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Little Pine going big in Lloyd By Geoff Lee Pipeline News Lloydminster – Little Pine First Nation near Paynton, Sask. is investing a chunk of its oil and gas royalties into Lloydminster projects to become economically self-sufficient. The band has purchased 18 acres of city land for $4.5 million located at the southeast corner of Highway 16 and 40th Avenue, the band will utilize the property for a retail and commercial development. The band plans to build a $2 million gas station and a $25 million hotel and conference centre on the site. Construction is expected to start on the gas station next spring, followed by the hotel complex. Little Pine also has plans to develop a 160-acre parcel of land it owns behind the corner lot for a future retail and light to heavy industrial subdivision. The band is currently going through a subdivision process for that section of land. In addition, the band wants build a 300-unit apartment in the vicinity to house workers in Lloydminster in a bid to become masters of their own destiny. The vision is what Chief Wayne Semaganis touched on in a Sept. 17 announcement about 70 Little Pine members finding jobs in Lloydminster

in the previous 30 day period. “As leaders of our communities, we have a responsibility to provide avenues for individuals in our community to become self-sufficient,” said Semaganis. “We must also look for our own business opportunities to create long-term employment.” Little Pine’s life skills and job placement department has found jobs for more than 100 band members since the program launch in August 2012. The program is supported by buses supplied by the band to transport workers to and from the community. The band raised over $7,000 for steel-toed workboots for the bulk of workers that were hired by Husky Energy for its 45-day turnaround that has since ended. Other members have landed jobs with a variety of hotel, retail and agricultural businesses in Lloydminster. “As leaders, we have eliminated many of the barriers that face our people. We are proud and happy to see so many people make a positive change for themselves and their children,” said Semaganis about the program. Little Pine is hitching its long-term economic wagon to investing oil and gas royalties from heavy oil produced on reserve lands by companies such as Baytex Energy for its future prosperity. “The oil royalties run out over time. You’ve got

to use those to generate future wealth,” said Evan Schemenauer, an independent financial consultant working for the band. He said the band has recently acquired quite a bit of land in the Baldwinton area for heavy oil drilling. “What we’ve been doing is taking those oil royalties and utilizing them. “We bought a fair amount of land in Lloydminster. There is going to be a huge development going forward right on Highway 16.” Under the arm of its Little Pine Business Developments LP entity, Little Pine owns about 178 acres within city limits. The development company is working with the city to have the 18 acre corner lot designated by the federal government as reserve land for tax advantages and development controls. The band is also look at acquiring land near an ongoing private development on the southwest corner of Highway16 and 40th Avenue to construct an apartment building. “With all the businesses going up, we’re creating 300 jobs on our own,” said Schemenauer. “The apartment units are a business. In Lloydminster you can’t create 300 jobs without having a way to house all those people. “We need to house the employees we are bringing into the city. They will rent it back to us.” X Page A9

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A five-well oil drilling program in Pierson, Manitoba targeting the Spearfish formation was completed early in the third quarter on schedule and under budget, Questerre Energy Corporation has reported. The wells were drilled as short radius horizontals and completed with 16 stage fractures per well. Over the first three days, the five wells produced at gross rates of more than 1,000 boepd (350 bbl. per day net to Questerre). Production over the first 30 days is expected to be approximately barrels per day (approximately 240 bbl. net to Questerre.) Including these wells, the company’s production is currently in excess of 1,000 boepd. The drilling program, adjacent to existing production in Antler, Saskatchewan, followed the drilling of two successful wells in the fourth quarter of 2012. Questerre holds a 35 per cent interest in all the wells. “We are very pleased with the initial performance of these oil wells,â€? Michael Binnion, president and chief executive officer of Questerre, said in a news release. “Our light oil netbacks were in excess of $85 per barrel in July. At current production rates, our operating cash flow before overheads is now over $2 million per month.â€? Questerre said it is leveraging its expertise gained through early exposure to shale and other non-conventional reservoirs. It has base production and reserves in the tight oil Bakken/Torquay of southeast Saskatchewan and is bringing on production from its lands in the heart of the high-liquids Montney shale fairway.

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beneficiaries today of the co-operative spirit displayed by those who built the foundation of this wonderful facility,� said FCL CEO Scott Banda. Banda added, “We also honour those who stayed true to the founders’ beliefs and principles over the decades. Thank you to our individual retail members and all refinery employees for the work you do each day supporting and making the Co-op Refinery Complex a highly successful part of our federation.� FCL president Glen Tully told refinery employees and retail co-op representatives from across Western Canada and other guests that the refinery has a crucial role in the two major mega projects that occur every year in Western Canada: seeding and harvest. “These two projects would not happen without the cooperative retailing system,� Tully said. “Without the production capacity of the refinery, without the logistics capacity of the federation and without the support and delivery system of our member retails these two mega projects would be severely hampered.� The expansion project was self-financed by FCL and retail co-ops. It generated approximately $5 billion in economic activity in Saskatchewan. At the peak of construction, almost 5,000 additional people a day were on site helping to complete the project. Fuel and oil products from CRC are sold to retail Co-ops and are available at approximately 380 gas bars, 315 card lock and 140 bulk fuel locations in communities large and small from Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario. The new expansion will run sweet synthetic crude produced in Alberta. To do more sour synthetic, the refinery would need almost another entire section. Depending on what the economics are, the refinery can move between light, heavy, sour or sweet, providing an economic advantage. X Page A10

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„ By Geoff Lee Edmonton – Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is under orders to find the cause of ongoing leaks of bitumen at its Primrose oilsands operations. The province issued an enforcement order on Oct. 21 for CNRL to test for groundwater contamination and find the root cause of bitumen releases. CNRL must initiate a winter drilling program as part of its investigation. The order requires the cleanup, remediation, and reclamation of three ground sites where bitumen is leaking to surface. CNRL spokesperson Zoe Addington sent an e-mail on Oct. 21 stating CNRL would comply with the latest enforcement order to further the investigation. “Canadian Natural will continue to make available any necessary resources for investigation, clean-up and towards putting safeguards in place to ensure events such as these do not happen again,� she said. An environmental protection order issued on Sept. 24 covers containment, remediation and delineation work at a small lake contaminated by bitumen leakage. The EPO was issued by Environment and Sustainable Resource Development in Alberta to dewater the lake before it freezes so permanent containment measures can be put in place during the winter. CNRL began the task of dewatering the lake on Sept. 27

with an aim to isolate and contain the leak. The EPO follows the initial establishment of temporary containment measures on June 24 when CNRL reported bitumen coming to the surface at the unnamed body of water. Containment measures have been in place for weeks at three other oilsands sites in the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range where bitumen was initially detected leaking to ground on May 20. The EPO only applies to the 53-hectare body of water described by CNRL as a shallow slough, about 1.5 metres in depth. “We were considering an EPO for a long time before we sat down with CNRL,� said ESRD spokesperson Trevor Gemmell on Sept. 30. “In conversations with CNRL, it was agreed by both parties that an EPO was probably the most appropriate and the most timely way to move forward.� The two-thirds of the water from the lake is being stored in an adjacent water body linked by culverts that will be closed. Water will also be stored in an existing excavated pit. The plan called for water to be pumped through a pipe to the storage spots. “We will pump the water over a two week period so we can continuously monitor the water,� said Addington said in a Sept. 26 e-mail. X Page A11

Maverick Oilfield Services Ltd., a provider of mechanical construction, maintenance and transportation services to the upstream oil and gas industry, says it has entered the southern Alberta and Saskatchewan market through the acquisition of the assets of Toro Projects Inc. Medicine Hat-based Toro, an oil and gas construction company, had 35 employees and complementary heavy construction and pipelining assets and a fleet of light vehicle assets. In connection with the asset acquisition, all key Toro personnel have joined Maverick. “We are very excited for this expansion opportunity into the southern Alberta and Saskatchewan markets,â€? Chris Challis, Maverick’s chief executive officer, said in a news release. “Toro has very talented and highly respected personnel, thus enabling Maverick to better and more fully service its current customer base. This recent expansion fits with Maverick’s aggressive growth strategy to becoming an industry leader.â€?

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Oil transportation is topping the headlines In the past few years, it seems like there’s never a dull moment in the oil transportation business. In recent weeks, we’ve had multiple crude-by-rail derailments on CN rail lines. There was a minor one in North Battleford on Oct. 2, a more substantial one just outside of Landis, and then a major one near Gainford, Alta. on Oct. 19. So many in such a short period might have a few people rethinking pipelines, especially since pipelines are intrinsically safer than rail cars. Pipelines don’t go off the rails, as it were. One wonders if this realization might have something to do with B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s sudden warming up to the idea of pipelines. All of a sudden she is becoming buddy-buddy with her neighbour to the east, Alberta Premier Allison Redford. They’re ' .#(!5#(5 ( )/0 ,5)(5 )085k5.)5. &%5 )/.5 (5 energy export plan. A year ago, it seemed like it would be a cold day in hell before Clark would warm up to oil pipelines. Now they’re issuing joint statements. After spending a long time doing their best to foil British Columbia’s natural resource advantages, the Left Coast government seems to have woken up. In a province as blessed as Lotusland, why should they be in economic doldrums for so long? Why should Saskatchewan have a better unemployment rate?

