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PIPELINE NEWSSaskatchewan’s Petroleum Monthly Canada Post Publication No. 40069240
January 2012 FREE Volume 4 Issue 8
A2 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
NewsNotes
Briefs courtesy Nickle’s Daily Oil Bulletin
At STP-Senlac, near Unity, Saskatchewan,
Southern Pacifi c Resource Corp.’s heavy oil pro-
duction averaged 3,769 bbls per day for the fi rst
quarter of fi scal 2012. In September, a two-week
scheduled maintenance turnaround was complet-
ed in nine days, coming back online six days ahead
of schedule. Th e bi-annual turnaround identifi ed
no major integrity issues.
As part of its development strategy, South-
ern Pacifi c is now drilling Phase J, a set of three
SAGD well pairs, which is scheduled for fi rst pro-
duction in January 2012. Th e onstream date has
been delayed about one month from earlier pro-
jections due to a delay in the drilling rig arriving
on site. Once completed, these three SAGD well
pairs will be layered into the facility as capacity
becomes available from the declines of existing
wells.
Premier addresses American leaders
Premier Brad Wall addressed the American
Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Na-
tional Policy Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. Th e
summit took place Nov. 28-30. Between 800 and
900 top political leaders from all 50 states attend-
ed the three-day Summit which focused on free-
market solutions to creating jobs, improving edu-
cation and stimulating the American economy.
“Th ere are some current challenges in the
Canada-United States relationship,” Wall said.
“We’ve been excluded from bidding on contracts
under Th e American Jobs Act, Canadians who
travel across the border by rail or air now have to
pay a fee and there is the political battle delaying
the future of the Keystone XL Pipeline project, a
project crucial to western Canada’s oil sector.
“Americans need to hear that various forms
of protectionism will hurt prospects for economic
recovery in North America. Rather we must work
together - as we have historically - to the mutual
benefi t of our citizens,” Wall said.
Southern Paci c performs Senlac
turnaround
By Geoff LeePipeline News
Calgary – Saskatchewan’s oil and gas industry
may need to borrow a lesson from agriculture and
grow its own crop of skilled workers to feed the
growing demand for labour.
Approximately 1,400 workers are needed by the
industry in Saskatchewan in 2012, according to the
latest 2011 Short-Term HR Trends Report by the Pe-
troleum Human Resources Council of Canada is-
sued in December.
Finding those workers will be a struggle with
steady industry growth, uncertainty over the global
economy and commodity prices driving workforce
challenges and shaping human resource trends in
2012.
A total of 40 industry companies took part in
the survey, representing more than 32,000 oil and
gas workers in Canada.
Th e PHRC concluded that attracting and retain-
ing workers in hard-to-recruit locations, and labour
and skills shortages will continue to be the top two
workforce challenges in 2012, with no easy solution
for Saskatchewan.
“Saskatchewan is constrained. Th e oil prices are
attractive which is increasing investments in Sas-
katchewan oil industry,” said Cheryl Knight, execu-
tive director and CEO of PHRC in Calgary.
“It’s an industry that’s small, but we expect to see
over 10 per growth in 2012 from 2009 numbers.
“Th e 2009 employment in oil and gas was about
11,000 in Saskatchewan, and we expect another
1,400 people will be needed in 2012.
“It’s a very competitive environment because of
the potash and mining industry.”
Knight said fi lling all those vacant positions and
high demand jobs for trades people and experienced
service and drilling rigs crews will be harder in 2012
with Alberta in the same boat.
“Traditionally, the Alberta workforce supplied
work activity in Saskatchewan as well, but with
activity in Alberta being so strong, companies just
aren’t able to move their crews around as freely,” said
Knight.
“It’s really important that Saskatchewan is able
to grow a skilled workforce. Th at comes to targeted
training for aboriginals in Saskatchewan and ensur-
ing post secondary institutions off er the training that
is needed in the province.”
Page A6
Estevan among hard-to-recruit locations in oilpatch
Cheryl Knight, executive director and CEO of the Pe-troleum Human Resources Council of Canada, says attracting and retaining workers will be one of the leading challenges in 2012 for oil and gas companies in Western Canada.
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Briefs courtesy Nickle’s Daily Oil Bulletin
Sundance drills Muskowekwan land
Sundance Energy Corporation has begun
completion/evaluation operations on its Ochapow-
ace 6-5-18-3W2 test well.
Th e formations/zones being completed for
production testing are the Bakken, Souris Valley/
Lodgepole, Watrous and Second White Specks.
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currently waiting to be fractured and completed.
Conventional completion operations will then be
conducted on the Souris River/Lodgepole and the
Watrous formations. Finally, the Second White
Specks formation will be perforated, fractured and
completed.
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tock 5-3-27-15W2 test well on its Muskowekwan
First Nations permit. Th e well has been cased to a
total depth of 840 metres subsurface. Upon review
of log and core information, potential oil and gas
pay zones have been indicated in the Second White
Specks, Souris Valley/Lodgepole and the Nisku/
Birdbear formations. Further evaluation of the core
and log information is underway in order to de-
velop completion and fracturing programs that are
expected to begin as soon as services are available.
Sundance is encouraged by the initial results of
the fi rst two test wells drilled on its southeastern
Saskatchewan project areas, Jeff Standen, president
and chief executive offi cer, said in a news release.
“Given that we have seen indications of both oil and
gas from the well logs and the evaluations from the
cores we have cut, we are excited about the potential
to develop signifi cant commercial production from
our combined approximately 70,000 acres in these
areas, which we own 100 per cent and operate.”
Saskatchewan’s drilling rig count stayed right
around 94 rigs for the fi rst half of December, the
point after which activity typically slows down for
the Christmas break. Th at’s according to numbers
listed by RigLocator.ca.
With 132 rigs in the Saskatchewan fl eet on
Dec. 14, and 94 of them working, the utilization
rate was 71 per cent.
Th e other western provinces also had high uti-
lization rates, with Manitoba at 85 per cent, British
Columbia at 68 per cent, and Alberta at 67 per-
cent.
Rig count high
By Brian ZinchukPipeline News
Goodwater, Regina, Calgary – Two studies into
the possibility of a CO2 leak from the Cenovus
Weyburn miscible CO2 fl ood have come back with
similar conclusions: there is no evidence of a leak.
Cameron and Jane Kerr, whose home quarter is
3.2 kilometres northwest of the hamlet of Goodwa-
ter, and in the middle of the Cenovus Weyburn unit,
believed carbon dioxide injected underground for
the purposes of enhanced oil recovery was coming
up to the surface at their farm. Th e Kerrs said they
fi rst noticed changes that occurred on their prop-
erty in 2004, one year after carbon dioxide injection
began near their farm. Frustrated with the response
from the Ministry of Energy and Resources as well
as Encana, Cenovus’ forerunner, they held a press
conference in Regina on Jan. 11, 2011. As a result,
both Cenovus, and IPAC-CO2 launched studies
into whether or not this is the case.
As the Weyburn-Midale carbon dioxide storage
project is one of largest in the world and often tout-
ed as a model to follow in reducing greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere, the implications of CO2 leaking
from its geologic storage could be felt worldwide.
As an independent party, the International Per-
formance Assessement Center for Geologic Storage
of CO2 is an environmental, non-government orga-
nization (ENGO) which was created to fi ll a gap in
the understanding and assessment of risk and per-
formance in the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
chain.
CO2 has been injected at the Weyburn Unit
since 2000. When CO2 contacts oil at high pressure,
it makes the oil thinner and causes it to swell, mak-
ing it easier for the oil to fl ow to producing wells.
Th e CO2 that is pumped out with the oil is then re-
cycled.
Cenovus was fi rst out of the gate, announcing
its study results on Nov. 29. IPAC-CO2 followed on
Dec. 12.
Cenovus studyTh ird-party research has confi rmed that the
carbon dioxide used for enhanced oil recovery at its
Weyburn operation is not linked to CO2 concentra-
tions in the soil at a nearby property, Cenvous said.
“Th ese results provide complete assurance to
landowners and the public that the CO2 we’re inject-
ing about 1.5 kilometres below the ground is stay-
ing put and that our Weyburn operation is safe,” said
Brad Small, Cenovus vice-president, oil & natural
gas, Saskatchewan.
Cenovus, which operates the Weyburn Unit on
behalf of 23 other partners, made a commitment to
the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resourc-
es to evaluate whether CO2 in the soil and other re-
ported issues at a nearby property were a result of
its operations. Several third-party specialists were
contracted to conduct a site assessment.
Page A7
Al Bjornson (left), owner of Border City Drilling in Estevan, worked with IPAC-CO2’s investigation to drill the monitoring and test wells on the Kerr property. Photo by Jon Gillies/IPAC-CO2
Two studies conclude CO2 not leaking on farm
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A4 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 EDITORIAL
Editorial
If there’s a rock around, someone has probably
looked under it, looking for workers.
Th e demand for oilfi eld workers is high in Saskatch-
ewan, particularly in the drilling and service industries.
Precision Drilling is off ering a bounty on buddies who
hire on with the company. Flint Energy Services, which
now includes Carson Energy Services, is looking for
10,000 to 14,000 people over the next three to fi ve years
to fi ll growth and attrition positions. Newspapers, ours
included, are fi lled with career ads in the most active
areas of the oilpatch.
Weyburn-based Sunrise Community Futures has
been holding workshops on staffi ng, with good response.
Many businesses are looking overseas, for employees
ranging from rig hands to restaurant workers. If you go
to a fast food restaurant in Estevan, there’s a good bet a
Philippino will serve you. A new heavy duty mechanic is
as likely to come from Europe as Ontario. One consul-
tant speaking in Estevan earlier this fall was looking to
France for skilled workers.
Yet there’s one place very few, if any, oilpatch busi-
nesses are actively recruiting from. It’s a place where
English language profi ciency shouldn’t be a problem.
Th e potential workers don’t need a plane ticket to get
here, because for many it would be easier to hook up
a U-Haul trailer to the pickup. It’s a place where, in
November 2011, there were 20.1 million people on the
unemployment rolls, over a quarter of whom had been
for over 27 weeks, according to their Department of
Labor.
It’s the United States.
Remember them? Our NAFTA partner? Th ey’ve
been hurting for years, but it seems pretty much nobody
in these parts is looking to help them out by off ering
them a job. Detroit might be withering on the vine with
unemployment at 19.2 per cent in October according
to the Detroit Free Press, but no one’s going there on
recruitment trips.
Instead, companies are willing to hire consultants to
track down someone overseas, praying they end up with
someone who can actually speak English. Th ey’re also
praying the consultant doesn’t sell them a bill of goods,
too.
Asking why it seems no one is actively seeking
Americans, and the answer comes back in hushed tones.
Th ey kind of look around a bit before levelling with you,
as if it’s a dirty secret. Whether it’s true or not, many
people feel the American worker is lazy. Th ey’d rather
take a chance on someone from the other side of the
planet, someone who they feel “wants it more,” than seek
out Americans.
Th ere was a time in North America when an im-
ported car was seen as second rate. Now conversely, it’s
the American worker that is seen as second-rate.
Some have noted that if American workers were
so interested in working in the oilfi eld, North Dakota’s
booming oilpatch wouldn’t be short of people. It’s our
perception that they think we all live in igloos that is
much of the deterrent to seeking American workers.
“Th ey wouldn’t want to come up here. It’s too cold,”
has been an observation often repeated.
Yet with 20.1 million people unemployed in Amer-
ica, 1.3 million more than Canada’s entire workforce,
surely someone south of the border would be interested
working in Saskatchewan. Maybe our recruiters just
need to start looking.
Where are the American workers?
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Th e looming la-
bour crisis in Western
Canada is compounded
by the realization that
more than 30 per cent
of the industry’s core
workforce is expected to
retire by 2020, as noted
by PHRC’s long term
labour market report is-
sued last March.
“While the industry
is growing and we’ve got
chronic labour short-
ages – as we start to lose
people above and be-
yond normal turnover
– the industry will expe-
rience constraints,” said
Knight.
“We really need
to step up our game. I
think the specifi c way of
stepping up our game is
to target under-utilized
workers.
“Our industry hasn’t
hired the number of
skilled immigrants that
are available to them
in the labour market as
they ought to.
“In some occupa-
tions, there are opportu-
nities to hire more wom-
en than we do. Th ere are
some traditional hiring
practices that we need
to understand aren’t sus-
tainable and just ramp
up costs,” said Knight.
Other factors weigh-
ing on employment are
the emergence of shale
oil and gas, the expected
growth of Alberta’s oil-
sands, technological ad-
vancements and infra-
structure developments
to open up Canada’s oil
and gas resources to in-
ternational markets.
Knight said many
company representa-
tives that she talks with
are very worried by the
pending labour crisis
that took root during the
downturn in 2009 when
many workers lost their
jobs and didn’t return
when the good times
did.
“Th ey understand
they saw this coming
in 2009, and potentially
didn’t do enough to pre-
pare for it, and they un-
derstand we really need
to start to get creative
and diversify our work-
force,” said Knight.
“We need to ensure
the post-secondary edu-
cational institutions un-
derstand the skills that
are needed. Th ere are a
lot of companies that
are investing money in
post-secondary training
to increase the supply of
workers to the industry.
“It’s a multi-pronged
approach. Th ere is no one
sure-fi re solution for the
problem – it’s a variety
of solutions at the com-
pany level and industry-
wide level.
“We are seeing more
industry acknowledge-
ment that collaborating
as a sector is extremely
important and is the only
way to address some of
these issues.
“Many of the larger
companies have hun-
dreds and thousands of
positions open.”
Knight said hir-
ing and recruiting are
driving up labour costs,
but she notes in order
to compete fi rst with
other sectors, the indus-
try needs to keep wages
competitive.
“Secondly, we are
also competing with
ourselves,” she said. “Th e
best way to fi nd an expe-
rienced worker is to hire
from your competition
but that also drives la-
bour costs up.”
Th e PHRC survey
indicated there is grow-
ing concern to better
manage employee turn-
over and retention as
well as compensation
and benefi ts expecta-
tions.
“Having continuous
work is one thing,” said
Knight in reference to a
retention strategy.
“You know the ser-
vice and drilling sector
has diffi culty with that
because it’s seasonal.
“Any way companies
can move people around
and relocate or re-allo-
cate people so they can
be employed all year
around would be help-
ful.
“Also paying fairly
competitive wages is im-
portant, but we are see-
ing much more attention
paid to fl exibility in work
arrangements and get-
ting people the training
they need which enables
them to advance,” said
Knight.
