Pipeline News

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.

Two refinery projects in the works could benefit

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

Lloydminster – On March 1 Husky Energy hosted an open house for its proposed asphalt refinery adjacent to the Lloydminster upgrader and ethanol plant. The proposal, if it goes ahead, would add a second 30,000 bpd asphalt refinery to the Border City.

There was one thing we didn’t see in this most recent provincial budget, but it was certainly there – a giant reset button.

So now we know what oil has been paying for. But that’s only the half of it, quite literally.

R. French Transport returns to growth mode

Often when I am out and about doing interviews, I find there’s a common question that I will ask everyone that month, usually reflecting on the current state of the industry.