In the past, B.C. seemed to have a mine for every mountain. But successive governments have done their best to squander that bounty. Let’s hope they don’t do the same with their own natural gas, or Alberta oil. In the meantime, the Manitoba government has given a cold shoulder to the idea of shipping crude-byrail to Churchill and then out to sea via Hudson Bay. OmniTrax, owner of the rail line and port, put a test shipment on hold. It had been planned for this fall. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. There’s still no resolution to the Keystone XL. With even more discussion periods on the horizon, one wonders how the United States ever accomplished things like putting a man on the moon or building the atomic bomb. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on Sept. 26, said “my view is you don’t take no for an answer,� on Keystone XL, however. How he’s going to back that up, we’re not sure. But it’s good to see the prime minister has a spine on this. About this far into a mandate, people start to ask what a prime minister’s legacy might be. He just signed a free trade deal with Europe. If he can get our oil and liquefied natural gas export capability on track, that just might be the legacy we’re looking for. Maybe we could even ship Fort McMurray dilbit to .85 )"(65 15 ,/(-1# %65 ( 5*/.5#.5)(5 5-&)15 ) .5.)5 Germany.

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Wouldn’t it be fitting if TransCanada dumped plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline instead of waiting for a Presidential Permit that may never come? They could even send the Americans the bill, too, for five years of aggravated delays to build the crude oil pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. Political wrangling has turned a simple energy project into a political one at the expense of the company and producers in both countries who need to get their oil to U.S. Gulf Coast refiners. The rationale to walk away is TransCanada’s Plan B which is to build the $12 billion Energy East pipeline to ship Alberta and Saskatchewan crude to refineries on our East Coast. With Energy East, we will secure our own energy security – the very thing the Keystone XL is touted as promising to do for the United States, along with creating jobs and tax revenue. Obviously, many Americans don’t seem to want their energy security to be provided by the Keystone XL or the project would have approved years ago. In Canada, the National Energy Board approved the construction of the Keystone XL from Hardisty to Monchy, Saskatchewan in March 2010. Sept. 19 marked five years since TransCanada

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One Woman’s Perspective on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land Locations By Nadine Elson I was pumped! It was exciting to be inside Independent Pump Co.’s new building last spring, listening to Jeremy Mack as he toured the members of the Desk and Derrick Club through the large facility that he and his partners had built in 2011. But it wasn’t the first time I had been there. Not by a long shot. I regularly haul out strings of sucker rods on the trailer for various service rig companies and nearly always that includes a down-hole pump. Most often, it is from Independent Pump Co. or IPC. In fact, when there is not a pump in the order with sucker rods, I call the consultant at the lease. To my way of thinking, a call to check whether a pump should be included is much better than arriving on lease without it. Several years ago when the boss was training me, he took me to the small and cramped location that IPC operated out of at that time. It took special maneuvering to get close enough to the rack without the trailer hanging out onto the

filed its application for Keystone XL to the U.S. government. In 2008, the Calgary-based company received a Presidential Permit for the original Keystone pipeline in a 21 month regulatory approval process. The Keystone XL would connect to the Keystone system. The southern leg of the XL pipeline, called the Gulf Coast pipeline, is expected to be in service this year after construction began in August 2012. No Presidential Permit was needed to build that section from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas. Canadian politicians may want to take note and back off challenging the economic benefits that the Energy East pipeline will deliver to the six provinces along the proposed route. At a time when their economy is weak, it’s hard to believe some American politicians and lobbyists would prefer the Keystone XL to be cancelled for environmental or economic concerns. In mid-September, the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would maintain the pace of its $85 billion in monthly bond buying stimulus program and await more evidence of solid economic growth. Had the Keystone XL followed the same regulatory route as the existing Keystone pipeline, approximately more than 9,000 Americans would have been employed during the construction. Dozens of communities along the route would be reaping millions of dollars in additional tax

revenues. Up to 830,000 barrels a day of crude oil from Western Canada and the U.S. Bakken states would also be flowing to American refineries along the 1,897 kilometre Keystone XL line. The promise of the Keystone XL to create jobs and lessen U.S. dependency on foreign oil has gone from a pipe dream to a nasty political debate with endless studies and talking points. A decision on the Keystone XL is not even likely until sometime in 2014 since the State Department has yet to finalize a 2,000 page environment impact statement. When it does, there will a 90 day national interest comment period followed by a public comment period on the national interest! Even more delays are expected since the State Department’s independent inspector general plans to release a report in January on conflict of interest regarding the company that did the environment review. Give the burden of endless reviews and red tape, TransCanada may do better by rejecting the project itself and focus on plans to deliver oil, jobs and energy security to Canadians with its Energy East pipeline. It’s not likely that TransCanada will even take this action, but the decision could be made for them without a permit to build the XL. Either Way, having plan B in the bag will help the company and Canada either way.

All pumped up street. There was no room to turn around on the lot, so one was forced to back out onto the street into the traffic. It was a nightmare when IPC had a delivery of parts that were on the lot waiting for the forklift to move, or when a traffic jam occurred when more than one truck and trailer where lined up to get a pump. It was there at the old IPC building that I had my first lesson on leveraging. I knew about leveraging financial assets. I had done that for years with various businesses I had operated. But now I desperately needed a lesson on mechanical leveraging. I couldn’t lift the pump! At least, not the whole pump as it weighs around 200 pounds. Reciprocating rod down-hole pumps are long, heavy, but not rigid like pipe, which makes them harder to handle. The boss showed me how to position the trailer so that I could use the trailer and the rack for leverage to help me load the pump. It was fairly easy with two of us, but I needed to learn how to do it myself. Even with leveraging, it was always difficult at that old location, especially if there were a lot of pumps on the rack. The same rack was used for returns. That is how I met Jeremy. He pulled up in his truck outside IPC one weekend as I was struggling to extricate a pump from the rack. I asked him for help, and he willingly assisted. It was only a few minutes of his time, but he saved me lots of my time struggling. It happened again a few months later. Again

he assisted. By this time, I was fearless. If the rack was crowded, I opened the shop door to get some help from any IPC employee. They used two rolling racks with two men to transport the pumps so my inference was that the pumps were heavy, and I didn’t feel bad for not being able to manhandle them out of the rack. I reciprocated with doughnuts, and verbal thanks. It was months later before I knew that that the charming and cheerful man, who had helped me initially, was one of the partners of IPC. I can honestly say I was delighted when IPC constructed their new building. I am sure that the partners and employees enjoyed the spacious interior and labour-saving devices that were incorporated into the design. I was most thrilled about the paved loading area, the two loading racks – one for outgoing orders and one for returns – the huge lot on which a trailer could be turned, and the space with which one could line up and wait if it was busy. Jeremy gave a great tour to the Desk and Derrick Club. We learned about pumps and the assembly and service business that IPC does. We also learned that Jeremy and his partners sold IPC to Weatherford in the spring of 2012. He continues in a managerial role there, still charming and cheerful, and all pumped up to do business in Estevan. Nadine lives in Estevan with her husband and family, and shifted gears a few years ago, becoming a hot shot driver for the oilpatch. Her people skills are put to good use in the patch as she delivers the goods quickly and efficiently. Contact her at shifting.gears.hotshot@ gmail.com with comments or questions.

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Next summer we’ll have our answer I will often start my day looking at Rig Locator’s website, www.riglocator.ca, to see how the industry is doing. The rig count is the leading indicator of the business. More wells means more completions, service rig work and pipelines. More pumpjacks get set, more skid packages are sold, more batteries built, more operators are needed. This past summer and fall, the rig count has been pretty doggone depressing. I’m hearing it around Estevan, too. People are asking me when, and if, things are going to pick up on the drilling side. Some people people in the business have told me their drilling related numbers are down by up to 50 per cent. One woman I spoke to, the wife of a derrickman, asked me, “When did a six-week breakup become six months?” Good question. And I don’t have an answer for that. They’ve had a tough go of it, and he’s found work on a service rig in the meantime. She’s picked up work, and the kid’s in daycare. I suspect this family isn’t the only one that has had to scramble to make a go of it. As of Oct.22, there are 87 drilling rigs working in Saskatchewan, or 60 per cent of the fleet of 146. That’s up quite a bit, actually, since earlier in the month it was as low as 60 active rigs on Oct. 1. Over the past several years, there has always been a drop from mid-September to October. This year, that dip was more pronounced than usual. When I ask industry insiders what the reason

for the lower drilling numbers are, they often tell me it’s wet out there. Really? On that, I call bovine feces. On Aug. 22, 2011, I was in a helicopter flying over southeast Saskatchewan doing a story on rig mover Fast Trucking. It just so happens on that day Rig Locator reported Saskatchewan hit a one day spike of 122 active drilling rigs, after a summer of 100 to 110 rigs working. Fast moved seven rigs on that day, if I’m not mistaken. That flight was memorable for a few reasons. Everywhere to the horizon, fields were filled with water. Road bans were everywhere. Water flowed over grid roads or the roads themselves were cut to allow water to pass. The price of WTI oil that day was also US$84.42. This past Aug. 22, oil was US$104.93, or $20.51 more per barrel than it was two years ago, yet the rig count on Aug 20, 2013 was just 75, down by roughly one-third of the activity level of the summer of 2011 and 38.6 per cent from the 122 rig peak. It may be wet out there. Thanksgiving gave us a good soaking. But no one can tell me it is worse than it was in 2011. The WTI price of oil has been floating in the triple digits since July 3. If you, as an oil company, can’t make money at US$100 per barrel, maybe you shouldn’t be in the business. Most of the small drilling contractors, locally owned, with a handful of rigs, have most or all of their rigs working. Not all, however. A few have been sitting on their hands or only have a small fraction of their fleet working. The bigger contractors seem to have substantial portions of their fleet sitting.

