NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1478721
ARTEMIS EXPLORATION INC.
FURNESS FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1478721at the Wetaskiwin Memorial Arts Centre, 5206 – 50 Street, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, commencing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. All interveners to this proceeding must be present at the commencement of the hearing to register their appearance.
Nature of the Application
Artemis Exploration Inc. has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR) for a licence to drill a vertical sour gas well targeting the Lower Mannville Formation from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 15 of Section 10, Township 48, Range 23 West of the 4th Meridan. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) content would be approximately 1.2 moles per kilomole (0.12%) and the maximum H2S release rate would be 0.0084 cubic metres per second (m3/s). The corresponding calculated emergency planning zone (EPZ) would be 0.12 km.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Artemis Exploration Inc.
850, 530 – 8 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB, T2P 3S8
Attention: Riley Waite
Telephone: (403) 920-0930.
Fax: (403) 920-0931
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
EUB Red Deer Field Centre
202, 4909 – 49 Street
Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1V1
Telephone: (403) 340-5454
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Greg McLean
Telephone: (403) 297-3232
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: greg.mclean@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application No. 1478721 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Greg McLean, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
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 Artemis Exploration Inc. 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 November 9, 2006
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