Developing a work
culture and an environ-
ment that are conducive
to retaining people are
some of the other hu-
man resources trends
that continue to evolve
in a competitive market.
While the number
of job vacancies in the
industries is expected to
be high in 2012, Knight
defi ned the employment
environment as a skilled
employees’ market.
“Th e industry can
only absorb so many
green hands,” she said.
“We lost people dur-
ing the downturn – very
often people don’t come
back. Th ey may have
relocated here for work
and went back home or
their skills were transfer-
able to another sector.
“If you lose people
that are experienced,
then you can’t just sim-
ply hire green hands
and expect them to take
the place of experienced
people.
“We are looking
to attract them back.
We are looking to hire
skilled immigrants. We
are looking to encour-
age people to relocate
and move to oil and gas
from other sectors, and
encourage young people
to come in the industry.”
Knight included Es-
tevan with Fort St. John
in British Columbia and
Grande Prairie Alberta
as a hard- to-recruit lo-
cation for the oil and gas
jobs.
“Hard-to-recruit is
a term that we use that
generally defi nes a loca-
tion that’s remote where
access to service may be
limited or where prices
may be higher – either
cost of living or hous-
ing and those sorts of
things,” she said.
“I have heard spe-
cifi c survey comments
about Estevan in terms
of prices and housing
availability. Th at’s why
it’s a hard- to-recruit lo-
cation.”
Knight said it is
easy to talk about hir-
ing workers from cen-
tral Canada where un-
employment is high to
fi ll the gap, but she said
even people from urban
centres in Western Can-
ada don’t want to move
to places like Lloydmin-
ster, Grande Prairie or
Fort. St. John.
“To balance employ-
ment in the country, we
need a mobile workforce
and that comes down
to people making tough
choices to leave extended
families or sell a home or
fl y-in and fl y-out.
“Th ere is a variety
of work arrangements,
but regardless, it requires
people to make tough
choices. All we can do
is make people aware
of what’s available and
where.”
PHRC will issue
their next 10 year labour
market information re-
port in March.
No sure- re solution to labour shortage
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Cenovus and IPAC-C02 both say no evidence of CO2 coming up
Page A3“Our fi ndings indicate that there is absolutely
no way CO2 in the soil at the property in question
originated from Cenovus’s operation in Weyburn,”
said Dr. Court Sandau, who holds a PhD in analyti-
cal chemistry and is founder of ChemistryMatters.
Saundau was the lead scientist for the site assess-
ment.
“Using isotope dating, we can diff erentiate be-
tween ‘young’ and ‘old’ carbon samples. Th e CO2 that
Cenovus injects comes from coal deposits, which
were formed millions of years ago. Our fi ndings as-
sert that the CO2 present at the property was formed
recently and is attributed to natural soil respiration
processes.”
In particular carbon-14 dating was used. Recent
carbon dioxide contains carbon-14, while “old” car-
bon dioxide’ carbon-14 is depleted after millions of
years of half-life degradation.
Cenovus said its fi ndings of the comprehen-
sive assessment confi rm there is no presence of CO2
from Cenovus’s Weyburn operation in either the
soil or wetlands of the property; there are no detect-
able hydrocarbons present in the surface water at the
property; and there are no integrity issues with the
Cenovus-operated wells and infrastructure located
on the property.
“We always take landowner concerns about our
operations seriously and we felt it was important
to commission this additional study to address this
concern,” said Small. “We are proud of the work that
our Weyburn team has done and their eff orts to en-
sure we are a good neighbour. We look forward to
being a member of that community for many years
to come.”
Th e scope of the assessment included the evalu-
ation of gas concentrations in the soil at both the
property and a control site; characterization of the
CO2 that Cenovus injects and the CO
2 found in the
soil; surface and groundwater testing, and integrity
inspection of the oilfi eld infrastructure in the area.
Soil testing was done below the B-horizon and
above ground water. Real-time fi eld analysis took
place, and selected samples were sent in for lab anal-
ysis. Due to the wet spring and summer, testing was
delayed for several months.
“We did not detect any hydrocarbons when con-
ducting surface water sampling," said Sandau. “Cy-
anobacteria and phytoplankton were detected, which
are common to relatively stagnant water bodies in
southern Saskatchewan and are known to cause a
‘sheen’ on water surfaces, similar to what was initially
reported on the water body.”
Cenovus also added a frog habitat and wetland
evaluation after northern leopard frogs were found
in the study area.
“Frogs are sensitive to low levels of contamina-
tion. Th eir presence in the area is a strong indicator
that a healthy ecosystem is present," said Sandau.
Weyburn is one of Canada’s largest enhanced oil
recovery operations and the site of the largest geo-
logical greenhouse gas (GHG) storage project in
the world. Th ere are currently more than 17 million
tonnes of CO2 stored at the Weyburn site. Scientists
from 30 countries working under the International
Energy Agency GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Mon-
itoring & Storage research project, an international
program led by the Petroleum Technology Research
Centre, have been studying the project for a decade.
Th eir past research indicates that the CO2 is remain-
ing underground.
Th e CO2 produced at Beulah, North Dakota,
that goes into the Weyburn project is 96 per cent
pure, with a substantial portion of the remaining gas
hydrogen sulphide, or H2S. As such, the entire CO
2
injection process is considered sour. When asked if
they tested for H2S, Cenovus offi cials said yes. Soil
gas samples had a few hints of sulphur compounds
from natural gas, they noted, adding that carbon-14
testing was a more eff ective tool, however, in this
testing.
“If there was a migration of H2S, we would be
able to detect it,” Sandau said.
Small would not say how much the study cost,
other than, “To us, that’s really not the issue. We have
an obligation as the operator to incur the costs.”
A copy of the Cenovus report was forwarded to
the Kerrs, he noted.
“Th e scientifi c study as defi nitely determined
the CO2 at the landowners’ property is not what
comes from our operation,” Small concluded. “It is
our obligation to ensure our operations are safe, and
we take that very seriously.
IPAC-CO2 report
Next up was IPAC-CO2. Its 180-page report
concluded carbon dioxide is not leaking from depth
on the farm owned by Cameron and Jane Kerr.
“Th e CO2 injected by Cenovus Energy as part
of its enhanced oil recovery project is not the source
of CO2 found on the Kerr farm,” said Dr. Carmen
Dybwad, chief executive offi cer of the environmental
non-government organization.
“Th e levels of natural CO2 we found were nor-
mal.”
Under the direction of Dr. Jerry Sherk, the chief
operating offi cer of IPAC-CO2, a team of inter-
national experts was assembled to conduct an in-
dependent investigation of the Kerr farm.
Dr. Katherine Romanak of the Gulf Coast Car-
bon Center, Bureau of Economic Geology, Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin, U.S.A., led the investigation
into soil gases.
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Dr. Brad Wolaver nishes collecting a soil sam-ple. Photo by Jon Gillies/IPAC-CO2
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Page A7She concluded that the fi xed gas relationships
and carbon isotope geochemistry of soil gas at the
Kerr site “strongly and consistently show that CO2
on the Kerr property is biological in origin and not
the result of leaks associated with the CO2 storage
reservoir.”
“Th e evidence clearly showed that CO2 is from
natural biologic respiration modifi ed by mixing with
atmosphere and dissolution of CO2 into recharging
groundwater,” Romanak concluded.
Dr. Stuart Gilfi llan, Scottish Carbon Capture
and Storage, School of Geosciences, from the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh, Scotland tested the Kerr site
for noble gases, carbon stable isotopes and hydrogen
carbonate (HCO3).
“We fi nd no evidence in any of the noble gas
data derived within the ground waters surrounding
the Kerr quarter that there is a detectible presence of
noble gases derived from the deep injected water or
CO2 or the fl uids produced from the Weyburn fi eld,”
Gilfi llan concluded.
“Th e absence of crustal derived noble gases de-
rived from depth means that there is no evidence of
the migration of CO2 from the Weyburn oil fi eld
into the groundwater on the Kerr quarter or sur-
rounding area.”
Dr. Brad D. Wolaver and Dr. Changbing Yang,
also from the University of Texas at Austin, and Dr.
Janis Dale, Department of Geology, University of
Regina, conducted the hydrogeological analysis of
the Kerr site.
Th eir research concluded (a) that shallow
groundwater quality at the site meets Saskatchewan’s
Drinking Water Quality Standards and Objectives
for the analytes tested, and (b) that the fi lm on gravel
pits and in the Kerr well was not a petroleum prod-
uct but instead was fl oating colonies of both iron-
reducing and iron-oxidizing bacteria.
“Our goal was to reduce uncertainty regarding
the sources of carbon dioxide detected on the prop-
erty owned by Mr. and Mrs. Kerr,” said IPAC-CO2’s
Dybwad.
“Our results are conclusive and provide scientifi c
evidence that any such incidents cannot be attrib-
uted to leakage of injected CO2 because there was no
leak at the Kerr property.”
Asked if IPAC-CO2 tested for H
2S, Dybwad
told Pipeline News, “We were strictly interested in
terms of CO2,” and although they went through all
the required H2S safety training, they did not test
for it.
Part of the reason for that was to use protocols
that could be applied for soil gases and noble gases
anywhere in the world, including places where H2S
would not be in the equation.
Regarding some of the concerns the Kerrs had
raised, such as dead animals and “fi zzy water,” Dyb-
wad noted the dead goat died of natural causes and
belonged to a neighbour and was disposed of. Th ere
were no blooms of “fi zzy water” when they were
present, she said.
It was an important project for the organization,
its fi rst opportunity to establish its credibility in the
fi eld. “We’ve got the credentials to go anywhere in
the world,” Dybwad said. “If there’s an allegation of
a leak, we can go and investigate.”
To underscore that, she said, “We self-fi nanced
this because we thought it was worth it. At the end
of the day, it cost us about $250,000.”
On Dec. 12, IPAC-CO2 held a town hall meet-
ing in Weyburn to discuss the results of their study.
ResponseWhile the Kerrs were at the IPAC-CO
2 press
conference in Regina, they did not immediately re-
spond to the reports. Reached briefl y by phone, their
lawyer, Barry Robinson of Ecojustice told Pipeline News, “We need some time to work through it.”
He noted there were questions on sample size
and hydrocarbons indicated.
Ecojustice characterizes itself as a national char-
itable organization dedicated to defending Can-
adians' right to a healthy environment, stating on
their web page, “We are an independent organiza-
tion and 100 per cent of our funding is provided by
our generous donors.”
In a press release, Robinson said, “Without a full
scale of investigation, it has been impossible until
now to rule out CO2 contamination as the cause of
the Kerrs’ concerns.
“It took widespread media scrutiny to trigger
these investigations, but the fact they took place at
all is a win for all Canadians. Government and in-
dustry must be open and transparent in addressing
the concerns of citizens aff ected by their actions.”
Robinson indicated that Ecojustice and the
Kerrs will review the IPAC-CO2 results in detail be-
fore providing further comment.
“Th e reality is that Cenovus Energy and the Sas-
katchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources failed
to properly investigate the Kerrs’ concerns during
the last six years,” Robinson said.
“Th e Kerrs appreciate IPAC-CO2’s eff orts, al-
though there are still many unanswered questions
about what caused the disturbances observed on
their land.”
On the Web:Full reports can be found at www.cenovus.com and
www.ipac-co2.com. Ecojustice can be found at www.ecojustice.ca.
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Lloydminster – An early Christmas gift of
$200,000 to Lakeland College by oilman Allan
Markin, chairman of Canadian Natural Resources
Ltd., will bring tidings of good cheer to heavy oil
operations technician (HOOT) students in 2012.
Th e charity funds allow the college to fast track
its curriculum development to expand its one year
HOOT certifi cate program into a two year diploma
at the Lloydminster campus starting in the fall.
“For students, it means that they will be pre-
pared to write the fourth-class and third-class power
engineering certifi cate exams right here at Lakeland
College’s Lloydminster campus,” said Phil Allen,
vice-president of Advancement, in a news release.
“It also means that they will not have to relocate
or disrupt their lives to advance their career ambi-
tions or salary potential.”
Th e HOOT program focuses on training stu-
dents for careers in the safe and eff ective operation
and maintenance of industrial equipment such as
boilers, turbines and internal combustion engines.
Allen says Markin’s donation has put the college
one year ahead of schedule in its plans to transition
the HOOT program from a one-year to a two-year
program.
Students who are currently in the program will
be able to write their third-class power engineering
exam in spring of 2013.
Forty students will be accepted into each of the
program’s fi rst and second years starting in the fall.
Th ose new students will have the option of graduat-
ing with a certifi cate after year one if they choose.
In recognition of Markin’s generosity and level
of contribution, the Lakeland College board of gov-
ernors renamed the main fl oor conference room at
the Lloydminster campus the Allan Markin Confer-
ence Room.
Markin has been chair of CNRL since 1989
and is well known for his support of post secondary
education as well as several service and non-profi t
organizations. He also owns a stake in the Calgary
Flames.
CNRL previously made a corporate donation of
$200,000 to Lakeland in 2006 for the construction
of the Bill Kondro Wing at the Lloydminster camp.
Th e student study lounge at the wing is named
in CNRL’s honour to recognize its signifi cant level
of support.
Th e donation by Markin complements a
$25,680 donation in October by the ADM canola
processing facility in Lloydminster to fund the de-
velopment of six new second-class power engineer-
ing courses which will be delivered online beginning
this month.
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By Geoff LeeWainwright, Alta. – Th ey say those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Th at’s not the case for Denmax Energy Services
near Wainwright that, as a result of the last down-
turn, learned a lesson to diversify its services and
provide a one-stop solution for customers in the up-
stream oil and gas sector.
Pipeline and facility construction, road and lease
construction, heavy hauling and tank moving and
civil demolition and construction, are now part of
the growing Denmax mix of services.
Th e diversifi cation process began in 2010 to al-
low the company to leverage and retain its personnel
and equipment throughout its divisions in order to
survive and grow in the aftermath of the down-
turn.
“It was one of the lessons we learned coming
out of that,” said HR manager Jim McKinnon who
happens to have a degree in history.
“Now, it has motivations from a revenue stand-
point that we can off er a one-stop shop.
“From an HR standpoint, it allows us to retain
skilled people so we not constantly retraining new
employees.
“What we’ve seen is a lot of growth, particular-
ly in our road and lease construction. It’s something
that we’ve put a lot of eff ort into this year. We are
seeing that rewarded.