This has me wondering if the bloom has come off the Bakken, so to speak? In some ways, the “Bakken Boom” has likely been overplayed. Yes, Saskatchewan saw Bakken production rise in a few years from around 700 barrels per day to over 70,000. But since 2009, North Dakota saw its Bakken and Three Forks production (they lump them together) see the state’s daily production go from 90,000 bpd to 875,000 now. On Sept. 30, it was reported the state may see that double to 1.6 million barrels per day by 2017. Put another way, Cenovus’ Foster Creek oilsands project produces 55,000 barrels per day, almost as much as our entire “Bakken Boom.” Doesn’t seem that much of a boom any more, does it? The answer to how things will go in southeast Saskatchewan in the coming years will be answered in large part on Aug. 11, 2014. Land sales are the other leading indicator, and this past year, they have been flat, to put it politely. Remember the enormous billion dollar land sale of 2008? All those leases that weren’t developed expire March 31, 2013. The next date for postings is Apr. 14, 2014, for the Aug. 11 land sale. If we see a big land sale, things will be looking up. If not, well, I guess we’ll have our answer. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

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to discuss resource sharing and poverty among First Nations people. “When I started there four years ago, the band was in serious financial trouble,� said Semaganis, a former CFO of FSIN. “This First Nation has been a pleasure to work with because you’ve got a chief and council that can take direction. “They knew that they had to fix their situation. They’ve knocked a ton of debt off their books. In the past, oil and gas money was just used for fixing roads or building a new recreational centre on the reserve. “It wasn’t invested in the future. That’s where the direction has really changed. Now most of that money is directed toward eco-

nomic development. “As long as the community continues down this path, it’s going to be one of the leaders in Saskatchewan.� The life skills and

job placement program has a made a huge impact among Little Pine First nations members who have found work. “I went out to visit one family and the guy said he was happy to

support his own family. He was able to pay his power and his heat,� said Baptiste. “He said he didn’t want to go back on welfare because he felt that pride in being able to support his family. “I see nothing but success for the program. We’ve got nothing to lose. All we can keep doing is pushing our workers. “Hopefully, next year we can accommodate a van to North Battleford too.� About 10 to 15 band members are car pooling this fall to courses at Northwest Regional College in North Battleford.

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and prevention of soil erosion at the lake to ESRD officials in the coming weeks. By Oct. 1, crews had contained and collected more than 10,500 barrels of bitumen emulsion from the sites. The overall seepage had declined to less than 20 barrels a day by that time. The affected area was also reduced from 13.5 hectares to 7.4 hectares. There are approximately 200 workers at the site. The preliminary cost of the cleanup is pegged at $40 million. CNRL has completed aerial and ground surveillance of its entire Primrose oilsands operations, with no further seepage locations identified. The company continues to work with the Alberta Energy Regulator and ESRD to determine the cause of the four leaks. CNRL is using high pressure cyclic steam stimulation to produce bitumen at Primrose and believes the cause of the leaks is due to mechanical

failures of wellbores in the affected areas. “We are in the process of identifying and investigating these wellbores,� said Addington. “We are drilling hydro-geological and delineation wells adjacent to the affected locations to aid in the investigation.� Meanwhile the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Edmonton reports more than three-quarters of all of the animals captured at the spill sites for care and cleaning have been returned to the wild. CRNL crews conduct sweeps for affected animals and birds 24/7 with remote cameras and sensors installed to detect animal activity. Crews have installed more than two kilometres of fencing and deterrents such as effigies, air horns and kites in the controlled areas. Tarps have also been placed over the ground fissures to protect animals. Crews have even built an aluminum scaffold structure over the fissure at the water body.

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Vermilion a hub for Inter Pipeline spread „ By Geoff Lee Vermilion – Inter Pipeline Ltd. held open houses in Hardisty, Vermilion and Bonnyville in late September to update stakeholders on the construction of the $100 million Cold Lake Mainline South Loop pipeline. In the Vermilion area, crews are slowing winding down from a summer peak of 1,000 workers, but there’s still a lot of work going on. Most of the 42-inch diameter pipeline is strung out on the rightof-way along the 240 kilometre route where welding and lowering of pipe taking place. “The line is fully strung,â€? said Michelle Dawson, Inter Pipeline’s director of public and regulatory affairs in a phone interview from the School of Hope open house in Vermilion on ĆŒÄžÇ Ć? Ç ÄžĹŻÄš Ä‚ Ć&#x;ÄžͲĹ?Ĺś Ć?ÄžÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ ϰώͲĹ?ĹśÄ?Ĺš ƉĹ?ƉĞůĹ?ŜĞ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ sÄžĆŒĹľĹ?ĹŻĹ?ŽŜ Ä‚ĆŒÄžÄ‚ ĂŜĚ Ä‚ůŽŜĹ? ƚŚĞ Sept. 25. ůĞŜĹ?ƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĎŽĎ°ĎŹ ĹŹĹ?ůŽžÄžĆšĆŒÄž ƉĹ?ƉĞůĹ?ĹśÄžÍ˜ dŚĞ ƉĹ?ƉĞůĹ?ŜĞ Ç Ĺ?ĹŻĹŻ Ä?Ä‚ĆŒĆŒÇ‡ ÄšĹ?ůƾƚĞĚ Ä?Ĺ?ĆšƾžÄžĹś Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝ÄšĆľÄ?ĞĚ “We had a couple of spreads. Ä?LJ ÄžŜŽÇ€ĆľĆ?Í› ĞdžƉĂŜĚĹ?ĹśĹ? Ĺ˝Ĺ?ĹŻĆ?ĂŜĚĆ? ĨÄ‚Ä?Ĺ?ĹŻĹ?Ć&#x;ÄžĆ? Ä‚Ćš &Ĺ˝Ć?ĆšÄžĆŒ ĆŒÄžÄžĹŹ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ŽůÄš >Ä‚ĹŹÄž Ĺ?ĆŒ tĞĂƉŽŜĆ? We started in Hardisty and north of ZÄ‚ĹśĹ?Äž ĂŜĚ ŜŽĆŒĆšĹš ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĆŒÄ‚ĹśĹ?Äž Ä‚Ćš ĹšĆŒĹ?Ć?Ć&#x;ŜĂ >Ä‚ĹŹÄžÍ˜ Photo courtesy Inter Pipeline Vermilion. We assume that rough cleanup – the majority of it will be done by this fall. cell: 780-205-1858 “There will be some reclamation and some final grading cleanup that will have to be done next year.â€? The line is expected to be opcell : 780-871-1276 erational by July 2014. It will have OfďŹ ce: 780-847-4666 an initial capacity of transporting 120,000 barrels per day of diluted Fax: 780-847-4661 bitumen from the La Corey South Welders, Service Crews, Lease Mowing pump station to facilities in Hardisty. Box 82 Marwayne, AB & Bobcat Service

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The volume will step up to 500,000 bpd, and the pipeline has a design capacity of 1.2 million bpd per day that can be achieved with additional pumping stations. “The ultimate capacity on a 42inch line is significant,� said Dawson. “There’s an initial capacity and you can add additional facilities to get a higher capacity.� The cost of the pipeline is underwritten by shipping commitments of bitumen produced by Cenovus Energy at Foster Creek in the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range and north of the range at Christina Lake. Cenovus is using steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) to produce growing volumes of bitumen from both areas that are in expansion phases. Work is also underway on a new Cenovus SAGD project at Narrows Lake near Christina Lake. Dawson explained that the decision to go with a 42-inch pipe is based on what their customers need. “Their ultimate forecast for production ‘is such’ and we customize our pipelines to suit their needs,� she explained. Work will begin this winter on the 36-inch, 80-kilometre Foster Creek Mainline Loop that will connect La Corey, north to the Foster Creek Junction. X Page A13

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to Aecon and Robert B. Sommerville Co. in 2012. The contract includes the construction of pumping stations, metering facilities, junction sites and associated pipeline connections at multiple sites. There are four pipe yards along the route, including one in Vermilion. Work camps are located at Hardisty and St. Paul, but the project has also generated a lot of economic spinoffs for communities along the route including Vermilion. “I do believe there is a lot more activity in the local stores, in local services and goods being consumed. I think it’s a benefit to everybody,� said Dawson. “It’s a benefit during the construction phase, and then it’s a long-

questions we can answer. “It’s strictly an outreach to be able to address questions and to get feedback.� The open house

