A necessary flaring of natural gas is to help SaskEnergy perform regular maintenance and inspection work on the pipeline system.

SaskEnergy will be conducting two controlled flares of the natural gas west of Humboldt, near the community of Carmel, SK on Wednesday, October 17th from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

 The flaring will take place at SaskEnergy’s above-ground infrastructure, a quarter mile south of Carmel. 

Sask Energy states, "During this pipeline maintenance process, SaskEnergy will release natural gas from a pipeline at the location in a controlled burn called a flare. While the pipeline will be isolated from the remainder of the system, flaring is required to remove the remaining gas from the line before work can begin."

Residents and drivers in the area may see two large flares being emitted from a flare stack temporarily attached to the pipeline infrastructure. The area around the flares will be supervised to ensure public safety.

Flaring is an industry standard procedure when natural gas needs to be released from a pipeline and reduces the carbon footprint of the vented natural gas by 85 percent.

SaskEnergy has notified local Emergency Responders of the upcoming events. There will be no disruptions to natural gas service to SaskEnergy customers in the area during this process.