Local Business

The fourth annual Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Supply Chain Forum will happen Oct. 4, and the Regina event has been growing every year. This year’s event will again take place at the Regina Delta Hotel.

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count in 2018 has, at almost all points except the month of June, been better than the same corresponding times in 2017 and markedly better than 2016. That’s according to sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.

The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for its 35th annual Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) Awards, and there are several local connections for those finalists.

The Kindersley area was the primary focus of attention for Saskatchewan’s August public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights, which was held on Aug. 14 and generated $6.5 million in revenue for the province.

Brent Dunnigan is looking forward to the start of harvest. Dunnigan Farms will harvest about 7,000 acres of crops this year in areas north and south of Alameda, and Dunnigan expects harvesting efforts will begin this weekend.

Saskatchewan’s August public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights generated $6.5 million in revenue for the province, according to information released on Thursday morning.

Estevan Mercury Publications has announced the addition of Kimberlee Pushie to its staff as a sales representative. Pushie previously worked at RE/Max Blue Chip Realty in the administrative department.

If a blockbuster deal goes through, a baker’s dozen of drilling rigs in southeast Saskatchewan will need new signs, and possibly new paint. Ensign Energy Services Inc. announced on Aug.

Whitecap Resources Inc. has announced operating and unaudited financial results for its second quarter.

The 2018 Calgary Stampede saw Bienfait resident Cody Lafrentz win the Junior Steer Classic with his steer Lucky Strike. “This was my seventh year competing at the Calgary Stampede,” said Lafrentz.