Husky to construct three thermal plants in NW Saskatchewan Dec 13, 2016 4:32 PM

Still reeling from criticism after the oil spill into the Saskatchewan River earlier this year, Husky Energy announced it’s investing $1 billion dollars into thermal plants in Saskatchewan.

Three steam-assisted heavy oil extraction plants will be set up, all running 10,000 barrels a day, one located in Dee Valley near Maidstone, and two others in the vicinity of Spruce Lake, according to Mel Duvall, media spokesperson for Husky.

“We’ve been growing our thermal production base in this region for some time now. Over the last six years in particular we’ve been growing thermal,” Duvall said. “This area, it’s in the vicinity of Maidstone, both on the south side of the river and on the north side of the river. It’s a good resource base and we’ve found it to be a very good addition for our downstream processing capacity in Lloydminster.”

Each plant will employ 30 full-time employees, with the company looking to bring them online in 2020.