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term benefit after the construction phase.� Local campgrounds and motels are full and will stay that way for awhile with the ongoing twinning of Enbridge Inc’s. Athabasca pipeline about six kilometres west of town. Dawson said Inter Pipeline’s Cold Lake Mainline South pipeline will help to generate long-term tax revenues for the County of Vermilion River and other municipal districts. “We pay property tax, and linear property tax is a good income source to municipal districts,� she said. The open house in Vermilion provided an opportunity for Inter Pipeline staff to speak about the economic benefits of the project and touch base with stakeholders and landowners on the rightsof-way. “One of the things we are committed to at Inter Pipeline is to tell our stakeholders and people impacted by our operations what’s coming up,� said Dawson. “We also like to get their feedback during the construction phase. Basically, this has taken place over a couple of years. “We were out last year to tell them about the project, and we’re out this year to see if there’s any feedback from residents or any

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Grit celebrates year in North Battleford „ By Geoff Lee North Battleford – Speeches, handshakes, hugs and tours, along with a ribbon cutting and a meal combined to make for a memorable grand opening of Grit Industries Inc. manufacturing base in North Battleford. It was time for a party on Oct. 17, more than a year after the company relocated all of its oil and gas and utilities related manufac/Ćš Ç Ä‚Ć? Ć&#x;žĞ ƚŽ Ć?ĹľĹ?ĹŻÄž Ä‚Ć? EĹ˝ĆŒĆšĹš Ä‚ĆŠĹŻÄžĨŽĆŒÄš DÄ‚Ç‡Ĺ˝ĆŒ /Ä‚Ĺś ,Ä‚ĹľĹ?ĹŻĆšŽŜ Ä?ƾƚ ƚŚĞ ĆŒĹ?Ä?Ä?ŽŜ ÄšĆľĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? 'ĆŒĹ?Ćš turing to the city from /ŜĚƾĆ?ĆšĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ?Í› Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚ĹśÄš ŽƉĞŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ŽŜ KÄ?ĆšÍ˜ Ď­ĎłÍ˜ ,Ä‚ĹľĹ?ĹŻĆšŽŜ Ĺ?Ć? ŇĂŜŏĞĚ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ĹŻÄžĹŒ ŽĨ ƚŚĹ?Ć? ƉŚŽƚŽ Ä?LJ Lloydminster. Company president :Ĺ?Ĺľ ^Ć‰ÄžĹśĆŒÄ‚ĆšĹšÍ• Ä?ĹšĹ?ÄžĨ Ĺ˝Ć‰ÄžĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜĆ? ŽĸÄ?ÄžĆŒÍ• ĂŜĚ tĂLJŜĞ <Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Í• Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞŜƚ͕ ĂŜĚ ƚŚĞ ŽŜ ƚŚĞ ĆŒĹ?Ĺ?Śƚ and CEO Wayne King Ä?LJ ĞĂŜ ƾƊÍ• ƉůĂŜƚ žĂŜĂĹ?ÄžĆŒÍ˜

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to grow the business in Albania,â€? said King. “The Albanians want us there and I have committed to them now. We’re going to go there. We’re going to grow the business in North Dakota – we’re going to grow the business. “It’s all product development. We don’t want to become a Kodak. We are going to continue to product develop and keep ourselves ahead of the industry. “It’s very important to keep moving forward and to be diverse, so if one segment of the industry slows, we continue to grow. That’s our strategy.â€? King told guests that he began Grit in 1984 with a $50,000 forgivable loan from the Alberta government and a ton of ideas. He said thanks to product research and development, the business has grown and paid nearly $71 million in provincial and municipal taxes over that period. “Grit Industries takes pride in developing new ideas and introducing new technology to the petroleum industry primarily, but also the gas utility distribution side of industry,â€? said King. Natural gas needs to be pre-heated due to a natural cooling effect when pressure is reduced from transmission pressure to distribution pressure to feed customers. ɸ Page A15

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the City of North Battleford. “We moved here Grit has developed with a great deal of cona European standard, fidence and things are low emissions natural turning out very much gas heater that is being as we expected,� said tested in England and Spenrath. there are more new “We were convinced products in the works. by Mayor Hamilton and “Some of our new his team that this was ideas are in the prototyping stages right now,� the place to be, and that the business community said King. was the right place for “Some of our ideas us, as well as a good are proven and we are just waiting for the right place for our people to live. time to introduce them “That has been born into the market.� out. Here we are today a Grit’s decision to year in, and very satisset up shop in a 91,000 fied with the move.� square foot facilHamilton was one ity previously used for of many local politicians recreational vehicle manufacturing in North and business leaders invited to the grand Battleford is proving to be the right one to meet opening and he couldn’t resist giving a thumb-up the worldwide demand for Grit’s early success for their technology. in the community. “We spent quite a “This is very excitbit of money and effort when we first moved in,� ing for the city of North said Jim Spenrath, chief Battleford and the area,� he said. operations officer, who “A manufacturled a tour of the plant. ing facility like this has “We put in a comchosen North Battleford plete crane system. We to locate and to relocate added a robotic welder to. We are very exand we upgraded a cited about their success. number of other pieces Their success is our sucof equipment. cess,� Hamilton said. “The inside of the Grit originally esbuilding has essentially tablished a small shop in got the flow now that the area in 2007, where we wanted it to have.� they manufactured small Spenrath said Grit scale repetitive products considered relocating or components. its manufacturing base The manufacturto several areas of the country before finding a ing base in Parsons Industrial Park employs red carpet rolled out by

approximately 60 people and Hamilton thinks more large employers will follow Grit’s example and move to the area. “I think we have demonstrated to the larger employers that the labour market is available here and willing to be here,� he said. “They’ve been very successful at maintaining a very stable workforce. I think that’s a great model to follow.� Hamilton also joined in the applause for a $100,000 donation by King to representatives of the Battlefords Boys & Girls Club to celebrate the grand opening and Grit’s commitment to the community.

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Vermilion boom could go viral „ By Geoff Lee Vermilion – The town of Vermilion is repackaging itself under a New Ideas for Living brand and marketing plan with banners and signs sporting a new logo. The strategy is well timed as the town is generating a lot of attention from the ongoing construction of the Cold Lake Mainline South Loop pipeline by Inter Pipeline Ltd. and the twinning of the existing Athabasca sÄžĆŒĹľĹ?ĹŻĹ?ŽŜ ÄžÄ?ŽŜŽžĹ?Ä? ĚĞǀĞůŽƉžĞŜƚ Ä?ŽͲŽĆŒÄšĹ?ĹśÄ‚ĆšĹ˝ĆŒ DÄ‚ĆŒÇ‡Ͳ>ĞĞ WĆŒĹ?Ĺ˝ĆŒ ĂŜĚ DÄ‚Ç‡Ĺ˝ĆŒ ĆŒĆľÄ?Äž DÄ‚ĆŒͲ pipeline by Enbridge Inc. “It definitely good for convenience ĆŒĹ?ŽƊ Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ä?ŽƚŚ ƉƾžĆ‰ÄžÄš Ä‚Ä?ŽƾĆš ĹśÄžÇ ĹšĹ?Ĺ?ĹšÇ Ä‚Ç‡ Ä?ŽžžÄžĆŒÄ?Ĺ?Ä‚ĹŻÍ• Ĺ?ŜĚƾĆ?ĆšĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹŻ ĂŜĚ ĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞŜĆ&#x;Ä‚ĹŻ ĚĞͲ ǀĞůŽƉžĞŜƚĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ĆšĹ˝Ç ĹśÍ˜ KĹś KÄ?ĆšÍ˜ Ď­ WŽžÄžĆŒĹ˝Ç‡ ,ŽƚĞůĆ? Ä‚ŜŜŽƾŜÄ?ĞĚ ƉůĂŜĆ? ƚŽ Ä?ŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒĆľÄ?Ćš Ä‚Ĺś stores, gas stations and lodging and all our retail businesses,â€? said Mayor Bruce ϴϏͲĆŒŽŽž ŚŽƚĞů ĨĆŒŽŜĆ&#x;ĹśĹ? ,Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹšÇ Ä‚Ç‡ Ď°Ď­ ŜĞdžƚ Ć?Ć‰ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? Ä‚Ćš Ä‚ Ä?Ĺ˝Ć?Ćš ŽĨ ƾƉ ƚŽ Ψϭώ ĹľĹ?ĹŻĹŻĹ?ŽŜ͘ Marriott on Sept 27 in advance of municipal elections on Oct. 21. +RXUV “A lot of residents and homeowners that have spare bedrooms are renting them out for $1,000 a month.â€? All of the hotels and motels are full and Midwest Pipeline Inc., working for Enbridge has set up a temporary camp at Lakeland College. The big task of welding and lowering pipeline into the ground will be \HDUV completed this year on both pipelines, but cleanup and reclamation crews will be back in the area next fall. “Everybody needs product, but it’s a one-and-a-half to three year thing. It’s definitely transient, so I don’t believe there will be longevity on that type of activity,â€? said Marriott. The town has launched a social media marketing campaign on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to draw attention to the town’s assets including three new business parks and residential areas. “I think our council is very forward thinking and I think we are ready for business,â€? said economic development coordinator Mary-Lee Prior who spearheads the unrolling of the new marketing plan. “We now have more developments available than we’ve ever had.â€? The town is pre-selling lots in a new 35-acre highway commercial property that they recently purchased for approximately $30,000 an acre. NOW The development is branded as HIRING Junction Sixteen 41 for its prime location fronting the oilfield corridor of Highway 41 near Yellowhead Highway 16. Pomeroy Hotels purchased the first 2.8 acre parcel of highway frontage and JDUULVRQRLOZHOOVHUYLFLQJ#KRWPDLO FRP

