NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATION NO. 1430630
WHITE FIRE ENERGY LTD.
PEMBINA FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Application No. 1430630 at the Lodgepole Multiuse Complex, 4501- 52 Avenue, Lodgepole, Alberta, commencing on, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, June 6, 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 Application
White Fire Energy Ltd. (White Fire) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a license to drill one vertical Level three critical sour well from the surface location of Legal Subdivision (LSD) 9, Section 16, Township 48, Range 9 West of the 5th Meridian. The maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be 200.3 moles per kilomole (20.03 per cent). The cumulative H2S release rate for the drilling, completion and operating phases of the well would be 5.00 cubic metres per second (m3/s) with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 6.87 kilometers (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain crude oil production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed well to be located at LSD 9-16-48-9W5M would be approximately 5.7 km northeast of the Hamlet of Lodgepole.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact:
White Fire Energy Ltd
Petro Canada Centre
West Tower 40 Floor
150 6 Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3Y7
Attention: Dave Humphreys
Telephone: (403) 508-9486.
Fax: (403) 265-3362
Email: dhumphreys@white-fire.ca
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the following EUB’s offices,
EUB Information Services EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
Main Floor, 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, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Eva Simpson
Telephone: (403) 297-5390
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: eva.simpson@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any parties intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Application
No. 1430630 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to:
Eva Simpson, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
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 Tuesday, May 25, 2006. The Applicant shall send one copy of its response submission to each person who filed 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;
(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 White Fire 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.
In accordance with Section 38 of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Rules of Practice, witnesses must give evidence under oath or affirmation.
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.
Note: 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.
Issued at Calgary, Alberta on April 5, 2006
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