“One of the nice things about our road and lease
division is that we are sending operators out with
heavy equipment and utilization is better because
we can use those same operators in other aspects of
our company.
“In diversifying our service off erings, if we have
a slow portion or a project that comes to comple-
tion, we can transition those people easier into an-
other segment of our business,” McKinnon said.
Th e key part of the Denmax plan to diversify
and expand is an evolving HR strategy that seeks
to attract and retain employees to sustain its rapid
growth.
“In 2011, we experienced a 50 per cent full-
time equivalent increase within our company, and
we will be at 50 per cent growth in 2012 in our
projections,” said McKinnon.
“One of the challenges we have, the same as
most other companies in Alberta, is that manpower
is hard to fi nd.
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Denmax HR strategy tied to bottom line
Jim McKinnon, HR manager at Denmax Energy in Wainwright, is the braintrust behind a multi-pronged HR strategy to recruit and retain work-ers with individualized career and skill develop-ment programs and opportunities for new and experienced hires.
Denmax Energy in Wainwright experienced a 50 per cent increase in full-time equivalent positions in 2011 with a similar growth projection in 2012.
In with the new and out with the old. In our annual year-end review and outlook for the coming year, Pipeline News interviewed Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd on Dec. 9.
Boyd says 2011 will go in the history books as the year that spring fl ooding in southeast Saskatchewan curtailed oil operations for weeks.
Looking ahead to 2012, Boyd foresees the build-up of strong drilling from the fourth quarter of 2011 continuing on pace into 2012. He also expects a much drier spring in 2012 – but only time will tell if he is right!
PN: What was the energy highlight for you in 2011?Boyd: I’d say the highlight, although it was not a positive thing, was the
fl ooding that we experienced in the southeast part of the province in a very wet
spring.
It was certainly noteworthy and resulted in a lot of curtailment in the activ-
ity of the oilfi eld in the southeast part of our province.
Th at was certainly a bit of a challenge. As the summer went along, we started
to see the land drying up a little bit and activity starting up, and now (Decem-
ber), we are into pretty strong activity once again.
PN: Did the fl ooding also impact revenues from oil and gas activity?Boyd: Absolutely it did. We saw land sale numbers being aff ected. We saw
drilling numbers to a degree being aff ected and certainly royalties being aff ected
as well.
PN: What is the eff ect of the Keystone XL pipeline delay on jobs in the province?
Boyd: Well, it’s not a positive one, that’s for sure. We were optimistic that
we would see that pipeline moving forward sooner. I still think it will be at some
point in the future.
However, we’ve got a lot of oil and gas activity – oil in particular, and because
of that, we want to have access to good solid markets to the south of us. Th at
pipeline is certainly needed.
PN: What are your thoughts on the lower land sales in 2011 ($248.8 mil-
lion versus $463 million in 2010)?Boyd: I think it’s a combination of a few things. Certainly, the spring fl ood-
ing in the southeast of the province defi nitely aff ected that.
I think we are also seeing concern in the industry in the economy – in Eu-
rope – Greece and Italy and other places, and the eff ect that they’re having on
markets around the world. It think there’s a combination of a lot of things that
are at play.
Clearly, oil companies have invested signifi cantly in land sales before, and so,
as a result of delays with fl ooding, they haven’t had the opportunity to explore
those properties.
I think we will start to see a recovery in that respect, but it’s a little bit slower
than we were hoping.
PN: What does strong drilling activity in the fourth quarter of 2011 tell you about the industry heading into 2012?
Boyd: Well, I think it’s a very healthy industry, one that has the resources
and capital to be able to invest. Th ey are certainly doing that in Saskatchewan.
Drilling activity is strong and we anticipate that going forward as well.
PN: What is your reaction to projected GDP of more than fi ve per cent in 2012 by the Conference Board of Canada?
Boyd: We are very happy about that. Th e GDP growth is going to be strong
– projected to be the strongest in Canada. I think it points to a business friendly
province that people are looking at in a far diff erent light than they have in the
past.
Th ey are seeing Saskatchewan as a good place to do business and making
record investments here.
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Boyd expects a strong and ood-free year in 2012
Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd. Photo submitted
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The lowlight of 2011 for Energy and Re-sources Minister Bill Boyd was the extensive spring ooding in southeast Saskatchewan that curtailed many oil operations for weeks with several states of emergency declared throughout the Estevan-Weyburn area.
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Page A12PN: Where do you see the industry headed in
2012?Boyd: I think we will see more of the same. I
think you will see continued investment in Saskatch-
ewan through the land sale process and through
properties that oil companies have acquired in the
past. I think we will see continued strength in terms
of drilling.
Th ere are more and more horizontal wells being
drilled all of the time which are expensive wells to
drill, but have higher recovery rates which are very
good for our economy.
We will see more people being employed in the
industry and continued growth in our communities
that are close by the oil industry.
PN: Will housing and employment continue to be leading issues in 2012?
Boyd: Yes, I think so. Th at is a challenge. We
need more and more people working in the industry.
It’s a quickly growing industry. As a result of that,
they need somewhere to live and there’s going to be
pressure in those areas.
Th e system responds in time. You will see more
apartments being constructed and you’ll see more
homes being built. Th ese are positive things for our
economy.
It’s always a bit of a challenge when you have
an employment issue or you have housing concerns.
It’s much better than seeing the industry not doing
well.
PN: Is your Energy and Resources Ministry experiencing hiring shortages?
Boyd: Certainly geologists and engineers are in
hot demand, so that’s a bit of a challenge. I think
that’s across the board in all industries here in our
province now.
PN: Do you see any prospects for gas in 2012?Boyd: I think we are going to see continued low
prices for gas – not a lot of drilling activity. It’s an
industry that’s pretty challenged right now.
PN: Will you be contemplating any royalty changes in oil that were discussed for potash dur-ing the fall election?
Boyd: No, we are not making any changes in the
royalty structures. We committed to that in the elec-
tion campaign in the area of potash or oil. We feel
that our royalty levels are the appropriate level.
I think it’s a good return for the people of Sas-
katchewan and provides for opportunity for compa-
nies to make some money and further reinvest and
create employment for our people here.
PN: Do you see the Battlefords as a potentially emerging oil play?
Boyd: Yes, we do. I think that is an area that
could be pretty hot in activity in the future. We are
seeing some pretty good results coming out of that
area particularly, and we are optimistic that we will
see continued strength there.
Th e existing areas are all doing pretty well. I
think the southeast Bakken area will continue to be
a very strong area. On the west side, there is going
to be lots of activity in the Viking formation and in
the Lower Shaunavon as well. Th e traditional areas,
I think, are going to lead the way.
PN: Do you see more solar developments or power deals with First Nations in 2012?
Boyd: Perhaps in the areas of hydro develop-
ments and biomass projects. I think solar is still a
little ways off and is very expensive compared with
other generation sources.
PN: How would summarize prospects for Sas-katchewan in 2012?
Boyd: I think 2012 is going to be a very good
year for our province. I think we see a lot of drilling
activity and exploration. Th e resource sector is driv-
ing our economy and I think it’s going to continue
to do so.
PN: I guess you will be keeping a close eye on Environment Canada (weather) this spring?
Boyd: Th ese kinds of events in terms of fl ooding
in 2011 are one in 500 year events, so I think we are
probably OK for a while again.
Little natural gas activity expected
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By Geoff Lee
Saskatoon – Th e International La-
bour Centre (ILC) will step up its re-
cruiting of immigrant workers from
eastern European countries other than
Ukraine in 2012 for a variety of oilfi eld
jobs and related positions in Western
Canada.
Since opening an offi ce in Sas-
katoon in May after seven years of
recruiting Ukrainian workers in Kiev,
ILC began to broaden its recruiting
scope to fi ll the hiring needs of oil and
gas companies and associated busi-
nesses in transportation and trades.
“Th e main development for us in
2012 is expanding to recruiting from
not only Ukraine, but also other na-
tionalities, to provide employers with
more choice and diff erent levels of ex-
perience and diff erent levels of Eng-
lish as well,” said Gareth Charpentier,
marketing and sales manager.
Th e fi rst wave of experienced truck
drivers of Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian,
Slovakian and Irish descent recruited
from Ireland for a Saskatchewan-
based transportation company arrived
in Saskatoon in August and Septem-
ber.
Th e fact that all of the drivers had
work experience in Ireland for at least
the past three to fi ve years means their
English speaking skills have not been a
barrier like it can be when hiring other
nationalities.
“We are going to be continuing to
recruit from Ireland for truck drivers,”
said Charpentier.
“Mainly in 2012, we are focused
on recruiting eastern Europeans for a
variety of jobs because we found that
we have the ability to understand their
culture and communicate with them
when they arrive.
“We have people in our offi ce who
speak Ukrainian and Russian, and in
a lot of places in eastern Europe, they
speak Russian.
“We see that there is a really strong
demand in transportation, but as well
we are going to be continuing to target
the oil and gas sector because of the
fact there is such a demand, especially
in Alberta, where there is a lot more oil
and gas development.”
Approximately, 20 oil rig
fl oorhands from the Ukraine were re-
cruited for a Lloydminster company in
2011 and more are on their way.
“We are targeting to bring in
about 50 fl oorhands and possibly more
to Alberta and Saskatchewan in 2012.
Th at’s part of our plan,” said Charpen-
tier.
Charpentier says ILC can help rig
operators replace those skilled workers
who didn’t return to the industry after
the recession hit in 2008, forcing com-
panies to compete for workers.
Since 2004, ILC has helped com-
panies in a variety of economic sectors
in British Columbia, Alberta, Sas-
katchewan, Manitoba and Ontario hire
over 1,100 Ukrainian skilled workers.
ILC’s focus is to fi nd the right
worker for an employer’s needs.
“I think that the big success about
our work is that we are very much a
labour market kind of business,” said
Charpentier.
“We are not only just looking
at what’s right for the candidate, but
what’s right for the employer. Hiring a
worker is a lot of work and you want to
make sure you get the right person.
“I think a lot of companies just go
and fi nd workers and just try to push
the workers through to diff erent com-
panies.
“We have a much more consulta-
tive process where we are looking at
the labour needs of the company and
trying to fi nd the right worker for that
company based on their skills.”
For example, the Saskatchewan
Institute of Applied Sciences and
Technology works with ILC to pre-
pare benchmark learning and skill lev-
els for welders recruited from Kiev.
“We can also ask employers what
are the most important welding tasks
that you do in your business and we
will have these welders in Ukraine
tested to see if they have the skills to
be able do these processes,” said Char-
pentier.
“Th e employer is able to choose a
welder that they know is going to be
able to do the work before they ar-
rive.”
ILC to recruit more nationalities in 2012
Richard Polinsky, left, operations manager for Royal Well Servicing in Lloy-dminster welcomes a new Ukrainian oor hand at the Saskatoon airport with assistance from Iryna Matsiuk, ILC general manager from Saskatoon and Nadiya Neshcheretna from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
Photo submitted
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Page A14ILC recruited about 200 skilled workers for jobs in Saskatchewan in 2011
and approximately 600 to 700 workers and their families since 2004.
About 70 per cent of successful recruits and their families come to Canada
with the assistance of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program and re-
ceive settlement support from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
Approximately 30 per cent of successful recruits are hired through the fed-
Charpentier says companies in Western Canada widely apply to recruit im-
migrant rig fl oor hands in Ukraine because they are able to show the federal
government they can’t fi ll these entry level positions locally.
“We were approached recently by a company that had positions for a rig
operator, derrick hands and fl oor hand positions,” he said.
“Th e fact they are coming from abroad and coming into an entry level posi-
tion, it’s kind of easier for them to work their way up after they have come.
“Th e guys that we have been bringing in to these positions defi nitely have
the qualifi cations of a rig operator.”
Charpentier says the new fl oor hands hired by ILC’s client in Lloydmin-
ster are exceeding expectations since many of the recruits were educated at the
Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas in Ukraine.
“A lot of these guys have at least fi ve years of experience before they come
over,” he said.
“Th ese guys are kind of blowing the local guys out of the water because of
the fact they are motivated to make Canada their home,” he said.
“Th ey are also motivated to earn money and work overtime, and the em-
ployer is very happy with their skills, and says from the beginning you could tell
they know what they are doing.”
Th e number of recruiting inquires to ILC has increased since the opening of
the Saskatoon offi ce including calls for skilled positions in other sectors such as
meat processing, agriculture, health care, construction, hospitality, manufactur-
ing and transportation.
“We have been working to recruit a lot of welders, machinists and industrial
painters – just a lot of trades – for workers that are working in industries that are
supporting the oil and gas industry and truck drivers as well,” said Charpentier.
“It’s not necessarily all oil and gas related, but currently, we are working to
recruit truck drivers for a company in Saskatchewan that does liquid and dry
bulk transport, and part of that is hauling petroleum and fuel.
“We are getting a lot of demand for a lot of trades people.”
ILC is also looking to hire another offi ce employee in Saskatoon to allow
Charpentier to focus on managing a growing project list that includes promot-
ing ILC’s services to more clients.
“December is meeting month and planning for 2012. In the new year, we are
planning to go out and knock on doors a lot more,” he said.
PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 A15
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Lloydminster – Th ere is little doubt oilfi eld em-
ployment is a hot button issue when a recruiter
such as Your Recruitment & HR Division Inc. that
opened in Lloydminster in 2010 is already looking
to expand to another city.
Th e days of operating in one location as a three
person shop are numbered for Your Recruitment, a
business that is growing in pace with the recruitment
demands for temporary and permanent profession-
als from oil and gas companies throughout Western
Canada.
All those help wanted signs in Lloydminster are
no surprise to Your Recruitment that receives new
resumes and hiring requisitions on an almost daily
basis.
“It’s busy here and I suspect it’s going to get re-
ally busy,” said Kathy Kennedy, president and CEO.
“We thought it was bad in the summer. I think
in the spring it’s going to be cutthroat. People are
going to want those employees even more than they
think they do now.
“Th ere is a heavy demand right now for techni-
cal skills – engineers and professionals – people with
designations in the accounting fi eld.
“Th e professional, technical senior type people
are the hardest to fi nd, but we get lots of phone calls
for the general labourers, receptionists, administra-
tors – you name it.”
Kennedy is assisted by Maureen Tkachuk, re-
cruitment and business development manager, and
Rachelle Bygrove, HR administrator, who also have
their plates full with administrative hiring and HR
consulting requests.
