NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1456992, 1456995, 1456998, 1457043, 1457059, 1457085, 1457096 and 1460954
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD.
FORT KENT FIELD
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1456992, 1456995, 1456998, 1457043, 1457059, 1457085, 1457096 and 1460954 at the Bonnyville Lions Community Centre, 5106 – 50th Street, Bonnyville, Alberta, commencing on Tuesday, September 12, 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 Applications No. 1457043, 1457059, 1457085 and 1457096
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) has applied pursuant to Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for licences to drill nineteen wells, one vertical well, and eighteen slant wells from four separate surface locations. (Two of the proposed surface locations exist already.) The details of the applications are as follows:
Application No. 1457043 – Four slant wells proposed to be drilled from a common surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 10 of Section 10, Township 61, Range 5, West of the 4th Meridian to projected bottomhole locations in LSD 10-10-61-5 W4M, LSD 11-10-61-5 W4M and LSD 15-10-61-5 W4M.
Application No. 1457059 – Three slant wells proposed to be drilled from an existing multiwell pad site located in LSD 16-10-61-5 W4M to projected bottomhole locations in LSD 15-10-61-5 W4M, LSD 16-10-61-5 W4M and LSD 1-15-61-5 W4M.
Application No. 1457085 - Six slant wells proposed to be drilled from an existing well site located in LSD 12-10-61-5 W4M to projected bottomhole locations in LSD 9-9-61-5 W4M, LSD 16-9-61-5 W4M, LSD 11-10-61-5 W4M, LSD 12-10-61-5 W4M, LSD 13-10-61-5 W4M and LSD 14-10-61-5 W4M.
Application No. 1457096 - One vertical well proposed to be located in LSD 11-10-61-5 W4M and five slant wells proposed to be drilled from a common surface location in LSD 11-10-61-5 W4M to projected bottomhole locations in LSD 5-10-61-5 W4M and LSD 6-10-61-5 W4M.
For all nineteen wells the maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration would be about 0.00 moles per kilomole (0.00 per cent). The purpose of the wells would be to obtain crude bitumen production from the McLaren Member. The proposed wells would be located about 5 kilometres (km) southeast of Bonnyville.
Nature of Applications No. 1456992, 1456995, 1456998 and 1460954
CNRL has applied pursuant to Section 7.001 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations requesting approval to construct and operate three multiwell oil batteries, as well as to amend an existing multiwell oil battery in the Fort Kent Field. The details of the applications are as follows:
Application No. 1456992 – A multiwell oil battery proposed at surface location LSD 10-10-61-5 W4M. The equipment on site would consist of four 1000 barrel (bbl) sales tanks.
Application No. 1456995 – A multiwell oil battery proposed at surface location LSD 11-10-61-5 W4M. The equipment on site would consist of six 1000 bbl sales tanks.
Application No. 1456998 – A multiwell oil battery proposed at surface location LSD 12-10-61-5 W4M. There are currently two 1000 bbl sales tanks located at this surface location for the existing well. The new equipment on site would consist of four 1000 bbl sales tanks, resulting in a total of six 1000 bbl sales tanks on the well site.
Application No. 1460954 – Amendment to an existing multiwell oil battery at surface location LSD 16-10-61-5 W4M. The existing equipment on this site consists of propane tanks, motor shacks and a fuel gas conditioner. The new equipment will consist of the addition of four new 1000 bbl sales tanks on this site.
The purpose of the facilities would be to store crude bitumen production from the proposed multiwell pad sites at the locations stated above. The proposed batteries would be located about 5 km southeast of Bonnyville.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
Suite 2500, 855 – 2nd 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 Bonnyville Field Centre:
EUB Information Services Bonnyville Field Centre
Main Floor, 640-5th Avenue SW Box 5169
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G4 Bonnyville, Alberta T9N 2G4
Telephone: (403) 297-8190 Telephone: (780) 826-5352
For information about EUB procedures, contact
Applications Branch, Facilities Applications Group
Attention: Carla Giesbrecht
Telephone: (403) 297-4461
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: carla.giesbrecht@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1456992, 1456995, 1456998, 1457043, 1457059, 1457085, 1457096 and 1460954 shall file on or before 4:00 p.m., Friday, August 18, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant and ten copies to the EUB care of the application coordinator at the names and addresses listed above.
Board-Approved Hearing Schedule
The following is the schedule for the hearing process:
August 18, 2006 Parties file hearing submissions
August 31, 2006 Parties file reply submissions
September 12, 2006 Hearing commences
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 Canadian Natural Resources 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 June 29, 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
