Canadian School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
By Brian Zinchuk
ESTEVAN – After a several-year hiatus, the Canadian School of Hydrocarbon Measurement, or CSHM, will be holding its Saskatchewan School in Estevan on Nov. 20 at Southeast College.
The event used to be an annual thing, and then a little virus called COVID-19 came along and there hasn’t been a school in Saskatchewan since.
Kendal Netmaker addressing the 2019 edition of the CHSM school in Estevan.
The CSHM website notes, “The objective of the school, alongside the supporting associations and the operational and manufacturing entities within the petroleum and natural gas sector, is to offer educational guidance in technical domains to individuals associated with the industry.
“We aim to convey knowledge about effective facility design, the proper setup, functioning, and upkeep of measurement and necessary regulatory equipment, as well as the safe management of natural gas. Accurate and useful information is also developed and published for the benefit of the industry and the general public.
“During the school you will have access to classrooms lead by field experts, meet industry partners at the trade show along with numerous networking opportunities.”
Doug Martens, President & CEO of Primec Controls Canada, is the Saskatchewan Committee chairperson. He shared with Pipeline Online, “We have Tim McMillan as our guest speaker. There will be a message from the energy regulator as well.”
McMillan is a former Saskatchewan energy minister and former CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
Martens added, “It’s a volunteer committee that’s a trifecta of producers & mid-streamers, the energy regulator and service companies. And it’s a subset of the industry measurement group and the Canadian Institute of Hydrocarbon Measurement and an offshoot from the Calgary Canadian School of Hydrocarbon Measurement.”
The event has been well-attended in the past. “I think we had 130 people at the one in 2019. We’re anticipating at least that,” Martens said.
“We got shut down in 2020 and 2021.”
He noted the provincial energy regulator reached out to the institute in Calgary and indicated it might be of value to hold another school in this province.
Accurate hydrocarbon measurement throughout the industry is important on many levels, from regulatory compliance & emissions controls, ensuring partners & mineral owners get paid properly, and for geological data such as cumulative production numbers when considering the next drilling location.
The abstracts have been received and the ones to be presented will be announced in a few days. The trade show has sold out.