“Right now, we have about 36 active fi les and
that’s because I have been turning away stuff . I don’t
take on any more than I want to be able to be suc-
cessful at,” said Kennedy.
“If I leave a client hanging, that’s not good for
business or your reputation, so I don’t take on any
more clients.”
Kennedy also works from her home in Canmore,
Alta., to connect with the Calgary job market and
source the hard-to-fi nd professional engineers and
senior executives for clients in a variety of competi-
tive positions and locations.
“We do a lot of recruiting for the Fort Nelson
area as well as Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer,”
said Kennedy.
“We have placements in Swift Current and in
Lone Rock and Macklin – all over those areas as
well.”
Kennedy is well connected in the oil and gas in-
dustry in Western Canada.
Her experience includes 25 years in HR admin-
istration in Lloydminster, serving a variety of busi-
ness clients in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer.
In 2003, she launched Kennedy Personnel Solu-
tions Inc. in Lloydminster until January 2010 only to
discover her phone in Canmore never stopped ring-
ing in her semi-retirement.
“In August 2010, I decided to bite the bullet be-
cause I was working just as hard at home trying to
refer people, so I opened the offi ce and it’s just been
gangbusters,” she said.
“When I fi rst opened up again, it was just me,
and now we’re at three, and we are looking at ex-
panding in another city.”
Kennedy divides her time between Canmore
and Lloydminster and stays in touch with her staff
and clients with Skype and telephone connections.
“Th e girls and I Skype every day, so we are basi-
cally face to face. I try to stay very connected to the
Lloydminster area,” said Kennedy.
Page A18
Recruiter eyes cutthroat job market in 2012Recruiter eyes cutthroat job market in 2012
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Calgary – Husky
Energy Inc. has a $4.7
billion gross capital ex-
penditure program for
2012 for its global oil
and gas projects.
Th e investment
budget includes $1 bil-
lion to “reinvigorate and
transform” its founda-
tion in Western Canada
while sustaining pro-
duction levels.
Husky will continue
to make progress in its
strategy to transition a
greater percentage of
its heavy oil production
to long-life thermal in
2012.
Th e 8,000 barrels of
oil per day Pikes Peak
South thermal heavy oil
project south of Lloy-
dminster in Saskatch-
ewan is expected to
become operational in
mid-2012.
Th e 3,000 bopd
Paradise Hill thermal
project in Saskatche-
wan is on target for fi rst
production in the third
quarter of 2012.
A substantial oil
and liquids-rich natural
gas resource play land
base has been acquired
and drilling is scheduled
to take place across its
properties in Western
Canada in 2012.
Husky’s capital ex-
penditure program for
2012 builds on the mo-
mentum the company
achieved over the past
year to increase short-
term production and
supports the continued
execution of its mid and
long-term growth ini-
tiatives.
“Th is has been a year
of signifi cant progress
as we achieved a num-
ber of milestones in our
growth plan, delivered a
solid increase in produc-
tion, strengthened re-
serves replacement and
reported strong fi nan-
cial results,” said Husky
CEO Asim Ghosh in a
Dec. 1 news release.
“Our business strat-
egy is on course and
demonstrating its ability
to deliver value to share-
holders. Our 2012 pro-
gram will build on that
progress as we remain
focused on execution.”
Approximately 60
per cent of the upstream
gross capital expenditure
will go toward Husky’s
main growth projects
including $610 million
for the Sunrise oil sands
project in Alberta.
Sunrise is a joint
venture with British oil
giant BP PLC.
Construction is
ramping up at Sunrise
towards planned fi rst
production in 2014.
Th e fi rst phase of Sun-
rise will produce 60,000
bopd and is expected to
cost $2.5-billion.
Just over $1 billion
is allocated for Liwan
gas project in the Asia
Pacifi c region as fabri-
cation of deepwater and
shallow water facilities
accelerates.
Liwan remains on
target for fi rst produc-
tion in 2013/2014.
Husky plans to keep
its growth at 3 to 5 per
cent every year over the
next three years and ex-
pects to exit 2011 with
a production total of
approximately 312,000
barrels of oil equivalent
per day.
Th e company ex-
pects to drill approxi-
mately 850 oil and gas
in 2012 throughout its
areas of operation, a 15
per cent decrease from
2011.
Th e lower number
refl ects the greater per-
centage of horizontal
wells in the program,
a shift in heavy oil to-
wards thermal and an
increase in resource play
development.
Husky expects to
a decrease in the num-
ber of conventional
wells drilled in 2012 in
line with its strategy to
transition to a greater
percentage of oil and
liquids-rich natural gas
resource plays in West-
ern Canada.
Approximately 90
wells are planned in oil
resource plays and 60 in
gas resource, including
50 development wells
at the Ansell project in
Alberta.
Consistent with
the strategy for heavy
oil, the number of cold
heavy oil production
with sand (CHOPS)
wells planned is being
reduced to about 250
from 306 in 2011, while
the number of horizon-
tal wells is being in-
creased to the range of
150.
In addition to the
producing Tucker oil
sands project in Alber-
ta and the developing
Sunrise oil sands proj-
ect, Husky has approxi-
mately 15 properties in
its emerging oil sands
portfolio.
Husky’s total best
estimate contingent re-
source holdings in its
emerging oil sands port-
folio now stands at 11.4
billion barrels.
Th e resources are
classifi ed as contin-
gent as Husky has
not sanctioned com-
mercial development
nor submitted appli-
cations for approvals.
Husky to invest $1 billion in Western Canada
Husky is allocating $1 billion in capital expenditures in 2012 to “reinvigorate and transform” its foundation in Western Canada with continued focus on heavy oil production from thermal projects. Pictured is an aerial view of the Lloydminster upgrader. Photo submitted
A20 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
By Geoff Lee
Regina – File this under breaking news to of-
fi cially break in January.
Saskatchewan has set another record for drill-
ing horizontal wells in 2011, topping last year’s re-
cord of 1,531 wells – with the fi nal year end tally
yet to be released.
Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd re-
vealed that fact in his comments on the modest
sale of December Crown petroleum and natural gas
rights that bought in $20.8 million in revenue.
“Our drilling numbers, especially those for
horizontal wells, continue to track well ahead of
last year’s pace and the demand for drilling and
service rigs remains higher here than in Alberta
and British Columbia,” said Boyd.
“Th is activity and these recent land acquisi-
tions bode well for an industry that helps drive
our economy and which invests more than $4 bil-
lion into exploration and development work each
year.”
Total land sale revenue for the 2011 calendar
year amounted to $248.8 million, making 2011 the
fourth-best on record for land sale revenues.
“We’re pleased by the strong interest compa-
nies expressed in the parcels on off er in the De-
cember sale,” Boyd said.
“We’ve seen a trend in the latter part of the
year of companies concentrating on working the
assets they have already acquired.
December’s sale included 212 lease parcels that
attracted $20.3 million in bonus bids and three pe-
troleum and natural gas exploration licences that
sold for $486,000.
Th e Weyburn-Estevan area received the most
bids with sales of $13.2 million.
Th e Lloydminster area was next at $4.1 mil-
lion, followed by the Kindersley-Kerrobert area at
$2 million and the Swift Current region at $1.5
million.
Th e highest price for a single parcel was
$905,000. Villanova Oil Corp. acquired this
259-hectare lease parcel east of Estevan.
Th e highest price on a per-hectare basis was
$7,878. Midale Petroleums Ltd. bid $255,000 for a
32-hectare lease parcel southeast of Oxbow.
An oil shale special exploratory permit block
on off er east of Nipawin received a work commit-
ment bid of $2 million from Prairie Land & In-
vestment Services Ltd.
Th e next sale of Crown petroleum and natural
gas dispositions will be held on Feb. 6, 2012.
Weyburn-Estevan area Th e total bonus received in the area was $13.2
million, an average of $648 per hectare. Th is com-
pares to $3.3 million, an average of $489 per hect-
are at the last sale.
Th e top purchaser of acreage in this area was
Villanova Oil Corp, who spent $2.7 million to ac-
quire 13 lease parcels.
Th e top price paid for a single lease in this area
was $905,000 by Villanova Energy Corp. for a 259
hectare parcel situated within the Pinto Midale
and Frobisher Beds Pools, 30 km east of Estevan.
Th e highest price paid for a single licence in
this area was $325,567 by Prairie Land & Invest-
ment Services Ltd. for a 905 hectare block off ering
deeper rights beneath the Tatagwa Midale Beds
Pool, 30 km southwest of Weyburn.
Lloydminster area (numbers rounded up)Th e top purchaser of acreage in this area was
Plunkett Resources Ltd., who spent $1.3 million
to acquire six lease parcels.
Th e highest op price paid for a single lease in
this area was $610,666 by Windfall Resources for
a 194 hectare parcel situated partially within the
Mervin East Waseca Sand Oil Pool Pool, 15 km
southeast of Turtleford.
Kindersley-Kerrobert area Th e total bonus received in the area was $1.9
million, an average of $287 per hectare. Th is com-
pares to $2.6 million, an average of $215 per hect-
are at the last sale.
Th e top purchaser of acreage in this area was
Prairie Land & Investment Services Ltd., who
spent $475,912 to acquire fi ve lease parcels.
Th e top price paid for a single lease in this area
was $266,493, paid by Devon NEC Corporation
for a 259 hectare parcel situated 2 km north of the
Forgan West Viking Sand Oil Pool, 12 km south-
east of Elrose.
Swift Current area Th e total bonus received in the area was $1.5
million, an average of $169 per hectare. Th is com-
pares to $4.3 million, an average of $486 per hect-
are at the last sale.
Th e top purchaser of acreage in this area was
Ranger Land Services Ltd., who spent $406,000
to acquire four lease parcels.
Th e highest price paid for a single lease in this
area was $210,458 by Whitecap Resources Inc. for
a 259 hectare parcel situated 2 km east of the Verlo
Roseray Sand Oil Pool, 27 km north of the Town
of Gull Lake.
Drill record tops land sale news
PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 A21
Toronto – Employers in Western Canada anticipate the strongest hiring envi-
ronments in Canada in the fi rst quarter of 2012, according to the latest Manpower
Employment Outlook Survey released Dec. 13.
Th e forecast for the region is due in part to the robust hiring forecast reported
by employers in the mining industry sector.
“Th e seasonally adjusted data indicates employers expect an upbeat environ-
ment for job seekers, reporting a net employment outlook of 16 per cent,” said
Byrne Luft, vice-president of operations, staffi ng services for Manpower Canada.
Th e survey of more than 1,900 Canadian employers reveals that 16 per cent of
employers plan to increase their payrolls in the fi rst quarter of 2012, while 10 per
cent anticipate cutbacks.
Of those surveyed, 71 per cent of employers expect to maintain their current
staffi ng levels and three per cent are unsure of their hiring intentions for the up-
coming quarter.
“Th e upcoming quarter’s net employment outlook suggests some gains in
employer optimism, particularly in the manufacturing and durables sector,” said
Luft.
“Although Western Canada anticipates the most favourable hiring climate,
employers in all regions and sectors are telling us that they plan to hire at a more
cautious pace from January to March compared with the previous quarter.
“Despite slight improvement overall, many employers are evidently taking
time to evaluate current market conditions and demand for their products and
services before committing to additional employees.
“It will be interesting to see how employer optimism develops through the rest
of the year.”
Mining: Employers in the mining sector in Canada anticipate an upbeat fi rst
quarter in 2012, reporting a net employment outlook of 16 per cent once seasonal
variations are removed from the survey data.
Th is is a nine percentage point decrease from the outlook reported in the
previous quarter.
However, it is a two percentage point improvement from the outlook reported
during the same time last year indicating a positive hiring climate for the fi rst
quarter of 2012. Page A22
West is the best for Q1 hiring
Help wanted signs like this one for Weatherford in Lloydminster are pop-ping up like daisies throughout Western Canada. The West could lead all regions of the country in hiring in the rst quarter of the year
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act a job creator for the natural gas industry.
U of S licensed its catalyst to California-based Carbon Sciences in Decem-
ber, 2010 in that company’s continuing quest to make liquid transportation fuels
from natural gas and carbon dioxide.
Gas to liquid (GTL) technology has the potential to create thousands of
long-term jobs in United States according to Byron Elton, CEO of Carbon
Sciences.
Currently, the U.S. natural gas industry employs over 600,000 workers and
that number is expected to grow signifi cantly.
Job creation related to natural gas drilling, however, is only a small fraction
of the job creation potential, and the true key to long-term job growth is lies in
developing GTL technologies.
“Th e number one challenge facing the country today is job creation,” said
Elton in a news release.
“No industry has a better story to tell right now than natural gas exploration
and development. While gas resources are generating new jobs by the tens of
thousands, GTL operations would increase that number exponentially.”
Gas-to-liquids is a technology that makes liquid transportation fuels and
other valuable products out of natural gas (methane) instead of crude oil and has
the potential of creating thousands of permanent, high-paying jobs.
“We believe that the country’s energy policy, or lack thereof, will continue to
be a key issue in the job creation debate,” added Elton.
“Hopefully, the debate will centre on energy development, particularly on
natural gas and GTL technologies. GTL is the best choice for high wage job
creation, energy independence and energy security.”
Royal Dutch Shell has a working facility in Qatar that has created a virtual
city and employs 35,000 workers. Sasol, a South African company, recently an-
nounced an agreement with the state of Louisiana for a feasibility study to build
a $10 billion GTL plant, creating 5,000 total jobs.
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While the company had made some progress in developing a catalyst, it was
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U of S engineering professor Hui Wang and his team had developed a cata-
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making it a less expensive, and a more energy-effi cient process.
Th e overall process is expected to be close to CO2-neutral, making it more
environmentally friendly than current reforming/GTL technologies.
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Lloydminster – Jennifer Julian from Anchorage,
Alaska, was excited to be in the company of fellow
innovators as the distinguished guest lecturer for the
December technical lunch of the Lloydminster So-
ciety of Petroleum Engineers.
It brought her close to the heavy oil capital of
Canada and the chance to draw on new ideas and
technology in her job as a well intervention advisor
for BP at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and her goal to boost
the economic recovery of mature oil wells.
“Even though I have been in well work for 25
years, every day is exciting and every conversation I
have with other people in the petroleum industry I
have learned something; I have borrowed something
from them; I improve it – we work back and forth
together,” she said.
“It’s really this process of innovation and my pas-
sion for that is one of the main reasons I am here.”