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nitely in favour of what we are doing here. They realize you can’t sell land if you don’t have it ready. “We addressed that four years ago and we’ve made it available now. “There’s just going be a lot of things will come out here in the next six months – big companies that know that we’ve completed things. “Ultimately Vermilion doesn’t want to be the developer. I think we are in the position now that we will attract a developer to take on maybe the 15 or the 20 acres.� Marriott also said all the planning and the groundwork that has been done will make it easier for the incoming council to continue to move forward. Leading Manufacturing Group, a company that manufactures oilfield tanks and vessels, is expanding its storage capacity with the recent purchase of 12 acres of land on the east side of its plant. Business is booming as oilfield traffic picks up along Hwy. 41 that is part of the Eastern Alberta Trade Corridor plan to better connect communities such as Vermilion to the United States. “We are looking at moving some of the high load traffic off Highway 2 over to 41 and possibly 36,� said Prior in reference future plans for the trade corridor. “We’re hoping more of it goes through 41 because we are right on 41. That would be a great benefit to us.� Traffic counts have picked up noticeably through town in recent months in pace with pipeline construction by Inter Pipeline and Enbridge. “I cross the Enbridge pipeline three times on the way home,� said Prior, who lives in the country.

“There’s a lot of truck traffic. It’s hard on the rural roads.â€? Vermilion’s transportation advantage, that includes the CN secondary main line connecting to Edmonton, is highlighted in the new marketing blitz. Seekers Media in Edmonton is producing eight YouTube videos to showcase the perks of living, working and visiting Vermilion with the New Ideas for Living tag line. Vermilion is positioned as a great place to live with new housing lots available in the 33-lot Brennan subdivision adjacent to Vermilion Provincial Park. “We’ve sold over 10 – they’ve only been for sale for just over a year. We have interest from people to buy more,â€? said Prior. The town has also just completed the preliminary work for the development of North Brennan with the acquisition of a 67 acre parcel of land for 20 year mixed growth. The planning signals the go-ahead on a $5 million upgrade of the sewer lines. “We were at capacity about four years ago on our sewer lines,â€? said Marriott. “That’s underway. It’s been approved and it’s starting. Basically, it will be on our north boundary going up to the Brennan area.â€? Vermilion has also partnered with Jandel Homes in Edmonton on a modular home subdivision on 14 serviced lots and there was just one lot left to be sold as of Oct. 1 The town is on pace to equal or surpass the $10 million of building permits issued in 2012 as development including new retail projects steps up. Eastalta Co-op plans to construct a 32,000 sq. ft. food store in the downtown core to replace its existing outlet that will be torn down and turned into a parking lot. Construction is also continuing on a new commercial building next to the town office and a new hardware store called Mainstreet Hardware is set to open in November in Lakeland Mall. The town has replaced all of its banners on Hwy. 41 and on Railway Avenue and will erect an additional 32 directional signs bearing the new look logo this fall. “We just redid our website as part >D'Í• Ä‚Ĺś Ĺ˝Ĺ?ůĎĞůĚ ƚĂŜŏ ĂŜĚ ǀĞĆ?Ć?Ğů žĂŜƾĨÄ‚Ä?ĆšĆľĆŒÄžĆŒ Ĺ?Ĺś sÄžĆŒĹľĹ?ĹŻĹ?ŽŜÍ• ŚĂĆ? ĂĚĚĞĚ Ä‚ŜŽĆšĹšÄžĆŒ Ď­ĎŽ Ä‚Ä?ĆŒÄžĆ? ŽĨ of our branding,â€? added Prior. ƚĂŜŏ Ć?ĆšĹ˝ĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?Äž ƚŽ Ĺ?ĆšĆ? ƉůĂŜƚ ĨŽŽĆšĆ‰ĆŒĹ?Ŝƚ Ä‚Ć? Ä?ĆľĆ?Ĺ?ŜĞĆ?Ć? Ä?ŽŽžĆ?͘

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Lakeland to start 2014 with new leader „ By Geoff Lee Vermilion – There will a passing of the torch for the leadership of Lakeland College on Jan. 6 when Tracy Edwards officially takes over as the new president. Edwards, who has a doctorate in education, comes into the job as a former president and chief executive officer at Lethbridge College from 2005 to 2012. She will take over the final twoand-a-half year contract of current president Glenn Charlesworth who is taking early retirement after seven

years as Lakeland’s top executive based at the Vermilion campus. “I believe that 2014 is the right time to retire,� said Charlesworth, who has spent more than 30 years working at Lakeland. “I wanted to be here for the start of construction of the Petroleum Centre and that began this summer.� The 56-year-old also chose to remain at the college until the conclusion of centennial celebrations on Nov 17. Edwards was appointed by the Lakeland College board of governors

to the top post on Sept. 11, a month after Charlesworth announced his plan to retire by Jan. 3. “Dr. Edwards is a very astute leader with extensive experience working in post-secondary education in Canada and the United States,� board chair Milt Wakefield said in a statement. “She will finish Glenn’s term and at some point during her tenure, we’ll assess the work she’s doing and see if both parties want to sign a new contract. “If not, we’ll launch an extensive search for a new president.� The board of governors decided not to initiate a national search due of the length of time and cost of the process. “Our board’s search team approached Dr. Edwards to see if she was interested in this position,� said Wakefield. “We’re thrilled that she was, and

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W Page A18 While serving as president of Lethbridge College, Edwards changed the institutional governance structure to be more collaborative and inclusive. She also increased institutional reserves for ongoing sustainability and completed a comprehensive strategic planning process with a new mission, vision, mandate, values and goals. Charlesworth’s term as president will be remembered for his role overseeing the completion of a number of capital projects including the recent construction start of the Petroleum Centre at the Lloydminster campus. He was also president during the construction of the Bill Kondro wing in Lloydminster, upgrades to the Applied Engineering building in Vermilion, and other improvements and land acquisitions at that campus. “Glenn is an outstanding leader who

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always puts the best interests of the college first. There’s no question that during his years as president, Lakeland College has thrived,â€? said Wakefield. Under Charlesworth’s leadership, full time enrolment equivalents increased from 1,778 in 2006 to 2,235 during the 2012-13 academic year. Charlesworth also exercised fiscal management that enabled the college to focus funds in high priority areas. He started his career at Lakeland College in 1982 as a business

instructor. He became vice-president of finance and operations in 2003 and president and CEO on July 1, 2006. “Lakeland College is a remarkable college. I’m proud of the people who work here and all that we’ve accomplished together to help our students and our region succeed,� said Charlesworth. “Now is the time to let someone with new ideas come in and lead Lakeland College into its second century. I’m confident the college will continue to prosper in the years ahead.�

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October land sale a turkey Regina – The Oct. 7 sale of petroleum and natural gas rights in Saskatchewan proved to be a bit a turkey in advance of the mid-October Thanksgiving weekend. There was little cause to beat a drumstick, with just $9.1 million of revenue generated from the sale that saw an average price paid of $524 per hectare. Party hats were worn after last year’s October sale that generated more than $15 million in revenue. Energy and Resources Minster Tim McMillan managed to pour a little gravy on the latest results by noting that oil production is currently three per cent higher than last year, which was a record year. “This confirms that industry continues to invest with confidence in Saskatchewan,� said McMillan. Increased oil production is more telling than the fact revenue from the five land sales held to date in 2013 totals $53.5 million. The final sale will be held on Dec. 2. “There has been a shift in focus by industry from purchasing dispositions to drilling those purchases in order to bring them into production,� said McMillan. “However, land sales have remained stable, averaging $11 million per sale over the past year, with both Alberta and British Columbia experiencing similar trends in land sale activity.� The Weyburn-Estevan area received the most bids with sales of $5 million, followed by the Lloydminster area at $2 million. The Swift Current area placed third at $1.1 million and the Kindersley-Kerrobert area trailed the pack at $1 million. The highest price paid for a single

