Local Business

Ensign Energy Services Inc., which currently operates three rigs in southeast Saskatchewan and seven in western Saskatchewan, is looking to expand its fleet again after dramatic shrinkage during the downturn.

The Paisley Teacup Studio and Market will be holding its grand opening on November 17-18. Assiniboia’s latest business is owned and operated by Janielle Simard. She opened the store and studio back in mid-September.

A local tow truck company has some new owners. X-Treme Towing has been purchased by Jeremy Swanson, Jared Story and Christa Morhart and their respective spouses. The towing company will be part of their new JS Truck Mart business.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said he was caught off guard by the possibility that SaskPower is leaning towards natural gas rather than carbon capture and storage (CCS) for future power production needs in the province.

Kinder Morgan has had it up to here with the City of Burnaby holding up its Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, and now every province from here to the coast is embattled in a legal battle royale.

Gordon Engstrom retired from the board of directors of the Assiniboia Housing Authority after 28 years of dedicated service on October 24. The occasion was marked at the Eastside Court with cake and visiting.

Donna Fiset was honoured at a community gathering to mark her retirement from a 37-year EMS career on October 15.

SaskPower president and CEO Mike Marsh has issued a statement on the future of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

My name is William Acri and I am the new reporter for the Estevan Mercury. Moving out west for work is something a lot of my friends in Acton, Ont., would say when they were about to take part in Canada’s natural resource industry.

On Oct. 31 the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its 2018 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast in Calgary. PSAC expects a total of 7,900 wells (rig releases) to be drilled in Canada in 2018.