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In This Issue Q2 Report Project Reports Calmar Re-abandonment What’s Happening?

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Message from Management

Savanna’s New COO A fresh face has joined the Savanna Executive team! John Cooper, Savanna’s new VP Operations and COO, writes this month’s message from management. We welcome John to Savanna.

As I am writing this message with only a few weeks under my belt, there is a lot I wish to share with you. To start, I thought I would describe why I was attracted to joining you on the Savanna team (and indeed lucky enough to be asked!).

Firstly, I want to let you know I feel privileged to be here; Savanna has a noteworthy and impressive reputation.

Savanna is known as being well run and is viewed as a solid, respectable firm.

The equipment we have is seen as top notch, and we are known to be easy to do business with. In addition, our enviable and growing balance of operations in Canada, the U.S. and Australia demonstrates that we can diversify and capture opportunities in numerous oil and gas plays throughout the world. As well, the majority of the banking and investment firms (that I know) have forecast a bright and growing future for Savanna. All of these factors are important; however, none of them represent (at least for me) the single crucial factor that made me excited to join the Savanna team.

The reason I decided to join Savanna is that Savanna is a company that truly cares for its people. One of our core values, “Relationships”, has identified,

amongst other themes, that we “care for people and treat others with dignity”.

The culture being created, molded and shaped in our company is first class. More and more firms are developing a vision and values and this is good; however, sometimes I get the impression they are doing this to check something off a list. It is different here—Savanna is living these values. Our values set the foundation for how we interact with each other and make decisions; they also guide us to select the people we want joining our team. This environment is important as I believe success is driven by motivated, engaged employees who want to be part of a winning and caring company. Some amazing things can be accomplished by our company and that is why I am very excited to be part of this team.

In the next four or five months, my plan is to visit our operations bases and learn how we can continue to grow as a company. There is a lot to do and I have a big learning curve to get to know our operations, locations, customers and most importantly, you. We have an aggressive strategic plan and a lot of good priorities. There is no doubt we will all need to continue to contribute,

John’s Bio John brings a broad range of experience in leading organizations and building operating teams in diverse business environments from both an operational and executive perspective. John has more than 25 years of leadership and public company experience in the energy and logistics industries.

His most recent position encompassed the integration of over 20 independent operating companies, including both business model and culture where he was President and CEO for EnerMax. John served as General Manager for Waste Management, Inc. in Western Canada, and prior to that he was President of Superior Propane, a propane energy distribution company. John received his B.S.C. from the University of Western Ontario.

With growing domestic and international operations, and a strong acquisition focus here at Savanna, John’s abilities to execute successfully will provide tremendous support for growth. John lives in Calgary, Alberta, is married and has three daughters.

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work hard and have fun in order to position Savanna as the first choice for our existing and potential customers—a leader in global energy services.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of the Savanna team. It is my personal goal to help make Savanna not only an “employer of choice” but also a profitable and great company that continues to care for its people.

1800, 311 6th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H2 Phone: 403 503 9990 Fax: 403 267 6749 info@savannaenergy.com Savanna Energy Services Corp. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:SVY) For current stock information, visit tsx.com or savannaenergy.com

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Editor/Publisher: Janine Tannahill 403 267 6739 jtannahill@savannaenergy.com Managing Editor: John Bayko 403 781 9999 jbayko@savannaenergy.com

In This Issue

Message from Mgt. Q2 Report IMAP Project HRMS Project What’s Happening?

Calmar Abandonment D & D Profile Last Page

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Quarterly Report

Q2 Report Already through the second financial quarter of 2011, Savanna’s 10th year in operation is shaping up to be a strong one.

The second quarter of 2011 proved once more to be strong for Savanna Energy Services Corp. Compared to Q2 of 2010, Savanna experienced an increase in operating days, hours and rates in both drilling and oilfield services as well as increased revenue and operating margins.

Operating cash flow in Q2 2011 more than tripled in comparison to Q2 2010 with President and CEO Ken Mullen stating, “The second quarter of 2011 was a strong quarter in almost every regard, leading to our highest Q2 earnings since 2006.”