parcel was $618,000, which was paid by Villanova 4 Oil Corp. for a 194-hectare lease southeast of Weyburn. The highest price on a per-hectare basis was $12,504. Ranger Land Services Ltd. bid $202,436 for a 16-hectare lease east of Lloydminster. Weyburn-Estevan Area (numbers rounded up) The top purchaser of acreage in this area was Prairie Land & Investment Services Ltd., who spent $1.07 million to acquire 10 lease parcels. The top price for a single lease was $618,000 by Villanova 4 Oil Corp., which was paid for a 194.25 hectare parcel situated within the Viewfield Bakken Sand Oil Pool, 22 kilometres southeast of Weyburn. The top price for a single licence in this area was $107,599, paid by Badger Pass Minerals Inc. for a 1,036 hectare block situated three kilometres north of the Viewfield Bakken Sand Pool, five kilometres northeast of Fillmore. The highest dollar per hectare in this area was received from Scott Land & Lease Ltd., who paid $3,188 per hectare for each of two 64.75 hectare parcels located adjacent to the Alameda West Midale Beds Pool, 14 kilometres east of Steelman. Lloydminster Area The top purchaser of acreage in this area was Twin Butte Energy Ltd., who spent $774,578 to acquire lease parcels. The top price paid for a single lease in this area was $212,672 by Stomp Energy Ltd. for a 242.81 hectare parcel situated adjacent to the Lashburn South Mannville Sands Oil Pool, 37 kilometres southeast of Lloydminster. The highest dollar per hectare in

this area was received from Ranger Land Services Ltd., who paid $12,504 per hectare for a 16.19 hectare parcel located within the Big Gully North McLaren Sand Oil Pool, 22 kilometres east of Lloydminster. Kindersley-Kerrobert Area The top purchaser of acreage in this area was Plunkett Resources Ltd., who spent $447,534 to acquire one exploration licence. Top price for a single lease in this area was $131,378, paid by Rockwell Resources Inc. for each of two 259 hectare parcels situated two kilometers south of the Elrose Viking Sand Oil Pool, 10 kilometres south of the town of Elrose. The top price paid for a single licence was $447,534, paid by Plunkett Resources Ltd. for a 1,554 hectare block located seven kilometres south of the Mantario East Basal Mannville Sand Oil Pool, 16 kilometres west of

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stroke is a better method of producing.â€? Some of the main selling points of the HSU are its small footprint and ease of setup to reduce field costs. Its long stroke capability enables producers to reduce rod/tubing wear and reduce wasted stroke inches due to rod stretch, while its increased gas compression boosts production efficiency. “We feel the market potential is huge. We feel our product is the premier product that’s offered for all stroking units,â€? said Fraess. Kudu has sold 15 of their branded units in Canada since the domestic product launch in 2012. There are hundreds of units currently operating in the United States. Kudu expects more installs to come in Western Canada as word spreads about their ability to optimize production and perform without any leaks. “The biggest hurdle we’ve had is trying to differentiate ourselves from some of the stroking units in the past because they were not environmentally sound,â€? said Fraess. “These HSU units are as leak-proof as anything can be.â€? The Kudu HSU is a fully enclosed hydraulically powered rod reciprocating cylinder with a leak-proof design paired with a fully contained Kudu power unit to prevent fluid spillage. The cylinder attaches to a wellhead and houses an integrated polished rod. This comes with a high pressure seal connection that replaces the conventional stuffing box to eliminate leaks. The long stroke of the HSU enables producers to reduce costs and boost production by minimizing downtime and workovers. “The ability to long stroke gives you better gas compression in your pump for increased fillage,â€? said Kris Kykkanen, who is sales manager in Lloydminster. “For a producer, they can buy one piece of equipment and it can meet a wider range of wells as the stroke speed and length are both adjustable. “Whether it’s a small producer or a larger producer, they are able to operate their field with one system because it is much more flexible.â€? The Kudu HSU is well suited for optimizing production efficiency in fractured horizontal wells where long stroking can solve problems pertaining to friction deviation, gas interference and changing production rates. ɸ Page A23

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southeast corner of the project. The hole is so big, you can see right over the roof of the excavator’s cab when standing on the rim of the hole. Pipeline News toured the facility on Oct. 7 with Al Wilde. He’s the Regina-based professional engineer with Clifton Associates who is overseeing the project. He works under Doug Heil, construction project manager for Engineered Rail Solutions, LLC. who are the project managers. Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd. of Estevan is the general contractor doing the extensive dirt work. Entering the site means driving south along Highway 9, past the Canadian border station, until you are within a few metres of the U.S. border before turning east along the border road. A turn to the north takes you

into the 11-metre wide entrance. It should be wide enough to handle the large trucks that will be turning in and out of the facility once operational. There will be another entrance near the North end of the site which will be geared up for grain and bulk oil traffic which will have unloading and loading facilities for both products near the north end of the site. The site benefits from an anomaly in Saskatchewan road building. Decades ago, the southbound side of Highway 9 was made substantially thicker than normal, allowing for large numbers of heavy potash-laden trucks to transport the mineral from Esterhazy to the rail facility just south of the border. The thicker highway was intended to handle the heavy loads without falling apart. ɸ Page A25

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long to BNSF, which is key to the whole project. It’s one of the few places in Canada where one can ship product on a Class 1 railway that is not either Canadian Pacific or Canadian National. A metal Pioneer grain elevator is located along the old CN rightof-way, but no longer has a rail connection. Heading north, there are several railbeds under construction. There’s a lot of dirt to be moved, despite the relatively flat terrain. Wilde said there are five scrapers; nine excavators including “toys,� i.e. mini excavators; nine 40- and 50-ton off road trucks; five dozers, three graders and five compactors. There are

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.HUUREHUW GUDZV KRWHO KRPH GHYHORSPHQW „ By Geoff Lee Kerrobert – Kerrobert has found a white knight to help slay its shortage of rental housing and new hotel rooms to accommodate the influx of oilfield workers in the area. Al-Sask Ventures Inc., an Alberta-based developer, plans to begin some construction this fall on an 85-room hotel on eight acres of commercial property fronting Pacific Avenue at the west end of town. Company president and coowner James Carpenter announced the $9-million hotel project at the town office to a lunch time gathering of community leaders and media on Sept. 18. Carpenter also promises to have up to 20 more modular homes available for rent by November on a slew of infill lots Al-Sask previously purchased. The big news of the day though was the announcement of the new hotel project. “September 18 is a pretty exciting day for us. We are excited to announce that we going to be building a hotel with at least 85 rooms,� said Carpenter during a morning tour of the construction site. Carpenter said the timing and the demand is there for a hotel and rental housing given the stepped up level of oil and gas activity and construction in the region. Torq Transloading Inc. announced plans on Aug. 14 to build a $100-million crude-by-rail terminal just south of town, with approximately 200 construction jobs anticipated. “The high need for hotel rooms and extended stay rooms makes now the time to act,� said Carpenter. Carpenter said Northern Blizzard told him they plan to drill 150 wells a year between Macklin and Kerrobert and like Torq, they need hotel rooms and attainable rental housing immediately. Al-Sask purchased the hotel land in 2012. A fast foot outlet, a restaurant and a convenience store and gas bar are also included in the long-term site plan. With Al-Sask’s commitments endorsed by Mayor Erhard Poggemiller, it was expected council

struction methods in a factory with assembly on site by Tricon Developments Inc. Al-Sask is co-owned by Carpenter and Ken Erickson who each have their own suite of companies. Al-Sask has offices in Lacombe and Didsbury, Alberta. The company is currently building a Tim Hortons and a Centex gas outlet in Didsbury and has been working on housing solutions in Kerrobert for over a year. Carpenter attended the Municipal Showcase and Developer & Builder Forum in Saskatoon in June 2012 and met up with Poggemiller who pitched Kerrobert as a good place to invest in home building. “The initial interest was the fact this community was getting a hospital. We were drawn to that. It created a sense of stability,â€? said Carpenter. “We took the trek up here and met with Erhard, and over the period of the last year and a bit, we’ve met quite a few times with him and with council. “We felt that it was a great place to invest, so we did a deal to purchase the land for the hotel last year. “We were already in the works for the plans when some of the large industrial and oil and gas developments were announced in the area.â€? Arrow Reload Systems Inc. built the first crude-by-rail transloading facility in Kerrobert earlier this year, and the recent buzz about Torq’s plan continues to generate excitement. “My wife said ‘amazing timing’ to be positioned to respond. We stepped out and took a chance on the community, believing, what :ĂžĞĆ? Ä‚ĆŒĆ‰ÄžĹśĆšÄžĆŒ ŽĨ ůͲ^Ä‚Ć?ĹŹ sÄžĹśĆšĆľĆŒÄžĆ? /ĹśÄ?͘ ƉůĂŜĆ? ƚŽ Ć?Ğƚ ƾƉ Ä‚Ć‰Ć‰ĆŒĹ˝Ç†Ĺ?žĂƚĞůLJ ĎŽĎŹ ĂĚĚĹ?Ć&#x;ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻ the mayor and council have to say ĹśÄžÇ ĹľĹ˝ÄšƾůÄ‚ĆŒ ĆŒÄžĹśĆšÄ‚ĹŻ ĹšŽžÄžĆ? Ĺ?Ĺś <ÄžĆŒĆŒĹ˝Ä?ÄžĆŒĆš Ä?LJ EŽǀĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒ ƚŽ Ĺ?Ĺ˝ Ç Ĺ?ƚŚ ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš ĆšÇ Ĺ˝ ĹšŽžÄžĆ? ƚŚĂƚ about, we saw as opportunity.â€? Ç ÄžĆŒÄž Ä?ŽŜĆ?ĆšĆŒĆľÄ?ƚĞĚ ĹľĹ?ÄšͲ^ĞƉƚĞžÄ?ÄžĆŒÍ˜ Al-Sask initially plans to own would issue a building permit for tion.â€? and operate the hotel as an indethe hotel shortly. Engineering and design plans pendent brand, with the hope of “I think it’s wonderful. We for the hotel are underway, with a attracting a national brand down could use another hotel. We’ve had planned opening in 2014. the road. a shortage of rooms in our com“We’re going to be doing the Carpenter said the company is munity. People have always gone geo-tech right away and the topo open to entertaining any local busito Kindersley or to Luseland or to survey of the property. We plan to ness ideas for the overall developUnity. build over the winter,â€? said Carpen- ment site or partnerships. “It’s very timely and hopefully ter. “We will be looking for people everything will fall into place and The hotel and the new houses to help us with the gas station,â€? he it won’t take too long for construcwill be built using modular consaid. X Page B2

