Oil & Gas

On a day when Saskatchewan posted its second highest number of new cases of COVID-19 to date, Premier Scott Moe announced on Nov. 17 additional public health restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its Pipe Flow Technology Centre in Saskatoon.

Saskatoon-based Royal Helium Ltd. is in the final stages of putting together a winter drilling program, according to president and CEO Andrew Davidson.

The auditorium at the Southeast College’s Estevan campus hosted an excavator this week, and a dozer, and an articulated dump truck. And yet no diesel was consumed, nor ground disturbed.

The Carlyle RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance after oil was stolen from an oil site. According to a post from the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network, on Oct. 30, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s efforts to keep invasive species out of Saskatchewan waterbodies got a boost recently, with a $25,000 contribution from SaskPower to the Ministry of Environment’s aquatic invasive species (AIS) program.

If this year wasn’t bad enough for the oilpatch, next year’s drilling activity is expected to be even worse, with substantially fewer wells drilled across the country.

The Saskatchewan Crown land sale for oil and gas mineral rights was worse than the last one, but better that the one before that.

With winter on the horizon, major projects for the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure are wrapping up.

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count has remained flat since Oct. 10, with 17 rigs in the field as of Nov. 2, according to Rig Locator (riglocator.ca). The active drilling rig count is the leading indicator of activity in the oilpatch.