Compared to Q2 of 2010, Savanna’s drilling division saw a 23 per cent increase in the number of operating days. Drilling revenue also increased by over $18 million compared to Q2 and with virtually the same sized fleet. For Savanna’s well servicing division, there was an increase in operating hours by 24 per cent relative to Q2 of 2010 with a revenue increase of over $8 million-which equates to a 52 per cent increase. Utilization also increased for well servicing and higher activity levels were recorded for the oilfield rental division.

Operating margins in Australia also turned positive during Q2 with the utilization of both well servicing rigs.

Q2 saw many key events for Savanna.

While Savanna’s number of drilling rigs remained consistent, Savanna’s well servicing fleet increased almost 60 per cent with the acquisition of Performance Well Servicing and an agreement to acquire Silverstar Well Servicing. In addition, the commissioning of another hybrid drilling rig to Australia was confirmed (bringing the total to four hybrid rigs in Australia by the end of 2011); along with the commitment to retrofit two more hybrid drilling rigs to the TDS-3000™ platform.

Another contract was also secured in Australia for a high-capacity, highspecification service rig and additional term contracts were secured in Canada and the United States for eight drilling rigs, bringing the long-term contracted drilling rig ratio to approximately 30 per cent. Q2 also saw the highest hybrid drilling rig utilization since 2006, as well as the appointment of John Cooper as Vice-

President Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Savanna.

With such an eventful Q2, it is hard to imagine what may be in store for Savanna during Q3. Rest assured that momentum will continue into Q3, especially with the deployment of Savanna’s latest high specification deep double drilling rigs to the US (keep a look out for the Rig-n-Dig’s feature article on these two rigs). The two TDS-3000™ drilling rig conversions were completed in Q2 and with interest growing Savanna expects to have all ten TDS-3000™s under contract before they are field ready.

Projects falling under Savanna’s capital program were also initiated during Q2. These included the construction of three new service rigs; the retrofit of one conventional double drilling rig and three service rigs; and expansion to the rental fleet, portable top drive fleet, support equipment, drill pipe and a field shop. It is hoped these projects will be completed during 2011 or early 2012.

Reminder!

Alberta’s Distracted Driving Law came into effect on September 01. Also known as Bill 16, the Distracted Driving Law will affect all drivers on urban and rural roads in Alberta. In a nutshell, the new Law prohibits the use of (but is not limited to) cell phones, laptops, GPS units and other electronic devices, as well as eating, drinking and smoking while driving. Hands free units are allowed, but are not necessarily a solution. The fine for being caught violating the Law is $172.00 with no loss of demerit points.

For more information on the Distracted Driving Law, please see the Rig-n-Dig’s January issue or visit: http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/distracteddriving.htm

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IMAP Project

The IMAP Project by the IMAP Project Team

Since mid-June, a group of dedicated individuals from various Savanna departments have been hard at work on a new initiative aimed at supporting management of inventory, equipment, purchasing and preventative maintenance processes in Australia.

The project name, IMAP, is short for Inventory, Maintenance and Procurement, and the team has coined the slogan: “Mapping the way forward” in automating and streamlining the manual processes and systems in use today to support Gary S the drilling and well Paul utton & P u zey servicing operation in Australia.

Dwayne LaMontagne, IMAP Project Sponsor says “there is tremendous opportunity in Australia to grow and expand Savanna’s operations and our business. To support this growth and expansion, and to meet customer and regulatory requirements, we need to ensure we have the processes and systems in place that allow us to do this effectively and efficiently.”

Australia will be the “guinea pigs” for the program but down the road, as these new processes are proven and matured, the potential for leveraging them across other Savanna operations will be explored.

The approach taken in staffing the project team has been to assign a core group of functional business experts from Canada to partner with their counterparts in Australia.

This brings together the knowledge and expertise of the Canadian operations and the team responsible for running the business in Australia. Together they are charged with designing and implementing these new processes and systems.

Leading the team from the business side are Tim Lindsay, Procurement Manager for Savanna Energy and Tom Ingledew, General Manager Logistics for Australia operations. The core project team members from Australia are Mark Reid, Materials/Purchasing Manager, Paul Puzey, Preventative Maintenance Manager, Arnie Anderson, Warehouse/ Shipping and Receiving and Melissa Lambley, Purchasing Officer. And from Canada, Troy

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Mattie, Purchaser, Gary Sutton, Maintenance Supervisor, Anita Collett, International Controller, Julie Ridsdale, Equipment & Inventory Analyst, Clay Fraser, IT Business Systems Analyst, Rita Genge, Finance Systems Specialist and Jody Richards, Project Manager.

