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By Brian ZinchukPipeline News

Calgary On Oct. 30, workers on both sides of the 49th parallel gathered for the ceremonial last weld on the Vantage Pipeline, a new international pipeline that will transport ethane from Tioga, North Dakota to Empress, Alberta. From there it will tie into existing infrastructure for use in the Alberta petrochemicals industry.

David Schmunk, chief operating officer for Vantage Pipeline Canada ULC, said, All the mainline had been laid out in Canada and the U.S. a few days before.

Key partners in the design and construction were present for the ceremony. Dallin Cox, a welder from Battleford, performed the weld on the Canadian side of the border.

A celebration was held on site.We had close to 50 people, said Schmunk.There were still some tie-ins remaining at that point. Weve got five miles of

pipe to put in the ditch in the U.S., and pressure testing, Schmunk said in early November.

The pipeline is 700 kilometres in length, with a total distance in Canada of 578 kilometres. Of that, 504 kilometres is within or alongside existing pipeline and road rights-of-way.

The $300-million line runs northwest from Tioga, crossing the interna-tional border just east of the intersection of the Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Montana borders. The line enters Canada near Beaubier, and goes west-by-northwest along Highway 13, passing near Assiniboia and Shaunavon. Near Gardenhead, it makes a right turn and heads almost straight northwest to Em-press on the other side of the Alberta border.

The steel pipeline will be in high vapour pressure service. The maximum operating pressure will be 9,930 kilopascals (1,440 pounds per square inch).

The Vantage project will have the capacity to transport 6,300 cubic me-tres per day (40,000 bpd) and will be expandable to 9,500 cubic metres per day (60,000 bpd) by adding two additional pump stations.

Much of the Canadian construction happened late 2012, with three spreads working. Spread D, the final Canadian spread, ran 80 kilometres from Bengough to the U.S. border south of Oungre. Kelsey Pipelines of Saskatoon had the con-tract for Spread D.

November was spent getting the line ready for service. Well be commis-sioning the first week of December. Itll take us two weeks, Schmunk said.

Its scheduled to come on the end of this year or early next year.Vantage Pipeline Canada ULC and Mistral Energy Inc. have the same own-

ership. Mistral provides management for both. Vantage is 100 per cent owned by

Riverstone Holdings, an equity firm out of New York. Straddle plant

Completion of the pipeline is not the end, however, far from it. Vantage and Mistral will be feeding that pipeline with Saskatchewan-sourced ethane as well.

Were working on a project to build a straddle plant near Weyburn, to straddle the TransGas line, he said.

TransGas is the SaskEnergy subsidiary that handles their transmission system.

The straddle plant will remove valuable natural gas liquids, or NGLs, from the TransGas line.

The extracted ethane will then travel down a 100-kilometre long, four-inch wide pipeline from the straddle plant to tie into the Vantage Pipeline near where it crosses the U.S. border.

Schmunk referred to the new facility as a deep cut plant. It will be near Crescent Point Energy Corp.s Viewfield plant, which is south of Stoughton.

The facility will process 60 million cubic feet per day, stripping out ethane, propane, butane and condensate. The ethane will be pipelined, but the remaining NGLs will be trucked or go by rail to market.

Mistral Midstream is 90 per cent owner of the facility, with SaskEnergy owning the remaining 10 per cent. Theres a similar ownership mix for the planned four-inch pipeline.

The $72.5 million facility was announced on Sept. 3. SaskEnergys participa-tion is through its subsidiary, Bayhurst Energy Services Corporation (BESCO).

This project with SaskEnergy provides the opportunity for Mistral Mid-stream, already a major investor in energy infrastructure in Saskatchewan, to play a unique role in our economy with a facility that develops ethane and other natu-ral gas liquids that are in high demand by the market in Western Canada, Doug Kelln, president and CEO of SaskEnergy, said in a press release in September. BESCOs additional investment in this project will enhance provincial infra-structure that supports the supply of natural gas from southeast Saskatchewan to SaskEnergys growing residential, business and industrial customer base.

This project will provide SaskEnergy with revenue sources related to ac-cessing gas for extraction, the amount of NGLs produced by the plant, and the increased volume of natural gas delivered on the system.

As oil and gas producers develop the Bakken play, it is important that the infrastructure that supports this investment in Saskatchewan provides sustain-able market access and value to all stakeholders, said Terry Killackey, CEO of Mistral Midstream. Our venture with BESCO, which targets NGLs, will be an important element of the hydrocarbon value chain that is being established in Saskatchewan.

If everything goes right, we want to start next July with the plant, and in August with the pipeline, Schmunk said. Page A9

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Manitoba held its fourth and final auction of Crown land for 2013. The prov-ince finished the year with a $394,042 November land sale on 575.35 hectares at an average price of $684.88, which was the highest aver-age price at any of the four sales this year.

At the sale,Scott Land & Lease Ltd.paid the high-est price per-hectare for a 64-hectare parcel located in the Pierson area. The firm paid $2,017 per hectare, and a bonus of $129,063, for the southeast quarter of section 22 at 1-27W1. Scott Land & Lease produced the bo-nus high bid of $130,127 for a 128-hectare lease. The bro-ker paid an average of $1,017 for the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of sec-tion 16 at 1-27W1.

