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Aspects favor socializing with family and friends, but an irksome workplace situation could intrude. No use grumbling, Lamb. Just do it, and then get back to the fun times.
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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) There’s still time for you Ferdinands and Fernandas to relax and sniff the roses. But a major work project looms and will soon demand much of your attention through the next week.
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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) That uneasy mood could be your Libran inner voice reminding you that while it’s great to be with your new friends, you need to take care not to ignore your old ones.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A sudden spate of criticism could shake the Scorpion’s usually high sense of self-confidence. Best advice: You made a decision you believed in — now defend it.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Your reluctance to help restart a stalled relationship could be traced to unresolved doubts about your partner’s honesty. Rely on a trusted friend’s advice.
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GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your enthusiasm persuades even the toughest doubters to listen to what you’re proposing. But don’t push too hard, or you’ll push them away. Moderate for best results.
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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your energy levels are rising, and you feel like you can handle anything that the job requires. While that’s great, don’t isolate yourself. Keep your door open to your workplace colleagues for sound advice.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) A workplace change could lead to that promotion you’ve been hoping for. But you’ll have to face some tough competition before the Lion can claim his or her share of the goodies.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your rigidity regarding a difficult workplace situation could be the reason your colleagues aren’t rushing to your assistance. Try being more flexible in your demands.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The capricious Sea Goat is torn between duty and diversion. Best advice: Do both. Tend to your everyday chores, and then go out and enjoy your well-earned fun time.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Cutting back on some of your activities for a few days helps to restore your energy levels. You should be feeling ready to tackle your many projects early next week.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A co-worker might secretly be harping on about your work to your mutual colleagues. But some associates will come to your defense, and the situation will ultimately work to your advantage.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your ambition makes you a success at whatever you choose to do — especially if it’s in the world of the performing arts.
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Saskatchewan drilling rig report for Aug 2
Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply
Drilling rig activity in Saskatchewan is seeing consistent activity in all regions of the province, as well as three companies drilling for helium and one for lithium.
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That’s according to Canadian Association of Energy Contractors data, published by RiggerTalk.com.
Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.
In southeast Saskatchewan, fifteen rigs were making hole.
Notable for their absence, there were no rigs working in close proximity to Stoughton, which is heart of the Viewfield Bakken play.
plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction at Moose Jaw.
All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.
Only one rig was working in the Torquay/Oungre area, with Ensign Drilling Rig 421 drilling for Crescent Point at Ratcliffe.
According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.
Taprock was drilling south of Carnduff with Betts Drilling Rig 2, close to the U.S. border. Betts Rig 4 was working a little north of that, at Glen Ewen, for Villanova.
The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.
“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”
Vermillion Energy Inc. had Panther Drilling Rig 3 at Northgate.
Savanna Drilling Rig 436 was drilling south of Manor for Vermillion. Betts Rig 3 was drilling closer to Manor for Saturn Oil & Gas.
Near Hazelwood, Cache Island Corp. employed Precision Drilling Rig 275. Close to it, Crescent Point Energy Corp. had Precisions Rig 195.
The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.
Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload
The Lampman area is the new centre of activity in recent years, with five rigs in close proximity. Stampede Drilling Rig 4 was east of Lampman, drilling for Tundra Oil & Gas. Panther Drilling Rig 4 was just south of Lampman drilling for Vital Energy Inc.
North of Lampman, at Browning, Whitecap Resources Inc. had Ensign Drilling Inc. Rig 423. They also had Stampede Rig 17 northwest of Lampman. Stampede Rig 7 was nearby, at Woodley, drilling for Crescent Point.
A little to the west, at Bryant, Stampede Rig 2 was working for Surge Energy Inc.
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Moving to the west along the U.S. border one finds two helium rigs. Savanna Drilling Rig 418 is drilling for Helium Evolution south of Lafleche and near Glentworth. Just north of Monchy, Stampede Rig 8 was working for Royal Helium Ltd. Southwest of Shaunavon, Crescent Point had Savanna Rig 416. South of that, and north of Frontier, Savanna Rig 419 was also drilling for Crescent Point.
SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.
“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”
The map shows North American Helium drilling southwest of Shaunavon. This is a new area for North American, which has done most of its work at Battle Creek north of Consul. More recently, North American has been drilling near Mankota.
This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.
Moving to west central Saskatchewan, Saturn had Savanna Rig 431 working east of Plato. This is an area it recently picked up from Crescent Point. Teine Energy Ltd. Had a right just northeast of Plato.
