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From 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The flare is necessary to perform maintenance work on the natural gas line system in the area.
During this process, natural gas will be released from the gas line in a controlled burn called a flare. The section of gas line will be isolated from the remainder of the system. Flaring is required to remove the remaining gas from the line before and during the scheduled work. Flaring is an industry standard procedure when natural gas needs to be released from a gas line and reduces the carbon footprint of the vented natural gas by 85 per cent.
Residents and drivers in the areas may see a 40-to-60-foot flame being emitted from the flare stack temporarily attached to SaskEnergy’s infrastructure located east of Lumsden and near Highway 734.
The area around the flare will be supervised to ensure public safety, and SaskEnergy has notified the Town of Lumsden, the local rural municipality and the fire department of the upcoming event. Natural gas service to the area will not be affected during this process.
- Media Release