The province experi-enced a significant drop in land sale revenue this year. It attracted $2.03 million and sold 4,078.97 hectares at an average of $498.90. In 2012, producers paid $11.31 million for 19,433.18 hect-ares at an average price of $581.84.

The next Crown land sale will be held on Feb. 12, 2014.

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By Brian ZinchukCarlyle On Oct. 10, approximately 60 people attended a

public session on hydraulic fracturing, put on by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.

Mark Salkeld, president of PSAC, was one of several speak-ers to address the well stimulation practice that has become contentious in recent years. Other speakers included represen-tatives of Element Technical Services, a relatively new hydraulic fracturing company that served as host of the event.

There were several representatives present from the Sas-katchewan Ministry of the Economy, the Manitoba Petroleum Branch, as well as local oil producing companies.

Salkeld noted PSAC is a not-for-profit, national trade asso-ciation and advocacy group. Established in the 1980s due to the National Energy Program, it has 260 companies as members, employing 80,000 people. Its membership includes large and small companies.

Its about supporting oilfield services, the entrepreneurs and communities, he said.

Those in turn help communities, the provinces and Canada as a whole.

Were the guys in the field when the rubber meets the road.Salkeld noted the high number of wells that are now hy-

draulically fractured. CAPP, or the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, has developed hydraulic fracturing prin-cipals. PSACs principles are broader, and in support of CAPPs.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is not a new process, ac-cording to Salkeld. It was developed in the United States in the

1940s, and brought to Canada in the 1950s. The only difference is were getting extremely good at it,

he said. Salkeld spoke of scientific protocols and using environmen-

tally-friendly chemistry, plus the usage of simulators to plan and test fracs.

The fact is, our member companies are committed to con-tinuously improve because they have to. Its true this, like many other industries, is highly competitive. Its not just competition that motivates hydraulic fracturing companies to be safe and more effiecient and more environmentally friendly. If a com-pany doesnt perform at the highest level at each and every frac-turing operation, they can risk the well, the local environment, the community and their reputation. Our member companies are simply not going to take that risk, Salkeld said.

The first successful frac in Canada was done in 1953 in Drayton Valley. Since then the industry has gone from steam-powered rigs to A/C powered rigs with touch screens. Weve come an amazing distance in 60 years, he said.

In 2013 Saskatchewan was expected to have 3,100 wells drilled. Thats down from 4,000 in 2008, but horizontal wells now account for 60 per cent of our wells, and production has increased.

The requirement for hydraulic fracturing increases as per-meability decreases. During a frac, fluid is pumped in at high pressure to fracture the surrounding rock. Proppant, usually sand, keeps those fractures open and allows the well to produce.

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Painted Pony drills at Flat Lake

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. continued to develop its Montney natural gas as-sets in northeastern B.C. during the third quarter of 2013, posting revenue and production increases for the quarter, while boosting pro-duction performance thanks to ball-drop completion technology.

The companys aver-age production in Q3 2013 totalled 8,925 boe per day, compared to 6,327 boe per day during Q3 2012. For the first nine months of the year, the companys average pro-duction totalled 8,484 boe per day, compared to 6,355 boe per day for the same time period last year.

In Saskatchewan, Paint-ed Pony has participated in the drilling of three (1.4 net) wells to date in 2013, including two (0.8 net) Bak-ken wells at Flat Lake. The company continues to main-tain an inventory of light oil opportunities in the prov-ince, focusing on developing lower-risk projects.

The company expects to drill a further five (3.1 net) wells during the balance of 2013. These wells will target a mix of plays, including the Bakken, Frobisher and Mi-dale zones.

By Brian ZinchukEstevan In a case of NIMBY not in my backyard, the

council chamber of the Rural Municipality of Estevan was packed on Nov. 13 as neighbours of a proposed camp west of the city came out in force to oppose it. In the end, they were successful, and the camp was denied over zoning and road access concerns.

The meeting was a public hearing to discuss the proposal, put forward by AA Estevan Lodge Inc. The company did not have any representatives present at the meeting. It is backed by Chinese interests.

The camp as proposed would have 260 beds.

The location of the pro-posed development is on the north side of the tracks along Highway 39, east of the Este-van weigh station. It will not have highway access, but rather would require an access road be built northwards approximately one mile to an east-west grid road. This is the third proposed location, as a recent change saw it moved from south of the highway to north of the highway. The initial proposal, would have seen it on the west side of Estevan, in an area which is technically RM of Estevan land, but might be erroneously considered by most people as part of the city.

Approximately 25 people were in attendance, but this also included two people from each of the existing camps, ATCO Structures and Logistics Estevan Lodge and PTIs Bound-ary Lodge, which opened its doors for business a few months ago. Another person represented Canadian Pacific Railway. An RCMP constable also attended. Roughly half of the members of the public present addressed council.

With perhaps some irony, the representatives of ATCO and PTI found themselves defending the concept of camps, but at the same time took a few swipes of their own at the new proposal.

RM of Estevan Reeve Kelly Lafrentz started the hearing by saying, We dont pick where they go.

Gordon Nelson, who lives on an acreage near the proposed development, kicked things off, saying, We have a lot of con-cerns, and asked why the development couldnt be moved out near the Peterbilt location on the east side of Estevan, as opposed to a residential area.

