NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1452326, 1454774, 1457974 and 1459891
SHELL CANADA LIMITED
WATERTON FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1457326, 1454774, 1457974, and 1459891 at the Heritage Inn Pincher Creek, 919 Waterton Avenue, Highway 6, Pincher Creek, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday December 5, 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.
Nature of the Applications
Shell Canada Limited (Shell) submitted an application in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a directional well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 5 of Section 4, Township 4, Range 30, West of the 4th Meridian to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 1-32-3-30W4M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be approximately 374 mol/kmol (37.4 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 13.7 cubic metres per second with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 15.83 kilometres (km) and a reduced EPZ of 5.1 km. The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Mississippian System. The proposed well would be located approximately 24.5 km south of Pincher Creek.
Shell submitted an application in accordance with Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate a single well gas battery in LSD 5-4-4-30W4M in the Waterton Field. The wellsite facility would consist of a well site heater, methanol storage tank, inhibitor storage tank, pig launcher and a flare stack. The purpose of the facility would be to separate and measure production from the proposed well. The proposed battery would be located approximately 24.5 km south of Pincher Creek.
Shell submitted an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting natural gas from LSD 5-4-4-30W4M to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 10-36-3-1W5M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 2.26 km in length with a maximum outside diameter of 168.3 millimetres and would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S concentration of 325.00 mol/kmol (32.5 per cent). The proposed pipeline would operate as a Level 3 pipeline. The proposed pipeline would be located approximately 24.5 km south of Pincher Creek.
Shell submitted an application in accordance with Part 4 of the Pipeline Act for approval to construct and operate a pipeline for the purpose of transporting fuel gas from LSD 10-36-3-1W5M to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 5-4-4-30W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 2.26 km in length with a maximum outside diameter of 60.3 millimetres and would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S concentration of 00.00 mol/kmol (0.00 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be located approximately 24.5 km south of Pincher Creek.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Shell Canada Limited
400 – 4 Avenue SW
P.O. Box 100, Station M
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5
Attention: Natalie Sanders
Telephone: (403) 691-4489
Fax: (403) 691-2379
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: Tiffany Zwarich
Telephone: (403) 297-2084
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: tiffany.zwarich@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1457326, 1454774, 1457974, and/or 1459891 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. Tuesday November 14, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to the EUB care of the application coordinator at the name and address listed above.
Any submission the applicant wishes to file in response to submissions filed by concerned parties, shall be submitted on or before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2006. The applicant shall send one copy of its response submission to each person who files a submission, and ten copies to the EUB as provided above.
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 Shell 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 September 7, 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