Her topic, “Twenty Years of Well Work: Inter-
ventions and Innovations at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska”
included her plans to adapt PC pump technology
developed in Lloydminster for cold heavy oil pro-
duction with sand (CHOPS).
PC pumps will be used by BP for CHOPS pro-
duction at its smaller Milne Point fi eld (100 wells)
near Prudhoe Bay where BP operates 2,000 wells.
An insertable PC pump developed by Weath-
erford in Edmonton is also being looked at by BP
to save costly rig workovers when their own ESP
pumps (electric submersible pumps) at Milne Point
fail.
Julian says innovation is the key as BP has al-
ready produced 13 billion barrels of oil in the last
30 years from an expected initial recovery of jus t 10
billion barrels, with another couple of billion barrels
of oil recoverable.
“Most of that is in well work opportunities and
the way that we’ve drilled our wells,” said Julian, who
defi ned well intervention as operations that add or
restore the production rate.
“Well intervention is 20 per cent of base produc-
tion.”
Prudhoe Bay is the largest oilfi eld in North
America that originally had 25 billion barrels of oil
in place with the largest operators being BP, Exxon-
Mobil and ConocoPhillips Alaska.
“We need to fi gure out what we are going to do
after the light oil declines and a big part of that is
the heavy oil,” said Julian, who said Alaska has a lot
of heavy oil.
“Th e PC pump is something Alaska is very ex-
cited about because they are able to handle high sol-
ids and that’s really what they were developed for.
“So, for our CHOPS wells, this is really the form
of artifi cial lift that will work for us up there.
“Th e great thing about what you’ve done in
Canada is that you have got the costs so low they
have become competitive.
“What we are doing in Alaska is simply taking
the technology you have developed here then put-
ting it in a little bit deeper wells.”
Some of keys to successfully implementing new
technology according to Julian include having strong
economic justifi cation, strong relationships with fi eld
personnel and well-designed fi eld trials.
With more than 4,000 well interventions a year
at Prudhoe Bay, Julian says it is also important to
develop vendor partnerships and have an open and
investigative mind for solutions with well integrity
top of mind.
“Just as the rest of the industry has, we have age-
ing tubular,” said Julian. “We need to fi nd solutions
that we can ensure we can maintain the highest de-
gree of integrity.
“So, a lot of the innovation we did was around
repairing these wells and leaks.”
Th e innovative driver behind leak detection that
Julian spoke about is the fact a rig workover can cost
about $2 million in Alaska.
“It costs a lot of money to pull tubing and re-
place it,” said Julian. “So if we can identify a leak in
a well in the tubing, we can actually run a straddle
across it and we can isolate that leak and keep that
well on line safely. Page A26
BP to use PC pumps in Alaska
Jennifer Julian, a well intervention advisor for BP at Prudhoe Bay Alaska, plans to use PC pumps developed in Lloydminster for a couple of applications in Alaska. Julian also addressed SPE chapters in Edmonton, Calgary and Seattle in December. She works from Anchorage.
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Story and photos by Brian ZinchukWillmar – With burgeoning oil production in North Dakota, Bakken crude
has been pouring across the 49th parallel into Canadian pipelines and rail cars,
only to eventually fi nd its way south again. Since October 2010, Canadian Na-
tional Railway has been using a truck-to-rail transloading site on an otherwise
little-used siding in the middle of the southeast Saskatchewan prairie, at a little
dot on the map known as Willmar.
Now concern over the road leading to the site has led to some hardball tac-
tics, with the Rural Municipality of Browning reducing allowed road weights to
secondary weight levels on the main road leading to the Willmar siding.
Northeast of Lampman, the hamlet of Willmar lies in the northeast corner
of the RM of Browning, along Highway 604. It’s not a provincial highway, but a
municipal one. A drive on it in early December found a nice, smooth surface for
a roadway that had been, until recently, designated for primary weights. Th e RM
would like to keep it that way, having rebuilt it in recent years.
Randy Fleck, reeve of the RM, explained how the increasing traffi c of heavy
tanker trucks leading to the Willmar siding has become a concern. “We did not
expect to have that kind of traffi c on the 604,” he said.
Th e RM has proposed a few diff erent solutions, such as putting another lift
of asphalt on the road, running from Willmar south to Highway 361. Th at pro-
vincial highway connects to Highways 47 and 9, both corridors running south
to the border.
Another option would be to build up the seasonal road from the Plains En-
vironmental facility just a few miles to the southeast. Plains Environmental had
paid to build up two miles of road leading to their facility from the south, and
Fleck suggests CN could do the same, continuing on that path.
“Th ey could probably build that for a little over $1 million. Th ey would build
it, and we would gravel it and maintain it. In the long run, building is the cheap
part. Maintenance costs money,” Fleck said.
Another route into Willmar would be to turn off Highway 9 from the east,
but that would involve the RM of Moose Creek as well.
Fleck noted there is a natural inclination for drivers to want to remain on
pavement.
“We gave them the road maintenance agreement in October. Th ey had until
mid-November. We haven’t heard back,” Fleck said on Dec. 8.
Is the traffi c leading to Willmar all CN’s? “Of course not,” Fleck said, but
added, “Is the majority CN’s? Yes.”
Generally speaking, getting around the RM of Browning would not nor-
mally be a weight issue.
“We’ve gone primary weights on all our gravel roads, except for our thin
membrane roads,” Fleck said. Highway 604 was built to last 25 years, he noted.
“We haven’t had any trouble with any of the oil companies in the RM. It’s
never been a problem,” Fleck said.
“We’ve never had road maintenance agreements. We tried to shy away from
them,” he said, noting the complexity of such agreements.
While other rural municipalities have asked for road maintenance agree-
ments, Browning has been able to get by without them, until now. With wells
and pipelines throughout the RM, he noted commercial property already pays its
fair share of tax. But the taxes paid for the Willmar facility are just $400 a year.
Th at’s less than one load of gravel.
Fleck also noted it’s not fair to agricultural producers who pay property taxes
to pay for CN’s use of the road. Page B2
A 30 tanker cars could be found be-ing loaded at Canadian National’s Willmar transload facility on Dec. 8.
There’s not much to the CN Willmar facility. Unlike rail loading facilities like the large one at Stanley, North Dakota, which has mammoth storage tanks, a circular track and indoor loading facilities, the Willmar location is simply a siding and a few pumps.
Page B1Another major facility in the RM which takes
in similar truck traffi c is the Enbridge Steelman ter-
minal. But with substantial assets on the ground as
well as numerous pipelines, Enbridge already pays
signifi cant taxes. Th e CN Willmar facility, on the
other hand, is essentially a rail siding, some roadway
beside it, offi ce trailers, a few shipping containers,
and a handful of portable pumps.
Pipeline News has been in contact with CN al-
most every month since the Williston Basin Petro-
leum Conference in May regarding doing a story on
the Willmar facility. While initially forthcoming, the
response changed of late. Finally on Dec. 9, Mark
Hallman, director of communications and public af-
fairs for CN e-mailed, “I appreciate your persistence,
patience and interest in CN. At the present time,
however, CN has decided not to do media interviews
on its oil transloading activities in Saskatchewan.”
Th e company’s website notes, “We are commit-
ted to supporting the Bakken formation by provid-
ing fast and scalable transportation options to desti-
nation markets.”
CN says the benefi ts of shipping crude by rail
include:
• Switch markets quickly to maximize netback
• Service to match your evolving needs
• Capital expenses are signifi cantly less than
pipeline
• Ability to ship crude, diesel, and diluent in the
same rail car
• Existing assets for multiple commodities
• No transmix or product downgrade on deliv-
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• Source your products from further afar than
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Noting the “Transload at your doorstep,” the
website adds, “CN's truck to rail transload location
in Willmar is within 30 miles of most Saskatchewan
Bakken production. Our transload facilities are open
to anyone and provide a turnkey service with the help
of our Cargofl o terminals and trucking partners.”
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By Brian ZinchukEstevan – Crude by rail has come to Estevan.
Canadian Pacifi c announced on Dec. 7 it is expanding the transportation of
crude oil by rail from the Saskatchewan Bakken formation.
Th e Estevan transload has a maximum of 15 rail cars, said Ed Greenberg,
media spokesperson for CP.
“We built it to the current requirements of the customer,” he said, adding it
was built to be scalable.
Th at customer turns out to be Cenovus Energy, who revealed their inten-
tions during their investor day on Dec. 7. Don Swystun, executive vice-president
refi ning, marketing, transportation and development, said, “We are developing
rail options with a focus on Saskatchewan crude production.”
RigLocator.ca records show Cenovus has been drilling south of the Shand
Power Station over the past year, just southeast of Estevan.
Th e facility is in the heart of Estevan, accessible by private road heading west
from Estevan’s Kensington Avenue.
Th e new transload facility will be operated by Bulk Plus Logistics in Este-
van. Th ere will be no tankage, and rail cars will be loaded directly from trucks. A
typical rail tanker car is 600 to 650 barrels in capacity, the equivalent of roughly
three fully-loaded tridem tanker trucks, or two truck-and-pup A-trains.
Th e Estevan location is CP’s second crude-by-rail location in southeast Sas-
katchewan. Th e railway is already moving crude out of transload facility at Dol-
lard, Sask. It is located on the Great Western Railway, a short line partner of
Canadian Pacifi c.
Th e oil is destined to various refi neries in both Canada and the United
States. Greenberg said it will be going to Eastern Canada, the U.S. Midwest and
West Coast.
In 2010, Pipeline News reported that Global Companies LLC, of Boston,
Mass., part of Global Partners LP, was also looking into providing oil on rail ser-
vice, and that they were partnering with CP to ship into New York and Rhode
Island.
Canadian Pacifi c also ships crude oil out of the ever-expanding North Da-
kota market, and has a terminal in the heart of the Bakken oilpatch, at New
Town. Th at oil mostly gets shipped to the Gulf Coast, according to Greenberg.
“Th is is the next step for us for our energy portfolio in the Bakken,” Green-
berg said of the Estevan facility. “It’s Saskatchewan Bakken oil.
“We’ve had close discussions with the province of Saskatchewan to ensure
there’s a comfort level,” Greenberg said.
Page B4
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Tanker cars like these are now being loaded in the heart of Estevan, part of Canadian Paci c’s foray into crude by rail.
Page B3However, similar discussions had not been re-
solved with the City of Estevan, as of Dec. 12. Th e
city was still waiting to hear from CP on issues like
fi re protection, according to Mayor Gary St. Onge,
and as such was still determining its response.
“We’ve heard about it for quite some time,” he
said, noting there was a meeting scheduled for Dec.
20 between Estevan city council and the CP advisory
committee.
St. Onge understood there would be three to
four cars a day initially, but it would not become
unit trains. If the services level grew to that point,
it would be moved out of the city. “If it gets to the
case of 100 car trains, it would be out of town,” he
said.
Kensington Avenue, he noted, was built for
trucks, and has a double thickness of asphalt.
Th ere are some concerns about safety, he noted,
such as possible H2S exposure. St. Onge has been
told the pump system should deal with vapours.
Th e Estevan location has the benefi t of being
located near primary weight highways and adjacent
to a primary weight street. Canadian National has
encountered diffi culties with the local RM for their
Willmar transload facility due to concerns over
road maintenance. (see related story page C1)
In a press release, CP said, “Th e Bakken For-
mation, encompassing sections of Saskatchewan
and North Dakota, is a key area of focus for Ca-
nadian Pacifi c and part of the railway’s growing
energy portfolio. In the past three years CP has
demonstrated its ability to deliver crude oil by rail.
Volumes of rail shipments out of North Dakota, for
example, have grown from roughly 500 carloads in
2009 to more than 13,000 carloads in 2011. Th is is
expected to grow to 70,000 annual carloads in the
future.”
“To move the crude by rail opportunities to the
next level, CP will take what it has learned and the
products developed in North Dakota and apply them
in the emerging Saskatchewan and Alberta Bakken
markets,” said CP energy and merchandise vice-pres-
ident Tracy Robinson. “Th e model we developed in
North Dakota is proven and we’re now bringing that
north. To fully capitalize on these opportunities, CP
has established a specialized Energy Development
Team to proactively position CP’s products and ca-
pabilities in this rapidly emerging market place.”
CP said it provides crude shippers with sup-
ply chain options that are fl exible, reliable, and off er
short lead times from production to transportation.
“Th e Bakken formation represents signifi cant
growth opportunities for the people of Saskatch-
ewan and those involved in the development of this
emerging market,” said Saskatchewan Energy and
Resources Minster Bill Boyd in a release. “I’m cer-
tain that CP’s experience and leadership in crude
by rail transportation will prove eff ective in helping
Saskatchewan producers with similar solutions, al-
lowing them rapid entry into new markets.”
CP is investing more than $90 million to enhance
capacity on its U.S. main line south of Saskatchewan,
through North Dakota and into Minnesota to han-
dle anticipated increased Bakken crude shipments.
Th is includes upgraded track and sidings.
Of the 140 million tons of freight shipped an-
nually on CP, hundreds of thousands of carloads are
directly related to energy production and distribu-
tion. Th is includes crude oil, sulphur, fuels, diluents
and materials key to the energy industry such as pipe
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“I started this in June 2006. We
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Prior to that he drove with Cliff
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tor.
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trucks. One unit is a Super-B, the rest
are tridems.
“I some of my own trailers daily,
with the others being supplied by
Nankivell,” he said.
“Currently I’m at seven people.
Usually I’m around eight, including
myself.”
Brownridge said, “Th e bulk of
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Stoughton area, close to home, usually
within a 60 mile radius.”
Th e work is primarily transferring
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Th ere’s enough work to keep them
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“My guys run seven and three,
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to be what they like. Th ey can have a
life too.
“I’ve been pretty fortunate to have
a lot of tremendous help. I’ve had
two guys pretty much from the start.
Th ere’s not a lot of turnover, but I’m so
much smaller than everyone else.”
Brownridge put up a shop along
Highway 13 in the fall of 2008, and
moved in the new year.
“I keep everything inside. It’s over
12,000 square-feet. After two years in
the winter, I couldn’t imagine being
outside again,” he said.
Two years ago he picked up a self-
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on any truck, mounting on the fi fth
wheel. Since there is a lack of heavy-
duty tow trucks in the area, there was
an opportunity in the market. While
it’s not capable of taking on the heavi-
est trucks, it can handle your typical
highway tractor. He bought it for his
own use, but has since found others
have a need.
