MTB, The Saskatchewan Government, has many times screwed the oil industry, for example Schumberger goes in and out of Estevan few years in and a few years out. They just roll with the punchs.
That said, have you seen or heard of the contract that encana has with the BOW (The huge office building going up)? They can back out at anytime and leave the mess in the hands of the contractor. Oil companys will back out and try there luck elsewhere, we don't hold the only oil.
Also for the record Natural gas prices are lower than they have been in a number of years, and well starts are way down. That said why does our gas bill for our homes keep going up every year?
Nick