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would be more than happy to be a partner with them.” The Town has sold most of its available infill lots to Al-Sask, which initially set out to build modular homes for purchase but switched to rentals to meet the demand for transitional housing. The first two modular homes were set up on a foundation with no basement and rented in a heartbeat with a waiting list for the next batch. “It’s pretty exciting. We focused on attainable housing,” said Carpenter. “I think that’s the market that gets overlooked at times like this in a heated market as people are building the higher-end homes. “The average Joe cannot afford a $400,000 property. We need to meet the needs of the worker. Without the worker, we won’t have a vibrant economy.” Al-Sask has plans to open a phase of 20 to 40 lots next spring near the golf course that will be for sale modular homes. “They will be on an engineered foundation. There will be options for basements and attached garages. It depends on the market demand,” said Carpenter. “We will do our own services subcontracted to a Saskatchewan operator.” Carpenter said some of the homes could be priced in the $120,000 to $150,000 range.

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derailment. “This was a fire that was caused as a result of the derailment, but no cars have gone up in flames,� said spokesperson Sgt. Craig Cleary in Regina. “As for the school closure Cleary said, “That was a precautionary thing that the police liaised with the school. “It was decided that would be a good idea just to cancel it just in the event something did happen.� Cleary agreed that the July rail disaster at Lac-Megantic in Quebec where a runaway crude oil train exploded and killed 47 people has heightened awareness about safety. “That certainly brought everything to the forefront there,� he said. He noted that fortunately no one was injured in the derailment near Landis.

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There are 16 peewee level sponsorships that are selling fast as the hype for Hockey Day in Canada builds along with the Winter Olympics that will follow from Feb. 7-23 in Sochi, Russia. “The excitement around sports and hockey will be large,� said Rekimowich. The peewee sponsors will help support a slew of events including players’ and coaches’ clinics, winter classic games with minor hockey teams and a ball hockey game. All of the winter festival events will be free, but the bulk of Hockey Day in Canada events will require paid admission with tickets going on sale Nov. 1. There will however, be free community skate with the Stanley Cup. “It will be a chance of a lifetime for a lot of kids,� said Rekimowich “The cup and celebrities will go out to schools and Onion Lake. Those kids are going to see stuff that will never get a chance to see ever again.� Rekimowich is continuing to build her army of volunteers that will include dozens of oilfield employees by the Nov. 5 sign-up date. “Our community is saturated with oil and gas employees,� laughed Rekimowich. “From our committees, we have 40 board members. I would say a quarter of them are involved in the oil and gas industry. “The rest of the committees will be formed and volunteers will work three or four hours. It will play a big part in making sure the event is successful.� Other corporations are stepping forward to make “gift in kind� donations of food or equipment for the week-long celebration.

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product where we want it to be. “It’s fully marketable. We’ve sold several down into the Macklin heavy oil and area and some up north. Overall acceptance will come when producers realize cost savings. “Typically, it takes producers a good year before they realize the product savings themselves.� The development of the Horizon HD fits Europump’s mission to focus on solutions that enable customers to improve operating efficiencies while reducing their impact on the environment. “We have full-time employees that are interacting with producers as well as our distributors to bring any sort of customer request or initiative to light,� said Laycock. “Can it work? Can we save the customer money? That is something we definitely pride ourselves on.� The Horizon HD

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Hamilton. In other news, the Lloydminster SPE chapter is one of nine recipients of the 2013 President’s Award for section excellence. “It’s a pretty big accomplishment for the area,� said SPE board member and lunch host Mike McIntosh. McIntosh put the award into perspective noting, there are over 100,000 SPE members in multiple countries throughout the world.

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just before the Bakken play became big news. “It was an Alberta boom when I was in Edmonton. I got lucky and settled in Estevan,� he said. It’s pretty common to see Phillips at the ball diamonds. In fact, his new house is within sight of them. He’s currently the president of Estevan Minor Baseball. “I’ve been involved for 15 seasons and president for four. We start winter ball in the gym in February and go until July.� Phillips was born and raised on a dairy farm eight miles west of Estevan. “Since I was 17, I started in 1987 in the oilfield,� he said. He started in the machine shop of a local pump company, but they already had three apprentice machinists, so Phillips switched to industrial mechanics. Both he and Barker have their journeyperson papers as industrial mechanics. Indeed, the company has five journeypersons with that certification and three apprentices. Two others don’t have their papers, but have over 20 years of experience each. The company has 10 people on staff, and since growth is in the plans, they are working on their Certificate of Recognition (COR) after working under a

Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR). SECOR only covers companies with 10 or fewer workers. They have a contracted safety coordinator “who does an awesome job,� Phillips said. “We didn’t expect to be up to 10 people, but it kind of happened.� When qualified people came looking for work, especially in a tight labour market, it’s hard to turn them down. As a result, expansion has been the subject of most of their recent discussions, according to Barker. “The facility we’re in, we’re at the maximum for the people we have.� When the staff is in from the field, the shop is full. As a result, they need a larger building. As for when, Phillips said, “Sooner than later.� Asked where they hope to be a year from now, he said, “I would like another half-dozen employees. There’s different parts of our business we’d like to expand on.� Different service and product lines are on the horizon. “We can package anything substantial in size,� Phillips said. “We want to keep our service side, plus do the packaging, but service will always be No. 1.�

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W Page B18 Soparlo was born and raised in Saskatoon. Newman grew up in Prince Albert. Both were hockey players, with Newman having played defence at the Midget AA level and Soparlo having played centre with Weyburn and La Ronge in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. When the two change off shifts on a lease, Newman is typically eager to get into town and hit a gym. Start-up “When we first started this, we started with a big, white board. We see what happens every day in the industry. We wanted to capitalize on what a little extra professionalism and due diligence can do,� Newman said. “Our big thing was the phase shift of not seeing what we can get from the oil companies (but rather) what we can do for the oil companies. “We don’t want to be known as the company that just struck when the iron is hot.� Soparlo said, “We devolved Axiom because we want to represent the quality of work we set for ourselves. “We want to be the new generation. We’re not trying to re-invent the wheel.� The company was founded in the fall of 2012. Soparlo and Newman were working the same shift, when a discussion at the gym led to them pulling the trigger on their own company. “Why do we keep talking about it and why don’t we do it?� Soparlo recalled.

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Flight paramedic Tara Oliver said, “On every mission we fly at STARS, we have two pilots, a flight nurse and an advanced care paramedic like myself. We’re really pleased to be in Saskatchewan now. STARS is a nonprofit organization and we don’t charge for our service. That’s why we raise money, so we can fly. We’re really grateful to have corporations like Crescent Point Energy who saw the value in helicopter air ambulance service and donated $5 million. You are so fortunate to have a company like Crescent Point right here in your community.� She noted that over 100 patients had been transported from this region alone. Minister of Health and MLA for Weyburn-Big Muddy Dustin Duncan also spoke briefly. �The government of Saskatchewan is a proud partner of STARS. We provide $10.5 million a year, but we can’t do it alone,� he said, noting “great organizations like Crescent Point,� who donated, as well as lottery contributions. He spoke of how, while touring the hangar in Regina, the alarm went off. “Eight minutes and 20 seconds later, they were in the air. It was overwhelming to see them in action.�

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headquarters on the east side of Estevan. Jackie White, who spearheads the safety side of the company and is also on the board of directors, joined in. “We don’t use titles,� Devins said. So why is the company adding a third rig? “Demand. We’re getting lots of good responses for good people,� Devins said. “We’ve been getting calls for when a rig is available.� Two years ago, experienced rig hands were in extremely short supply. But with roughly 30 fewer rigs working

this past summer and fall compared to 2011, there are more people out there to hire, and good ones, too. Stampede didn’t have too many problems attracting people, though. White said, “We’ve always had a large pool. We know our guys.� Currently Stampede Drilling runs with four crews per rig, including a swing crew. “We run eight-hour shifts,� White said. “It is important, and it is about family.� She pointed to a recently posted photo in the reception area of the office showing a newborn baby in a Stampede Drilling onesie. “All Stampede babies get a onesie. This is about family. We all know where we came from.� Devins’ cellphone rang. When he returned, the smile, already big, was now ear-to-ear. “That was a nice phone call. We’ll keep a slot for him for Rig 3,� he said. On the other end of the line was a driller, with his own crew. A good crew, Devins pointed out. “It means we’re doing something really right with the guys we’ve got,� he said,

