NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1613367 AND 1574425
TRILOGY BLUE MOUNTAIN LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD (BATTLE LAKE AREA)
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1613367 and 1574425 (Applications) at the Village Creek Country Inn, 15 Village Drive, RR2, Westerose, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
The ERCB opened and adjourned a public hearing of Applications No.1548356 (replaced with Application No. 1604040 and subsequently replaced with Application No.1613367) and Application No. 1574425 on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at the Lakedell Agricultural Society Hall, Lakedell Road, Westerose, Alberta.
Description of the Applications
Application No. 1613367
Trilogy Blue Mountain Ltd. (Trilogy) has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for a licence to drill a well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 14 of Section 23, Township 46, Range 2, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 16-22-46-2W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration expected to be encountered in the drilling of the well would be about 4.4 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (0.44 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 0.0192 cubic metres per second (m3/s), with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 0.13 kilometres (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Banff Formation.
Application No. 1574425
Trilogy has also applied, pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting gas containing a maximum H2S concentration of 3.5 mol/kmol (0.35 per cent) from the proposed well at LSD 14-23-46-2W5M to a pipeline tie-in point at LSD 14-23-46-2W5M. The proposed pipeline would be about 0.14 km in length with a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres.
The proposed well and pipeline would be located about 5.5 km northeast of the nearest urban centre, the Summer Village of Poplar Bay, Alberta.
To obtain a copy of the Applications, contact
Trilogy Blue Mountain Ltd.
1400, 332 – 6 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0B2
Attention: Landon Whitlock
E-mail: landon.whitlock@trilogyenergy.com
Telephone: 403-718-2337
Fax: 403-262-9792
To view a copy of the Applications and documents filed in support of the Applications, contact
ERCB Information Services
Main floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8311 (Option 2)
Viewing hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
ERCB Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 – 61 Street
Drayton Valley, Alberta T7Z 1S3
Telephone: 780-542-5182
Viewing hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Requirement to File a Submission
If you have an interest in this matter and wish to make submissions or submit evidence at the hearing of the Applications, you must file submissions with respect to these Applications even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Trilogy. Submissions must include photocopies of all documentary evidence that you intend to present and/or rely on at the hearing (including, but not limited to, copies of expert reports) and a summary of all evidence you intend to present.
If you do not file submissions, the hearing of the Applications may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Applications without a hearing and without further notice.
How to File a Submission
Any person intending to make submissions with respect to the hearing of the Applications must file on or before 4:00 p.m., June 19, 2009. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Alanda Allum, Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Contents of a Submission
Under Section 24(2) of the Energy Resources Conservation Board Rules of Practice (Rules of Practice), 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.
Compensation Issues
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.
Applications for Confidentiality
In accordance with Section 13 of the Rules of Practice, all documents filed in respect of this proceeding must be placed on the public record. However, any party may apply for confidentiality of information under Section 13(2). Any application under Section 13(2) that is to be considered during a public hearing of the application must be copied to the other parties to the proceeding. 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.
Questions of Constitutional Law
In accordance with Section 25 of the 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.
For information about ERCB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Alanda Allum
Telephone: 403-297-8848
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: alanda.allum@ercb.ca
Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on May 19, 2009.
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel
