Pipeline News December 2013

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Striking Vantage Pipeline’s last weld Straddle plant to begin construction next summer Welder Dallin Cox, in brown, strikes the ceremonial last weld on the Vantage Pipeline where it crosses the CanadaUnited States border. Cox is ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůLJ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƩůĞĨŽƌĚ͘ Photo courtesy Vantage Pipeline

By Brian Zinchuk Pipeline News Calgary – On Oct. 30, workers on both sides of the 49th parallel gathered for the ceremonial last weld on the Vantage Pipeline, a new international pipeline that will transport ethane from Tioga, North Dakota to Empress, Alberta. From there it will tie into existing infrastructure for use in the Alberta petrochemicals industry. David Schmunk, chief operating officer for Vantage Pipeline Canada ULC, said, “All the mainline had been laid out in Canada and the U.S. a few days before.” Key partners in the design and construction were present for the ceremony. Dallin Cox, a welder from Battleford, performed the weld on the Canadian side of the border. A celebration was held on site. “We had close to 50 people,” said Schmunk. There were still some tie-ins remaining at that point. “We’ve got five miles of pipe to put in the ditch in the U.S., and pressure testing,” Schmunk said in early November. The pipeline is 700 kilometres in length, with a total distance in Canada of 578 kilometres. Of that, 504 kilometres is within or alongside existing pipeline and road rights-of-way. The $300-million line runs northwest from Tioga, crossing the international border just east of the intersection of the Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Montana borders. The line enters Canada near Beaubier, and goes westby-northwest along Highway 13, passing near Assiniboia and Shaunavon. Near Gardenhead, it makes a right turn and heads almost straight northwest to Empress on the other side of the Alberta border. The steel pipeline will be in high vapour pressure service. The maximum operating pressure will be 9,930 kilopascals (1,440 pounds per square inch). The Vantage project will have the capacity to transport 6,300 cubic metres per day (40,000 bpd) and will be expandable to 9,500 cubic metres per day (60,000 bpd) by adding two additional pump stations. Much of the Canadian construction happened late 2012, with three spreads working. Spread D, the final Canadian spread, ran 80 kilometres from Bengough to the U.S. border south of Oungre. Kelsey Pipelines of Saskatoon had the contract for Spread D. November was spent getting the line ready for service. “We’ll be commissioning the first week of December. It’ll take us two weeks,” Schmunk said. “It’s scheduled to come on the end of this year or early next year.” Vantage Pipeline Canada ULC and Mistral Energy Inc. have the same ownership. Mistral provides management for both. Vantage is 100 per cent owned by

Riverstone Holdings, an equity firm out of New York. Straddle plant Completion of the pipeline is not the end, however, far from it. Vantage and Mistral will be feeding that pipeline with Saskatchewan-sourced ethane as well. “We’re working on a project to build a straddle plant near Weyburn, to straddle the TransGas line,” he said. TransGas is the SaskEnergy subsidiary that handles their transmission system. The straddle plant will remove valuable natural gas liquids, or NGLs, from the TransGas line. The extracted ethane will then travel down a 100-kilometre long, four-inch wide pipeline from the straddle plant to tie into the Vantage Pipeline near where it crosses the U.S. border. Schmunk referred to the new facility as a “deep cut” plant. It will be near Crescent Point Energy Corp.’s Viewfield plant, which is south of Stoughton. The facility will process 60 million cubic feet per day, stripping out ethane, propane, butane and condensate. The ethane will be pipelined, but the remaining NGLs will be trucked or go by rail to market. Mistral Midstream is 90 per cent owner of the facility, with SaskEnergy owning the remaining 10 per cent. There’s a similar ownership mix for the planned four-inch pipeline. The $72.5 million facility was announced on Sept. 3. SaskEnergy’s participation is through its subsidiary, Bayhurst Energy Services Corporation (BESCO). “This project with SaskEnergy provides the opportunity for Mistral Midstream, already a major investor in energy infrastructure in Saskatchewan, to play a unique role in our economy with a facility that develops ethane and other natural gas liquids that are in high demand by the market in Western Canada,” Doug Kelln, president and CEO of SaskEnergy, said in a press release in September. “BESCO’s additional investment in this project will enhance provincial infrastructure that supports the supply of natural gas from southeast Saskatchewan to SaskEnergy’s growing residential, business and industrial customer base.” This project will provide SaskEnergy with revenue sources related to accessing gas for extraction, the amount of NGLs produced by the plant, and the increased volume of natural gas delivered on the system. “As oil and gas producers develop the Bakken play, it is important that the infrastructure that supports this investment in Saskatchewan provides sustainable market access and value to all stakeholders,” said Terry Killackey, CEO of Mistral Midstream. “Our venture with BESCO, which targets NGLs, will be an important element of the hydrocarbon value chain that is being established in Saskatchewan.” “If everything goes right, we want to start next July with the plant, and in August with the pipeline,” Schmunk said. ɸ Page A9

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BRIEFS Manitoba wraps up land sale schedule Manitoba held its fourth and final auction of Crown land for 2013. The province finished the year with a $394,042 November land sale on 575.35 hectares at an average price of $684.88, which was the highest average price at any of the four sales this year. At the sale, Scott Land & Lease Ltd. paid the highest price per-hectare for a 64-hectare parcel located in the Pierson area. The firm paid $2,017 per hectare, and a bonus of $129,063, for the southeast quarter of section 22 at 1-27W1. Scott Land & Lease produced the bonus high bid of $130,127 for a 128-hectare lease. The broker paid an average of $1,017 for the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of section 16 at 1-27W1. The province experienced a significant drop in land sale revenue this year. It attracted $2.03 million and sold 4,078.97 hectares at an average of $498.90. In 2012, producers paid $11.31 million for 19,433.18 hectares at an average price of $581.84. The next Crown land sale will be held on Feb. 12, 2014.

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PSAC addressing fracking issues „ By Brian Zinchuk Carlyle – On Oct. 10, approximately 60 people attended a public session on hydraulic fracturing, put on by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada. Mark Salkeld, president of PSAC, was one of several speakers to address the well stimulation practice that has become contentious in recent years. Other speakers included representatives of Element Technical Services, a relatively new hydraulic fracturing company that served as host of the event. There were several representatives present from the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Manitoba Petroleum Branch, as well as local oil producing companies. Salkeld noted PSAC is a not-for-profit, national trade association and advocacy group. Established in the 1980s due to the National Energy Program, it has 260 companies as members, employing 80,000 people. Its membership includes large and small companies. “It’s about supporting oilfield services, the entrepreneurs and communities,� he said. Those in turn help communities, the provinces and Canada as a whole. “We’re the guys in the field when the rubber meets the road. Salkeld noted the high number of wells that are now hydraulically fractured. CAPP, or the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, has developed hydraulic fracturing principals. PSAC’s principles are broader, and in support of CAPP’s. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is not a new process, according to Salkeld. It was developed in the United States in the

1940s, and brought to Canada in the 1950s. “The only difference is we’re getting extremely good at it,â€? he said. Salkeld spoke of scientific protocols and using environmentally-friendly chemistry, plus the usage of simulators to plan and test fracs. “The fact is, our member companies are committed to continuously improve because they have to. It’s true this, like many other industries, is highly competitive. It’s not just competition that motivates hydraulic fracturing companies to be safe and more effiecient and more environmentally friendly. If a company doesn’t perform at the highest level at each and every fracturing operation, they can risk the well, the local environment, the community and their reputation. Our member companies are simply not going to take that risk,â€? Salkeld said. The first successful frac in Canada was done in 1953 in Drayton Valley. Since then the industry has gone from steampowered rigs to A/C powered rigs with touch screens. “We’ve come an amazing distance in 60 years,â€? he said. In 2013 Saskatchewan was expected to have 3,100 wells drilled. That’s down from 4,000 in 2008, but horizontal wells now account for 60 per cent of our wells, and production has increased. The requirement for hydraulic fracturing increases as permeability decreases. During a frac, fluid is pumped in at high pressure to fracture the surrounding rock. Proppant, usually sand, keeps those fractures open and allows the well to produce. ɸ Page A10

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Pony drills at Flat Lake

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. continued to develop its Montney natural gas assets in northeastern B.C. during the third quarter of 2013, posting revenue and production increases for the quarter, while boosting production performance thanks to ball-drop completion technology. The company’s average production in Q3 2013 totalled 8,925 boe per day, compared to 6,327 boe per day during Q3 2012. For the first nine months of the year, the company’s average production totalled 8,484 boe per day, compared to 6,355 boe per day for the same time period last year. In Saskatchewan, Painted Pony has participated in the drilling of three (1.4 net) wells to date in 2013, including two (0.8 net) Bakken wells at Flat Lake. The company continues to maintain an inventory of light oil opportunities in the province, focusing on developing lower-risk projects. The company expects to drill a further five (3.1 net) wells during the balance of 2013. These wells will target a mix of plays, including the Bakken, Frobisher and Midale zones.