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When this philosophy, keeping everything the same, is applied to drilling rigs, it means a rig hand from Rig 1 can go to work on Rig 3 without familiarity issues. It also improves safety considerations. “That philosophy was developed sitting with Tom Wigget, Sr. He helped with the equipment philosophy and strategy. He’s been around the industry for 50 or 60 years. He’s a friend. We heard, and we’re going to listen,� Devins said. Therefore Stampede is looking at identically spec’d telescopic double rigs, with the same engines and drives. The design is by Hodgson Design. It has a 440,000-pound rating for the hook load. There will be two F-1000 pumps mated with Rouse Industries one speed clutches. There will be Caterpillar engines all the way around, including a Cat transmission. Indeed, the initial Stampede rigs were the first implementation of a Cat transmission on a drilling rig application of its type. That occurred as a result of a collaboration between Weyburn-based Rouse Industries and Caterpillar. “We’re pleased. We’re not deviating from it, that’s for sure,� Devins said. Mustang Controls’ pump alert system and control system will also be used on the new unit. The winter drilling season is just getting going, but Stampede is not going to rush to get its third rig out of the gate in time to catch the last few weeks of drilling. “To get the quality we require, we’re shooting for after road ban,� he said. “We want to take our time and ensure for our customers it is exactly what we told them. “ Stampede moved into its own, newly constructed shop south of Kramer Caterpillar last January. This provides them with the space to do the rig-up on their yard. Assembly will also provide work for their hands during the slow road ban season. White will also have time to train all the new hands to the company’s standards. The company has backed a local minor hockey team and donated to daycares in both Estevan and Carnduff. “Anything to do with kids,� Devins said. “We’re trying to contribute to the community, not just through jobs, but through donations and contributing our time as well.�

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range is huge,� Istace said. Essentially the pump can be sped up or slowed down as needed. “Everyone thinks ESPs are high volume lift applications. We’re getting better production down to 30 cubes (cubic metres) per day. ESPs are also more expensive than a sucker rod pump. But Istace noted, “Our prices have come down compared to what they were.� Part of the calculation is also in the longterm service requirements on that well. “We’re a service company, helping the producer optimize it and keep it running,� he said. “We’re on the production side. Existing wells all need to be optimized, and need to be kept running. HPS As for horizontal pumping systems, they are seen often in facility upgrades. “We are doing a lot of HPS. It’s a waterflood injection pump. Our goal is to get rid of the triplexes and positive displacement pumps, getting rid of the pulses.� Those pumps use a piston action, similar to a motor of a car. An HPS is a continual action. “Ours is continual volume and pressure. They’re quieter on the

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Sanjel holds health and safety fair in Estevan „ By Brian Zinchuk Estevan – On Sept. 19, Sanjel Corporation pulled out all the stops in its Health and Safety Fair held in Estevan Leisure Centre. Several hundred attended. Affinity Place was filled with displays from firefighters, police, safety ^Ä‚ŜŊĞů Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺ?ĚĞŜƚ ĂŜĚ K Ä‚ĆŒĹ?Ĺś DÄ‚Ä? ŽŜÄ‚ĹŻÄš Ć?ĆšĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?ÄžĆ? ƚŚĞ Ĺ?ĹľĆ‰Ĺ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚ĹśÄ?Äž ŽĨ companies, ambulance Ć?Ä‚ĨĞƚLJ ŜŽĆš ŽŜůLJ Ä‚Ćš Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹÍ• Ä?ƾƚ Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ĹšŽžÄž ĂŜĚ Ä?ŽžžƾŜĹ?ĆšÇ‡Í˜ /Ćš Ä?Ä‚Ĺś Ä?Äž Ä‚Ć? Ć?Ĺ?žƉůĞ Ä‚Ć? Ç ÄžÄ‚ĆŒĹ?ĹśĹ? services (oilfield and Ć?Ä‚ĨĞƚLJ Ä?ŽŽĆšĆ? Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ŇĹ?ƉŇŽƉĆ? Ç ĹšĹ?ĹŻÄž Ä?ƾƍŜĹ? Ĺ?ĆŒÄ‚Ć?Ć?Í• ŚĞ ŜŽĆšÄžÄšÍ˜ ,ÄžĆŒÄž Ĺ?Ć? ĹšĹ?Ć? ĹŻĹ?Ć?ƚĞŜĹ?ĹśĹ? ƚŽ health region). There ^ƉĞŜÄ?ÄžĆŒ ĞĂÄ?Ś͛Ć? Ć‰ĆŒÄžĆ?ĞŜƚĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ͘ were bouncy castlestyle play areas for children, and plenty of food. But between the facepainting and ball throws, there were also very serious messages about safety. Attendees could speak to a nurse, have their blood pressure checked, or sit in on a heart-wrenching presentation by Spencer Beach. Beach had endured horrific burns from a fire that occurred when he was stripping lino as a flooring worker. Within 20 seconds he received 3rd and 4th degree burns to 90 per cent of his body. He has since recovered and become a motivational speaker. Approximately 80 people sat in on his presentation. At its conclusion, they were offered a copy of his 306-637-3460 book, In Case Of Fire: Please Remain Calm

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Sanjel family in our commitment to safety,â€? he said. “Sanjel is here to engage the communities we work in. As a company, we’re absolutely committed to safety. In fact, our first strategic initiative is to increase safety. We can always better ourselves tomorrow from where we were today,â€? MacDonald said. “Our belief, from a business standpoint, is that we’re familyowned, we’re committed to the long-term, and we truly believe safety is the fundamental component of being successful for the long-term.â€? “It’s about encouraging everyone to be a safety leader, both within Sanjel, within Sanjel families, and within the communities we operate in.â€? They have hosted two health and safety fairs in Canada and two in the U.S. over the last two years. “We’re committing to three per year,â€? MacDonald said. ɸ Page B31

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special.� Sanjel has about 3,600 people working on their team. They have two main divisions – pressure pumping and completions. Within pressure pumping is cementing, coil tubing and fracturing. “We’ve been very pleased to engage the community. Part of our vision for our health and safety fairs is education. My hope would be everyone who attends leaves here and goes back home that much smarter. It just takes one, and one moment, where a safety leader recognizes something unsafe is about to happen and has the strength to say ‘Hey! That’s unsafe.’ If this causes that to happen, then it’s been a success.� “At the end of the day, the buy-in we’ve had from our people is tremendous, and the engagement with the community is excellent,� he concluded.

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this rod string and how much production you’re making.â€? As for pumps themselves, he said, “Some of the stuff we’re using in the Bakken we were using 20 years ago in Virden. The basic concept of the pump is the same as 20 years ago. “Some of the stuff we’re dealing with today includes frac sand eventually being produced – that and gas handling. There’s a lot of gas being produced in these horizontals.â€? Lester explained that in a vertical well, a pump could be placed below the gas level, but that’s often not the case with horizontals, and the pump will be sometimes moved lower into the build and then horizontal section. Older vertical wells had the pumps landed in the well hanging straight down and could last two to six years (and every field have cases of a pump running 20+ years, but these are the anomalies). ɸ Page B33

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ɺ Page B32 Today’s horizontal wells have the pumps landed anywhere from 20 degrees off vertical to as low in the well as 90 degrees. Yes, the pump is lying flat and stroking back and forth. When the pumps begin to wear, their efficiency or capacity to lift fluid declines and must be pulled out of the well for servicing. This requires a service rig, and the pump is sent to the pump shop where a technician performs a tear-down and inspection and repairs/replaces components accordingly. The company has

pump shops in Estevan, Carlyle, Virden, Weyburn, Moosomin and Melita. That means there’s a pump shop within less than an hour’s drive, and in many cases, less than half an hour, for almost the entire southeast Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba oilpatch. TS&M has 12 people in the Estevan pump shop, two of whom focus on automation. Lester noted that makes it convenient for the customer, because a pump can be pulled, fixed, and back on location quickly. And even if a different pump is sent

out, analyzing the pump that came out of the hole can say a lot about what’s going on with that well. “Pump tear-downs are crucial in analyzing well issues such as sand and gas handling,” Lester said. “We can look at the pump card and the pump and diagnose why the well was or wasn’t working, i.e. pounding on the top indicates the pump was set too low. “Pump shops have many high-tech tools that the trained technicians use to gauge and measure the inside and

outside of components, pressure test or vacuum test parts. “Typical tolerances we are talking about range from 4/1000ths to 10/1000ths of an inch (the thickness of one to three pages of this newspaper), so as the pumps wear and the tolerance becomes larger, the pumps begin to fail to lift fluid and must be pulled for service.” He added, “Developments in the pump business include continued look at different metallurgy (for resistance to corrosion), or harder surfaces for wear

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Brian Evans, vice-president and general counsel of CanEra spoke of training about local physicians and care providers outside the larger centres. The training unit will be taken around the province to improve the skills of those care providers that otherwise might not have a lot of exposure to trauma cases. David Evans of STARS said, “Donor support is absolutely integral to our organization. “From all of STARS, thank you. It allows us to be patient-centric and put patients first. It’s an emergency department in the air. “We always look to support organizations that

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