Thats where the existing ATCO Estevan Lodge is. PTIs Boundary Lodge is a couple miles north of the Peterbilt dealer-ship.

Nelson expressed concerns about policing as well. Dust con-trol is also an issue.

Nelson asked if it would be a dry camp, adding, From my experience, a dry camp is a myth anyway.

Lafrentz pointed out that the RM has criteria that all camps are held to, including providing on-site security staff. All camps are dry camps, he said.

Nelson continued, Weve got two man-camps already on the east side of town and theyre not near full capacity. We un-derstand Boundary Dam is shutting down. Why are we wanting another camp when the other ones arent full?

He also spoke of their property values, implying they would be negatively affected by the presence of a camp.

Such a camp would be lit up like a football field, he said.

How do you stop people from driving their quads or Ski-Doos on our property?

Lafrentz said, We dont tell developers where to de-velop. They come to us with development proposals. Were not trying to fill up one par-ticular camp over another. Its

business. If they think they can outwit, outplay, outlast the other camps, whether they may have a different customer or an existing one doesnt have those contacts, we dont know that. We approve or disapprove. All we do is deal with development proposals as they come forward.

Once the information is gathered, a decision is made, the reeve said.

The RM wont build the road, thats up to the developer, he added.

Dave Dowhanuik took issue with that, saying if the traffic is routed north of the proposed camp site to existing grid roads, those roads are already full of traffic. If we dump 260 vehicles in there, thats going to be a hell of a mess.

Not only that, youre going to be adding 260 people of questionable origin, in my neighbourhood. Drug dealin, thievin, whatever you want to call them, theres a good percentage of that thats going to show up. Some of you already know whats hap-pened with our city with the transients weve got. Personally, I dont want to have to stand guard over my property, nor does anybody else here. Thats what well end up with folks. I guarantee that. Ive followed construction people since 1960 at Boundary Dam. There are some good people, but the majority not good people. I could say other things, but I dont want to right now, Dowhanuik said.

There are others open for occupancy, we dont need another one.

RM Councillor Terry Keating said, If theres three Chinese restaurants in town, and another Chinese restaurant wants to set up in Estevan, city councillors arent going to say no, the other three arent full. Page A11

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In the world of public relations, theres a lot to be said about getting in front of this thing, what-ever that thing may be.

There have been some startling successes in recent years, and just as startling failures.

Maple Leaf Foods produced contaminated meat that actually killed people. Yet its CEO was con-trite and, how do we say this, human, about it, and Maple Leaf survived the crises.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have TransCanada and the Keystone XL pipeline. The opponents framed the debate, and it is still a quag-mire. The United States spent less time fighting the Second World War than they have studying this pipeline.

Enbridge, too, seemed to be heading for defeat on the Northern Gateway pipeline, despite having the prime minister firmly backing it. In failing to get the government of British Columbia on board from the start, the entire project has been put in serious jeopardy.

Now we are seeing similar battles with regards to hydraulic fracturing. First Nations people ac-tually torched a half dozen Mountie vehicles in New Brunswick during a protest against fracking. That should be setting off alarm bells for the entire industry. Other jurisdictions, like Newfoundland and Labrador, are banning it altogether. Never mind that the only reason Newfoundland has been able to pull itself out of generational poverty and have-not status is due to oil theyre shutting the door on hydraulic fracturing applications while it reviews regulations and consults residents, as the Globe and Mail put it.

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they change their mind in a hurry?Documentaries like Gasland and Gasland 2 cannot

be ignored. Their concerns, like what goes into frac fluid, flaming taps and frac jobs gone bad, must be addressed. To ignore this would be to invite Keystone XL-type resistance.

The most important way to do this is through indus-try best practices. But best practices arent as eye-catch-ing as flaming taps, so more has to be done.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has realized this, and begun to tackle this daunting task. Part of their game plan is to get out in front of the public. In early October, they held a greatly informative session at Element Technical Services in Carlyle. Those who attended got to see the equipment up close, and see just what goes into frac fluid in the lab.

One of the most effective displays was a vertical banner showing, to scale, what a fracked horizontal well looks like in this area. The drinking water formations were in the first eight or so inches from the top. The horizontal leg was at the bottom. This banner was two stories tall.

So yes, the geological formations that have kept oil and gas in place underground for hundreds of millions of years will likely keep frac fluid underground for a similar length of time. But the biggest concern is well-bore integrity. The wellbores are the express train to the surface. That is the biggest concern, one rarely spoken about. The quality of the cement jobs performed will be paramount in addressing concerns on fracking.

In the publics mind, the only way to win this fight is through hard work and commitment to quality. Hope-fully PSACs recently released hydraulic fracturing code of conduct for the oil and gas service sector will go a long ways in this regard.

This is a fight our industry cannot afford to lose.

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While the former-Stelco, now U.S. Steel, Hilton Works in Hamilton, did not produce much, if any, steel directly for the oilpatch, its shutting down this fall is a blow to Canada.

In Western Canada, we have Russian-based Evraz, formerly Ipsco, in Regina. In Edmonton, theres AltaSteel, now owned by Australian-based Arrium. AltaSteel was once part of Stelco, but was spun off in 1992. The product of these plants sees substantial usage in the oilpatch. In particular, the associated pipe mill in Regina has produced much of the big-inch pipeline thats been installed in Western Canada over the years.

