Other Manitoba and Saskatchewan Developments

[amor de cosmos]

New $100M rail hub will move crude from Saskatchewan
By Jason Warwick, Postmedia News and Calgary Herald
August 15, 2013

A $100-million rail hub able to ship 168,000 barrels of oil per day to U.S. markets is planned for Kerrobert, Sask., the latest in a string of proposed rail facilities aimed at giving producers more flexibility for moving crude.

Calgary-based TORQ Transloading, the company behind the Kerrobert plan, already operates several smaller oil and agricultural shipping ports in Western Canada, but CEO Jarrett Zielinski said Saskatchewan's economy convinced them to expand.

"We think Saskatchewan is strategically located. It has access to all the products our customers are seeking," he said. "We feel that Kerrobert is strategic in that it allows maximum diversity and flexibility for crude-by-rail out of Western Canada."

http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...042/story.html

[micheal]

"It takes us, including this, to $3.8 billion invested in Jansen, $4.8 billion in potash overall in Saskatchewan," said BHP's Chris Ryder.


http://www.newstalk980.com/story/bhp...sh-mine/127669


“Saskatchewan, with its attractive geology and stable political and fiscal environment, is the best place in the world to develop a potash business. ”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle13867129/

[Stormer]

I believe this is Saskatchewan's tallest free standing structure. The new K3 headframe at Esterhazy - 374 feet


source: mosaico.com


timelapse construction video here:

http://www.mosaicco.com/3076.htm

[1ajs]

holy crap thats massive why so tall and slip form? realy? has me curious

[Treesplease]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

holy crap thats massive why so tall and slip form? realy? has me curious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwNJ...layer_embedded

Another Mosaic video that explains quite a bit. According to the video the head frame is that tall to "accomodate the massive 60 tonne skip hoist"

[jw6969]

Originally Posted by Treesplease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwNJ...layer_embedded

Another Mosaic video that explains quite a bit. According to the video the head frame is that tall to "accomodate the massive 60 tonne skip hoist"

Man, this should be on tv. Like mega projects or how it's done or something.

[Cyro]

Other Manitoba News......

September 9, 2013
Work continues on canola crushing plant in Manitoba
CHRISTOPHER FRIESEN



Work continues on the canola crushing plant at Bunge North America's oilseed processing site in Altona, Manitoba.

The new plant will more than double the capacity at the existing facility.

Winnipeg Based FWS Construction is the general contractor for the project which included pouring eight slip-form concrete silos, millwrighting, structural steel installation, heavy equipment setting, masonry installation, cladding and interior and exterior finishes.

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/art...nt-in-manitoba

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by Cyrodill

Other Manitoba News......

September 9, 2013
Work continues on canola crushing plant in Manitoba
CHRISTOPHER FRIESEN

Work continues on the canola crushing plant at Bunge North America's oilseed processing site in Altona, Manitoba.

It's funny, Im doing some work for this project. Father in law is a pipe fitter. Guess where he's working now. Small world.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

It's funny, Im doing some work for this project. Father in law is a pipe fitter. Guess where he's working now. Small world.

That's great, you know, small world is right, but you know what it's like in Winnipeg, close to 800,000 people and you always seem to bump into people you know or someone catches you doing something......never mind That's part of the citys charm? I like it.

Hey curious, 8 slip form silos, is this large for the scope of projects of this kind? Sounds like quite the expansion.

[bomberjet]

Yeah, its nothing massive like that Esterhazy head frame. Good size expansion though.

On another topic, looks like Ashton is trying to put the brakes on shipping oil through Churchill.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/art...224526591.html

I keep hearing "Churchill is a major tourist destination". Really? How many people visit each year? Major on who's terms? Maybe in terms of Churchill's survival, yes.

To me a major tourist destination is Cancun or the Vatican or New York City or something like that. Not a remote outpost with some bears. Even though I fully support Churchill and the port.. Just saying..

[Hotbod]

Originally Posted by Cyrodill

That's great, you know, small world is right, but you know what it's like in Winnipeg, close to 800,000 people and you always seem to bump into people you know or someone catches you doing something......never mind That's part of the citys charm? I like it.

This "charm" is not unique to Winnipeg by any means. In Calgary, it's the same thing. Everyone knows someone that knows someone else, always bumping into eachother. Big city, but very connected like a small community where everyone knows everyone else. Apparently Edmonton is even worse. And also in Vancouver where I spend time, there are lots of instances where I bump into so many people I know from all over the GVA. It has nothing to do with a specific city; it has to do with how much time and how many people you know in a city, regardless of size.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

On another topic, looks like Ashton is trying to put the brakes on shipping oil through Churchill.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/art...224526591.html

I keep hearing "Churchill is a major tourist destination". Really? How many people visit each year? Major on who's terms? Maybe in terms of Churchill's survival, yes.

To me a major tourist destination is Cancun or the Vatican or New York City or something like that. Not a remote outpost with some bears. Even though I fully support Churchill and the port.. Just saying..

Churchill has been on life support for years, and now being funded federally after the CWB decision (5 years). Tourism will not sustain it. Although it is still a federal decision, the NDP will have a sure hand in the demise of what is left of the Port of Churchill.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by Hotbod

This "charm" is not unique to Winnipeg by any means. In Calgary, it's the same thing. Everyone knows someone that knows someone else, always bumping into eachother. Big city, but very connected like a small community where everyone knows everyone else. Apparently Edmonton is even worse. And also in Vancouver where I spend time, there are lots of instances where I bump into so many people I know from all over the GVA. It has nothing to do with a specific city; it has to do with how much time and how many people you know in a city, regardless of size.

Thanks for following my posts, I appreciate it. I feel special.

[Cyro]

Town hall tonight on proposal to ship oil through Churchill

Citizens concerned with a plan to transport millions of barrels of crude oil to Churchill are coming together at a town hall meeting tonight.

Organized by the Wilderness Committee, the meeting is scheduled to raise awareness and build opposition regarding an oil shipping proposal from Omnitrax Inc., which intends to transport 3.3-million barrels of crude oil annually on its Hudson Bay rail line. The oil would then be loaded onto tanker ships in the Port Of Churchill, which is also operated by Omnitrax.

The Wilderness Committee is "strongly opposed".....
- See more at: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc....qY1SraJz.dpuf

........to anything that could benifit Manitobas economy and ..etc. etc. etc...

[1ajs]

do u have anyclue how unstable that rail line is? theres streches of it that u can get off the front of the train and pic bearies in the bush and climb back on at the back and do it all over again for hrs

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

do u have anyclue how unstable that rail line is? theres streches of it that u can get off the front of the train and pic bearies in the bush and climb back on at the back and do it all over again for hrs

They've been shipping grain and fuel for years over that train line.It's worked up to this point.

I don't know about picking berries and the bush stops though.

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Cyrodill

They've been shipping grain and fuel for years over that train line.It's worked up to this point.

I don't know about picking berries and the bush stops though.

i know people that do it

[Stormer]

Only 53 derailments over 10 years. What could possibly go wrong.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Only 53 derailments over 10 years. What could possibly go wrong.

Could have been 55?

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

i know people that do it

I'm sure people do.

I was looking for a photo thread you posted some time back. I was going to add it to the Photo thread I just posted. Do you remember what the link was? It was very urban a walk through winninpeg? Thx.