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Oilfield company fined $50,000 for worker’s fall off drilling rig

Bonanza Drilling Inc., a drilling rig company based out of Brooks, Alta., pleaded guilty to one count under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Rosetown Provincial Court on Aug. 13.

Crown land sale above average, 5 rigs drilling and oil production rebounds slightly

Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.
Sask. Crown land sale above average, five rigs drilling

Sask. Crown land sale above average, five rigs drilling

(Photo by Bill Allen) Despite extremely sluggish drilling activity in Saskatchewan’s oilpatch, the Aug. 11 Crown land sale for petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $2.4 million.
Flax straw from Saskatchewan being bought for biomass fuel

Flax straw from Saskatchewan being bought for biomass fuel

A Saskatchewan company, Prairie Clean Energy of Regina, has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to producers
PSAC releases updated drilling forecast

PSAC releases updated drilling forecast

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC), in its third update to its 2020 Canadian Oilfield Services Activity Forecast, announced that it is decreasing its forecasted number of wells to be drilled (rig released) across Canada for 2020 to 2
Saskatchewan company wants to buy flax straw as fuel

Saskatchewan company wants to buy flax straw as fuel

Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) is a Saskatchewan company that has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to producer
Does your canola need protection from sclerotinia stem rot?

Does your canola need protection from sclerotinia stem rot?

By Clint Jurke Should I spray for sclerotinia stem rot? Canola growers in Western Canada are often challenged to find a satisfactory answer to this annual question. In reality, we don't need very much infection to justify a fungicide application.
Saskatchewan’s oil drilling has stopped completely, and oil production is down 28.2 per cent

Saskatchewan’s oil drilling has stopped completely, and oil production is down 28.2 per cent

In recent years, by mid-July there would be 30 to 50 drilling rigs working throughout Saskatchewan. Nearly all would be drilling for oil, but one or two would be drilling for potash or helium.
Quick Dick McDick compares moving oats by canoe to moving Canadian oil through the Panama Canal

Quick Dick McDick compares moving oats by canoe to moving Canadian oil through the Panama Canal

If you had to move some oats from your farm near Tuffnell, would you drive it by direct route, then put it through a pipe (an auger) to deliver it? Or would you haul it in the exact opposite direction, take a five-gallon pail of those oats, put it on
Crop conditions improve with rainfall in SE Saskatchewan

Crop conditions improve with rainfall in SE Saskatchewan

The conditions of the various crops in the southeast region have improved with most local areas receiving rainfall in the past week, including this canola field on Friday near Weyburn.
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