Steel is important. Without it, we cant drill wells and case them. We cant build drilling rigs, or service rigs, or pickup trucks. Without steel, there is no oilpatch. That was the point of our focus in August 2009, which can be found at http://pipelinenews.ca/Newspaper/2009_10/2009_10_section_a.pdf.

I spoke with Erin Weir, former Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate, whose day job is being an economist with the United Steelworkers Cana-dian office, the union ensconced in the production of steel in Canada. He was on the CBC News Network in late October discussing the importance of steel production in Canada. When his opponent resorted to calling him a Bolshevik, you knew that Weir had won. Name-calling automatically means youve lost a debate.

Speaking on the phone from Toronto, Weir pointed out to me that, until 2006-7, steelmaking

capacity in this country was domestically owned. But in the space of two years, all steelmaking plants were snapped up by foreign owners. In the case of Stelco, the largest, with two blast furnaces, U.S. Steel was the new owner.

As part of its takeover, U.S. Steel promised to keep producing steel in Hamilton and to maintain jobs. Its clear that by shutting down the plant, it will do neither.

My argument is that this is a clear case of con-tract law U.S. Steel entered into a contract with the Government of Canada, and has since broken that contract. Weir points to the lack of response by the federal government, saying, It sets a terrible prec-edent for all the other foreign-owned steel mills that are subject to recent Investment Canada Act com-mitments.

Once these facilities shut down, they are not rebuilt or replaced. Once its gone, its gone forever.

According to Weir, Canada imported $12.2 bil-lion in steel in 2012, a number second only to 2008, during the commodity boom, when the price of steel was high. We import most of our steel from the United States, and essentially all of our exported steel goes there. Theres almost a $1 billion trade deficit in that regard.

In 2012, we also imported steel worth $1 billion from China, $400 million from Japan and $300 mil-lion from South Korea. We exported only $100 mil-lion of steel to all three of those countries combined.

Well-known economist Jeff Rubin has made

great hay about the fact that, as oil prices go up, transporta-tion costs rise and trading big, heavy goods across oceans becomes less attractive. Your world is about to get a whole lot smaller, is Rubins tagline, which he reiterated at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Regina last May.

Weir concurs with Rubin on that point. He questions how it makes sense for iron ore to be shipped from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea, where it is turned into steel, only to be shipped across the Pacific to Canada.

I pointed out to Weir that, in the meantime, Canada has substantial iron ore deposits in Quebec, Labrador and Nunavut, oodles of energy to make it into steel, and yet were shutting down steel plants here, only to import it from elsewhere?

I have a hard time thinking it makes sense, Weir said.

As for a reason behind this reality, Weir pointed to those Asian nations industrial policies, currency manipulation and subsidies.

Its very expensive to transport iron ore and steel, he said, noting they are heavy and bulky.

Steelmaking plants are rarer than oil refineries in Canada. Losing one is a great loss to our economy, one we are likely never to see return.

Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

Losing a steelmaking plant is a loss for Canada

When Lloydmin-ster hosts Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada

from Jan. 14-18, an annual broadcast produced by CBCs Hockey Night in Canada, the focus of activities will be on the game of hockey.

Maybe Ron MacLean who hosts the broadcast or commentator Don Cherry will say a word or two about the hundreds of volunteers who make these events a success.

Volunteers tend to have a passion for getting involved to support causes and events that matter to them. They make an impact on our communities.

The average number of hours volunteered per year in Alberta is 140, with Albertans aged 35 to 44-years-old volunteering more than any other age group.

The same volunteer profile is likely in Saskatch-ewan which has a young demographic led by the oil and gas industry and a passion for hockey.

Not surprisingly, in hockey-mad communities such as Lloydminster, Estevan, Kindersley or any town included in our readership area, many volun-teers have roots in the oilfield.

There will be over 350 volunteers for a com-bined five-day Hockey Day in Canada and winter festival in Lloydminster with most of the volunteers coming from families that earn their living from the oilfield.

Former mayor Jeff Mulligan spoke about the strength of volunteerism in a recruitment call in June 2012 when the event was to have taken place in February 2013 until the NHL player lockout postponed it until 2014.

Not only does Lloydminster have a rich hockey history, but the community has a rich legacy of volunteerism that will only grow and continue to shine with Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada 2013, said Mulligan.

Hockey Day in Canada is an opportunity for residents of all walks of life to work together to build on that legacy and establish Lloydminster as a destination of choice for future events.

Committed volunteers are integral to the suc-cess of this annual celebration of hockey.

Mulligans words apply to just about every community that we cover, with coaches and officials stepping forward from the ranks of the oil industry to lend their support to local sports and causes.

Many oil and gas companies also volunteer to become sponsors and advertisers as well as major donors to teams, organizations and facilities.

Volunteers help with fundraising. As board members, they govern organizations.

When the Kindersley West Central Events Centre arena burned to the ground in 2010, lo-cal oil and gas companies volunteered their time, equipment and expertise to help put out the fire

and lead a rebuilding campaign.Volunteerism seems to be a healthy character

of the oil and gas industry and the game of hockey, a link that goes largely unnoticed like those unsung hockey heroes that Don Cherry likes to talk up.

