NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1520388, 1513051, 1517148, 1520922, 1517151, 1517158, 1517161, 1517162, 1517168, 1517170, 1517176, 1517160, AND 1520923
PETRO-CANADA
SULLIVAN FIELD

Take Notice that the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1520388, 1513051, 1517148, 1520922, 1517151, 1517158, 1517161, 1517162, 1517168, 1517170, 1517176, 1517160, and 1520923 at the Heritage Inn High River, 1104 - 11 Avenue, High River, Alberta, commencing on Monday, August 18, 2008, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.

Nature of the Applications
Petro-Canada has applied to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (now the Energy and Resources Conservation Board) for the following licences and permits:

• licences to drill eleven gas wells containing a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of 14.58 per cent from five different surface locations, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR);
• a licence to construct and operate one multiwell gas battery that would have a maximum H2S content of 15 per cent, pursuant to Section 7.002(1) of the OGCR; and
• permits to construct and operate two pipelines that would transport gas containing a maximum H2S content of 15 per cent, pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act.

The purpose of the proposed wells, facility, and pipelines would be to obtain, process, and transport gas from the Rundle Group. The project would be located about 26 kilometres (km) west of the Town of Longview and about 0.3 km west of the west boundary of the Eden Valley Reserve No. 216. 

For the eleven proposed wells the maximum cumulative drilling, completion/servicing, and suspended/drilling H2S release rate would be 0.59 cubic metres per second, and the corresponding maximum emergency planning zone (EPZ) for each well would be 1.61 km. Detailed descriptions of the proposed wells, pipelines, and facility are in Appendix 1.

A map showing the proposed location of the wells, facility, and pipeline route is attached as Figure 1.

Additional Information
Copies of the applications may be obtained from
Petro-Canada
Attention: John Kerkhoven
P.O. Box 2844
150 - 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3E3
Phone: 403-296-6345
Fax: 403-296-5147
E-mail: jkerkhov@petro-canada.ca

or Petro-Canada
Attention: Bill Corbett
Field Law
400 - The Lougheed Building
604 - 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 1M7
Phone: 403-260-8504
Fax: 403-264-7084
E-mail: bcorbett@fieldlaw.com

A copy of the record of this proceeding is available for viewing at the ERCB’s Calgary office:

ERCB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (Option 2)

ERCB Midnapore Field Centre
320, 295 Midpark Way SE,
Calgary, Alberta  T2X 2A8
Telephone: 403-297-8303

For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Marty Douglas
Telephone: 403-297-8474
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: marty.douglas@ercb.ca

To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1513051, 1517148, 1517151, 1517158, 1517160, 1517161, 1517162, 1517168, 1517170, 1517176, 1520388, 1520922, and 1520923 must file according to the schedule set out below. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at either of the names and addresses above and ten copies of your submission to

Marty Douglas, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta  T2P 3G4

Board-Approved Hearing Schedule
The following is the schedule for the hearing process:

July 21, 2008 -  Interveners file submissions
August 1, 2008 -  Petro-Canada files a response to intervener submissions
August 18, 2008 -  Hearing commences

Notes
Any submission filed must 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 Petro Canada on these applications.

If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process the applications without further notice or without a hearing.

Submissions relating exclusively to compensation for land usage are not dealt with by the ERCB but may be referred to the Alberta Surface Rights Board.

In accordance with Section 13 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may make an application to the Board for confidentiality pursuant to Section 13(2) and serve a copy of such request on the other parties involved in the hearing. The Board may grant a request for confidentiality on any terms it considers appropriate, subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In accordance with Section 25 of the Energy Resources Conservation 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 40 of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.

Issued at Calgary, Alberta on May 21, 2008.

ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel
 
Figure 1.  Petro-Canada Sullivan Area Project

 
APPENDIX 1 APPLICATIONS

Application No. 1520388 for one multiwell gas battery, proposed to be constructed at a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 11 of Section 8, Township 17, Range 4, West of the 5th Meridian. The maximum H2S content of the inlet gas would be 150 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (15.0 per cent), with a maximum continuous sulphur emission rate of 0.02 tonnes per day and an EPZ radius of 5.47 km.

Application No. 1513051 for one pipeline to transport natural gas from a proposed well at LSD 10-2-18-5W5M and tie into an existing pipeline at LSD 2-22-14-4W5M. The proposed pipeline would be about 56.57 km in length, with an outside diameter (OD) ranging from 88.9 millimetres (mm) to 273.1 mm. The pipeline would also include line sections to tie in existing and proposed wells. The proposed pipeline would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S content of 150 mol/kmol (15.0 per cent). The resulting calculated EPZ radius for the pipeline segments would range from 0.1 km to 6.09 km. This application also includes one pipeline to transport natural gas from an existing pipeline tie-in at LSD 2-22-14-4W5M to a proposed well at LSD 10-2-18-5W5M. The pipeline would be about 56.57 km in length, with an OD ranging from 60.3 mm to 88.9 mm. The proposed pipeline would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S content of 0.0 mol/kmol (0.0 per cent) and would be constructed parallel to the above proposed pipeline. The pipeline would also include line sections to tie in existing and proposed wells. In addition to the above pipelines, this application includes an alternative route for each of the above proposed pipelines. The alternative pipeline route would be about 56.37 km in length, and the starting and ending points, OD, and substances would remain the same; however, the alternative pipelines route would have a number of alignment differences from the applied-for route.

Applications No. 1517148 and 1520922 for two directional gas wells proposed to be drilled from an existing surface location in LSD 10-25-17-5 W5M to projected bottomholes located in LSD 2-25-17-5W5M and LSD 7-25-17-5W5M.

Application No. 1517151 for one directional gas well proposed to be drilled from a surface location in LSD 2-19-17-4W5M to a bottomhole location in LSD 12-18-17-4W5M. This surface location would be the same surface as for Applications No. 1517160 and 1520923, as the surface location is bisected by the LSD boundary.

Applications No. 1517160 and 1520923 for two directional gas wells proposed to be drilled from a surface location in LSD 3-19-17-4W5M to bottomhole locations in LSD 16-24-17-5W5M and LSD 5-19-17-4W5M. This surface location would be the same as for Application No. 1517151, as the surface location is bisected by the LSD boundary.
(Note: Applications No. 1517151, 1517160, and 1520923 would be drilled from the same surface location, which is bisected by the boundary of LSDs 2 and 3.)

Applications No. 1517158, 1517161, and 1517162 for three directional gas wells proposed to be drilled from a common surface location in LSD 10-2-18-5W5M to bottomhole locations in LSD 13-36-17-5W5M, LSD 2-11-18-5W5M, and LSD 6-2-18-5W5M.

Applications No. 1517168 and 1517170 for two directional gas wells proposed to be drilled from an existing surface location in LSD 6-15-18-5W5M to bottomhole locations in LSD 2-11-18-5W5M and LSD 4-22-18-5W5M.

Application No. 1517176 for one directional gas well proposed to be drilled from an existing surface location in LSD 7-7-17-4W5M to a bottomhole location in LSD 7-6-17-4W5M.