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Baker Hughes employees let go or relocated Patrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller
Drumheller was only one of Baker Hughes’ bases which were closed on April 14. The Mail reported in its April 16 edition that the Drumheller office was shutting down some operations in Drumheller. Former base administrator Terry Zackrisson told inSide Drumheller that the shop foreman, one bulk plant operator and all of the bulk drivers working out of Drumheller were laid off. Her position was also eliminated. All operators and supervisors were offered positions in the Central and Northern Divisions. She said base operations were closed in Drumheller, along with Medicine Hat, Estevan and Dartmouth. Medicine Hat media reported that a base in Lloyminster closed. She said the downsizing affected about 400 people, with either job loss or relocation. Baker Hughes’ presence in Drumheller began when the company reacquired BJ Services in August of 2009, and operated out of a 14,000 square foot facility that sits on four acres in the Hygrade Industrial Park. The building, which was intended for about 60-80 workers, had just over 20 based there this year.
Sub station equipment failure causes Wednesday morning outage Patrick Kolafa | inSide Drumheller
It only took about an hour and 20 minutes for power to be restored to approximately 4,000 customers in the Drumheller area on Wednesday morning. Residents in Drumheller may have seen their coffeemakers shut down at about 8:55 a.m. on April 23. The outage affected most of the valley, with the exception of Nacmine. A few rural customers north of town may have also been af-
fected. Sylvia Adams, ATCO customer service supervisor for the Drumheller area, said the cause of the outage was equipment failure at the Michichi sub station north of Drumheller.
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About 4,000 customer were without power Wednesday morning following an equipment failure at the Michichi Sub Station.
“They were able to find the inSide photo by Patrick Kolafa problem and get it fixed.” fixed,” said Adams. “They adds she is grateful for Sylvia Adams
“They were able to find the problem and get it
just took an outage as long as it was needed to isolate the equipment and restore the power.” At 10:15 a.m., power was restored safely. She
the patience of area customers. The outage was not related to a planned outage in the Midland area.
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The Baker Hughes facility in Drumheller has reportedly closed its doors on April 14. The approximately 20 employees at the time were either let go or relocated.
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