Hockey Day in Canada is a perfect opportunity to drop the puck for unsung volunteers.

Why wait for national Volunteer Week that starts April 6 to celebrate the core of volunteers who come from the oil and gas sector?

Hockey Day organizers have the same mindset and will outfit all volunteers with sponsored apparel to recognize their contribution to the success of the event.

More recognition is likely, judging by the TV audience numbers for 13 hours of planned broad-casting that includes two segments celebrating the game along with a few scheduled NHL games.

Last year, nearly 800,000 viewers watched the feature segments, while a total of 4.92 million people watched three televised games on Hockey Day in Canada.

Although they are not seeking recognition, maybe a large capital V on the uniforms of volun-teers would help to distinguish these folks during the TV coverage.

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It was not my usual habit. My usual habit on a Sunday morning, after I had fed the dogs and made the coffee, was to sit quietly on the couch, contem-plating life. Following that routine, I would start to get ready for church.

I have attended church on Sundays nearly my whole life. I was eight days old at my first Christmas service and I have not missed one since. Most Sun-days, I have attended services (unless working), and have prayed standing, sitting in a pew, or kneeling.

This Sunday morning, I was on the floor of my family room.

I had been there for hours. Bear, my dog, my friend and my loyal companion for over 11 years, lay next to me. The previous evening, he had suffered

a seizure or episode that would be later diagnosed as vestibular disease. It affects the bodys balance systems. Symptoms include loss of balance, stum-bling, falling, abnormal eye movements, nausea and vomiting.

He had been agitated that evening when it happened, but had calmed as the nausea wore off, although not able to move from the position next to me without help. I stroked his back and head, and he slept.

I drank my coffee. I prayed. I thought back over the years of our friendship.

Bear was beautiful. But I hadnt thought so the first time I saw him. He was unwanted by the family that owned him, and he was being given away. My husband, always soft-hearted, brought him home.

I had wanted a black lab. I got a black mutt with a lab head. His legs were too short for the length of his body. He was too skinny. He was covered in wood ticks. The vet pulled out 76 of them and we found a dozen more. But his dark brown eyes had a softness that I soon realized mirrored his soul. I fell in love slowly over that first summer together.

I ran my hand my hand over his back. I thought about our time together. I had read years ago that elderly people with pets were mentally healthier than those without pets. I knew that to be true. I wasnt elderly but had often suffered stress with jobs, parents, children and life. Having a dog to pet and love was a life changer and a stress reliever.

My teenage son, at one point, had said that I loved Bear more than him. I had denied it. of course, but seriously there were times that it was true. Bear was always excited when I returned even if gone for a short while. He followed me around hanging on my every word and look, he stayed close when I was cranky, he loved a gentle touch, and he ate what I served him with relish and without complaint. What was there not to love? It was therapy; the best kind of therapy, dog therapy.

I know that others share my belief in the ben-efits of dog therapy. Dog therapy originated during the Second World War, when Dr. Charles Mayo, of

the famed Mayo Clinic, allowed a wounded soldiers dog to go on rounds with him and to sleep with the wounded soldier for 5 nights in his hospital bed. This dog, named Smoky, continued his work as a therapy dog for 12 years, even after the war had ended.

Many consultants in the patch take their dogs to work, an unofficial kind of dog therapy. I have met bulldogs, pugs, German shepherds, yellow labs, and even a Pekinese in the course of delivering goods to the leases. I find it therapeutic to pet these animals while there. I can only imagine how well these dogs help their owners and those on the leases survive the stress and the long hours away from families.

Bear and Jake, our chocolate Lab, though not routinely taken along to work, were taken by me on one hot shot trip to Red Deer to deliver some spe-cialized tubing, when there was going to be no one at home for to care for them while I was gone. They were good company on that long trip.

My thoughts came back to the present. I called the vet, and we arranged to meet. My son, now grown, came over and carried 65 pound Bear to the truck and drove us to the clinic. After a consultation, Bear was given an IV for hydration, some meds, and food, which of course, he ate enthusiastically.

Bear is in a fight for his life, not the first. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and given a year to live, seven years ago. He is now an old boy at 13.5 years, making him an impressive 85 in human years. I dont know what his prognosis is but we will handle that together.

I can say with conviction that there are long-term benefits of good therapy. I am a better person than I was 11 years ago. Dog therapy has been pawsitively great!

Nadine lives in Estevan with her husband and family, and shifted gears a few years ago, becoming a hot shot driver for the oil patch. Her people skills are put to good use in the patch as she delivers the goods quickly and efficiently. Contact her at shifting.gears.hotshot@gmail.com with comments or questions.

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ond pipe in it, with the flow running in the oppo-site direction. While the first pipeline would carry ethane from Stoughton to Flat Lake, the second line would carry associated gas from Flat Lake to Stoughton. Schmunk said they are looking at prob-ably an eight-inch line as the second line.

Once the ditch is dug, 60 per cent of the work is done. Were knocking on doors of producers in the area.

Recent changes to venting and flaring regula-tions are incentivizing producers to do something with their associated gas. Schmunk said It is hope-fully motivated by economics. Most of the produc-ers want to conserve the gas and do the right thing.