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We can’t lose WKLV Ă€JKW In the world of public relations, there’s a lot to be said about “getting in front of this thing,â€? whatever that thing may be. There have been some startling successes in recent years, and just as startling failures. Maple Leaf Foods produced contaminated meat that actually killed people. Yet its CEO was contrite and, how do we say this, human, about it, and Maple Leaf survived the crises. On the other end of the spectrum, we have TransCanada and the Keystone XL pipeline. The opponents framed the debate, and it is still a quagmire. The United States spent less time fighting the Second World War than they have studying this pipeline. Enbridge, too, seemed to be heading for defeat on the Northern Gateway pipeline, despite having the prime minister firmly backing it. In failing to get the government of British Columbia on board from the start, the entire project has been put in serious jeopardy. Now we are seeing similar battles with regards to hydraulic fracturing. First Nations people actually torched a half dozen Mountie vehicles in New Brunswick during a protest against fracking. That should be setting off alarm bells for the entire industry. Other jurisdictions, like Newfoundland and Labrador, are banning it altogether. Never mind that the only reason Newfoundland has been able to pull itself out of generational poverty and havenot status is due to oil – they’re “shutting the door on hydraulic fracturing applications while it reviews regulations and consults residents,â€? as the Globe and Mail put it. One wonders if there might be shale formations accessible from the Hibernia platform. If so, would

they change their mind in a hurry? Documentaries like Gasland and Gasland 2 cannot be ignored. Their concerns, like what goes into frac fluid, flaming taps and frac jobs gone bad, must be addressed. To ignore this would be to invite Keystone XL-type resistance. The most important way to do this is through industry best practices. But best practices aren’t as eye-catching as flaming taps, so more has to be done. The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has realized this, and begun to tackle this daunting task. Part of their game plan is to get out in front of the public. In early October, they held a greatly informative session at Element Technical Services in Carlyle. Those who attended got to see the equipment up close, and see just what goes into frac fluid in the lab. One of the most effective displays was a vertical banner showing, to scale, what a fracked horizontal well looks like in this area. The drinking water formations were in the first eight or so inches from the top. The horizontal leg was at the bottom. This banner was two stories tall. So yes, the geological formations that have kept oil and gas in place underground for hundreds of millions of years will likely keep frac fluid underground for a similar length of time. But the biggest concern is wellbore integrity. The wellbores are the express train to the surface. That is the biggest concern, one rarely spoken about. The quality of the cement jobs performed will be paramount in addressing concerns on fracking. In the public’s mind, the only way to win this fight is through hard work and commitment to quality. Hopefully PSAC’s recently released hydraulic fracturing code of conduct for the oil and gas service sector will go a long ways in this regard. This is a fight our industry cannot afford to lose.

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Losing a steelmaking plant is a loss for Canada While the former-Stelco, now U.S. Steel, Hilton Works in Hamilton, did not produce much, if any, steel directly for the oilpatch, its shutting down this fall is a blow to Canada. In Western Canada, we have Russian-based Evraz, formerly Ipsco, in Regina. In Edmonton, there’s AltaSteel, now owned by Australian-based Arrium. AltaSteel was once part of Stelco, but was spun off in 1992. The product of these plants sees substantial usage in the oilpatch. In particular, the associated pipe mill in Regina has produced much of the big-inch pipeline that’s been installed in Western Canada over the years. Steel is important. Without it, we can’t drill wells and case them. We can’t build drilling rigs, or service rigs, or pickup trucks. Without steel, there is no oilpatch. That was the point of our focus in August 2009, which can be found at http://pipelinenews.ca/ Newspaper/2009_10/2009_10_section_a.pdf. I spoke with Erin Weir, former Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate, whose day job is being an economist with the United Steelworkers Canadian office, the union ensconced in the production of steel in Canada. He was on the CBC News Network in late October discussing the importance of steel production in Canada. When his opponent resorted to calling him a “Bolshevik,” you knew that Weir had won. Name-calling automatically means you’ve lost a debate. Speaking on the phone from Toronto, Weir pointed out to me that, until 2006-7, steelmaking

capacity in this country was domestically owned. But in the space of two years, all steelmaking plants were snapped up by foreign owners. In the case of Stelco, the largest, with two blast furnaces, U.S. Steel was the new owner. As part of its takeover, U.S. Steel promised to keep producing steel in Hamilton and to maintain jobs. It’s clear that by shutting down the plant, it will do neither. My argument is that this is a clear case of contract law – U.S. Steel entered into a contract with the Government of Canada, and has since broken that contract. Weir points to the lack of response by the federal government, saying, “It sets a terrible precedent for all the other foreign-owned steel mills that are subject to recent Investment Canada Act commitments.” Once these facilities shut down, they are not rebuilt or replaced. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. According to Weir, Canada imported $12.2 billion in steel in 2012, a number second only to 2008, during the commodity boom, when the price of steel was high. We import most of our steel from the United States, and essentially all of our exported steel goes there. There’s almost a $1 billion trade deficit in that regard. In 2012, we also imported steel worth $1 billion from China, $400 million from Japan and $300 million from South Korea. We exported only $100 million of steel to all three of those countries combined. Well-known economist Jeff Rubin has made

great hay about the fact that, as oil prices go up, transportation costs rise and trading big, heavy goods across oceans becomes less attractive. “Your world is about to get a whole lot smaller,” is Rubin’s tagline, which he reiterated at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Regina last May. Weir concurs with Rubin on that point. He questions how it makes sense for iron ore to be shipped from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea, where it is turned into steel, only to be shipped across the Pacific to Canada. I pointed out to Weir that, in the meantime, Canada has substantial iron ore deposits in Quebec, Labrador and Nunavut, oodles of energy to make it into steel, and yet we’re shutting down steel plants here, only to import it from elsewhere? “I have a hard time thinking it makes sense,” Weir said. As for a reason behind this reality, Weir pointed to those Asian nations’ industrial policies, currency manipulation and subsidies. “It’s very expensive to transport iron ore and steel,” he said, noting they are heavy and bulky. Steelmaking plants are rarer than oil refineries in Canada. Losing one is a great loss to our economy, one we are likely never to see return. Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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When Lloydminster hosts Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada from Jan. 14-18, an annual broadcast produced by CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, the focus of activities will be on the game of hockey. Maybe Ron MacLean who hosts the broadcast or commentator Don Cherry will say a word or two about the hundreds of volunteers who make these events a success. Volunteers tend to have a passion for getting involved to support causes and events that matter to them. They make an impact on our communities. The average number of hours volunteered per year in Alberta is 140, with Albertans aged 35 to 44-years-old volunteering more than any other age group. The same volunteer profile is likely in Saskatchewan which has a young demographic led by the oil and gas industry and a passion for hockey. Not surprisingly, in hockey-mad communities such as Lloydminster, Estevan, Kindersley or any town included in our readership area, many volunteers have roots in the oilfield. There will be over 350 volunteers for a combined five-day Hockey Day in Canada and winter festival in Lloydminster with most of the volunteers coming from families that earn their living from the oilfield.