With all the fl ooding in the region
last spring and summer, work slowed
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A load a day here or there. Th at was
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It did provide a bit of a relief, how-
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break.
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Th ere have been lots of hurdles
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Arcola – Running businesses in the oilpatch runs strongly in the Carter fam-
ily, with numerous businesses ending in –hawk to account for it.
At fi rst there was Winterhawk, a vac outfi t from Provost, Alta., that was
founded in 1979 by
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Th at company was sold
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Th e company had over
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“I’ve had this com-
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Littlehawk Enerprises
Ltd. with his newly-wed wife Ghislaine. She may be the dispatcher and offi ce
manager, but when Pipeline News came to visit, she was driving water truck.
Graham grew up in the business. Since Winterhawk started on their family
farm six miles from, Hayter Alberta, the kitchen table was the company coff ee
room. “Every morning we’d wake up and there were six guys at the kichen table,
having coff ee,” he recalled.
Graham and his brother Brad started Littlehawk as a leased-on outfi t for
Winterhawk. Th ey were in high school at the time.
“I had a one-ton steam truck. A $50,000 steam truck. Th at was our college
fund. We’d start up in the morning before school, and get the service rig going
and then drive the truck to school and go to school.”
After school, it was more of the same. Th ey would head out to thaw batteries,
pumpjacks and the like. Sometimes they would clean up a spill.
His sister Tara has stayed out of the business, so far, but her fi ancé runs a
steam truck under Clean Harbors.
Brad got a bigger steam truck when he was 18 and named his new company
Blackhawk.
“I took over Littlehawk,” Graham said. “Once I graduated I got into a bigger
steam truck too, and got into more turnaround work, cleaning vessels and tanks.
Th at got tiring, being covered in oil every day, so I got into hydrovacing.”
He had a tandem steer, tandem drive truck. Th e steamer would be used for
the “hydro” part, and the vac truck would take care of the sucking.
Graham had a partner for several years. “We both went up to Fort Mac, then
both bought our own combo hydrovac units.”
Eventually the two parted ways.
Graham spent fi ve years in Fort McMurray, working for many of the major
players – Suncor, Syncrude, CNRL, Nexen Long Lake. Th at last one turned into
two-and-a-half years of work with two hydrovacs working 15-hour days.
It’s not cheap in Fort Mac, he discovered like everyone else. “My house was
built in 1974. It was $585,000. Th e small shop, 25x80 feet, cost $850,000, plus
condo fees.”
It was in Fort Mac that Graham met Ghislaine. She was working for
Eveready as well, and used to work for the Alberta government.
“She came to inspect my trucks. We went out
for supper,” he said. Page B11
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the fi nishing touches were being put on the inte-
rior, with the staff moving in later in December.
It’s a 2,100 square-foot bungalow offi ce, with a
wheelchair ramp and deck on the back. Th e base-
ment will be sublet to another oilfi eld services
company, but has been designed that it could be
used as accommodations if a need arose at a later
date.
Landscaping will be fi nished in the spring.
Th e company will have four land agents and
two administration people working out of the
Lampman offi ce, a number they’ve had for two years.
Th ere’s enough room to double that, if need be.
Th e project cost approximately a half million
dollars.
Th e company sees the Williston Basin as a large
play for years to come, and anticipates a lot of activ-
ity for the next fi ve to 10 years, according to How-
ard.
This new of ce is the new home of Land Solutions in Lampman.
Mark Paxman does some paint-ing on the new Land Solutions of ce in Lampman on Dec. 8. Photo by Brian Zinchuk
screwdriver, wrench, welder, or any number of tools
and seek out a career in Saskatchewan.
Doug Folk, human resources co-ordinator with
the Saskatchewan Building Trades Association, is
doing the career fair circuit. Pipeline News caught up
with him at the Estevan Comprehensive School ca-
reer fair on Nov. 9.
“We really want to give youth information about
construction trades so they can make a good deci-
sion about a career choice,” Folk said.
“Th ere’s lots of interested, but lots of youth don’t
have knowledge about the variety of opportunities in
the construction industry.”
Th ere are 36 trades linked to the construction
industry, but many of the youths he meets couldn’t
name fi ve.
“We try to explain the number of opportunities
within construction,” Folk said. Th ose include home-
building, commercial and industrial construction.
Th e construction industry and oilpatch need to
work together, he said. Th e oilpatch needs support
infrastructure such as homes and hotels.
“In a way, we’re complementary and need each
other to grow, but in a way, we’re competitive. We
need the same type of people.”
Folk said those people are passionate and dedi-
cated, who like working with their hands as opposed
to in an offi ce.
Th e career opportunities are endless. Because of
Saskatchewan’s growing economy, there has been a
fundamental shift as well.
“Our work isn’t seasonal anymore. It’s year-
round. Layoff s are unheard of,” Folk said. “It’s an is-
sue of how much overtime you want to put in.”
In looking for workers, he said the lots of people
are going elsewhere – out of the province and even
out of the country. But he noted a lot of members
like to “grow your own.”
“Th e salaries are very good right now. Most of
our youth start at $15 an hour.”
A journeyman carpenter may make around
$35 an hour, while a journeyman plumber can earn
around $36 to $38 an hour.
At the ECS career fair, he said they received a
lot of interest. Folk was in Yorkton the day before,
doing a similar career fair.
“Th ere are tremendous opportunities for em-
ployers to hire people who want to stay in Saskatch-
ewan. SaskJobs.ca has over 10,000 jobs posted, 3,200
in trades and transportation.”
Building trades seeking youth
Doug Folk is trying to convince young people to take up the tremendous opportunities in the building trades.
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“Our goal at this type
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“We’ve ramped up our
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nicians,” says Youck.
“It’s crucial for us to get
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Th at’s why it’s impor-
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Regarding the ca-
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we’re encouraged by
the number of students
who attended Kramer’s
information session and
expressed interest in
becoming a heavy duty
service technician.”
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Water was par for the course at the 33rd annual Lloydmin-ster Oilmen’s Golf Tournament in June. This photo of Nevin Anderson from Source Envi-ronmental Corrosion in Lloyd-minster who went on to hit his ball back into the 18th hole wa-ter hazard was a sign of wet-ter things to come. Buckets of rain washed out the nal day of play for the rst time in the history of event.
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Saskatchewans largest independant oil eld services company, Carson Energy Services, owned and operated by Ron Carson, was purchased by Flint Energy Services, last fall.
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Announced in April, the Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture project began shorty after. This photo was taken in November.
Southeast Saskatch-ewan’s oilpatch had one of the longest spring breakups in memory, waiting for ooding to subside.
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Regina – Saskatch-
ewan Health Minister
Don McMorris, STARS
representatives and local
media received a Phase 1
project briefi ng Dec. 13
at the site of the future
STARS helicopter base
at the Regina Interna-
tional Airport. Con-
struction is progressing
on schedule in advance
of the anticipated April
2012 launch of opera-
tions.
“We’re very excited
to move a step closer to
introducing helicopter
air medical service in
our province,” McMor-
ris said. “STARS will
give us another option to
get critically ill patients
quickly to hospital, and
we’re thankful for all the
partners and donors who
have stepped forward to
make this program a re-
ality in Saskatchewan.”
An existing hangar,
purchased by STARS
from Redhead Equip-
ment Ltd. in October
2011, will undergo re-
development to include
space for the helicop-
ter, aircraft engineering
equipment and main-
tenance activity, and
medical and aviation
crew training and stag-
ing areas. A new ad-
jacent building is also
being constructed to
include crew quarters,
clinical education and
training areas, and offi ce
space for support staff
and volunteers. Gra-
ham Construction is the
company contracted for
this project.
“Th is helicopter
air ambulance base is
possible thanks to the
partnership and sup-
port of government,
emergency services
and health care provid-
ers, and the signifi cant
funding received from
our corporate donors,”
said STARS Founda-
tion vice-president Rod
Gantefoer.
Until his retirement
from politics in October
2011, Gantefoer was the
point man for the pro-
vincial government’s ef-
forts to implement a he-
licopter air ambulance.
Several major do-
nors have provided gen-
erous contributions to
the STARS Saskatch-
ewan program including
Crescent Point Energy,
Mosaic, Potash Corpo-
ration, Enbridge, Ener-
plus, Husky Energy, and
Rawlco Radio.
STARS signed a
service agreement with
the government of Sas-
katchewan in the spring
of 2011 to provide he-
licopter air ambulance
services from bases in
Regina and Saskatoon.
STARS is a charita-
ble non-profi t organiza-
tion that provides a safe,
rapid, highly specialized
emergency medical air
transport system for
critically ill and injured
patients.
Th e Regina base, to
be located at the Regina
International Airport, is
scheduled to open in the
spring of 2012. A base in
Saskatoon is anticipated
to open in late 2012.
Th ere will be approx-
imately 100 employees
(including full-time and
part-time positions) for
the two Saskatchewan
bases. Th is includes air
medical and aviation
crews, as well as aircraft
engineers, fundraising
staff and support staff .
Construction underway at STARS Regina base
Rod Gantefoer, left, executive vice-president for the STARS Foundation, with Don McMorris, Saskatchewan Health minister, reviewing construc-tion blueprints for the new STARS facility in Regina. Photo submitted
The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $10 million per year beginning in 2012-2013. The remaining funds will be raised through STARS fundraising initiatives including corpo-rate partnerships. To date, several major do-nors have stepped forward with generous con-tributions including: Crescent Point Energy as lead donor ($5 million), Mosaic ($5.5 million to-wards a helicopter and hangar in Regina), Pot-ash Corporation (funding for a hangar and an AW139 helicopter in Saskatoon; the estimated value of these assets is $27 million), Enbridge ($500,000), Enerplus ($300,000), Husky Energy ($250,000) and Rawlco Radio ($100,000).
“New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good
resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell
with them as usual.” - Mark Twain
Are you one of the
40-45 per cent of North
Americans who made
at least one New Year’s
resolution this year? De-
spite the fact, that New
Year’s resolutions do not
have a high success rate,
many people set at least
one resolution during
the annual goal setting
event known as New
Year’s.
Th e U.S. govern-
ment website usa.gov
lists some of the resolu-
tions that people make
year after year including:
1. Drink less alcohol
2. Get a better
education
3. Get a better job
4. Get fi t
5. Lose weight
6. Manage debt
7. Manage stress
Were any of these
resolutions on your list?
Unfortunately for a lot
of us, the whole exercise
turns into a pattern. Sin-
cere about our desires,
at least for the moment
when we are drunk, fat
or broke, we think that
this year will be diff erent
from the last, when our
resolutions failed.
Why do we even
bother? Th ere is defi -
nitely something attrac-
tive about starting from
scratch. Th e beginning
of a new year off ers a
clean slate and a fresh
start. People also seem
naturally bent on self
improvement, judging by
the huge self-help area at
my favourite bookstore.
It may also be a
deeply ingrained tra-
dition. Th e setting of
New Year’s resolution is
believed to go back to
Babylonian times. “It’s
said that Julius Caesar
started the tradition of
making resolutions on
January 1 to honor the
Roman mythical god
Janus, whose two faces
allowed him to look back
into the past year and
forward to the new year,”
wrote Margarita Tartak-
ovsky, associate editor of
PsychCentral.com
As I drove to Cromer,
Man. to deliver drums of
chemical in mid Decem-
ber, I had lots of time to
listen to a new CD se-
ries by Brian Tracy that
I had borrowed from the
library entitled No Ex-cuses! Th e Power of Self Discipline. I knew the
author from reading his
books and listening to
his audio books on tape.
In the recording, he said
that only 3 per cent of
adults have clear, writ-
ten, specifi c, measurable,
time-bounded goals,
and that by every statis-
tic, they accomplish ten
times as much as people
with no goals at all. Read
that sentence again.
So then a resolution
is merely a wish. A wish
has no power. It becomes
a goal when you write it
down in clear and spe-
cifi c language, making
it measurable within a
certain time frame. You
know when you have
achieved it or not.
In his book, Goals!, Tracy teaches a powerful
and eff ective system on
how to set and achieve
goals. He says in the
book that it is possible to
achieve an advanced de-
gree at any leading uni-
versity without receiving
one hour of instruction
on goal setting. Yet it is a
vitally important skill to
learn in order to achieve
success in life. Th at’s why
I gave each of my teen-
age children a copy of
Goals! a few years ago.
So what was your
New Year’s resolution?
Was it a wish or a goal?
It doesn’t matter how big
or how small your desire
is. Write it down and
make it happen.
Nadine lives in Es-tevan, with her husband and family, and works as a hot shot driver in the oil patch regularly delivering goods in and around Este-van and Shaunavon, and Sinclair and Waskada, Man. Her mission, beyond delivering the goods quick-ly, is to have every interac-tion be a positive one. She can be reached at [email protected]
One Woman’s Perspective on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
rope, was the conclusion expressed in a survey re-
leased Nov. 28 by IPAC-CO2 Research Inc.
Formed in 2009, IPAC-CO2 works to gain pub-
lic and regulator confi dence in the geological storage
of carbon dioxide as a sustainable energy and envi-
ronmental option by providing independent perfor-
mance assessments of carbon capture and storage
(CCS) projects.
“Four in 10 (40 per cent) Saskatchewan people
surveyed have heard of CO2 capture and storage and
know what it is, and an additional one-third (36 per
cent) have heard of it but don’t really know what it is
while one-quarter (23 per cent) have not heard of it
at all,” said Carmen Dybwad, CEO of the environ-
mental non-government organization (ENGO).
Th e survey of 1,104 Saskatchewan individu-
als commissioned by IPAC-CO2 was conducted by
Insightrix Research, Inc. between Sept. 27 and Oct.
11. Th e online Saskatchewan poll parallels a Euroba-
rometer survey of 13,000 individuals in 12 European
countries. Results of a Canadian poll commissioned
by IPAC-CO2 are being tabulated.
CCS, a key tool in combating climate change,
involves extracting carbon dioxide during the process
of power generation or from heavy industrial opera-
tions such as steel mills or cement plants, compress-
ing it and storing the CO2 permanently in depleted
oil or gas fi elds or saline aquifers.
“Comparing the awareness levels to the Euroba-
rometer study shows a much higher level of aware-
ness in Saskatchewan compared to Europe, where
two-thirds (67 per cent) have not heard of the tech-
nology and just one in ten (10 per cent) have heard
of it and know what it is,” Dybwad said.