Thus the argument behind the gas line would be both economics and doing the right thing.

Asked about how long it would take to build these projects, Schmunk said, Normally its 18 months. We think we can do it in 14.

Why is ethane important?Ethane is used as a feedstock for the world scale petro-chemical facilities that are located in Al-

berta. At these facilities, ethane is converted to ethylene. Ethylene is the building block for a wide range of consumer and industrial products, such as plastics, antifreeze, rubber, detergents, and solvents. At atmospheric pressure, ethane exists as a gas and has similar characteristics to natural gas: it is colourless, odourless, non-corrosive, flammable and lighter than air.

The whole Bakken area is very rich in ethane, David Schmunk ,chief operating officer for Vantage Pipeline ULC, said when the pipeline was first announced. Up to 20 per cent of its solution gas being composed of ethane. It typically remains in the natural gas, and is sold at a much lower rate than what it can get once stripped out.

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ground drinking water aquifers is designed into the well. The wellbores steel pipe is surrounded by cement to isolate the well.

All these steps are highly regulated, he said. The cement is extremely advanced compared to what is used in a sidewalk.

Of what goes downhole, 99.5 per cent is water and sand, and the remaining half-per cent are additives. These include guar, citric acid, sodium chloride and others.

FracFocus.ca is the mandatory reporting site for what ingredients

go into fracked wells in Alberta and British Co-lumbia. PSAC is encour-aging other provinces to do the same.

While additives are listed, the specific recipe is proprietary. Every-thing used is reported on, just not the exact amounts.

Fracturing takes place a long way down, with many layers of solid rock between it and the surface.

Pad drilling allows upwards of 16 wells per pad, resulting in far less surface footprints.

The marriage of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling is the great leap forward, Salkeld said.

In speaking to communities in similar sessions, Salkeld said the No. 1 theme is preserva-tion of fresh water. The secondary concern is the additives used in frack-ing.

Weve heard we need to foster innova-tion and continuous improvements, reducing the impacts on the local environment.

Ed Tetzlaff, a farmer from Alameda, said, I came here because I heard so much rumours and press items, I didnt take too seriously. I came to find out the proce-dures, and is there truth to the environmental

impacts. Thus far, I dont see harm to it. Maybe there are concerns in other areas of the prov-ince.

Tetzlaff has two wells on his land, whick were drilled in 1979. Hes not expecting any more development on his land.

June Greggor, administrator of the RM of Pipestone, Man., said, I thought it was very interesting and informa-tive about the business these fellows are in.

The only concern Ive had is a concern with the use of fresh water for fracking.

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tion, Salkeld said, Our members come to us specifically on issues like this. The reason why is two-fold. Theres been a lot of talk in the press about hydraulic fractur-ing. Typically on the services side of things, we dont get in front of the press. We havent for 30, 40, 50 years. We are service providers, our member companies, and we typically just provide services to our custom-ers and go on about our business. Because of all the press were getting, PSACs members came and said, can you do something for us?

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he said, against things like the documentary Gasland, where tap water was set on fire.

Its naturally oc-curring methane. My father-in-law used to do that in his backyard in Montreal 50 years ago. He was a diamond driller, and drilled his own well in his back yard. At night, as a party trick, he would light the well on fire. It was natu-rally occurring methane. It happens, Salkeld said.

Black eyes on the industry in the United States have reflected poorly here, he said regarding the second reason.

Canada is very well regulated, to the point where foreign investors are saying were being protectionist, he said.

Were not. Were just very well regulated.

Weve fracked over 175,000 wells in West-ern Canada without any problems.

At the end of Oc-tober, PSAC launched a code of conduct for all operations, but with a strong focus on hydrau-lic fracturing.

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Lafrentz commend-ed both PTI and ATCO on their facilities, adding they have followed the parameters the RM has set forward and operate first class camps.

Silva said, There is a stigma attached to camps, and I understand. Myself, personally Ive manage camps across the country. I undertand the concerns and the transients of the busi-ness. We have standard operating procedures for every single thing imaginable. We prefer to engage the community rather than just come in and set up shop.

Tanya Gibson asked how many camps are in a populated area. Silva

replied that typically they are in remote areas, but PTI has facili-ties in Waskada, Man., and within the town of Redvers.

They are open camps, operated more like a hotel. There are very few, he said, in an-swering her question.

Councillor Doug Blue noted PTI is open-ing a camp within the town of Melita, Man.

Gibson said, Were not looking at putting a camp in an industrial area, but next to peoples homes. Theyve moved it across the highway, but the last I checked, the highway is not a wall.

Tara Christensen presented a petition with over 80 names on it indicating they were

against the proposed camp. She noted, how-ever that not everyone was from the RM.

Indeed, the petition was circulated within the city of Estevan while trick-or-treating on Halloween.

She asked council, What do you want to hear to not want this camp? Its going to de-crease our property val-ues. If that camp comes, its forcing us to move, and no one is going to buy our houses.

Lafrentz responded, Just what were hear-ing.

Lafrentz said the next step for the process would be a development permit, if approved, but there are numerous ministries and agencies

whose approval would also be required before it could go ahead. Council will discuss it and make a determination.

