With oil prices now at US$94 per barrel, why is industry activity akin to when it was half that?
Oil prices are now US$94 a barrel, and yet oil industry activity levels in Saskatchewan are more like when it was US$40 a barrel. A lot of people in the industry…
How Saskatchewan goes big into nuclear
As the premier, minister and SaskPower officials have clearly indicated, if the federal Clean Electricity Regulations come to pass, this province has essentially no choice but to go big into nuclear.
How significant is Crescent Point’s attention turning from Saskatchewan to Alberta?
Earlier this week, I posted a significant story entitled, “Once Saskatchewan’s largest oil company, Crescent Point plans to spend 70% of its capex in Alberta.”
Despite the best oil prices since November, only 33 drilling rigs are working in Saskatchewan
With oil prices the highest they’ve been since November, 2022, drilling activity in Saskatchewan is not exactly flourishing.
Whitecap to buy CO2 from SaskPower until 2035, providing market for SaskPower’s BD3
What’s the future of coal-fired power generation in Saskatchewan? At least another 11 years.
Lower oil and potash prices and sales impact provincial revenues, but surplus still intact
Lower potash and oil prices have put a half-billion dent into Saskatchewan’s budget forecast, but the province is still forecasting a $485.5 million surplus at first quarter…
Sask funds nuclear specialist
Saskatchewan funds nuclear specialist for supply chain development of small modular reactors via SIMSA.
Are the federal Clean Electricity Standards impossible to meet? We asked SaskPower
Premier Scott Moe said Saskatchewan will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production, in anticipation of impending federal regulations that would all but eliminate…
Dennis Welding offers lunch and demos
Management and staff at Dennis Welding in Kindersley were serving free beef on a bun and broccoli salad for lunch on Wednesday, August 16th for their customer appreciation event.
CAPP, Clean Energy Canada react to Clean Electricity Regulations
Reaction was coming in fast and furious to the long-awaited announcement of federal Clean Electricity Regulations on Aug. 10.
NDP’s Beck says net zero by 2035 might be possible, but not under Sask Party government
Saskatchewan NDP Leader and Leader of the Opposition Carla Beck responded to the federal Clean Electricity Regulations aiming net-zero power grid by 2035…
Top ten conventional wells in Saskatchewan for June
The top conventional well in Saskatchewan in June belonged to Vermilion Energy, and that well has been a real winner for several months now.
$6,171,216.64 bonus bid on parcel located near Eatonia
The Government of Saskatchewan's Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering held on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, has raised $16,689,771.93 for the province.
Abandoned Greenland Ice Base calls CO2 concerns into question
Wired.com had another story with a climate change hook on July 20 called, “An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret.”
Two days after Alberta taps the brakes on wind development, wind power bottoms out again
On Thursday, the Alberta government announced a six-month pause on approvals for wind and solar projects, and by Saturday, wind generation in that province yet again bottomed out for much of the day.
Grounded Lithium’s Kindersley project could cost $447 million to build, but bring in $350 million per year
Grounded Lithium Corp. announced some of the metrics around its proposed Kindersley Lithium Project (KLP) coming from its preliminary economic assessment (PEA).
TC Energy spinning off Keystone Pipeline, 18 years after it was first proposed
TC Energy is spinning off its liquids pipelines, principally its Keystone/Marketlink system, into a separate, yet to be named company.
Crescent Point releases 2023 ESG report
Crescent Point Energy Corp. announced on June 28 the release of its 2023 Sustainability Report “highlighting the company’s strong environmental, social and governance…
19 Recommendations for a Just Transition
The House of Commons Natural Resources Committee tabled its report on “Creating a Fair and Equitable Canadian Energy Transformation” late in the day on Monday, June 19…
Saturn is one of Saskatchewan’s fastest growing oil companies
The Jeffersons (remember them?) may have been movin’ on up, to a deluxe apartment in the sky, but Saturn Oil & Gas just pulled off a similar move of its own.