This project is an important To date, project activity has comprised initiative for Savanna and to of stakeholder interviews, application ensure its success, key management functionality reviews, business requirements stakeholders and sponsors have been gathering, business process design workshops, directly involved to provide support key business terms and data standard and direction as needed by the team. definitions, and the development of an initial Dwayne LaMontagne, George Chow prototype based on requirements of the and Mike Bill are the Project Sponsors.

Australian team. Some of the Tom Ingledew, Don Goldade, Craig future milestones for the project Griessen, Rick Torriero, Tim include design and development Lindsay, Steve Ross and of a working prototype, Rob Normandeau make up documenting procedures, the Project Steering Team. testing the system and system With team members training. The exact launch located in Calgary and or implementation date has Toowoomba, team work is not yet been set but will sometimes a challenge. Although very likely be during Q4 the Australian team members of 2011. like to say “they are always ahead Some of the key of Calgary”, the Calgary group project objectives n ngto are to provide a i l l i knows they are talking about the 16 M Mike hour time difference.  The team streamlined solution zey, u P l uses tools like Skype and email for to support Savanna’s operation Pau rk Reid a communication and both teams have &M in Australia; to provide an auditable and adjusted their work schedules for team sessions documented solution to meet the regulatory and meetings. and contractual requirements of current and Recently, Mark Reid and Paul Puzey made future Savanna customers; to facilitate the the trip from Australia to Calgary to participate management and tracking of Savanna’s assets financially and operationally; and to ensure in a week long design workshop. As stated by effective quality control, inventory management Reid, “being together face to face to discuss and preventative maintenance—all of which our needs and design a solution that will work increase Savanna’s competitiveness on an for our operation is exactly what we needed.” international level.

Whilst in Canada, Reid and Puzey took a “field As quoted by Julie Ridsdale, IMAP trip” to Nisku where they were able to meet can be defined as: “mapping the processes with Mike Millington, Savanna Field Sup/ and procedures for Inventory, Equipment, Rig Manager, who is overseeing the build of Procurement and Maintenance, first in Rig 408 and 409—both destined for Australia.

Australia and eventually for the rest of Savanna This was Reid’s first trip to Canada and he was Energy Services Corp…pulling the different definitely salivating over the vast quantity of areas of business together.” inventory and services available for purchase.

This program is unique and it is paving Hosted by Tim Lindsay, Richards, Reid and the way for future growth and expansionPuzey were educated on a number of “Timsessentially it is “mapping the way forward” isms” during the road trip; and Lindsay shared for Savanna. his wealth of trivia: like why barns are red or why “mud” is called mud.....thanks Tim! August 2011

HRMS Project

Preparing for Launch

By Kevin Geddert For the past year, a group of Savanna employees have been working hard to create a Human Resources Management System. Due to much hard work and dedication, they are just weeks away from launching the new system.

The future of Savanna’s HR systems is poised to become our daily reality. Just about one year ago Savanna announced its intention to purchase and implement a Human Resources Management System— HRMS. The idea was to create one central source of personnel information and one provider of US and Canadian Payroll for Savanna. Over the past year a dedicated team of people, from both HR and IT, has worked to transform that idea into a reality, and is set to begin implementation.

Here are some highlights you can actually expect to see over the next few months. Current systems will not be shut off when the HRMS is turned on, rather automation will be introduced. For the first go-live,

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people-information will be passed to other systems; instead of hiring someone into four systems when they arrive, you hire into one system and the other three are automatically updated. Automation will later be extended to include Canadian benefits systems.

For most employees at Savanna the initial rollout will not affect them greatly, if at all. However for employees who deal directly with HR systems there will be big changes: significant reduction to the amount of data entry, increased consistency of data between systems, and more accurate information easily obtained from intuitive reporting.

Following the initial roll-out of HRMS, the project team will shift their focus to implementing Time Management for Canadian Drilling, and delivering Canadian Payroll in early 2012.

The HRMS Steering Committee would like to thank all those who have worked very hard to bring this opportunity about. As always your questions and suggestions are invited as we progress towards Savanna’s vision, and lay this stone in “The path for others to follow”.