Former mayor Jeff Mulligan spoke about the strength of volunteerism in a recruitment call in June 2012 when the event was to have taken place in February 2013 until the NHL player lockout postponed it until 2014. “Not only does Lloydminster have a rich hockey history, but the community has a rich legacy of volunteerism that will only grow and continue to shine with Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2013,” said Mulligan. “Hockey Day in Canada is an opportunity for residents of all walks of life to work together to build on that legacy and establish Lloydminster as a destination of choice for future events. “Committed volunteers are integral to the success of this annual celebration of hockey.” Mulligan’s words apply to just about every community that we cover, with coaches and officials stepping forward from the ranks of the oil industry to lend their support to local sports and causes. Many oil and gas companies also volunteer to become sponsors and advertisers as well as major donors to teams, organizations and facilities. Volunteers help with fundraising. As board members, they govern organizations. When the Kindersley West Central Events Centre arena burned to the ground in 2010, local oil and gas companies volunteered their time, equipment and expertise to help put out the fire

and lead a rebuilding campaign. Volunteerism seems to be a healthy character of the oil and gas industry and the game of hockey, a link that goes largely unnoticed like those unsung hockey heroes that Don Cherry likes to talk up. Hockey Day in Canada is a perfect opportunity to drop the puck for unsung volunteers. Why wait for national Volunteer Week that starts April 6 to celebrate the core of volunteers who come from the oil and gas sector? Hockey Day organizers have the same mindset and will outfit all volunteers with sponsored apparel to recognize their contribution to the success of the event. More recognition is likely, judging by the TV audience numbers for 13 hours of planned broadcasting that includes two segments celebrating the game along with a few scheduled NHL games. Last year, nearly 800,000 viewers watched the feature segments, while a total of 4.92 million people watched three televised games on Hockey Day in Canada. Although they are not seeking recognition, maybe a large capital V on the uniforms of volunteers would help to distinguish these folks during the TV coverage. They are unsung heroes who donate their time and energy at the community level to our national game.

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wounded soldier for 5 nights in his hospital bed. This dog, named Smoky, continued his work as a therapy dog for 12 years, even after the war had ended. Many consultants in the patch take their dogs to work, an unofficial kind of dog therapy. I have met bulldogs, pugs, German shepherds, yellow labs, and even a Pekinese in the course of delivering goods to the leases. I find it therapeutic to pet these animals while there. I can only imagine how well these dogs help their owners and those on the leases survive the stress and the long hours away from families. Bear and Jake, our chocolate Lab, though not routinely taken along to work, were taken by me on one hot shot trip to Red Deer to deliver some specialized tubing, when there was going to be no one at home for to care for them while I was gone. They were good company on that long trip. My thoughts came back to the present. I called the vet, and we arranged to meet. My son, now grown, came over and carried 65 pound Bear to the truck and drove us to the clinic. After a consultation, Bear was given an IV for hydration, some meds, and food, which of course, he ate enthusiastically. Bear is in a fight for his life, not the first. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and given a year to live, seven years ago. He is now an old boy at 13.5 years, making him an impressive 85 in human years. I don’t know what his prognosis is but we will handle that together. I can say with conviction that there are longterm benefits of good therapy. I am a better person than I was 11 years ago. Dog therapy has been pawsitively great! Nadine lives in Estevan with her husband and family, and shifted gears a few years ago, becoming a hot shot driver for the oil patch. 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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New pipeline runs from south to north

Workers from both sides of the border gather to celebrate the ceremonial last weld on the Vantage Pipeline. Photo courtesy Vantage Pipeline

Éş Page A3 Second pipeline in the works As it turns out, there is a lot of associated gas

being produced at the other end of the pipeline, in the Flat Lake area. With no gathering system, there’s little option but to flare it. Since a ditch is being dug anyway, Mistral is seeking to put a sec-

Why is ethane important? Ethane is used as a feedstock for the world scale petro-chemical facilities that are located in Alberta. At these facilities, ethane is converted to ethylene. Ethylene is the building block for a wide range of consumer and industrial products, such as plastics, antifreeze, rubber, detergents, and solvents. At atmospheric pressure, ethane exists as a gas and has similar characteristics to natural gas: it is colourless, odourless, non-corrosive, flammable and lighter than air. The whole Bakken area is very rich in ethane, David Schmunk ,chief operating officer for Vantage Pipeline ULC, said when the pipeline was first announced. Up to 20 per cent of its solution gas being composed of ethane. It typically remains in the natural gas, and is sold at a much lower rate than what it can get once stripped out.

ond pipe in it, with the flow running in the opposite direction. While the first pipeline would carry ethane from Stoughton to Flat Lake, the second line would carry associated gas from Flat Lake to Stoughton. Schmunk said they are looking at probably an eight-inch line as the second line. “Once the ditch is dug, 60 per cent of the work is done. We’re knocking on doors of producers in the area.� Recent changes to venting and flaring regulations are incentivizing producers to do something with their associated gas. Schmunk said “It is hopefully motivated by economics. Most of the producers want to conserve the gas and do the right thing.� Thus the argument behind the gas line would be both economics and “doing the right thing.� Asked about how long it would take to build these projects, Schmunk said, “Normally it’s 18 months. We think we can do it in 14.�

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go into fracked wells in Alberta and British Columbia. PSAC is encouraging other provinces to do the same. “While additives are listed, the specific recipe is proprietary. Everything used is reported on, just not the exact amounts.� Fracturing takes place a long way down, with many layers of solid rock between it and the surface. Pad drilling allows upwards of 16 wells per pad, resulting in far less surface footprints. “The marriage of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling is the great leap forward,� Salkeld said.

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In speaking to communities in similar sessions, Salkeld said the No. 1 theme is preservation of fresh water. The secondary concern is the additives used in fracking. “We’ve heard we need to foster innovation and continuous improvements, reducing the impacts on the local environment.� Ed Tetzlaff, a farmer from Alameda, said, “I came here because I heard so much rumours and press items, I didn’t take too seriously. I came to find out the procedures, and is there truth to the environmental

impacts. Thus far, I don’t see harm to it. Maybe there are concerns in other areas of the province.� Tetzlaff has two wells on his land, whick were drilled in 1979. He’s not expecting any more development on his land. June Greggor, administrator of the RM of Pipestone, Man., said, “I thought it was very interesting and informative about the business these fellows are in. “The only concern I’ve had is a concern with the use of fresh water for fracking.� After the presenta-

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struction. “We have 24 hours security, and we have next to no problems.� “We have had some problems within our camp, but we deal with them with our security,� Bentham said. “Our camp is not a dry camp. We allow our end user clients to drink in the confines of their rooms, but not in the common areas. If we find them (outside their rooms) they are subject to discipline, including expulsion from our camp and their employers will terminate their employment.� Betteridge pointed out they have agreements with employers who book the rooms, and any issues go back to those employers. “There’s only been one time we’ve called the RCMP. We have zero tolerance for any misconduct in our facility. Employers who have put people in there have been supportive. They’ve said, if we have a problem, give them a

call, and they will take care of it.� ATCO has approximately 200 beds. Jeff Silva, manager of the recently-opened 349 bed PTI Boundary Lodge, said, “Likewise, in our short existence as well, we haven’t had any problems with our clients. We have very, very strict policies in regards to conduct as well. We have a zero tolerance policy for any sort infraction.� PTI has similar arrangements with its client companies. Scouting out the competition Silva said, “I will say one thing today. This is more directed to those of you questioning the organization coming