Murray Christensen said, Ive been in the oilpatch for 18 years. Ive seen these camps in northern Alberta. I know what really goes on in there. Can you

personally guarantee a drunk wont cross the highway and harm my family?

Lafrentz responded, No, I cant

Then put it by your house, Christensen said.

It didnt take too long for the RM council to come to a decision after the public hear-ing was concluded, as Lefrentz told Pipeline News later they deter-mined there was 100 per cent opposition from the local ratepayers who would have been near the proposed camp.

The vote went 6 to 0 against the proposal, with one abstention.

He said council told the proponents that their usage was not appropri-ate for the agricultural district zoning in that location. Also, since the new site didnt have highway access, there would have been too much traffic on the four miles of road needed to reach pavement.

No one came out in favour. Theyve never come before council to explain the plan, Lafrentz said.

We had had a fair bit of discussion on it. When highway access was taken away, it was not a good fit, Lefrentz concluded.

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host to the Petroleum Services Association of Canadas frac awareness event on Oct. 10 in Carlyle.

Element is privately held with about a dozen local shareholders. The management team and board owns the majority of the company. Its about as grassroots as you can get in the hydraulic fractur-ing business.

Brandon Swertz, chairman, and Ryan Birnie, vice-president of operations, sat down with Pipeline

News during the events to discuss how they operate, and address some of the concerns of the public.

Were both from down here. Were one of a handful of start-up grassroots frac companies ever done since the mid-90s. Ryans background is on that side. He and I came together with a few other local businessmen in 2010 and started working on bringing this together, said Swertz.

The company started operations March 7, 2012.I worked at BJ Services/Baker Hughes for 11

years. I stared wellsite supervising a lot of fracs go-

ing on in the area in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for Petrobakken, Husky and Tundra, said Birnie. We saw a gap in the market where there was shortage of frac services. We figured wed gather up some Saskatchewan boys and Saskatchewan money and start a frac company.

The pair noted the oilpatch has been good to them, and the company has found success. The company supports senior hockey teams, and minor hockey.

As for the PSAC event, Birnie said, Theres a lot of false information getting released through in the media on the hazards of fracturing and the environmental damage. Were trying to create awareness and get the actual truth out there. Thats the main focus of the event, to give the community and the public the chance to ask questions and be informed properly what fracturing really is.

In reference to recent comments made by David Suzuki while he was in Australia, Birnie said, Ive been fracturing all my life, and maybe five or 10 per cent of that information of what they are releasing is actually true. What they dont realize is that the cap rock and barriers are virtually impos-sible to fracture through that much height.

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usually four or five metres thick. They have experi-mented in 1.5 to two metre thick reservoirs, with smaller tonnages of sand.

Numerous companies are researching refractur-ing wells in the Bakken. In some cases, those wells have seen responses bringing production back in the range of the wells initial production.

The spacing between stages four or five years ago used to be around 100 metres. New wells are seeing 50, 40 and even 30 metre spacings. Element has gone back to existing wells and fracturing in between the existing states.

Numerous companies have tried it and have had success bringing it back to near initial produc-tion rates, Birnie said.

Element has done approximately 300 frac jobs so far. When they are busy, they can do two every day, so it adds up quickly.

The company has two full frac spreads, manned by four-12 hour crews. Theres a third spread of equipment acting as spares. They have run as many as three jobs as once, but normal operations see the third set of iron used as backups.

The company has about 80 people working for them, of whom approximately 65 are based locally.

The company is in the process of adding a coil rig.

Community engagement is big for us. Pure-Chem provides all our chemicals. Theyve grown 20 to 30 employees in the last year due to Elements presence in the area, Birnie said.

Members of the public got to see a frac spread laid out in Element Technical Service's yard.

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Regina, Estevan In announcing part of the Boundary Dam carbon capture project was over budget, SaskPower didnt but out a press re-lease, but it did mention it in a blog entry.

SaskPower, in its blog on Oct. 18, stated that the Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Project is under budget on the carbon capture side, but over budget on

the power plant side of the project.

The blog, with no name attributed, noted, The new construction portion, the carbon capture project, is actu-ally forecast to be under budget. However, the refurbishment of our 50 year old power plant has presented some unex-pected challenges. This puts the total project at about $115 million, or nine per cent, over budget.

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monitoring this figure monthly, and of course we will do what we can to minimize the in-creased costs.

This is a complex project, one that has never been attempted anywhere else on this scale. When you are pioneering technology, you are bound to run into challenges along the way. One of the biggest challenges is the fact that were rebuild-ing a 50-year-old power plant, and you cant

say with total certainly what youre going to find in there until you start taking things apart. Its not unlike a home renovation you make your plans and set your budget, and then walls come down and you find youve been living in a house insulated with newspaper.Your

only choice is to spend the extra money to make sure the job is done right. You cant cut corners.

Project scope changes that werent anticipated included $25 million for steel reinforcement in the building and boiler, $30 million for lead paint and asbestos removal and $35 million in en-gineering changes that were unforeseen until we opened up the plant and saw exactly what needed to be done.

The posting noted

SaskPower has faced significant labour pres-sures, not unlike many private sector compa-nies undertaking major projects.

Were in a robust economic environment theres simply more work than there are workers, it said.

