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Calgary – Spartan Energy Corp. plans to continue to deliver per share growth in 2015 organically with a capital expenditure budget of $105 million.

Calgary – Ongoing diversification from service centres in Beaverlodge, Medicine Hat and Slave Lake in Alberta is proving to be profitable for New Energy Services Inc.

Lloydminster – When the thermometer plunges, sales of warm clothes for work or play heat up at Northern Factory Workwear in Lloydminster and Saskatoon.

Weyburn – The Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show, commonly referred to as the Weyburn Oil Show, will take place this year on June 3-4. June 2 will include the exhibitors’ golf tournament as well as steak and lobster supper.

Estevan – In the summer of 2014 Pongo Holdings of Estevan made some improvements to its frac water facility south of Estevan, electrifying the pumping system and building a new manifold.

Cromer, Man. – There’s a picture on Facebook that keeps floating around. In it, a stick figure in a toque asks himself why he lives in a place where the air stings his face.

Cromer, Man. – Jaie Zorzos, 24, has been fracking since 2010. Now he’s running one of the most prominent pieces of equipment on the frac spread, the coil tubing unit.

Weyburn – Panther Drilling of Weyburn was still going strong through much of January as rigs were being racked across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Estevan – The start of the year has been good, but as for later this year, that’s another story.

Regina – The Regina edition of the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference seems to have all the luck. The annual conference, which alternates between Regina and Bismarck, N.D.