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into the community, and a lack of professional integrity on their part. They’ve actually visited our lodge under false pretense ‌â€? “Ours, too,â€? Betteridge added. â€œâ€Ś Basically claiming they were a client, looking for rooms. They’ve visited our lodge close to seven or eight times now, to the point where we cut them off,â€? Silva said. “I actually gave them tours of our lodge. It came to light they were actually not being truthful. That’s something we take seriously in our company. We operated all over the country and in the U.S. Our parent company is Texas Oil States

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International. We’ve been in the game for a long time. That type of conduct concerns me. It speaks to the level of professionalism they will bring with them. We have several layers of our organization. We have close ties to the community. We have strong ties to the Aboriginal community in this field. We wouldn’t operate like that. I wanted to state that, now, that this did occur prior, and it’s important for council to know that’s the kind of behaviour this organization brings.� “I do question if

that integrity will follow if this all comes to fruition.â€? ATCO’s Bentham said, “We’ve had the same experience as well. If you have to go another camp to see how they operate, what are your standard operating procedures? Do you know how to operate a camp? Do you have sewage and security?â€? ATCO and PTI are not fly-by-night companies, he added. “We operate all over the world. This is not new to us. We take pride in our facilities.â€? ɸ Page A12

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replied that typically they are in remote areas, but PTI has facilities in Waskada, Man., and within the town of Redvers. They are open camps, operated more like a hotel. There are very few, he said, in answering her question. Councillor Doug Blue noted PTI is opening a camp within the town of Melita, Man. Gibson said, “We’re not looking at putting a camp in an industrial area, but next to people’s homes. They’ve moved it across the highway, but the last I checked, the highway is not a wall.� Tara Christensen presented a petition with over 80 names on it indicating they were

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He said council told the proponents that their usage was not appropriate for the agricultural district zoning in that location. Also, since the new site didn’t have highway access, there would have been too much traffic on the four miles of road needed to reach pavement. “No one came out in favour. They’ve never come before council to explain the plan,� Lafrentz said. “We had had a fair bit of discussion on it. When highway access was taken away, it was not a good fit,� Lefrentz concluded.

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manager Ron Deringer. A second coil tubing unit is under construction and is expected to go into operation in the first quarter of 2014. “It’s a big one, a deep unit,� he said. The derrick is 53 feet tall. Having their own coil tubing unit is very important, he said, as oil companies want “one banner,� and one invoice. It takes about four people to run a coil tubing unit. Millennium Stimulation currently has 55 people and is hiring. In the meantime, early November saw piles pounded for its new frac sand facility under construction on the west side of Estevan. Located at the end of Breeze Street in what is actually the RM

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Addressing concerns about fracking: Element Technical Services „ By Brian Zinchuk Carlyle – Element Technical Services played host to the Petroleum Services Association of Canada’s frac awareness event on Oct. 10 in Carlyle. Element is privately held with about a dozen local shareholders. The management team and board owns the majority of the company. It’s about as grassroots as you can get in the hydraulic fracturing business. Brandon Swertz, chairman, and Ryan Birnie, vice-president of operations, sat down with Pipeline

News during the events to discuss how they operate, and address some of the concerns of the public. “We’re both from down here. We’re one of a handful of start-up grassroots frac companies ever done since the mid-90s. Ryan’s background is on that side. He and I came together with a few other local businessmen in 2010 and started working on bringing this together,� said Swertz. The company started operations March 7, 2012. “I worked at BJ Services/Baker Hughes for 11 years. I stared wellsite supervising a lot of fracs go-

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Éş Page A14 Water usage is a big issue for the public. “The average usage for fresh water on a well is 350 to 400 cubes (cubic metres). That’s been cut in half in the last four to five years due to new completion methods,â€? Birnie said, citing examples in the Viewfield Bakken. “Four or five years ago, that figure probably would have been 700 to 900. It lets you know how technologies have reduced the use of fresh water. We’ve also reduced the additives as well. “The biggest thing is we’re not pumping down three-and-a-half or four-and-a-half-inch casing anymore that has way greater volumes. We’re pumping through between two-and-threeeighths and two-andseven-eighths-inch coil. It allows us to reduce our fresh water usage by 40 to 50 per cent.â€?

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Ketch Energy. Ketch was headed by Grant Fagerheim (from Estevan) as CEO, while Charron was the chief financial officer. “We got together in 2000 and grew it to about 12,000 BOE per day, and then we took 10,000 of those BOEs and merged with Acclaim Energy Trust, and we took 2,000 BOE and spun it off into Ketch Resources. That’s when I became CEO of Acclaim Energy Trust,� he said. “About that time we were about 14,000, 15,000 BOE per day, reasonably large.� “We grew it quite significantly. We did a number of transactions over a short period of time, and grew it from about 15,000 BOE per day, to about 75,000, and merged it into PennWest. “Interestingly enough, as we were growing, we merged Acclaim with Star Point. Star Point had acquired some assets here in southeast Saskatchewan. We merged with Star Point and changed the name to Canetic Resources Trust. That basically doubled the size of the company. We closed that transaction in early 2006.� Canetic was ul-

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teams iterate new companies so fast, Villanova’s current name is Villanova 4 Oil Corp. “We’re not very original, so we kept the name,� he said. CanEra Energy was formed in the fall of

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Roughly 60 wells planned by breakup for CanEra Energy ɺ Page A17 Those properties are in the Benson and Hardy areas. At Hardy, in the Minton area, they are producing around 700 to 1,000 barrels per day. “We were quite happy to get back into southeast Saskatchewan and quite happy to have light oil as our base. We started to look for other opportunities in southeast Saskatchewan. We acquired a little company called Torquay.” It had about 300 barrels per day production. “Gas was not good, the future didn’t look great for gas. We did look at some gas properties, but we were nervous about gas. We were happy when oil properties came up. The company picked up a little bit of production at Kingsford, and then came the PennWest acquisition. PennWest Exploration was exiting southeast Saskatchewan in 2012 to focus on other

areas. The deal was closed in December 2012. The deal was for around 3,700 boepd. Renegade Petroleum bought the other portion of PennWest’s assets that were up for sale in the region. CanEra has about 9,000 barrels per day production, 97 per cent is oil, and it’s all in southeast Saskatchewan. Their field office is in Estevan. Dallas-based Natural Gas Partners and Riverstone Holdings of New York are the two private equity firms that hold about 94 to 95 per cent of the company. Both are pure energy players. “They’re good partners,” Charron said. The remaining ownership is within the hands of management. Since the company is not public, Charron said it’s hard to say exactly what they are worth. The net asset value at the end of 2012 was $1.50 to $1.75 on 425 million shares ($637.5 million to $743.8 million).

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Éş Page A20 “We’re pretty happy to have three rigs running right now in southeast Saskatchewan, and we’re going to add a fourth here shortly for another three or four wells we’d like to drill by the end of the year. “We’re very active, and we’re going to continue to be active, because we think there’s great opportunities in the asset base. “We also look for additional acquisition opportunities on our mapsheet,â€? he said, referring to properties in the same general area. From breakup-tobreakup, in 2013 the company is expecting to drill around 60 wells by spring 2014. About 26 have been drilled by mid-October. With new production coming on, they’re building pipelines and turning around the Hardy battery, adding some space. Several pipeline crews are tying in production from recently drilled wells. “Our program in 2012 was more Bakken-

related. That’s not where we believe our future is. We believe our future is Mississippian conventional oil opportunities,� Charron said. Mississippian formations are more complicated, and require more technical work. “We have spent a bunch of time remapping all the pools picked up in our transactions,� he said. All wells are now horizontal. He noted Bakken wells declines a little more quickly, and can be less predictable. Mississippian is cheaper to drill, has more predictable production, and declines at a significantly better rate. Waterflooding will be looked at as well, i.e. in the Tatagawa area. Charron said 2014 will be much like 2013 “We’re looking to be active, and probably spend in the neighbourhood

of $130 to $160 million, round numbers, and looking to drill 60 to 80 wells over the course of the year throughout our asset base. “One of the most important things for me is we’ve put together a great team, in Estevan, here in Saskatchewan in the field, and a great team in Calgary. We’re very strong technically and very committed. It’s really fun to work with them all.� The company has 45 to 50 people working in Saskatchewan, and another 45 to 50 in Calgary.