We have been keeping a close watch on costs all along the way, and the real-ity is this couldnt be avoided despite our best forecasts and ongoing management.

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W Page A24When youre doing something that has never been done before, as Sask-

Power is with Boundary Dam, there will inevitably be changes made and les-sons learned.

The bottom line is, with this adjustment in budget, SaskPower is on track to launch one of the worlds first and largest commercial carbon capture proj-ects. This represents a long-term, environmentally sustainable power solution that will help keep Saskatchewan growing, the blog said.

A week later on October 25, SaskPower CEO Robert Watson announced the Crown corporation would be applying to the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel for rate increases of 5.5 per cent in January 2014, and a further five per cent in January 2015 and January 2016.

SaskPower continues to set new annual records for customer connects and the total amount of power needed by customers at one time, said Watson. To that end, we plan to spend $1 billion per year for the long term on renewing and improving the provinces electricity system

During the conference call announcing the rate increases, Watson was asked about further carbon capture expenditures for Boundary Dams Units 4, 5, and 6, and if the increases factor in such expenditures down the road.

We have factored in monies to continue to look at the options for Bound-ary Dam 4 and 5. Theyre the ones we have to look at before 2020. We have

factored money into that for our 10 year plan. Over the next three years, we will be looking at first of all completing Boundary Dam 3. The capture facility is done and is under budget. Were starting to take it over and commission it.

The power facility will be completed and production beginning in the beginning of the year. It has had some surprises the $115 million we talked about. However, we know how to run power plants.

Weve factored in anything that will involve 4 and 5, and anything for the next three years will be taken care of, Watson said.

Calgary Edge Resources Inc. attri-butes its second record breaking operating and financial quarter in a row on growth from its Eye Hill oil prospects near Macklin.

The Calgary-based company showed record improvements in rev-enue, operating costs, general and administra-tion costs, cash flow and netbacks for the quarter and their half fiscal year ending Sept. 30.

All of the com-panys three core assets in Saskatchewan and Alberta continue to generate positive cash flow.

The companys strategy however, is to pursue higher profitabil-ity and growth from oil-based prospects such as Eye Hill, while allowing its natural gas properties to decline naturally.

Edge disposed of a small, non-core natural

gas producing asset in exchange for a highly-prospective, strategic as-set in heart of Eye Hill East in the quarter.

Average quarterly oil production increased to 283 barrels of oil per day from 248 bpd in the previous quarter, while natural gas production declined due to natu-ral declines and asset dispositions.

We have enjoyed another excellent, record quarter, said Brad Nichol, Edges chief executive.

Nichol pointed to their industry leading profit to investment ratio for helping the company to generate significantly more cash from their properties than other most opera-tors.

This has been demonstrated by our production results in Eye Hill, he said.

Our ability to

generate cash at these levels is an outstand-ing quality in todays industry which should allow Edge to con-tinue to grow and utilize internally-generated cash flow.

The company demonstrated the production capabil-ity of new Eye Hill East assets with a six month, restricted-rate production test yielding continually increasing, but purposely limited, flow rates of up to 151 barrels of oil per day.

The production rate at Eye Hill East aver-aged 128 bpd in Sep-tember.

Edge sets record with Eye Hill focus

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Carlyle When it comes to creating a frac fluid, you want to get it right before you go out into the field. Thats where the lab at Element Technical Services comes into play.

Becky Barton, quality control and laboratory manager for Element, demonstrated just what goes into frac fluids during PSAC open house on frack-ing on Oct. 10, held at Elements shop.

On average, we are fracking 1.3 kilometres be-low where your water wells are. Were nowhere near where the water is you use to drink, she said.

The key constituents are water and guar, with numerous other chemicals used as additives.

In building a guar system for the demonstra-tion, she used source water that came from a slough full of bugs and dissolved solids. Biocide is used

to kill bacteria, which would eat the guar and po-tentially plug up your well.

A guar system is the simplest system they use. Guar is a bean grown in Pakistan and India and some areas of China, where it is a food staple. Guar is a natural thickener, she said. India exports 70 to 80 per cent of their crop every year, and of that 70 to 80 per cent, only 25-30 goes to the oil and gas industry.

The additives sound bad, but theyre really not. Theyre used in things you use on a daily basis, Barton said.

Guar is used in lotions; and in sauces needing a thicker consistency. A lot of the candies children eat, like Gummy Bears, have it. We use it as a thickening agent for our water. Just like cornstarch in gravy, same thing.

There are four components to the guar slurry.

Theres powdered guar, a powdered clay, a liquid surfactant, and some type of oil, usually mineral oil.

In her 500 millilitre water sample, 2.5 millilitres of guar was added.

It is spun for five minutes on a blender, hydrat-ing the guar.

There are polymer chains in the guar that ab-sorb the water, and unravel and in turn thicken the water. Think of it as a pot full of water and cooked spaghetti noodles, she said.

"Guar is shipped overseas as a powder, and can be used as such, but we use it as a slurry," she said.

Other additives to the fluid deal with flowback and separation properties, as an example.

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Once the fluid hydrates for 5 minutes, we have our linear fluid. This is where we start in the field. Companies want different viscosities for that fluid so we need to increase or decrease our slurry loading accordingly.

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