Overall, respondents are divided on how eff ec-
tive they believe that CCS would be in combating
climate change. Few (6 per cent) respondents believe
that CCS technology will be very eff ective in fi ght-
ing climate change, while an additional 31 per cent
believe that it would be fairly eff ective.
“About the same proportion of respondents in
Saskatchewan believe that CCS would be very (six
per cent in both cases) or fairly (31 per cent in Sas-
katchewan; 33 per cent in Europe) eff ective in fi ght-
ing climate change,” Dybwad said. Page B23
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Page B22“However, the pro-
portion who are unsure
of its eff ectiveness is
much higher in Europe
(36 per cent) compared
to Saskatchewan (20 per
cent) is likely related to
the very diff erent knowl-
edge levels in the two ar-
eas.”
Comparing the pri-
orities of Saskatchewan
residents to the Europe-
an results showed several
diff erences. Respondents
were asked to choose up
to two priorities from a
list of eight.
While about the
same proportion chose
stimulating the develop-
ment of industries that
supply environmentally-
friendly technologies
and services (30 per cent
in Saskatchewan and 29
per cent in Europe) or
promoting cleaner cars
running on electricity or
low-carbon fuels (both
29 per cent) as a priority,
Saskatchewan residents
tend to be more sup-
portive of raising the en-
ergy effi ciency of indus-
trial processes (36 per
cent versus. 18 per cent),
encouraging the build-
ing of energy effi cient
homes and the insula-
tion of existing homes
(30 per cent versus 22
per cent), and securing
a reliable energy supply
for Canada (21 per cent
versus 10 per cent).
“Our survey iden-
tifi ed the most trusted
source of information
about CCS is scientists
and researchers (77 per
cent),” she said.
Like the Euroba-
rometer results, televi-
sion is the most cited
source of information on
climate change in Sas-
katchewan (80 per cent
in Saskatchewan, 81 per
cent in Europe).
“Generally, Sas-
katchewan residents
cited more information
sources than did respon-
dents in Europe; two
thirds mention the In-
ternet (67 per cent versus
44 per cent in Europe),
six in 10 newspapers (59
per cent vs. 44 per cent)
and four in ten radio (42
per cent versus 26 per
cent) or magazines (41
per cent versus 23 per
cent),” Dybwad said.
One in six people
in Saskatchewan be-
lieve that they are very
well informed about the
causes (13 per cent), con-
sequences (13 per cent)
and ways in which we
can fi ght climate change
(12 per cent).
However, a majority
of respondents in each of
these categories believe
that they are fairly aware
of these issues (60 per
cent, 61 per cent, and 59
per cent, respectively).
Th e margin of error
within the online popu-
lation is plus or minus
3.4 percentage points at
95 per cent confi dence.
A summary of the
Saskatchewan survey is
available online (www.
ipac-co2.com).
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Calgary– Th ink you have challenges fi lling a few empty positions? Try being
one of the largest oil and gas service companies in North America with over 82
locations. Flint Energy Services has a strong workforce of 10,000 employees and
is looking for thousands of people in the coming years.
Brent Fraser works as a strategic workforce planning adviser for Flint’s hu-
man resources department. He’s got a big job ahead of him.
“My role is to look at where we’re going to be getting our workforce for the
next three to fi ve years,” he said.
Th ere’s a tall order to fi ll. “Between three and fi ve years from now, we are
looking at hiring between 10,000 to 14,000 valued employees, so where are we
going to get them?” Fraser queried.
Th at number of people is required to fi ll positions formed by growth and va-
cated by turnover. Th e growth side is a huge factor, with an intention of doubling
the company’s workforce in fi ve years, a task he acknowledges will be diffi cult.
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Not looking for a few workers, but thousands
This Flint Energy Services crew could be found working west of Lampman on Dec. 8, installing a secondary containment structure. Flint is looking for thousands more workers, just like these.
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Precision Drilling has big plans, with many new rigs on the drawing board.
But fi nding people to operate them is a challenge. Even now, the number of
experienced hands is a limiting factor.
“So far, we would have more rigs working if we had more people,” said Preci-
sion recruitment manager Aron Ferchuk in an interview with Pipeline News.Th e company already runs a wide-spread advertising campaign, from new-
papers to billboards and radios, looking for “toughnecks.”
One innovative program the company has pursued is personal referrals. “It’s
been successful in Canada,” said Ferchuk, who noted there have been over 200
referrals on the drilling and well servicing sides.
Th e program works like this: a Precision employee fi lls out a referral form
detailing themselves and the person they are referring. Th ere are two bonuses
attached.
Th e fi rst is a $500 cash bonus to the referring employee upon hire. “Referred
employees must work their fi rst day and satisfy applicable pre-employment test-
ing and background checks. In addition, fi eld employees must successfully com-
plete rig-based and classroom employee orientations.”
Th e second bonus of $500 cash comes to the referring employee if the new
hire lasts eight months.
Asked if some people took advantage of the bonus and then quit, Ferchuk
said there were a few, and that was a risk that they took. But the program has
been a success. And having the immediate gratifi cation for the referring em-
ployee is important.
“Word of mouth is always No. 1,” he said, noting the old phrase of “birds of
a feather, fl ock together.” Page B27
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Page B26While there are a lot of green hands out there,
the company is particularly interested in experienced
hands. Many of them left the drilling industry after
the recession of 2009 and found other work, accord-
ing to Ferchuk.
Th e company plans on building 49 drilling rigs
in Canada and the United States, according to a Dec.
6 press release.
Th e company also announced Dec. 6 the decom-
missioning of 36 Tier 3 drilling rigs and 13 service
rigs from its fl eet.
Following the decommissioning and planned
new build deliveries as of Dec. 31, 2011, Precision
expects its rig fl eet will stand at 338 rigs, consisting
of 188 rigs in Canada, 144 rigs in the United States
and six rigs internationally.
49 new rigs on the way
B28 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
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acreage this year and amassed numer-
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Th e company’s SWD facilities at
Lloydminster and Manitou have al-
lowed it to restart shut-in wells and
continue to expand production in
both of these projects.
At Manitou, additional pipeline
and pump installations were com-
pleted in October, which signifi cantly
increased total disposal capacity, al-
lowing further optimization of pro-
duction and restarting shut-in wells.
Increased disposal capacity plus the
drilling of one new well saw produc-
tion at Manitou increase 77 per cent
from 231 bpd in the second quarter to
410 bbls a day in the third quarter.
Similarly at Lloydminster, com-
pletion of the SWD facilities plus
drilling of one well enabled the com-
pany to ramp up production by 301
per cent from 74 bbls a day in the sec-
ond quarter to 297 bbls a day in the
third quarter.
Starting in the fourth quarter, the
company expects to realize similar
gains at Edam, where new SWD fa-
cilities are currently in the fi nal con-
struction stages. Production at Edam
has been reduced from 798 bbls a day
in the second quarter to 560 bbls a
day in the third quarter, primarily as
a result of struggling to keep high-
water-cut wells optimized and shut-
ting in three wells in anticipation of
the startup of the SWD facilities.
However, Palliser expects to see
signifi cant production gains with im-
plementation of the SWD facilities,
which will enable it to ramp up pro-
duction by optimizing existing wells,
reactivating eight shut in wells, and
bringing onstream its six new fourth-
quarter wells.
In the third quarter the compa-
ny experienced further delays to the
SWD projects at Edam due to un-
expected operational issues with two
of the SWD re-entry wellbores. Th e
continued delay of the Edam SWD
projects further reduced produc-
tion in the third quarter and into the
fourth quarter, as it generally takes a
full quarter to fully realize production
gains on new drills and new reactiva-
tions.
Palliser doesn’t expect the full im-
pact of these added production vol-
umes will be realized until the fi rst
quarter of 2012.
As the timing of the SWD, drill-
ing and re-activation projects was
further delayed, Palliser decided to
change the scope of the new salt wa-
ter disposal facilities at Edam, Mani-
tou and Lloydminster.
All of the SWD facilities have
been expanded to take trucked vol-
umes and inject at higher pressures,
which will enable the company to
maximize capacity at each facility.
Palliser doubles output, posts net loss in third quarter
PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 B29
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Gibson Energy Inc. has completed
its acquisition of Palko Environmental
Ltd. in mid-December, pursuant to a
plan of arrangement under the Busi-
ness Corporations Act (Alberta).
Th e plan of arrangement was ap-
proved by approximately 99.99 per
cent of the votes cast by Palko secu-
rityholders at the special meeting of
securityholders held on Dec. 7.
Gibson issued a total of 2.38 mil-
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mately $5.8 million in cash to acquire
the Palko shares it did not already own
(being approximately 61 per cent of
Palko’s outstanding shares).
In addition, Gibson paid out exist-
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of Palko, estimated at $18.3 million.
Palko’s shares were to be delisted from
the Toronto Stock Exchange as soon
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Custom Treating and Terminals divi-
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Palko and Gibson organizations,” said
Stew Hanlon, president and chief ex-
ecutive offi cer of Gibson.
Gibson completes acquisition
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PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 B31
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Energy Services is look-
ing to recruit people
right after high school,
with the intention of
training them to become
journeypersons in short
order.
Th at’s according to
the two Estevan Tarpon
managers who attended
the Estevan Compre-
hensive School career
fair on Nov. 9.
“We’re electrical in-
strumentation contrac-
tors in the oilfi eld,” said
David Lozinsky. He’s
the branch manager
with Tarpon’s Estevan
branch and looks after
instrumentation. He
noted Tarpon staff wire
and maintain wells and
batteries.
“We’re here to re-
cruit good young peo-
ple,” Lozinsky said.
Trevor Dutka, who
is responsible for the
electrical side of the
business in the Estevan
location, said new hires
basically have to have an
interest in the job. Th ey
work with a journeyman
at all times. Every year
apprentices go to SI-
AST until they receive
their journeyperson cer-
tifi cation. Th at will allow
them to get their provin-
cial and interprovincial
tickets.
Dutka personally is
a journeyman electrician,
while Lozinsky is a jour-
neyman instrumentation
technician.
“We were here two
years ago,” Dutka said.
It paid off . “We have a
couple of young guys
that are now third year
apprentices.
“We had 19 kids
come to our session in a
classroom,” he said.
Several of those ex-
pressed an interest in the
fi eld, Lozinski said.
At the booth, they
had several props to
show what Tarpon staff
work with. “Everyone’s
interested in electricity.
Try to live a day without
electricity,” Dutka said.
“Our wages are based
on a percentage of what
a journeyman makes,” he
said. Th ose wages start
at $18 an hour, and have
progressive increases of
about $4 an hour after
each session at SIAST.
Asked about why
a young person would
choose to go to work
as an electrical appren-
tice as opposed to on a
service rig, where they
could make more money
initially, Dutka said, “In
four years, you’ll have the
same thing in your back
pocket, but after those
four years, you can work
pretty much anywhere in
the world.
“Quick money isn’t
always the answer. You
need an education.”
Regarding the im-
pending “grey out” of
retiring baby boomers,
Dutka said, “Within the
next 10 years, there will
be a shortage of electri-
cians.”
Journeyman training opens up future options
Trevor Dutka, left, and David Lozinsky of Tarpon Energy Services were seeking out young people interested in the electrical and instrumentation elds at the Estevan Comprehensive School career fair on Nov. 9.
C6 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
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Prairie Petro-Chem, A Clariant Oil Services Business: 738-6th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 1A4. Phone Orders: 306-634-5808. Fax Orders: 306-634-6150. Email Orders: [email protected]. General Inquiries: 306-634-7362. General Fax: 306-634-6694.Web: www.oil.clariant.com. Twitter: @ClariantOilSvcs What do you need?
Estevan, Weyburn, Swift Current, North Battl-eford – A clear indication of the hot labour market in
Saskatchewan’s oilpatch has been the growth of the
career ad sections of local newspapers and Pipeline News, Saskatchewan’s petroleum monthly newspa-
per. However, it depends on the region. Th e south-
east, for instance, it hot. Th e southwest is not.
Brant Kersey, general manager for the Este-van Mercury and publisher for Pipeline News, said,
“Th ere’s been a large infl ux. Our career section in the
Mercury has more than doubled, from two-and-a-
half pages to fi ve pages, in the past year.
“In Pipeline News, it’s more than doubled, and
we’ve started highlighting it.
Where a company might be more likely to put
in a one-off ad in a local paper for one position or on
a website, the nature of the advertising indicates an
ongoing need for people, according to Kersey.
“With Pipeline News, as a monthly, it shows they
are constantly needing people,” Kersey said. “Th ese
people are looking for bodies constantly.”
Both of those papers have added dedicated ca-
reer sections to their websites. Website analytics re-
veal that the careers section for the Estevan Mercury
website is second only to the home page for page
views, comprising seven per cent of page views. Th at
equates to more than 60,000 page views from the
beginning of 2011 until Dec. 12, out of a total of
almost 900,000 page views.
In Pipeline News, roughly 70 per cent of the ca-
reer ads originate in southeast Saskatchewan. Kersey
said that may be due to clients purchasing ads in
both the local paper, the Mercury, and Pipeline News, which has a wider base. (Sales for the region are han-
dled by the same staff ).
Other publications have started up their own
jobs publications, and are having success, he noted.
Asked if newspaper career advertising is still rel-
evant in the digital age, Kersey said, “When most
people are looking for real estate and jobs, they look
at the newspaper fi rst. Th ey have a reputation that
‘this is real.’ Page C10
Growth of career ads indicative Growth of career ads indicative of job market in certain areasof job market in certain areas
C10 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
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We’ve been told we have the best legs in town.
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1531 Railway Ave., Weyburn, SKFax: 306-842-0414
Ph: 306-842-6558
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Hwy 318 North, Carnduff, SKFax: 306-482-3350
Ph: 306-482-3617
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Brant Kersey, gen-eral manager for the Estevan Mercury and publisher for Pipeline News, looks over the expansive careers sec-tion for the Estevan Mercury.
Page C9“We have a proven track record of over 100
years.
Most newspapers encompass the web as well,
with career ads appearing in print and online.
And do print career ads work? Yes, according to
Kersey.
“Th ey are being eff ective for people. People are
saying they work. We have a good success rate.”
Proof of that shows in the ongoing ads being
run. Kersey noted many companies have a desire to
have a large pool of resumes around.
“I think locally and provincially, the Mercury and
Pipeline News are viable options,” he concluded.
