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We are advocating for the government to permit service rigs and related equipment to use "dyed" diesel.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to replace individual rural/county road permits with an annual permit offered through the province.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to reclassify service rigs as provincial carriers even when crossing provincial boundaries.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to allow service rig contractors to self-issue a CAODC driver training certificate similar to the Alberta process and not through Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI).
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to exempt service rig contractors from the Mandatory Entry-level Driver Training (MELT) similar to the agriculture industry.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to exempt service rig contractors from Hours of Service similar to the Alberta government.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to exempt drilling and service rig contractors from 2-11 Work Schedules, 2-12 Overtime hours not to be required, and 2-13 Required period of rest of the Saskatchewan Employment Standards Act and instead permit drilling and service rig contractors to work up to 16 hours/day and apply overtime for work after 10 hours (service rigs) and 12 hours (drilling rigs). See Division 6 Oilwell Servicing of the Alberta Employment Standards Regulation.
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Labour Relations
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to extend BOP Level IV certification from three to five years.
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Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to eliminate the requirement for a pump and tank on some well classifications
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Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to extend all safety tickets to five years or no expiry date wherever possible.
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Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to introduce drilling/well servicing activity incentives to sustain and stabilize employment (i.e incentives for load leveling).
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Finance & Budget
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Grant or Financial Benefit
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We are advocating for the government to introduce well abandonment activity incentives through the introduction of tax deductions or royalty deductions to stimulate well abandonment activity (i.e. CEE/DCE tax deductions for E&P companies that would extend to well abandonment).
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Finance & Budget
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Grant or Financial Benefit
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We are advocating for the government to exempt drilling and service rig contractors from 2-60 Notice required, 2-61 Payments in case of layoffs or terminations, and 2-62 Notice of group termination of the Saskatchewan Employment Standards Act. Refer to Part 1 Section 5 No notice of termination of the Alberta Employment Standards Regulation.
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Labour Relations
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to provide service rig contractors a two-year scale ticket as opposed to an annual permit.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are advocating for the government to reclassify service rigs as off-road vehicles such as farm equipment.
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Transportation
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Regulation
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We are working with Finance and Energy to clarify the PST exemptions for all equipment that were recently rescinded.
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Energy, Finance & Budget
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Regulation
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We are working with Labour Standards regarding notice period requirements for employees in Saskatchewan when a rig shuts down.
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Labour Relations, Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are working with Labour Standards regarding work rotation requirements that do not fit with standard oilfield operations.
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Employment & Training, Labour Relations, Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are working with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) on a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Service Rig permits.
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Transportation
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Program or Policy, Regulation
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We are working with Saskatchewan Power Corporation to find a permanent grounding solution for electrical installations at oil and gas well drilling sites.
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Workplace Safety
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Regulation
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We are working with the Premier, Minister of Finance, Minister of Energy and Resources, Minister of Government Relations, Minister of Highways and Infrastructure, Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance to discuss possible exemptions or incentives for drilling in Saskatchewan.
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Energy, Finance & Budget, Labour Relations, Workplace Safety
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Grant or Financial Benefit, Program or Policy, Regulation
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