NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1481993 AND 1482699
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED
BASHAW FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1481993 and 1482699 at the Bashaw Community Centre, 5020 – 52 Street, Bashaw, Alberta, commencing on Friday, January 26, 2007, 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 Application
Canadian Natural Resources Limited submitted Application No. 1482699 in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill a vertical sweet gas well from a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 1 of Section 29, Township 42, Range 22, West of the 4th Meridian. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be approximately 0.0 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent) with no associated emergency planning zones. The purpose of the well would be to obtain coalbed methane production from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. The proposed well would be located approximately 11 kilometres north and west of the Town of Bashaw, Alberta
Canadian Natural Resources Limited submitted Application No. 1481993 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 1-29-42-22W4M to a pipeline tie in point at LSD 6-28-42-22W4M. The proposed pipeline would be approximately 1.1 kilometres (km) in length with a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres (mm) and would transport natural gas with a maximum H2S concentration of 0.00 moles per kilomole (0.0 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be located approximately 11 kilometres north and west of the Town of Bashaw, Alberta.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
2500, 855 – 2 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 4J8
Attention: Rick Palmer
Telephone: (403) 716-6327
Fax: (403) 517-7367
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB’s Calgary office and Red Deer Field Centre:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 – 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190
Red Deer Field Office
Millennium Centre
202, 4909 – 49 St.
Red Deer, AB T4N 1V1
Phone: (403) 340.5454
Fax: (403) 340.5136
E-mail: reddeer.fieldcentre@gov.ab.ca
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Erica Moore
Telephone: (403) 297-8305
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Erica.Moore@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1481993 and 1482699 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Erica Moore, 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 Canadian Natural Resources Limited 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 30 November 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