HRMS Steering Committee Rachel Moore, VP HR Steve Ross, Director IT and CIO Rob Normandeau, Business Systems Manager Donna Campbell, HRMS Project Manager Kevin Geddert, HRMS Business Analyst Heather James, Benefits and International Payroll Manager

HRMS Project Team Back L-R: Emily Clegg, HR Assistant; Jeff Miller, US HR Manager; Kevin Geddert, HR Business Analyst; Darren Sellner, Developer; & Cameron Torell, Network Infrastructure.

Front L-R: Margaret Lau, Compensation & Benefits Manager; Karen Wasylyshen, HRMS Specialist; & Donna Campbell, HRMS Project Manager.

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What’s Happening?

What’s Happening?

The Littlest Hobo

Five Year Ring

Photo courtesy of Tammy Gudmundson

The crew of Savanna Rig 38 had a surprise visitor last month when they were working on a site near Wapella in Saskatchewan. A dog owned by a farmer in the area, visited the crew frequently and made friends with driller Jon Martin (below).

Photo courtesy of Steve Kitzul Steve Kitzul, left, with Ryan Besplug, right

Lacombe Training

Give and You Shall Receive

Mavis Hsu (left) gave and received a $2000 gift card for Flight Centre as winner of Savanna’s “Give and You Shall Receive…” charity extravaganza’s first draw. Mavis volunteers her time with the YMCA. Many entries were received for the first draw and we congratulate and thank everyone for volunteering their time. If you didn’t get your entry in, then don’t fret. There will be a second draw on December 01, so get those entries in!

Training Group.

L-R: Steve Yarnell, Kirby Warren, Sandor Kis (Rig 603), Dylan Arns (Rig 606), Matthew Woodson (Rig 626), Carlyn Dyck, Tyler Hemingway (Rig 627), Victor Huezo (Rig 652), Denis St. Arneault (Rig 606), Ken Franko & Ike Wipf (Rig 631)

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Congratulations to Ryan Besplug on receiving his 5 year ring. Field Superintendant Steve Kitzul, went all out for the occasion and in his words: “stepped it up a notch and rented a limo to take us to the airport after getting hitched.”

Congratulations to the both of you!

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From August 08 to 12, Motorman training for the conventional rigs was conducted at Savanna’s Lacombe Office. Some of the items covered in the course included theoretical and practical position and responsibilities during a BOP drill, HSE components and requirements, and leadership and mentoring training.

All participants were Savanna employees who were selected by their Tool Push to participate in the Motorman training. They were chosen based on their experience and skill set, work ethic and drive.

Congratulations to all who participated!

What’s Happening?

MS Walk

On Sunday June 5th, nine employees from Savanna laced up their walking shoes and donned a “1 Savanna” t-shirt to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. Thousands of people participated in the eight kilometre walk around Calgary, which ended with a luncheon in Princes Island Park. Team Savanna even made it to the stage to lead the walk warm-up.

Over $15,000.00 was raised by the group.

Congratulations ladies!

Team Savanna!

Back L-R: Cindy Korpesho, Mercedes Seliman, Venesa Zunti, Anna Lau, Lauren Ambrose & Emily Clegg.

Front L-R: Camille Nieva, Rachel Moore & Cecile Sison

Cindy Korpesho leading the way in the warm-up

Antique Tractor Pull

Deanne Mosset, Transportation Coordinator for Savanna Well Servicing in Lacombe, is an avid member of the Central Alberta Antique and Model Club located in Leslieville, Alberta. On July 30 and 31, the club held its annual Leslieville Antique Days. As part of the event, an antique tractor pull competition was held.

The winners of the event were presented with jackets kindly donated by Savanna Energy. The jackets were a huge hit with the winners!

“On behalf of the Central Alberta Antique and Model Club I would like to thank Savanna Well Servicing for there continued support.” – Deanne Mosset.

The tractor pull winners!

L-R: Troy Nielson, Reg Mosset, Melissa Stark, Keith Crocker, William Crocker & Hal Lougheed

Stormy Skies This photo was taken on July 22 by Howard Myers from Rig 635, located in Waynesburg, PA.