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Weyburn – As the Boundary Dam carbon capture project nears completion, so too does the pipeline that will carry its product from the power station to Goodwater, where it will be injected into the Cenovus-operated Weyburn Unit. Cenovus owns 62.1 per cent of the Weyburn Unit, with 23 other partners owning the remainder. Twila Walkeden, senior adviser for Community Relations with Cenovus Energy Inc., said on Nov. 6, “We’re still in the construction phase, but we’re nearing completion. Right now we’re doing road bores.â€? The Rafferty CO2 project includes 66 kilometres of pipe belonging to Cenovus, and a few more kilometres belonging to SaskPower on the SaskPower lands surrounding Boundary Dam Power Station. There are approximately 70 road crossings. Road bores and the associated tie-ins were the last portions of pipe that needed to be completed. “We hope to be done by Christmas,â€? Walkeden said. “Where we’ve laid pipeline in the ground, it’s completely remediated. You couldn’t tell we were there. It looks like cultivated land.â€? Getting done before winter really set in was a big objective for the project, especially since in the Torquay area, farmers are early seeders. The company did not want to delay seeding for those farmers. Even so, if there is a reduction in crop, the affected farmers will be compensated, she noted. Construction on the project started in early July. Walkeden noted that compared to typical oil pipelines, CO2 pipelines

are specialized, with special welding techniques and special pipe. “The welding challenged us. That process was a lot slower. “When at all possible, we strive to use local contractors,� she said. The contract was awarded via a bid process. At its peak in August there were 150 people working on the line. That just happened to be during a heat wave, she noted. This pipeline will be the second of its type in the area. The first, the Souris Valley Pipeline, runs 330 kilometres from Beulah, North Dakota, to the main Cenovus plant at Goodwater. There has never been a leak on the Souris Valley Pipeline, Walkeden said. “We can detect drops in pressure very easily. If something did happen, natural mercaptan would be detected.� The line from Beulah is 97 per cent pure, with the remaining three per cent being sour hydrogen sulphide. The new Rafferty Pipeline will carry pure carbon dioxide, and will not be sour. The plan is to keep expanding carbon dioxide flooding within the Weyburn unit. Walkeden said, “We’ve pretty much covered the western edge of the field. The expansion is to the east.� They’ve crossed the Souris River and are working towards Halbrite. “Now we’re just waiting for the CO2 to come down the pipeline,� she said. As for how important the carbon dioxide is to the Weyburn unit, Walkeden explained, “We’re producing 26,000 barrels per day now. Without CO2, it would probably be between 10,000 and 12,000. “It depends how the rest of the field responds. Our long-term plans are 15 years in the future.�

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the power plant side of the project. The blog, with no name attributed, noted, “The new construction portion, the carbon capture project, is actually forecast to be under budget. However, the refurbishment of our 50 year old power plant has presented some unexpected challenges. This puts the total project at about $115 million, or nine per cent, over budget. “We’ll be closely

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only choice is to spend the extra money to make sure the job is done right. You can’t cut corners. “Project scope changes that weren’t anticipated included $25 million for steel reinforcement in the building and boiler, $30 million for lead paint and asbestos removal and $35 million in engineering changes that were unforeseen until we opened up the plant and saw exactly what needed to be done.� The posting noted

SaskPower has faced significant labour pressures, not unlike many private sector companies undertaking major projects. “We’re in a robust economic environment – there’s simply more work than there are workers,� it said. “We have been keeping a close watch on costs all along the way, and the reality is this couldn’t be avoided despite our best forecasts and ongoing management. X Page A25

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factored money into that for our 10 year plan. Over the next three years, we will be looking at first of all completing Boundary Dam 3. The capture facility is done and is under budget. We’re starting to take it over and commission it. “The power facility will be completed and production beginning in the beginning of the year. It has had some surprises – the $115 million we talked about. However, we know how to run power plants. “We’ve factored in anything that will involve 4 and 5, and anything for the next three years will be taken care of,� Watson said.

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gas producing asset in exchange for a highlyprospective, strategic asset in heart of Eye Hill East in the quarter. Average quarterly oil production increased to 283 barrels of oil per day from 248 bpd in the previous quarter, while natural gas production declined due to natural declines and asset dispositions. “We have enjoyed another excellent, record quarter,� said Brad Nichol, Edge’s chief executive. Nichol pointed to their industry leading profit to investment ratio for helping the company to generate significantly more cash from their properties than other most operators. “This has been demonstrated by our production results in Eye Hill,� he said. “Our ability to

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W Page A32 Bandit does much of its work with Fast Trucking of Carnduff and Regulators Oilfield Hauling which has a station in Melita, Man. “We have six drivers and we have three office staff,� said Sherry. “We had outgrown our old shop. We needed a place for offices. We needed a safety co-ordinator.� They kept the old shop on the west side of Carnduff, renting it out to Fast. “We didn’t see any need to get rid of it. Everything’s moved to the new building, even the three-legged cat,� she said. “I love it. I love having the offices there.� Sherry noted she gets to see the staff and talk to the drivers, now that she is no longer working out of their home. She also gets to have a bit of separation between life and work, with work staying at the office. But for Scooter, she added, “it’s 24/7� “I can enjoy our new home.� As for the addition

of a safety co-ordinator, Sherry said, “We needed someone to keep up with ISNetworld and ComplyWorks. We get e-mails every day. " With her background in marketing, Kara has been able to put some effort into that end as well. Sherry said, “Kara has set up the website. “ Getting back to the shop, Scooter said, “We built what we could afford. Now it’s too small.� “I built that shop so that I can add onto the west. We can (currently) get 12 trucks in if we need.� Sherry said, “It’s hard to expand because it’s hard to get good drivers.� “We could have work for five more trucks, but we can’t get drivers,� Scooter said. As it is with almost every other oilpatch company in the area, housing is a major constraint. “We have two guys from out of town. Trying to find a place for them was a nightmare,�

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A cement truck is necessary to cement the conductor pipe into the ground, with the cement going outside the pipe. The new building, with seven bays, can accommodate the whole fleet. There’s a wash bay at the end, and a wash wand is planned for the outside as well. Trobert would like to eventually build a second building for sand and gravel storage, and to put the

cement trucks in. The entire investment is approximately $1.7 million, not counting landscaping. The location is also prime, especially for the future. “It’ll be easy access if that bypass ever goes in,� Trobert said. “It’s a nice area here. We’ve got blacktop over to here,� he said, noting they are a short distance from pavement. Trobert is 64, but he’s expanding, not slowing down. Does he plan to retire soon? “Not soon, no,� he replied.

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everybody is living in Saskatchewan, but everybody originated from Saskatchewan,� he said. The company has been applying for five years or more to make the list. “It’s great we’ve got 96. It’s pretty exciting,� Eddy said. “We supply downhole equipment and personnel to drill and measure deviated directional horizontal wells in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and North Dakota. We’ve drilled over 1,500 horizontal wells in the last eight years. We expanded into North Dakota two years ago. “It’s just going fantastic.� North Dakota wells tend to be deeper, and thus take longer to drill. “When we started, they were quite long wells. Now we’ve got them down to actually as fast as Saskatchewan, maybe faster. We’re down to 12 to 16 days, depending on the depth.� Much of their work is 10 miles south of the border. “We run four rigs there right now. That’s the best of the four,� Eddy said. The work is in Burke and Divide Counties. It’s similar to work done on the Saskatchewan side of the border. They haven’t had

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have three Jacuzzi king rooms, 36 double queens, 13 king suites and four barrier-free rooms. Compared to the previous hotels, they will also have larger rooms. “For long-term stay guests, it’s nicer to have bigger, more spacious rooms,� Eagan said. The total floor space goes from 30,000 square feet to about 45,000 square feet. With the additional space, the new hotels gain a third floor, and thus an elevator. As for what has driven demand for new

Each hotel’s restaurant and lounge will be able to seat 70, and will be open to the public. As for other amenities, the gymnasium will quadruple in size compared to the Stoughton and Esterhazy hotels. The gymsinclude free weights, an integrated weight system, medicine balls, two treadmills, one strider, two ellipticals, and two stepmills. There’s also an area for stretching, but bring your own mat for things like yoga. Each hotel will

hotels, Eagan said oil activity is the big factor. This includes staying closer to where a crew is working, as opposed to spending so much time each day driving. There’s also demand for the more “normal� things – ball and hockey tournaments, and of course, weddings. In a region where hotels are often filled with workers, travellers have found getting a room difficult at the best of times. “As soon as we started framing this, people started calling for weddings,� she said.

