NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1500699, 1499076 AND 1487188
DUVERNAY OIL CORP.
EDSON AREA
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1500699, 1499076 and 1487188 at the Edson and District Recreation Complex, #1 Golf Avenue, Edson, Alberta, commencing on Monday, June 4, 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 Applications
Duvernay Oil Corp. (Duvernay) submitted to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) Application 1500699 for a well licence, Application 1499076 for a battery and Application 1487188 for a pipeline. These applications are related and will be considered as a project application.
Duvernay submitted Application 1500699, pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations (OGCR), for a resumption licence to re-enter and drill a vertical, Level 2 critical sour gas well. The well would have a surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 8, Section 13, Township 54, Range 19, West of the 5th Meridian (the 8-13 well). The purpose of the well would be to produce natural gas from the Wabamun Formation. The gas to be produced from the proposed well would have a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of about 379.6 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (37.96 per cent). The maximum cumulative H2S release rate for the drilling and completion/servicing cases would be 7.42 cubic metres per second (m3/s), with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 9.0 kilometres (km). The maximum cumulative H2S release rate for the suspended/producing case would be 1.56 m3/s, with a corresponding EPZ of 3.11 km. The proposed well would be located approximately 12.9 km northwest of the Town of Edson.
Duvernay submitted Application 1499076, pursuant to Section 7.001 of the OGCR, to construct and operate a gas battery which would be located at the proposed 8-13 well site. The proposed battery would be designed to handle natural gas containing a maximum H2S concentration of 380 mol/kmol (38 per cent) and would include a line heater, inlet separator, compressor, dehydrator, condenser, emergency flare system, incinerator system and storage for produced water and hydrocarbon liquids.
Duvernay submitted Application 1487188, pursuant to Part 4 of the Pipeline Act, for approval to construct and operate a pipeline to transport natural gas from the 8-13 well to a pipeline tie-in point at LSD 6-34-53-19W5M. The proposed pipeline would be about 6.55 km in length, with a maximum outside diameter of 114.3 millimetres (mm), and would transport natural gas containing a maximum H2S concentration of 380 mol/kmol (38 per cent). The proposed pipeline would be operated as a Level 2 pipeline.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Duvernay Oil Corp.
1500, 202 - 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2R9
Attention: Mr. Al Bush
Telephone: (403) 571-3600
Fax: (403) 269-6510
A copy of the application is available for viewing at the EUB's Calgary and Drayton Valley offices:
EUB Information Services
Main Floor, 640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190 |
EUB Drayton Valley Field Centre
5005 - 61 Street
Drayton Valley, Alberta T7A 1S3
Telephone: (780) 542-5182 |
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Julia Fulford, Nonroutine Applications Coordinator
Telephone: (403) 297-8840
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: julia.fulford@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1500699, 1499076 and 1487188 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Julia Fulford, Applications Coordinator
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
640 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4
The Board has established the following filing deadlines for this hearing:
May 14, 2007 - Parties advise the Board on status of Appropriate Dispute Resolution.
May 22, 2007 - Submissions Due.
May 28, 2007 - Rebuttal Submissions Due.
June 4, 2007 - Commencement of Hearing in Edson.
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 these applications even if you have previously filed a submission with the Board or with Duvernay Oil Corp. on these applications.
If there are no submissions received, this hearing may be cancelled and the EUB will continue to process the applications 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 April 11, 2007.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
