Redvers 鈥� The 2018 Redvers Oil Showcase is coming up May 30-31 at the Redvers exhibition grounds and Redvers Recreation Centre.
The bi-annual event takes place every two years since 2008. The first show was in 2007. 聽
As of April 20, there were 84 of 97 indoor booths and all 37 outdoor booths sold, according to Matt Axten, president of the show committee.
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鈥淭here鈥檚 a few new, and a few non-oilfield types we displaced,鈥� Axten said of the exhibitors.
鈥淭he big focus this year is on reinvention,鈥� Axten said, adding there鈥檚 a new committee and new ideas.
鈥淲e鈥檝e really focused on distributing cash in the community. This time, we want to promote the brand.鈥�
The last showcase was held in the spring 2016, when the price of oil had just come off plumbing the depths of sub-US$30 per barrel for WTI, layoffs were everywhere and optimism was hard to find. 鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 good for anybody. The sentiment at the show wasn鈥檛 rosy,鈥� Axten said. On top of that, it snowed and rained, which he said fit the sentiment.
This year, as of April 22, oil was back to US$68, a price not seen since November, 2014, when the oil downturn really took hold. Things are picking up a bit, and there鈥檚 more optimism in the air.
The banquet speaker on May 30 is Pipeline News editor Brian Zinchuk.
Axten said, 鈥淲e twisted Brian鈥檚 arm into doing it and he took us up on the offer. It will be a good fit, compared to the last speaker we had. He was good, but maybe didn鈥檛 fit the venue as well as we had hoped.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e had support from Pipeline News from Day 1. He鈥檚 very well informed about what鈥檚 going on, and he knows a lot about the new normal. There鈥檚 a lot of people in the industry who need to hear about the new normal,鈥� Axten said.
Zinchuk鈥檚 speech will also coincide with the 10th anniversary of Pipeline News in its current form. The speech is entitled, 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 see their horses.鈥�
Axten said the site saw a lot of gravel work last year. Pushing the show back several weeks should also help with the weather.
鈥淭his show and this community should be on the map. We have to change the show and continue to go on, to get bigger and better.鈥�
Attendance in 2016 came in at 1,500, and they are working for that level again.
The committee is working on bringing in several daytime presenters as well, hoping to see presentations from the Ministry of Economy. MNP will be doing presentations on taxation changes for business owners and marijuana in the workplace.
In the past, presentations on Enbridge鈥檚 Bakken Expansion pipeline and the Ministry of Economy (now Ministry of Energy and Resources) speaking on PNG 17 were quite successful.
More information, including the schedule, can be found at .