With the Weyburn Review, they have been con-
sistently running three pages of career ads a week,
according to publisher Darryl Ward. About 60 per
cent of that is from the oilpatch.
Over the course of 2011, he said, “At fi rst it was
down, now it’s up.
“It’s been strong for two or three years.”
He noted there is a strong desire for clients to
see the ad appear online as well. Such ads appear in
the Weyburn Review, Weyburn & Area Booster, and
online.
Doug Evjen, general manager for the Swift Cur-rent Prairie Post, said they are getting very few career
ads, and the ones they do get are primarily in retail
and for farm equipment dealers.
While the fi rst six months of 2011 saw growth
in the career ads, the last three months have been
in decline. He suspects it has to do with the delay
of the Keystone XL pipeline, the multi-billion dol-
lar megaproject that would have cut right through
southwest Saskatchewan, passing near Shaunavon.
“It’s quiet until they decide what to do with
Keystone,” he said. “Everyone’s waiting for the big
boom.”
Th e Battlefords are a community in transition
job-wise, with two new power plants, Maple Leaf
in the process of shutting down its bacon plant, and
Grit Industries moving its manufacturing operations
to the city. Rallyemont Energy is also in the process
of getting approval for a new SAGD plant north of
the city at Prince. Yet on the career ad side, there
hasn’t been much action.
Battlefords News-Optimist publisher Alana Sch-
weitzer said they are seeing the regulars such as the
banks, but few from the oilpatch. “A few truck driv-
ers, maybe,” she said.
(Editor’s Note: Pipeline News, Estevan Mercury,
Weyburn Review, Battleford’s News-Optimist, and
Swift Current Prairie Post are all wholly or partially
owned by Glacier Media Inc.)
Southeast hottest area for career adsSoutheast hottest area for career ads
The economy in Saskatchewan is prospering and you should too! Redhead Equipment has developed a great reputation as an employer and partner in the community and we are proud to offer the following career opportunities in our six locations throughout the province. Parts Manager (Estevan) – We are seeking a passionate individual to assume responsibility for leading and developing all operations of the parts department. Parts Technician (Various) – Drawing on exceptional customer service skills and relevant experience this position supports our customers by serving all their parts related needs. Sales Personnel (Various) – This position is responsible for the sales and marketing of our diverse product lines and support. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter with above average inter-personal skills and a desire to grow with an aggressive company. Service Technician (Various) – Responsible for the maintenance and repair of heavy duty truck & trailer, agricultural and construction equipment. Redhead Equipment offers an industry leading compensation package, RRSP plan, advance-ment opportunities, on-going training and a positive work environment. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, forward your resume to [email protected]
Drivers WantedOwner Operators
Benefi ts:• Competitive wages
• Flexible days off • Full time, permanent
employment• Full benefi ts
packages available• Clean, safe work
environment
Interested applicants can fax to: 306-634-4258 or email: [email protected]
DRIVER - OILFIELDHaul pipe and oilfi eld equipment to locations in SE Saskatchewan. Applicants must have a Class
1A driver’s licence and pass mandatory drug and alcohol testing. Safety tickets would be an asset. Duties include: load, haul pipe and supplies to
destination in a safe and timely manner & unload. Maintain a clean and safe truck.
“Where your future matters”
Hydrovac Operators and Swampers
• Offering excellent wages• Excellent bene t package available
• Willing to train if necessary• Safety tickets an asset
• Operators must possess class 3A driver’s license• Living accommodation available
For more information call: Trevor at: 306-483-7777 or Kim at: 306-483-7722 Email resumes to: [email protected] or fax to: 306-483-2082
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L & C Trucking“Serving the Oil Patch for 55 Years”
Picker Operators • Bed Truck Operators• Truck Drivers • Swampers
Competitive wages, health plan, safety tickets an asset, but will train.
Apply in person with resume or fax or email to:24 Hwy 39 E EstevanAttention: Norm Mack
Interested applicants can apply in person, mail or fax resumes to:
McGILLICKY OILFIELDPARTNERSHIP
#6 Hwy 39 East, Box 843, Estevan, Sk.
S4A 2A7 • Fax: 634-4575
No phone inquires please.
Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time. If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you.
Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:
Business Description:Our Westlund Tren-dy Oil Lloydminster team is a customer driven group providing sales, logistics and technical support to our industrial customer base. Westlund is a leading national player in industrial PVF and this branch is a key part of our invest and grow strategy. Lloydminster is looking for an enthusiastic professional leader with high energy and a play to win attitude.
Responsibilities:As Branch Manager, you are expected to act like an owner, building and managing a high performance customer service team. Duties include people development, expense control, and asset management. With an assigned sales territory, growth will result from strong techniques and established industry contacts.Branch Manager
What you need to bring:• Proven leadership skills• University Degree• Strong analytical and decision making skills• Minimum 3 years experience in an industrial environment• Sales aptitude and expertise• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
What we will provide:• Attractive compensation including profi t sharing• Strong support on systems, products, logistics marketing, sourcing and pricing• National network committed to helping
Kevin O’ReillyV.P. & G.M. WestlundFax: (905) 337-1471
If you are interested in exploring this challenge, please forward a copy of your current resume in confi dence (to be received no later than January 16th) to:
www.westlundpvf.com
CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Career Career OpportunitiesOpportunitiesPIPELINE NEWS January 2012 C15
Apply online at ptigroup.com/careers.phpor send your resumé to [email protected]
While Frontier Peterbilt appreciates all applications received, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Thank you for your interest for employment with Frontier Peterbilt Sales.
Frontier Peterbilt Sales Ltd. is an enterprising truck dealership with operations in Saskatoon, Regina Lloydminster and Estevan. Our ongoing development and phenomenal growth in the Truck Sales industry are evidence of the company's commitment to offering customers a comprehensive range of products which perform at optimum efficiency and provide valuable benefits.
We have built a high level of customer trust and satisfaction through our new and used truck inventory and parts availability and reliability, strong geographic presence, premium service, and unparalleled value. We have a strong mandate to continue to grow in the marketplace and to provide quality service for sales, repairs, and maintenance.
Frontier Peterbilt Sales Ltd. continually offer opportunities for our employees' career development, we have created an organization and a working environment aimed to attract, empower, reward, and retain the most dedicated, talented, and passionate individuals.
These positions offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package.
Now hiring 2nd, 3rd or 4th year apprentice or Journeyperson Technicians to: Provide quality repairs/maintenance Advise shop foreman of additional
repairs/maintenance required Complete repair order annotations
CanElson Drilling Inc. is looking for a HSE Coordinator to support the HSE Department in areas of, but not limited to: • Rig Inspections • Incident / Accident Investigations & Report Tracking • Field Employee Orientations • Rig Specific Safety Programs • Become IN-HOUSE trainer (H2S Alive, WHMIS, TDG, Fall Arrest, Rig Rescue)
Responsibilities: • Compliance with all Government “OH&S Acts & Regulations” • Become proficient with-in areas of safety leadership, safety management, audits • Control WCB reporting & tracking • Be a positive role model for all safety areas with-in CanElson • Manage PPE inventories • Maintain safety related files
Pre-Requisites: • Minimum three years industry experience • Good communication skills • Proficient in EXCEL, Word and PowerPoint • Ability to work alone, self-motivator • Willingness to accept new roles • Minimum Class 5 motor vehicle license
CanElson provides competitive salaries, as well as a full benefit plan.
We are a leading provider of oilfield services in North America, with offices in Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Texas and Mexico.
Qualified individuals should send their resume to: [email protected] for accepting resumes for this position - Wednesday, January 18th. at noon.
We thank all those who apply, but only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.
C16 PIPELINE NEWS January 2012
is seeking a MACHINIST / CNC OPERATORMACHINIST / CNC OPERATOR
Irwin’s Machining & Welding is a progressive, growth orientated company located in Oxbow, (southeast) Saskatchewan that provides manufacturing and repair services to the oil eld and agricultural industries. We offer: We offer: * Competitive Wages & Commission* Comprehensive Bene ts Package: Life & Disability Insurance, Medical including Prescription drugs, Dental & Eye coverage.* RRSP retirement plan* Annual Fitness allowance* Quality focused & Team environment* Performance based bonus system* New CNC machines to work withQuali cations:Quali cations:* Minimum Level 2 Apprentice; Journeyman an asset.* Pipe cutting & CNC experience preferred* Valid Driver’s licence
We require people who possess a positive attitude, excellent work ethic and are able to problem solve and use critical thinking skills in a team orientated environment.Interested candidates submit resumes with references by January 6, 2012 to:January 6, 2012 to:
Warehouse/Shippers ReceiverLoader Operator/Yard Person
Duties include:Receiving and shipping of oilfield material. Delivery of materials to company locations. A valid class 5 driver’s license with a clean drivers abstract is required. Willing to train motivated individuals. Overtime required.
Candidates must have:- A proven track record of achievement.- A passion to become a partner in a growing company.- A ability to excel in a fast-paced, creative environment.- Experience an asset but willing to train.
Interested applicants please forward resumesAttention: Ken WalleweinFax: 306-634-2797E-mail: [email protected]
Exciting Opportunity in one of Canada’s 50 Best Manages Companies.
Apex Distribution Inc. is a dynamic, employee owned oilfield supply and service company nationally recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best managed companies. We are committed to providing superior customer service to the oilfield markets of Western Canada. We are looking to fill the following positions in Estevan, SK. Apex Distribution is focus on producing dramatic results for our investors, customers and manufacturers. The organization has developed a technically diverse team recognized for high levels of customer service. We expand our business as market conditions dictate and pursue opportunities that best fit all our stakeholders.
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NOWNOW HiringCOME JOIN OUR TEAM! We’re hiring for various Pipeline construction
projects in the Regina area.Over 50 years strong, Arnett & Burgess Oilfi eld Construction Limited safely provides quality pipeline construction, facility installation, pipeline integrity, custom fabrication, maintenance and related contruction
services to the energy industry.
All positions require previous experience in Pipeline Construction. Previous experience on Pipeline Integrity projects is an asset.
Do you want to work for a progressive company that takes safety seriously and uses today’s newest technologically advanced equipment? If your answer is “yes”, we are interested in talking to you!We are currently seeking to fi ll the following positions in the Provost, Consort and Lloydminster areas.
Well Servicing Division
Slant Rig Crew for Contract WorkService Rig Personnel - All positions
All applicants must have a valid driver’s license, as well as all of the required industry training for the position they are applying for. We offer higher than industry standard wages, an exceptional employee benefi ts package, several employee incentive programs and unlimited opportunity for advancement.
If you want to grow with a company where you are known by your name and not your employee number, please forward your resume to:
Required• Experience an asset but willing to train• First Aid & H2S certi cations an asset but willing to train.• Permanent full time position• Competitive wages, full bene t package
Apply in person or fax resume to 306-634-7090
Hank’s Maintenance & Service Co. Ltd.410 Mississippian Drive
Estevan, Sask. S4A 2H7No phone calls please!
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SUBMIT YOUR RESUME(INCLUDE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND DRIVERS LICENCE)Online: http://savanna.appone.comEmail: [email protected] USCarlyle and surrounding area: 306 453 2616
SSavanna
Well Servicing
DERRICKHANDSRIG MANAGERS
FLOORHANDSDRILLERS
“Come join our growing family—make the connection”
Savanna Well Servicing is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our growing company. The following opportunities are available in Alberta
and Saskatchewan as well as long term local work.
Savanna offers competitive rates and a comprehensive benefits packageeffective on your first day of work.
Ask us about our Referral Program and how you can benefit!
Career opportunity
ISO Coordinator (North Battleford location):
The ISO Coordinator is responsible for designing, developing, implementing and testing ISO procedures as well as driving and maintaining the overall Quality Management System (QMS) for Grit Industries Inc. Grit is working toward implementing an overall QMS for the company and the ISO Coordinator will lead this process from inception to ISO certi cation and beyond.
Requirements: • Prior involvement in implementation of a QMS and ISO system• Experience in a manufacturing environment• 5+ years in a supervisory role• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Management System For more details please visit: http://gritindustries.com/employmentISOCoord1110.php
Sales Manager (Lloydminster location):
The Sales Manager is responsible for driving all outside sales functions and operations while developing marketing programs. This individual is responsible for establishing plans and strategies to expand the customer base in the marketing area. Requirements:• Minimum 5 years working experience in sales and/or marketing• Excellent organizational, strategic, planning and implementing skills• Ability to process vague, abstract, verbal and written instructions• Strong presentation, written and verbal skills• Pro cient with Microsoft Of ce (Outlook, Excel, Word)• Class 5 drivers license• Able to handle high pressure situations and demanding deadlines
For more details please visit: http://gritindustries.com/employmentSalesMgr1111.php
WWW.GRITINDUSTRIES.COM
We thank all applicants for your interest. However, only those considered for an
interview will be contacted.
Compensation will be based on experience.Please send resume and salary expectations to: Janice Van Berkel, Human Resources Manager via e-mail at: [email protected] or
• • Shop HandShop HandCompetitive wages & benefit package available
Apply with resume toApply with resume to
93 Escana Street or fax to93 Escana Street or fax to(306) 634-4294 or mail to(306) 634-4294 or mail to
P.O. Box 1488P.O. Box 1488Estevan, SK S4A 2L7Estevan, SK S4A 2L7
Fax: (780) 872-5239
PIPELINE NEWS January 2012 C19
Carson Energy Services is a wholly owned company of Flint Energy Services and provides energy services across Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Our employees’ safety is our foremost priority and our safety management system is world-class. Carson’s benefits package and training and development programs are one of the key reasons why candidates choose Carson as their ‘employer of choice’. At Carson, we provide employees with all of the tools they need to grow and excel both personally and professionally. We are currently seeking applicants to work in our East Region locations at Lloydminster, Saskatoon, Shaunavon, Swift Current, Regina, White City, Halbrite, Lampman, Estevan, Carlyle, Alida, Wainwright, and Virden.
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Services we provide:• Parker Store
• Full Machine Shop and
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• 24 Hour Mobile Repairs and
Testing
• Complete System Design
• Hydraulic Crane Repairs
• Preventative Maintenance
• Power Unit Fabrication
Wil-Tech Offers:• Competitive wages• Apprenticeship Programs• Complete Bene t Packages - Medical - RRSP’s - Pension Plan
Positions Available in Estevan• Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman and/or Apprentice (or equivalent)
Positions Available in Regina• Outside & Inside Sales Representative• Order Desk Representative• Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman and/or Apprentice (or equivalent)
