REGINA — SaskEnergy is conducting gas flaring in two locations on Wednesday, July 9.
From 4 to 9 a.m. flaring of lines near Tisdale and Peesane will be carried out.
A TransGas block valve site is located within the RM of Tisdale, approximately three kilometres northwest of the town of Tisdale.
Another is within the RM of Bjorkdale, south of Highway 3, approximately one kilometre south of the Village of Peesane.
Residents and drivers in these areas may see a 40-foot flame СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ emitted from the flare stack temporarily attached to SaskEnergy’s infrastructure.
According to SaskEnergy, the flaring is necessary to perform maintenance work on the natural gas line system in the area and supports the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to SaskEnergy’s customers. During this process, a portion of the gas line will be isolated from the system and natural gas will be removed from the line in a controlled burn called a flare. Flaring is an industry standard practice when natural gas needs to be removed from a line and reduces the carbon footprint of the vented natural gas by 85 per cent, says SaskEnergy.
The area around the flare will be supervised to ensure public safety. Residential natural gas service in the area will not be affected.