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Welders Dan Schindel and Ed Dunham are busy at work
on a platform which will be part of a new drilling rig for Panther
Drilling, a company based in Weyburn and owned by Weyburn partners.
The project employs seven contract welders along with seven rig
hands and two shop employees as it is under construction in the
former Weyburn Tractor yard and shop. The local company decided
to custom-build their own rig within six to seven months, rather
than wait 12-18 months for a rig built in Alberta; this rig will
begin drilling by July, when a second rig will be constructed.
For more stories and related photos on the oil industry check
out the May 24 issue of the Weyburn Review. |