NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1458441 & 1461435
HIGHPINE ENERGY LTD. AND HIGHPINE OIL & GAS LIMITED
PEMBINA FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) had scheduled a public hearing of Applications No. 1458441 and 1461435 at the Lakeview Inn and Suites – 4302 50th Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and it agreed to grant the request.
Therefore, by way of a letter sent to declared hearing participants, on January 16, 2007, the EUB had scheduled a public hearing of Applications No. 1458441 and 1461435 at the Wildwood and District Family Recreation Complex, 5530 – 50 Street, Wildwood, Alberta, commencing on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to relocate the hearing and it agreed to grant the request.
Therefore, Take Notice that the EUB will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1458441 and 1461435 at the Lodgepole Multi-Use Complex , 4501 – 52 Avenue., Lodgepole, Alberta, commencing on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at the hour of 9:00am. Any persons intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Thursday, February 1, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address below and ten copies to the EUB, attention Julia Fulford. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
Nature of the Application
Highpine Energy Ltd and Highpine Oil & Gas Limited (Highpine) has submitted applications in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill two level-2 critical sour oil wells.
Application 1458441 is for a licence to directionally drill from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 5, Section 33, Township 49, Range 8, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 12-33-49-8W5M. This proposed well would have a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of about 220 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (22.0 per cent) and the maximum cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 2.1 cubic metres per second (m3/s), with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 3.77 kilometres (km).
Application 1461435 is for a licence to vertically drill from a surface location in LSD 12-36-49-8W5M. This proposed well would have a maximum H2S concentration of about 217 mol/kmol (21.7 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 2.0 m3/s, with a corresponding EPZ of 3.73 km.
The proposed wells both target the Nisku Formation and are located about 9 km northwest of the Town of Drayton Valley.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Highpine Energy Ltd. or Highpine Oil and Gas Limited
Suite 400, 150 - 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3Y7
Attention: Christien Venardos
Telephone: (403) 508-9561
Fax: (403) 508-9599
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following EUB offices:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190
EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 - 61 Street
Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3
Telephone: (780) 542-5182
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Julia Fulford
Telephone: (403) 297-8840
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@gov.ab.ca
Issued at Calgary, Alberta on January 26, 2007.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