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variable speed drives, transformers and REDA horizontal multistage surface pumping systems (HPS) as well as LiftWatcher real-time surveillance, monitoring and production optimization services. We also offer our REDA Hotline high-temperature ESP systems capable of operating in extreme, steam assisted, heavy oil applications with downhole temperatures up to 250 C. We have technical and field representatives based in the area with all necessary expertise required to select, supply and install our entire product line. P.N.: What are the market trends? Are ESP pumps gaining, or PCP, versus insert rod pumps? If so why, or why not? D.Q.: Every oil well requiring artificial lift is unique. We work hard to help our cus-

tomers make the right choice for their well. Each of the methods mentioned above have their specific advantages. Obviously we would like to see the ESP market in southeast Saskatchewan increase, but we would not recommend an ESP for a well that would be better served with an alternative lift technology. However, we have concluded that the current and future demand for ESP’s in the area is sufficient for us to maintain and grow our permanent presence. X Page A42

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PIPELINE SECTION B NEWS Lloyd mayor well oiled for the job December 2013

„ By Geoff Lee Lloydminster – Rob Saunders is the only mayor in the history of Lloydminster with a resume boasting 35 years of production, sales and business development work in the local oil and gas sector. He began his career as an operator at the Husky refinery and continues to serve a network of oil and gas clients with his Banner Business Services Ltd. business management consulting company. Over the years, he’s worked for Murphy Oil, Amaco Chemicals, Laidlaw Environmental, National Oilwell Varco, Corlac Industries, ICI Artificial Lift and R & M Energy Systems. Saunders, who has lived in the city for 51 years, was deputy mayor before being voted into office in a byelection on Oct. 16. He steps into the job at a time of rapid growth in the area led by the heavy oil and gas industry and a banner year for crops in 2013. “The oil and gas industry is really driving the economy,� said Saunders who expects the sector to be strong in 2014. “It’s looking really good. There’s some big project work in close proximity to Lloydminster that will no doubt create some economic spinoffs to Lloydminster because a lot of the service sector comes from this regional service centre,� he said. In the short term, Saunders expects winter drilling will get off to

a strong start in pace with what he calls the development part of the business. “We’ve got the big players locally here and they are pretty consistent with their 200-plus drilling programs,� he said. He lists Husky, Canadian Natural Resources, Baytex, Devon, Crescent Point, Crew Energy and Bonavista among companies with busy drilling programs on their agendas. “We just came through the turnaround at Husky upgrader as well, so that will enhance production at that facility because that was a major turnaround,� said Saunders. The impact of sustained growth in the heavy oil industry on the economy of the area puts long term city planning on the front burner. The City rolled out a comprehensive growth strategy this fall to prepare for future development with an expected population increase from 31,483 in a 2013 municipal census to 60,000 in 30 years. “If you look at the last 30 years, we have more than doubled our population. We are projecting the same annual 2.5 per cent growth curve for the next 30 years,� said Saunders. The city held an open house on Nov. 12 to review developers’ area structure plans for new subdivisions and industrial parks. “With the strong oil and agriculture sectors both doing quite

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well right now, the need for industrial support is growing on a regular basis,� said Saunders. New oil and gas service businesses, expansions and consolidations are helping to drive the growth of industrial, retail and commercial parks in the city. “The City has done a good job of developing policy that creates an atmosphere for corporate business, small business and entrepreneurs and medium size enterprises to locate to Lloydminster,� said Saunders. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business ranks Lloydminster second in Canada and first in mid-sized cities in its 2013 Communities in Boom report on top entrepreneurial cities. “Whether it be re-

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tooling shops, machine shops, manufacturing – service support and trucking –there’s many businesses that are saying Lloydminster is the ideal location to set up shop,� said Saunders. The city is expected to issue between $180-

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contractors and materials and labour. “Those things come at a premium so it automatically inflates the cost of housing. You really have to be creative in developing some partnerships to address affordable or attainable housing.� Three new hotels including a Hampton Inn, Super 8 and Microtel are well under construction in the city while the West Harvest Express is doubling its room capacity. “That will help that

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encourage the trucking industry to utilize those perimeter roads more.� Saunders was delighted to see this fall’s completion of a multiyear project to widen and repave 44th Street (Highway 16) running east-west through the city. “The next priority is north-south to enhance the road systems there,� said Saunders. “We will be doing some enhancement work on Highway 17 north-south corridor. It’s an extremely busy economic corridor. “It’s quite treacherous especially over the winter. A great effort will be put in to make sure we get some upgrades.� Meanwhile, the city is gearing up for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada activities from Jan.14 to 18 with CBC Television to broadcast community profiles nationally. “Lloydminster is a very family friendly city with our recreational facilities,� said Saunders. “CBC will be looking at the history of oil and gas business in the city and the surrounding area and combining that with some of the hockey history we have here as well, and of course, the agricultural base.�

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support division has just taken off with Halliburton.� Halliburton is backing Multi-Chem with capital to expand its Lloydminster office and lab next spring and construct a new blend plant on a 25-acre site in Nisku this year to keep pace with growth. “The real key for us is maintaining that customer focus,� said Gross. “At the end of the day, it’s their needs that drive the demand. “In order for us to

know what we need to expand, we need to have our ear to the ground on a local level, talking and interacting with our customers and maintaining that field focus. “That way, we know what direction we need to go.� Multi-Chem works for more than 50 companies in the Lloydminster area. The area is known for innovation and field testing new stimulation products and technology for heavy oil production. X Page B4

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Dealing with sand in heavy oil W Page B3 “In Lloydminster, because of its large customer base, it allows for unique developments as well,� said Gross. “There are always people that are interested in taking on different challenges and even risks trying new things.� In the Lloydminster area, where oil is produced with sand, Multi-Chem can blend custom friction reducers, sand suspension agents, specific acids, asphaltene controllers and scale inhibitors to stimulate production. “There is really a wide scope of production issues that chemicals can remediate or assist with,� said Gross. “It’s anything from mechanical limitations due to not being able to produce enough pressure to run a pump, to improving inflow to a wellbore by removing restrictions due to scale, asphaltenes or sand. “If you look at our sand suspension chemicals, for example, if there is a particular heavy oil well on PC production, it may need a large number of flushbys from sand plugging up the well. X Page B5

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from homework from our part, so we can go in and find out what the problem truly is and try to put the ‘right medicine to the hurt’ if you will,� said Gross. Paraffin deposition is a typical issue for producers in the Viking lighter oil play in the Kindersley area which Multi-Chem solutions is addressing. “Within that, we look at two types of products, basically paraffin dispersants and a paraffin inhibitor,� said Gross. “If the wax has already formed, we try to disperse it and improve the mobility in the well and prevent it from plugging up. “We can also have preventative services where we use a crystal modifier or a paraffin inhibitor to prevent the wax from actually depositing in the first place.� Gross has no argument with the notion that an ounce of chemical prevention can be worth a pound of cure to oil and gas clients. “Much of what we do is often viewed as a cost, but everything we do has substantial value to it. But of course, there is a bill with it,� he said. “Typically, we don’t get a call until after the fact, but a lot of time our solutions are much less costly than mechanical means. “Chemicals certainly have a place in many instances to reduce service rig frequency, flushbys and even just downtime on a well. “If you can keep that well running 24 hours a day at maximum production, the lift costs are naturally going to come down.� Multi-Chem’s op-

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lot of changes in how we do business,� said Gross. “The real big part of it is the capital funding of a large company like Halliburton allows us to accelerate some of our internal needs such as the blend facility that we are starting on this year. “We’ve actually doubled the size of our laboratory in Calgary.

