NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1451106 AND 1459453
WEST ENERGY LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) had scheduled a public hearing of 1451106 & 1459453 at the Lakeview Inns and Suites, 4305 – 50 Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Monday, March 12, 2007 at the hour of 6:00 p.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and it agreed to grant the request.
Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing of 1451106 & 1459453 at the Causeway Bay Westwind Hotel, 4225 – 50 Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Monday, March 26, 2007, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
Nature of the Application
West Energy Ltd (West) has applied to the EUB pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for licences to drill two Level-2 sour crude oil wells from the common surface location of Legal Subdivision (LSD) 4, Section 1, Township 50, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian. More specifically, Application No. 1451106 is for a licence to drill a directional well from the common 4-1 surface location to a proposed bottom hole location of LSD 16, Section 35, Township 49, Range 7, West of the 5th Meridian, and Application No. 1459453 is for a licence to drill a vertical well to be drilled from the 4-1 location. The purpose of both proposed wells is to obtain crude oil production from the Nisku Formation.
Both wells are expected to contain 160 moles per kilo mol (mol/kmol) (16 per cent) hydrogen sulphide (H2S). The related drilling, completion and servicing emergency planning zones (EPZ) are expected to be 4.29 kilometers (km), while the suspended producing EPZ is expected to be 1.32km. Both wells are to be located about 3.2km east of the Hamlet of Rocky Rapids, Alberta.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
West Energy Ltd.
600, 333 – 5 Avenue SW
Attention: Chris Bennett
Telephone: (403) 716-2264
Fax: (403) 263-7007
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB’s Calgary office,
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190
For information about EUB procedures, contact:
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: David Schroeder
Telephone: (403) 297-8442
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: David.Schroeder@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of 1451106 & 1459453 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., on the dates listed below. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant and ten copies to the EUB care of the application coordinator at the names and addresses listed above.
The following is the schedule for the hearing process:
January 30, 2007 Submission of interveners’ information requests
February 13, 2007 Response to information requests by West
March 6, 2007 Interveners’ submissions
March 20, 2007 West’s response to interveners’ submissions
Notes
Any submission filed shall contain the following:
(a) a concise statement indicating
(i) the manner in which the intervener’s rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,
(ii) the nature and scope of the intervener’s intended participation,
(iii) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,
(iv) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,
(v) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and
(vi) the intervener’s efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;
(b) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;
(c) if the intervener is represented by a representative, the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the representative; and
(d) if the intervener is an unincorporated organization, the nature of the intervener’s membership.
If you have an interest in this matter, you are required to make a submission with respect to this application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with West Energy Ltd. on this application.
If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the application without further notice or without a hearing.
Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the EUB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.
In accordance with Section 12 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
In accordance with Section 23.1 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, a person who intends to raise a question of constitutional law before the Board must give notice in accordance with Section 12 of the Administrative Procedures and Jurisdiction Act and its regulation.
In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta on January 10, 2007.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
