NOTICE OF HEARING
APPLICATIONS NO. 1456689, 1459652, and 1459666
BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA LTD.
Pembina Field
Take Notice that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB/Board) will hold a public hearing of Applications No. 1456689, 1459652, and 1459666 at the Super 8 Drayton Valley, 3727 – 50 Street, Drayton Valley, Alberta, commencing on Thursday, December 7, 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
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. submitted applications in accordance with Section 2.020 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations for a licence to drill three directional level-3 critical sour wells.
One well would be drilled from an existing surface location in Legal Subdivision (LSD) 13 of Section 34, Township 48, Range 9, West of the 5th Meridian, to a projected bottomhole location in LSD 7-3-49-9W5M (Application No. 1456689). This proposed well would have a maximum hydrogen sulphide (H2S) concentration of about 250 moles per kilomole (mol/kmol) (25.0 per cent) and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 5.0 cubic metres per second (m3/s), with a corresponding emergency planning zone (EPZ) of 6.87 kilometres (km). The purpose of the well would be to obtain gas production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed well would be located about 11.5 km west of Drayton Valley.
In addition, two separate wells would be drilled from a proposed common surface location in LSD 3-8-49-8W5M to projected bottomhole locations in 3-17-49-8W5M (Application No. 1459652) and LSD 12-4-49-8W5M (Application No. 1459666). These proposed wells would have a maximum H2S concentration of about 250 mol/kmol (25.0 per cent), and the cumulative drilling H2S release rate would be 3.9 m3/s, with a corresponding eEPZ of 5.8 km. The purpose of these wells would be to obtain oil production from the Nisku Formation. The proposed wells would be located about 8.0 km west of Drayton Valley.
Additional Information
To obtain additional information or a copy of the application, contact
Burlington Resources Canada Ltd.
2100, Bow Valley Square 4
250 – 6 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H7
Attention: Jodi Prior
Telephone: (403) 233-3868
Fax: (403) 260-6510
E-mail: JPrior@br-inc.ca
Copy of the applications are available for viewing at
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: Marty Douglas
Telephone: (403) 297-8474
Fax: (403) 297-4117
E-mail: Marty.Douglas@gov.ab.ca
To File a Submission
Any person intending to make a submission with respect to the hearing of Applications No. 1456689, 1459652, and 1459666 must file on or before 4:00 p.m., October 31, 2006. Send one copy of your submission to the applicant at the name and address above and ten copies to
Marty Douglas, 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:
(1) a concise statement indicating
(a) the manner in which the intervener’s rights may be directly and adversely affected by a decision of the Board on the proceeding,
(b) the nature and scope of the intervener’s intended participation,
(c) the disposition of the proceeding that the intervener advocates, if any,
(d) the facts the intervener proposes to show in evidence,
(e) the reasons why the intervener believes the Board should decide in the manner that the intervener advocates, and
(f) the intervener’s efforts, if any, to resolve issues associated with the proceeding directly with the applicant;
(2) the name, address in Alberta, telephone number, fax number and, if available, e-mail address of the intervener;
(3) 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
(4) 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 Burlington Resources Canada Ltd. on this application.
If no submissions are 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 that 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 September 25, 2006.
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
Douglas A. Larder, Q.C., General Counsel