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forward to ‘yes’ rather than not being able to come to an agreement. “I think the framework that was discussed and agreed to really open up a lot more dialogue particularly between the producing community, the pipelines, and the B.C. government,� Monaco said. The Northern Gateway project calls for the construction of a twin pipeline that will run 1,177 kilometres from the Edmonton area to the deep-water port of Kitimat, B.C. The westbound 36-inch diameter pipeline will carry up to 525,000 barrels of oil per day. The eastbound 20-inch diameter pipeline will carry 193,000 barrels of condensate per day, a product used to thin oil for pipeline transport. Monaco said the new era of collaboration between Alberta and B.C. will help the project to gain momentum that he believes has picked up in past few months despite ongoing opposition from some First Nations groups over environmental concerns. “First of all we’ve done a lot of listening in B.C., speaking to communities including First Nations,� he said. X Page B7

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Weyburn – Near a rig in the Stoughton area, one comes across James McGowan. He’s out hustling a relatively new product for the area, one designed to take care of cement returns from drilling operations. McGowan was last profiled in Pipeline News several years ago working with his brother’s company, Trilogy Oilfield Services. Eighteen months ago he set out on his own, setting up RigRhino Oilfield Services, which he operates with his wife Jodie. The RigRhino is a cement containment bin. When rigs cement the well casing as part of the process to ensure the wellbore is isolated from underground aquifers, some cement comes back. This is often contained in a pit and buried on site, if inert. Otherwise, it needs to be taken to a Class II landfill for disposal. Alternatively, cement rings are used on the surface on location. Once the cement has set, it’s broken into chunks by an excavator and disposed of. “As they get returns to the surface, they have to do something with it, either bury it or put it in cement rings,� McGowan said. “They’re an inconvenience for oil companies compared to a cement bin.� McGowan noted, “Cement rings would be used on ‘zero disturbance’ leases, organic land, or land where the water table was too high and the construction of a cement pit would be illegal. Cement rings have had a long standing reputation for being inconvenient, expensive, and faulty as they would regularily leak causing environmental cleanup charges for oil companies so the introduction of a new product that was convenient and cos- effective gained credibility to an extent that cement rings are now not even considered by customers when cement pits are not an option.� RigRhino has a fleet of 12 bins, along with a dedicated truck that uses a winch and hoist combination to load full bins onto the unit. The hoist is key when it comes to emptying the bin. Opening the back door and raising the hoist allows the cement to slide out in one or several large pieces. Each bin is 12 cubic metres. The initial bins were built by a Kindersley company, and subsequent bins were built in Weyburn and Goodwater. McGowan said, “With some help from M&R Machine Shop, from Weyburn and the Goodwater Machine Shop some new designs were developed that eliminated the operational problems with the original model and increased the convenience for RigRhino to the point of enabling them to drop the charge for the use of the bins and motivate RigRhino to take the service to the next level.� The cement can be taken to gravel pits where it can be broken up and used for road building. Once large blocks are broken up by an excavator, the cement can be sent through a crusher. The final result is solid, crushed cement. “I would argue it’s a recycling opportunity,� McGowan said, noting it adds weight to aggregate. X Page B9

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no leachable metals or salinity that would affect ecosystems and provide assurance to customers that the reuse is safe for the environment.� Tank heater In addition to the cement containment bins, in June the company became a distributor for Lloydminster-based Grit Industries line of indirect tank heaters. According to the Grit website, the units use their patented heat

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Oilfield Technical Society (OTS) meeting in Lloydminster on Nov. 5 with his inspirational road to recovery speech committed to memory and copied as a handout. “It gives the audience a real story right in front of their eyes to see my recovery,� said Anderson who stresses the need to protect your head at all times, even while playing sports. “I am still talking about concussions and how serious they are,� he said in reference to hockey.

“The best way to heal a concussion is rest and letting the guys know that concussions are a very serious thing not to mess around with.� Anderson feels at ease in front of an oilfield audience since he worked eight winters on drilling rigs for Akita Drilling in Western Canada and rode bulls for sport at local rodeos prior to his accident. “Tonight’s a good night to get exposure to a lot of different companies,� he said at the meeting. His next stop will be at Hallmark Tubulars in Calgary on Dec.10 following the success of a safety talk to Hallmark’s Nisku employees in October. He has also delivered his recovery speech this year twice for Suncor in Edson and for LMG in Vermilion and Husky Energy in Lloydminster. His story begins on a fateful day in July 26, 2002 when he was rushed to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton and put in a druginduced coma for three weeks after

receiving the blows to his head at the Ponoka Stampede. A bull named Real Handy did the damage in Anderson’s eight second ride to hell. His speech mentions that his recovery began with his transfer to Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, then to the Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury in Ponoka. He moved back to his farm just three years ago after living with his mom and dad to regain his strength. He has resumed his custom fencing business as well. “When your back is against the wall, you raise the bar of excellence while believing in yourself, family, friends and God,� states the text of his speech about the motivating powers that help him to heal. “This winter I can tie my own hockey skates. That was a big step – fine motor control with my fingers – just like being able to tie a shoe again,� he said with a smile. X Page B13

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new year. We’re going to have it set up as an eBook too,� said Anderson who noted UFA (United Farmers of Alberta) stores will sell copies on consignment. “We are phoning around printers to get different quotes. It will start off with my recovery speech, with pictures before and after the brain injury and all my poems that I have written,� he said. “There should be around 80

poems in there. Everyone I wrote a poem for, I will have their picture beside it.� The book will also make note of the pot of money he and his family raise each year to treat brain injuries during a Courage Canada trail awareness ride in the Minburn and Innisfree area. Proceeds from the ride go the Halvar Jonson Centre for Brain Injury to help families with their travel costs and to purchase therapy equipment. “This year we had 72 riders on horseback with seven wagons with 55 riders on the wagons and 249 for sup-

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declines and increase recoveries from this vast light oil resource? Yes – in fact, it’s already happening, says Crescent Point Energy Corp., which is operating waterflood pilots in eight areas across its Viewfield Bakken acreage. With 55 wells now injecting water into the Bakken and about 30 more injecting into the Shaunavon, Crescent Point is leading the development of

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in the decline rate that can be attributed to the waterflood. To date, waterflooding is positively affecting about 5,000 barrels of Crescent Point’s Bakken oil production. If waterflooding can reduce the decline rate on 5,000 barrels of oil a day by 14 percentage points, then the company hopes it can do the same for an additional 30,000 barrels a day of Viewfield Bakken oil production. “If we can effect that on 35,000 – and we’re (producing more than 100,000) barrels a day of liquids – that’s a huge reduction in our corporate decline rate,� said Smith. (Crescent Point estimates its overall corporate decline rate will be about 31-32 per cent this year.) “And so that means from your balance sheet point of view, you either need less capital to maintain your production rates, or the same capital is going to (generate) much stronger growth in your corporate production.� Looking at the performance of typical Bakken wells, Crescent Point says when wells are converted to water injectors the average output from offsetting

