NOTICE OF RESCHEDULING OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1547037
WEST ENERGY LTD.
PEMBINA AREA
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1547037 at the Tomahawk & District AgraCentre, 51122 Secondary Highway 759, Tomahawk, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 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.
The ERCB had scheduled a public hearing of Application No. 1547037 at the Stony Convention Centre, 4620 - 48 Street, Stony Plain, Alberta, commencing on February 17, 2009, commencing at the hour of 9:00 a.m. The Board received a request from interested parties to reschedule the hearing and agreed to grant the request.
Description of the Application
West Energy Ltd. has applied, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, for a licence to drill a directional level 1 critical sour well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 14 of Section 35, Township 50, Range 6, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 14-35-50-6W5M. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S) concentration would be about 160.0 moles per kilomole (16.0 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H 2 S release rate would be 2.5 cubic metres per second with a corresponding emergency planning zone of 4.29 kilometres (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation.
The proposed well would be located approximately 3.30 km south of the community of Tomahawk.
To obtain a copy of the Application, contact
West Energy Ltd.
600, 333 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary , Alberta T2P 3B6
Attention: Pat Welsh
Telephone: 403-265-5202
Fax: 403-263-7007
E-mail: pwelsh@westenergy.ca
To view a copy of the Application and documents filed in support of the application, 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. |
Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 – 61 Street
Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3
Telephone: 403-542-5182 |
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 Application, you must file submissions with respect to this Application even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with West Energy Ltd. on this Application. 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 Application may be cancelled and the ERCB will continue to process and may approve the Application without a hearing and without further notice.
How to File a Submission
Intervener Submissions
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1547037 shall file on or before 4:00p.m., Friday, January 16, 2009.
Applicant Reply Submission
Any response from West Energy Ltd. to intervener submissions must be filed on or before 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 30, 2009.
Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Julia Fulford , Application Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Energy Resources Conservation Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary , Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: 403-297-8840
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@ercb.ca
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 make an application to the Board under Section 13(2) for confidentiality 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.
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: Julia Fulford
Telephone: 403-297-8840
Fax: 403-297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@ercb.ca
Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on January 8, 2009.
ENERGY RESOURCES CONSERVATION BOARD
Patricia M. Johnston, Q.C., General Counsel
