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The Pipeline Online Grimes Sales & Service Podcast focuses on Saskatchewan’s Energy News.
Hosted by Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk, and Bronwyn Eyre, former Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources
Hosted by Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk, and Bronwyn Eyre, former Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources
29 Episodes
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Donny Duncan is president and CEO of Millennium Land, one of the prominent land agencies operating in Saskatchewan. He's a real, honest-to-God landman. You may have seen one on TV! We talk about the differences between what you might have seen on TV, and the very important role land agents have in resource development.
There's been major developments this year in the mining portion of the energy sector. Saskatchewan is going to refurbish its coal fleet instead of shutting it down in four years. Major things are happening on the rollout of new nuclear reactors, meaning more uranium will be needed. New mines are in the works. Pam Schwann, president of the Saskatchewan Mining Association, joined the Pipeline Online Podcast to talk about it all.
Estella Petersen is a member of Cowessess First Nation and is a heavy equipment operator for a large operator in the oilsands. She speaks of how she got there, and the opportunities for First Nations people such as herself. We don't have a lot of people who wear a hardhat all day, so her perspective is a little different.
Grant Greenslade has spent many years in the junior producer space, first with a family oil business in southwest Saskatchewan and then through the first three Spartan companies. He's also a former councillor and mayor of Shaunavon, providing a southwest Sask perspective we don't get to hear a lot.
Eric Anderson is the executive director of the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association, or SIMSA. They are holding an Energy Suppliers Forum in Regina on Oct. 8. SIMSA has also been tasked with puting together a supply chain for nuclear power development in Saskatchewan.
Retired lawyer Andrew Roman joins the Pipeline Online Podcast to talk about the recent trend in climate change activist lawfare to use children as their frontmen and Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Roman has been around major project law going back as far as the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, and he just may have been the person to introduce the term "No More Pipelines Act." You might have heard of it.
Dr. Chris Keefer is a leading nuclear power generation advocate in Ontario and President Canadians for Nuclear Energy. He's also a Toronto Emergency Room physician. As Saskatchewan is looking seriously at nuclear power, Ontario has long led the way.
Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Economy and Jobs Aleana Young is also the critic for SaskPower. She discussed the NDP's response to the Saskatchewan Party government's plan to rejuvenate its coal-fired power fleet. The discussion also went into the NDP's plans for nuclear power, "From rock to reactor." It's a lively discussion.
While there's been a lot of talk about shipping out of Hudson Bay, most of that has focused on Churchill. But a competing project is in the works, with a terminus at Port Nelson. It's called NeeStaNan, which means "All of us" in Cree. The idea would be to build a brand new port close to where one was attempted unsuccessfully over 100 years ago, at the mouth of the Churchill River. This new port would be built offshore, and could be used for a variety of commodities, including LNG and potash. But surprisingly, this podcast revealed that the First Nations backers are not keen on an oil pipeline, which premiers from Saskatchewan and Alberta are eager for.
The massive Northern Ontario critical minerals develoment known as the "Ring of Fire" has been years in the making, and is still many more years to go. Federal government overregulation is a key issue, according to guest Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister for Ring of Fire. Are there parallels to be drawn here with oil and gas pipelines? Is the Ring of Fire another example of "Can'tada?" At the end, Bronwyn Eyre and Brian Zinchuk discuss those broader implications, including the possibility of using a port on Hudson Bay for exports.
Minister of Crown Investments Corp. and SaskPower Jeremy Harrison explains how Saskatchewan will indeed proceed with rebuilding its three coal-fired power stations and run them for years as a bridge to eventual baseload nuclear power generation. This is the most significant energy policy decision Saskatchewan has made in a decade, and likely for years to come. It also lends to the possibility of adding more carbon capture, and using that CO2 to greatly expand CO2-enhanced oil recovery.
Dr. Tammy Nemeth is an energy analyst, originally from southern Saskatchewan now based Oxford, UK. She does a lot of work on the "energy transition" that is being forced upon our society, and how unrealistic that is. Originally broadcast June 9, 2025.
Ken From is former CEO of SaskEnergy, TSASK, PTRC and oil company Prairie Hunter. The discussion goes over Saskatchewan natural gas reserves and production, LNG, and the Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal he was a member of. The second have focuses on From's keynote address to the recent Williston Basin Petroleum Conference. It was called "Humanity, we have a problem."
Originally broadcast on May 26, 2025.
E. Craig Lothian has founded 11 oil companies in Saskatchewan over the years under the Keystone and Villanova names. He is the CEO of Lex Capital Corp. The federal election, Trump's trade war, Alberta's demands, growing Saskatchewan oil production and more are discussed.
Mark Scholz has been with the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors more than 17 years and has been CEO for around a decade. He's one of the leading voices of the Canadian energy industry, and we spoke to him on election day. This has been an election where energy has been centre stage.
Saturn Oil & Gas has grown from a few hundred barrels of oil production per day to around 42,000 bpd. Most of that is in Saskatchewan. And John Jeffrey has led the way. We talk about Saturn's phenomenal growth for the first part of the podcast, then get into the trade war and federal election for the second half.
Saturn Oil & Gas has grown from a few hundred barrels of oil production per day to around 42,000 bpd. Most of that is in Saskatchewan. And John Jeffrey has led the way. We talk about Saturn's phenomenal growth for the first part of the podcast, then get into the trade war and federal election for the second half.
Andrew Scheer, one of the leading members of Pierre Poilievre's Conservative team, joined Brian Zinchuk and Bronwyn Eyre for Episode 6 of the Pipeline Online Podcast, originally broadcast on March 31. The podcast was recorded just a few hours after Poilievre announced the party's energy policy, revolving around a national energy corridor. There's a lot of discussion about the trade war, tariffs, and pipelines, national unity and more. Scheer is former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and former Speaker of the House. This is his eighth election.
Andrew Scheer, one of the leading members of Pierre Poilievre's Conservative team, joined Brian Zinchuk and Bronwyn Eyre for Episode 6 of the Pipeline Online Podcast, originally broadcast on March 31. The podcast was recorded just a few hours after Poilievre announced the party's energy policy, revolving around a national energy corridor. There's a lot of discussion about the trade war, tariffs, and pipelines, national unity and more. Scheer is former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and former Speaker of the House. This is his eighth election.
Sonya Savage, former Alberta energy minister, joined Brian Zinchuk and Bronwyn Eyre for Episode 5 of the Pipeline Online Podcast, originally broadcast on March 18. There's a lot of discussion about the trade war, tariffs, and pipelines.
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