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However, “it is still very early in the life of this waterflood in terms of pore volumes of water injected, so there is still a fair degree of uncertainty in the ultimate performance of the waterflood,� the report cautioned. Discussing the risks, it noted early water breakthrough had occurred on some wells. “Such early breakthroughs suggest flow paths between some injectors and producers that will diminish the effectiveness of the waterflood in these patterns and lead to higher production costs and longer production times. Remediation of these water breakthroughs has the potential to increase recovery factors. Crescent Point has suggested that recent changes in the types of fracs being implemented may also reduce this risk.� The report added:

“The ultimate performance of the entire project will depend on how well premature water breakthrough can be managed without sacrificing injectivity.� Reserve bookings Unitization approval paves the way for reserves booking. Commercial-scale waterflooding is done on a pool-wide basis rather than well by well. Unitization – creating a single operating unit from wells and facilities served by the same reservoir – is necessary before pools with multiple owners can be waterflooded. Each owner contributes to the capital and operating costs – and shares in the profits – based on its stake in the unit. The fewer the owners there are, the simpler the unitization process. That’s why Crescent Point received approval for a waterflood unit in

the Lower Shaunavon first. Approval for the Leitchville North Shaunavon Voluntary Unit No. 1 in southwest Saskatchewan was simpler than the Viewfield Bakken because there were no other owners. “Basically that was us and the government,� Smith said. In southeast Saskatchewan, Crescent Point plans to ultimately establish four Viewfield Bakken waterflood units, based on facility configuration. (Each of the four areas has its own central facility.) In the first area approved for unitization

– Stoughton – Crescent Point is the sole owner. In the other three – Innes, Melrose and Forget – the company’s ownership is in the mid-to-high 90 per cent range. The remaining interest involves two levels of ownership – working and mineral interest. Crescent Point says the other working interest owners are interested in establishing the waterflood units. The mineral rights are owned by the Crown and freehold owners. The Crown is supportive, and the company is now talking to the freehold mineral owners to get them on

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each time,� he said. As an example of how independent engineers’ waterfloodbased reserves bookings and estimates of recovery factor can start low and increase over time, Smith cited Crescent Point’s Tatagwa unit in southeast Saskatchewan. “The first assignment for waterflood was 6.8 per cent. And then we drilled some more injectors, got some more history, and the next year (Crescent Point’s independent engineers) gave us 7.5 (per cent). And so (they) now are close to 12 per cent.� Based on a stabilized production rate of 50 barrels a day per well, Peters estimated it would take about 20 years to achieve a 20 per cent total recovery factor in the Viewfield Bakken. A 30 per cent recovery factor would be reached in about 30 years. “We believe this is a reasonable timeframe for secondary recovery,� the analysts wrote. They concluded: “At this stage it is still too early in the waterflood to confidently support where in the 20 to 30 per cent recovery range the ultimate recovery

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of those high paying value added jobs at upgraders and refineries. “Every barrel of bitumen shipped down the Keystone pipeline, or other similar proposal pipelines, is a barrel of oil no longer available for value-added production and job creation here in Canada,� he said. His motion stated the pipeline would export 40,000 well paying jobs to the U.S. The B.C. MP also referred to a 2006 study by Informetrica that concluded that for every 100,000 barrels of raw bitumen that are exported, 3,000 or 4,000 jobs are lost. TransCanada estimates the construction of the 1,897 kilometre Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alta. to Steele City, Neb. will create 20,000 jobs for Americans. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to issue or withhold a Presidential Permit to build the line sometime in 2014. Canadians pipeline construction workers took exception to Julian ignoring the work that will go to Canadians if the pipeline goes ahead. “We are disappointed that the NDP has chosen to completely ignore the benefit of pipeline construction to working Canadians such as the members of the Operating Engineers Union and other construction trades,� said IUOE International vice-president and Ontario-based Local 793 business manager

Michael Gallagher. “The Keystone XL project would be a net benefit to workers across Canada who depend on the resource sector and construction for their livelihoods. “This hasty action by the NDP without consulting major stakeholders will jeopardize our economic recovery and jobs we had been hoping for.� Meanwhile highpaying refinery jobs will be created in Alberta with the construction start in September on the $5.7 billion Redwater North West refinery near Edmonton that will refine bitumen into value-added diesel fuel. The project is a partnership between the Alberta government and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. The Redwater Refinery will generate high margins on raw bitumen by incorporating a one-step upgrading and refining process to ultra-low sulphur diesel. Julian also argued Keystone should be rejected over concern for pipeline safety and the need for Canada to take action to limit the impact of climate change. “We have seen a doubling of the number of spills across Canada,

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707,305, 5,>: +LJLTILY W Page B26 “Some of the other initiatives we are pursuing are to make the combustion chamber bigger,” he explained. “By no means will we tell you the technology doesn’t work. The orientation and the geometry certain doesn’t work. “There are a few things we want to try and there’s a big push to make it happen by the middle of next year.” At its Dawson Alberta cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) project, Petrobank has shut-in two horizontal THAI production wells placed on cold production in late 2012 that did not produce at economic rates. The company is currently preparing surface facilities at Dawson for CSS operations on a schedule to initiate the first three month cycle in late November. Wright said the company recognizes it has invested significantly in the THAI process and shares investors’ disappointment with current production rates. “We are now taking additional proactive steps targeting a sustainable operation which will continue to create value for our shareholders,” he said. Petrobank unveiled a new corporate strategy focused on bringing Kerrobert to at least a break even point by mid 2014 by advancing THAI processes, evolving other combustion techniques, and or reducing operating costs. The strategy includes assessing the viability of SAGD at its Kerrobert property. “At Kerrobert, we are evaluating our resource base and assessing converting one or more production wells from our THAI project to pilot a SAGD production process,” explained Wright. “While there is currently one successful SAGD project on the Kerrobert trend, we are assessing all the operating risk factors that include reservoir thickness, bottom water, the existing well configuration and any influence of current THAI operations.” The strategy includes initiating their Dawson CSS cycle and assessing that process as a precursor for THAI or other combustion operations, or as a standalone commercial operation. They will also continue to evaluate other in-situ combustion processes and configurations and pursue corporate and/or asset acquisition opportunities. Wright said converting production at Kerrobert to steam would not be capital intensive since steaming faculties are in place and are paid for. “The incremental capital of building a full scale SAGD operation will be significantly below a new-built operation elsewhere,” he said. “Provided we can reuse the THAI wells, and there is no interference from our THAI combustion chambers, there is great opportunity just to do a convert

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among others along the route. The new pipeline follows the existing right-ofway of the original Athabasca pipeline that began operation in 1999. Construction crews will rotate in and out of the Vermilion area over the next two years. “We expect final cleanup by the fall of 2015,” said Graham. Pipeline construction in the area kicked off on Aug. 14 with a peak of 550 workers. Crews have staying in travel trailers, local residences, hotels and motels along with camps in Vermilion and Mannville. The new pipeline is expected to capable of accepting initial volumes of crude oil by early 2015 with full initial capacity by 2016.

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issues that are third party services to us,� Peabody told the media. “We’ve actually done a pretty good job of mitigating those – there’s probably the potential for another one of two that we’ve been able to get around by putting in alternative mechanisms. “They’ve kind of come and gone. They’re not consistently one problem.� Peabody attributed the problems to a combination of different providers. In its Western Canada gas resource plays, Husky continued with a four-rig program at the Ansell liquids-rich gas play in Alberta. Twenty wells have been completed at Ansell to date in 2013. Well completion activities are underway at the first four-well pad at Kaybob in the Duvernay play, with first production expected in the early 2014 timeframe. Drilling began on two additional wells on a second well pad. In the quarter, 37 wells were drilled on the Bakken, Viking, Cardium and Lower Shaunavon oil resource plays, bringing the total number of wells drilled across the portfolio to 85 (gross) for 2013. Nineteen oil resource wells were completed over the third quarter. Construction of an all-season access road is being finalized at the Slater River Canol play in the Northwest Territories. A proposed summer 2014 program for two vertical wells is awaiting final approval from regulatory authorities.

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