Ladies in Pink Not what you would perhaps call traditional golfing attire, but Angie Shannon and Kelly Mullins were hitting the golf course with a purpose in mind.

The two ladies from the Savanna Drilling Nisku office, headed off on August 23 to a Breast Cancer Awareness event at Red Tail Landing golf course in Nisku, Alberta.

Photo courtesy of Kyla Maskoskie

Photo courtesy of Deanne Mosset

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Calmar Re-abandonement

Residential Re-abandonment Savanna Drilling recently took on a unique project in the small town of Calmar in Central Alberta. An abandoned well located in a residential area was found to be leaking and Hybrid Rig 440 was sent in to fix the problem. The re-abandonment took place between July 6 and 12. Discussions for this well began in January 2010 and significant modifications were made to the rig to reduce sound levels. Sound proof insulation inside the buildings was installed and hospital grade exhaust systems were mounted on all engines.

Being located in a residential area posed many challenges for the drilling crew and the owner of the well. The well was drilled by Texaco in about 1954 and is now owned by Imperial Oil. Together, Imperial and Savanna devised a plan to check and secure the well with as little disruption to the community as possible.

The first step of the plan was to hold a ‘Meet and Greet’ for the community and local media to discuss the work to be done and to ensure the needs of the community would be met.

This event was held on July 7.

The next step of the re-abandonment was to send in the equipment. To limit noise and disruption, one truck at a time was used to bring in the rig.

Community safety was an important concern and safety barriers and screens were set up around the work perimeter.

Noise pollution was monitored with regular checks completed around the neighborhood to ensure equipment noise was not too loud. The highest recorded noise level was about 67 decibels, which is approximately equivalent to normal conversation.

Working hours were limited to between 8am and 10pm and lights were also turned down to decrease disruption.

Regular drives through the community were conducted to monitor community reaction and to answer any questions.

Initially the community was rather negative towards the project, however in the end, the community was very impressed with how the job was handled by both Imperial and Savanna.

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The whole re-abandonment process took approximately three days. After taking off the well head and attaching the BOP (blowout preventer), the casing to the first plug was tested to see if it was the cause of the leak. With the casing secure and safe, the crew continued down the hole to the second plug—located about 800 metres down the hole—looking for any foreign objects that could have caused the leak. From testing and monitoring, it was known that the leak was around the 240 metre mark. With no foreign objects found, it was determined there was a leak somewhere in the casing between the first and second plug. A new casing was run and the hole recemented. Imperial will be responsible for monitoring the well for the next month.

As standards in the oil and gas industry have changed over the years, the well abandonment process has also changed.

Many wells abandoned during the early stages of oil and gas exploration were not properly or adequately abandoned and have resulted in cracked or leaking casing. This is what happened to the well in Calmar. At the time of the initial abandonment, there was also probably no immediate threat of the well being enclosed by a residential area.

Overall, the job went smoothly and all were happy with the final result.

Imperial were very impressed with Savanna’s efficiency and handling of the August 2011

job, mentioning the very quick job time compared to a re-abandonment they completed in 2002. The management and crews involved with the project are to be commended on a job well done.

The people involved include: Aaron Mills, Field Operations Manager Ken Bell, Field Supervisor David McGoldrick, Rig Manager Day Crew Dwayne Korsberg, Driller Danny Maysnuk, Derrickhand Kevin Watt, Motors Rob Strange, Floorhand Isreal Omodele, Leasehand Night Crew Andy Kolkman, Driller Brock Allen, Derrickhand Aaron Horne, Motors Peter Hudson, Floorhand Adam Drake, Leasehand

Photo Competition

Photo Competition Entries

Entered by Evan Rochon

Entered by Sean Clayton

Entered by Janine Tannahill Action shot from Nick Morrin and the boys on Rig 633—Christmas Day 2010 near Swan Hills, Alberta

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D & D Profile

The Mayor of Forget From D & D customers to six kids and being the Mayor of the town of Forget in Saskatchewan, Southeast Saskatchewan Sales Representative Leon Gilbertson likes to take time out to fight fires and watch a Canadian football game.

Leon Gilbertson is the Southeast Saskatchewan Sales Representative for D & D Oilfield Rentals. Gilbertson has worked for D & D since August, 2010.

