally, after eight years, received the Presidential Permit required to build across the Canada-U.S. border.

Carlyle – Nalco Champion is reinvigorating its operations in Saskatchewan, with a grand opening coming up soon for a revitalized Carlyle location, and improvements in Estevan and Lloydminster.

Estevan – Dominion Energy Processing Group Inc.’s proposal for a 40,000 bpd refinery at Stoughton has been picking up steam on multiple fronts, and could get a big boost from the recent provincial budget.