Sask. government announces funding for SW oil and gas facility upgrades

By Medicine Hat News on September 19, 2024.

Oil and gas companies in Saskatchewan have secured millions in grants to upgrade their facilities in the southwest corner, that provincial government announced among $25 million in outlays.

Money from the Saskatchewan Technology Fund will help 13 oilpatch and mining firms reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

About half the money, $12.5 million, will aid Strathcona Resources capture and sequester carbon at a facility near North Battleford.

Awards specific to southwest Saskatchewan:

– Crescent Point Energy, $2.83 million, will reduce flaring at unstated locations in the southwest by building a gathering system connected to processing plants operated by Steel Reef (it has facilities near Coleville and Shaunavon);

– Whitecap Energy, $950,000, to reduce gas flaring at an oil battery near Swift Current with a pipeline to connect to the SaskEnergy gas distribution system;

– Campus Energy will receive $500,000 to upgrade compressors at Loverna and Milton gas plants, located north of Alsask, to better capture methane;

– Secure Energy, $30,250, to install higher efficiency burner and management system at its midstream facility near Kindersley.

The Environment Ministry states that private-sector investment in the projects will total $277 million.