Prior to joining the team at D & D, Gilbertson spent 12 years working as a Cement Supervisor for BJ Services and as a Safety Manager for R. French Transport.

He says he has worked in oilfield services since he graduated from high school.

As Southeast Saskatchewan Sales Rep, Gilbertson is in charge of daily operations such as deliveries and sales calls. He also oversees one employee. His average work day consists of making and receiving phone calls, organizing deliveries for existing customers and meeting with them to ensure they are happy with the equipment, as well as lining up meetings with potential customers. He enjoys the fun atmosphere at D & D as well as the fast paced nature of oilfield services—he says things can change in a second.

Although Gilbertson has only been with D & D for little over a year, he notes the biggest change he has seen as being the growth and diversity of equipment.

D & D recently added the RS-100 Tubing Striper Head as well as over shots. Service rig equipment has seen the most growth, but the range of drilling equipment is also expanding. All equipment expansion is driven by customer needs and D & D is happy to source any equipment required by customers. All equipment is extremely well maintained and clean—so it always looks good. D & D’s diversity in equipment also sets it apart from other oilfield equipment rental companies.

Gilbertson enjoys working for D & D and notes one of his most memorable moments as participating in the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show in Weyburn. Held in June of this year, the biennial event is one of the busiest in the world, with over 200

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exhibitors participating in 2011. This year was particularly busy due to wet weather and Gilbertson says it was a unique experience to be part of the oil show rather than a spectator.

Outside of work, Gilbertson is a very busy guy. He is a volunteer firefighter and says he loves spending time practicing his fire fighting skills and going to calls.

He also spends time serving on many Boards and is the Mayor of Forget (pronounced For-jay as the town’s name has French origins—named so in honour of Amédée E. Forget, the first Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan). Between his community work, three step-children and three children of his own, Gilbertson says he doesn’t really have a lot of free time, but when he does he loves to watch a good old CFL (Canadian Football League) game. He’s an avid watermelon helmet wearer*, or rather a Saskatchewan Roughrider fan and as a result, received the nickname of ‘Green Blood’ from Ken Goldade, General Manager of D & D. *Saskatchewan Roughrider fans are known to show their ‘Rider Pride’ by hollowing out a watermelon, carving it and then wearing it as helmet. See below.

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Leon Gilbertson, Southeast Saskatchewan Sales Representative for D & D Oilfield Rentals

CONTACT: Calgary, AB - 1.403.267.6737 Medicine Hat, AB - 1.877.548.2700 Lloydminster, AB - 1.888.875.5171 Weyburn, SK - 1.306.577.3324 Swift Current, SK - 1.306.750.1675 info@ddoil.net www.ddoil.net

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Jeff Ezernack 1988 - 2011

In Memoriam On Saturday July 30 Jeff Ezernack, a Motorhand on Savanna Rig 647, was tragically killed in a single vehicle accident. Jeff had been married earlier in the evening and was driving a guest home from the reception when the accident occurred. He was 23 years old. Jeff is survived by his new bride Jessi Ezernack and his parents Frank and Angela. Our thoughts and condolences go to Jeff’s family.

Jeff began his career in 2007, working for Greystone Drilling. He continued working for Savanna after the purchase of Greystone assets in June 2008.

Zowolle (this is what we called him) always had a smile on his face and always had the words to make us laugh. He will be truly missed and never forgotten.

– John Jordan, Motorhand, Rig 647

I had the honour and privilege of working with Jeffery for almost two years. He was one of the best. Honest, hard working, always eager to help.

He was a good friend and I will miss him so.

– Steve Peterson, Toolpush, Rig 647

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The Calgary Cerebral Palsy Association envisions a future where the lives of families affected by cerebral palsy are enriched and empowered throughout their life journey.

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At the annual spring Bike Clinic CCPA members needing a bicycle are fitted for an appropriately sized bicycle and the necessary special adaptations for each child’s particular physical needs.

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The bike clinic’s success is evident in the delighted look of pride when children with cerebral palsy are able to take part in neighborhood bike parades or just keep up with the other kids on the street. The positive effects of riding a bike are far reaching; it builds confidence, allows crucial participation in an activity embraced by families and by children who do not have disabilities, stretches and builds muscles, increases balance, but perhaps most importantly, simply allows children to have fun.

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