Baytex had Savanna Rig 441 working just north of Kindersley. Teine had Ensign Rig 351 between Dodsland and Brock, and Ensign Rig 356 just northeast of Dodsland.
When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.
Precision Drilling Rig 145 was making hole for Strathcona Resources Ltd. northwest of Kelfield.
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At Hoosier, Teine had Ensign Rig 350. Ish Energy Ltd. employed Lasso Drilling Corp. Rig 6 northeast of Hoosier.
The area north of Coleville had four rigs working. Baytex had Savanna Rig 425 and Precision Rig 155, Whitecap had Bonanza Drilling Rig 2.
A standout is Grounded Lithium, drilling its first hole, making this the second targeted lithium hole drilled in Saskatchewan. The first was drilled late last summer by Prairie Lithium, near Torquay. Grounded’s hole is at 04-15-032-23W3.
Right along the Alberta border, Savanna Rig 414 was listed working for “Potash.”
Jumping up to northwest Saskatchewan, six rigs were working. Rife Resources had Precision Rig 204 turning to the right near Lashburn. Cenovus had Precision Rig 198 north of Maidstone, Rig 254 southeast of Edam, Rig 197 and Rig 147 at Spruce Lake.
Finally, International Petroleum Corp. had Ensign Rig 650 at Onion Lake.
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HOLLYWOOD — The #MeToo movement is not a trial by judge or jury, but a condemnation in a court of public opinion. The subject of a #MeToo judgment could lose everything, even if they can prove their innocence, because the retraction never catches the front-page headline. Recent case in point is Armie Hammer who, despite such successes as “The Social Network” (2010) and “Call Me by Your Name” (2016), was accused of sexual abuse in an anonymous Instagram post. Even though it was never proven, he was dropped by his agency and cut from co-starring opposite Jennifer Lopez in “Shotgun Wedding” (replaced by Josh Duhamel). Hammer also lost “The Offer” (replaced by Miles Teller) and was dropped from the series “Gaslit” (replaced by Dan Stevens), the film “Billion Dollar Spy” and a Broadway play titled “The Minutes.” His role in “Death on The Nile” — completed before the pandemic shutdown — was impossible to reshoot, but Taika Waititi replaced him with Will Arnett in “Next Goal Wins.”
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Needless to say, Hammer’s marriage fell apart, and when his wife, Elizabeth Chambers, moved to the Cayman Islands with their two children, he soon followed. However, Armie received no assistance from his famous family (you know, Arm & Hammer), so in order to support his family, he took a job at a Cayman Island resort selling timeshares from a cubby-hole office. As of now, no papers have been filed against him in any court, and no settlements of any kind were made. So much for “innocent until proven guilty!”
“The Fall Guy” was an ABC series from 1981-86 starring Lee Majors as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman by day and a bounty hunter by night. In 1981, Milton Bradley created a “Fall
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Paul Fletcher, member of parliament, expects “The Fall Guy” will inject more than $244 million into the Aussie economy by employing 1,000 Australians who will make up the cast and crew, as well as over 3,000 locals as background extras. With those figures, “The Fall Guy” is a man for all seasons!
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* On Aug. 19, 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” catches the British warship Guerriere 600 miles east of Boston where the Constitution delivered its first broadside. The British man-of-war was de-masted and rendered a wreck while the Constitution escaped with only minimal damage.
* On Aug. 20, 1911, a dispatcher in The New York Times office sends the first telegram around the world to determine how fast a commercial message could be sent. After it traveled more than 28,000 miles, relayed by 16 different operators, the reply was received by the same operator 16.5 minutes later.
can newsstands with a cover photo of Milwaukee Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews. Sports Illustrated did not make money for most of its first decade but eventually became the undisputed leader in American sports media.
* On Aug. 15, 1961, two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall -- the Berlin Wall -- to permanently close off access to the West. For the next 28 years, the wall was a literal “iron curtain” dividing Europe.
* On Aug. 18, 1940, Walter Percy Chrysler, the founder of the American automotive corporation that bears his name, dies in New York. Chrysler was also known for financing the 77-story Art Deco Chrysler building skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. When completed in 1930, it was the tallest building in the world.
* On Aug. 21, 1980, animal rights advocates Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco found People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Rising from humble beginnings, PETA will soon become the world’s foremost and most controversial animal rights organization.
* On Aug. 16, 1954, Sports Illustrated, a new magazine dedicated to covering sports, appears on Ameri-
* On Aug. 17, 1993, Random House agrees to pay Gen. Colin Powell an advance of about $6 million for the rights to his autobiography, “My American Journey.” Powell’s book became the fastest-selling book in Random House history.