NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF PRE-HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1451106 AND 1459453
WEST ENERGY LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public pre-hearing of 1451106 and 1459453 at the Rocky Rapids Community Centre, East of Hwy 22 on Twp Rd 500, at the south west corner of the intersection of Range Rd. 73, Rocky Rapids, Alberta, commencing on Monday, October 30, 2006, 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. (This pre-hearing is re-scheduled from October 13, 2006). Direct communication is also being done to all known participants.
Nature of the Applications
West has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for licence to drill two Level 2 critical sour oil wells from a common surface location of LSD 4-1-50-7W5M. Both proposed wells are to be approximately 3.2 kilometres (km) east of the Hamlet of Rocky Rapids. The purpose of the proposed wells would be to obtain crude oil production from the Nisku Formation.
Application 1459453 is for a licence to drill one vertical well at the common surface location of LSD 4-1-50-7W5M and is expected to have a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of 160 moles per kilomole (16 per cent). The cumulative drilling and completion/servicing release rate would be 2.5 cubic meters per second (m3/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 4.29 km. The suspended/producing release rate would be 0.44 m3/s, with a related EPZ of 1.32 km.
Application 1451106 is for a licence to drill one directional well from the common surface location of LSD 4-1-50-7W5M to a bottomhole location of LSD16-35-49-7W5M. The H2S concentration is expected to be 160 mol/kmol (16 per cent) with a maximum cumulative release rate of 2.5 m3/s for the drilling and completion/servicing operations. The corresponding EPZ would be 4.29km. The maximum cumulative H2S release rate for suspended/producing operations is expected to be 0.44 m3/s with a related EPZ of 1.32 km.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
West Energy Ltd.
600, 333 – 5 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3B6
Attention: Chris Bennett
Telephone: (403) 716-2264
Fax: (403) 263-7007
Email: cbennett@westenergy.ca
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following EUB offices:
EUB Information Services Main Floor, EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
640-5 Avenue SW 5005-61 Street
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4 Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3
Telephone: (403) 297-8190 Telephone: (780) 542-5182
For information about EUB procedures, contact:
Applications Branch, Facility Applications Group
Attn: Cynthia Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Cynthia.Ravensdale@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the pre-hearing of 1451106 and 1459453 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Applications Branch, Facility Applications Group
Attn: Cynthia Ravensdale
Telephone: (403) 297-2077
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Cynthia.Ravensdale@gov.ab.ca
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 October 16, 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
ADDENDUM 1
For discussion at the pre-hearing meeting, EUB Staff have drafted the following options for a possible filing schedule leading up to the hearing into West’s Applications. The options are divided on the basis of whether an Information Request and advanced funding request process will be held prior to the commencement of the hearing. The Board would like your comment during the pre-hearing meeting on whether you feel an Information Request process should be held or not. The Board is also looking for comments on the possible filing schedule that has been proposed.
1. Option A (without Information Request)
October 30, 2006 Pre-hearing Meeting
November 21, 2006 Decision on Pre-hearing Meeting released
December 19, 2006 Submissions by West Energy
January 15, 2007 Intervenors submissions
January 31, 2007 Reply submissions by West Energy
February 19, 2007 Hearing Commences
2. Option B (with Information Request and Advanced Funding Requests)
October 30, 2006 Pre-hearing Meeting
November 21, 2006 Decision on Pre-hearing Meeting released
December 1, 2006 Advanced Funding applications received by EUB
December 19, 2006 Decision regarding advanced funding made
January 16, 2007 Submissions by West Energy
February 6, 2007 Intervenors issue Information Request to West Energy
February 20, 2007 West to respond to Information Request
March 13, 2007 Intervenors submissions
March 23, 2007 West responds to Intervenors submission
April 2, 2007 Hearing commences.
