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The Government of Saskatchewan has provided an update on the Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP). Launched in May, with the first approved projects announced in July, $34 million worth of work packages have been approved.

In its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tonnes per year, the federal government is working on developing a new Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), and that is ringing alarm bells for the Saskatchewan government, as expressed by Energy

In advance of the coming fall election in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has released its suggested energy policies, to both the Saskatchewan Party and the New Democratic Party, for consideration.

Derrick Big Eagle couldn鈥檛 go see what was left of the drilling rigs he had built, as several were scrapped in recent weeks in the former Eagle Drilling Services yard in Carlyle.

The Saskatchewan NDP announced Thursday a significant plank in their energy platform, swinging for the fences by backing geothermal electrical power generation as a zero-emissions solution, even while geothermal development is still in the pilot stag

Like a giant Tyrannosaurus rex tearing through its prey, a 52-tonne excavator equipped with large hydraulic shears tore through the last skid-mounted building of what was once a Saskatchewan-based drilling rig on Sept. 14.

The Government of Saskatchewan continues to implement key commitments made in the province鈥檚 climate change strategy, Prairie Resilience, to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maintain a competitive economy.

The Estevan Oilfield Technical Society (OTS) was able to host a successful Oilmen鈥檚 golf event on Sept. 11 at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course, but the format was different from previous years. A total of 179 golfers entered.

When much of the Canadian oilpatch grounded to a screeching halt in early 2015, Saskatoon wellsite drilling consultant Douglas Tompson soon found his work, supervising drilling rigs that were dried up.

Drilling rig activity has started to slowly pick up in Saskatchewan鈥檚 oilpatch, but the numbers are still very low compared to any point over the last decade. On Sept. 11, Rig Locator (riglocator.ca) showed nine rigs working in Saskatchewan.