Decision 2001-109
https://had.aer.ca/link/decision3484
- Applicant
- Stampede Oils Inc.
- Application Number
- 1064455
- 1237635
- 1242414
- Title
- Decision 2001-109: Stampede Oils Inc Sectin 42 review of well licence no.0239741 and applications for associated pipelines Turner Valley field
- Date
- 2001
- Title
- Decision 2001-109: Stampede Oils Inc Sectin 42 review of well licence no.0239741 and applications for associated pipelines Turner Valley field
- Date
- 2001
- Applicant
- Stampede Oils Inc.
- Application Number
- 1064455
- 1237635
- 1242414
- Hearing Panel
- Lillo HO
- Atkins GA
- Berndtsson NG
- Hearing Type
- Board
- Category
- Well licence
- Descriptors
- Memorandum of Decision 2001-09-06
- NTS 82J
- Confidential
- Public consultation
- Pipeline
- Well licence
- Sour gas
- Turner Valley Fm
- Legal References
- Energy Resources Conservation Act S42
- Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations S2.020
- Notes
- See Memorandum of Decision 2001-09-06
- Interveners
- Cactus Hil Resources Ltd.
- Curfew Lake Resources
- Local Residents Intervener Group
- Opus Petroleum Engineering Ltd.
- Outrim Szabo Associates Ltd.
- Pure Energy Services Ltd.
- Shareholders of Stampede Oils Inc.
- Brockelsby S
- Brueckner E
- Christie DS
- Dawson S
- Hawthorne JE
- Johnson S
- Kerluke J
- Luft SK
- Miller D
- Miller L
- New ER
- Outrim CP
- Schmaus L
- Van Nus R
- Wyler A
- Approval
- Approved with conditions
- Conditions
- On the basis of the overall findings, the Board concludes that it is in the public interest to continue the 2-34 well licence. The Board also provides for the approval of the pipeline with certain conditions. In the course of the hearing, the Board identified three areas of concern about which it had referred investigations back to the appropriate EUB work groups to determine if regulatory requirements were met. The issues were the sump and drilling waste materials on the 2-34 well site, the apparent incompatibility in the H2S content of the Stampede production versus the Anderson system, and the inconsistencies when comparing various documents on production reported for the 2-34 well. In each instance, the Board expects the appropriate work group at the EUB to gather the required information and complete a review on the matters identified. The Board asks that the results of those investigations be shared with interested hearing participants to ensure a transparent process. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 42 of the ERCA, the Board hereby varies Well Licence 0239741 by attaching the following conditions:
- Prior to commencing operations at the well, Stampede must submit to the Board for approval a strategic and tactical plan outlining its public consultation/community relations program, as described in Section 10.3, and obtain the Board’s approval of the program.
- Within four months of the date of this report, Stampede must submit to the Board for approval a terms of reference for its operations and compliance management plan, as discussed in Section 11.3. Further, Stampede must develop and then submit an appropriate operations and compliance management plan developed from the terms of reference within one year of the date of this report, as well as an independent third-party audit of its management system and the regulatory compliance of its facilities. The Board is prepared to approve Application No. 1242414 for a licence to construct and operate a sour oil effluent pipeline from the 2-34 well subject to the following conditions:
- Anderson must obtain the appropriate approvals to accommodate Stampede’s production into its system, or either party must make appropriate facility or system modifications toensure compliance with the H2S limits of the pipeline system.
- Prior to the construction or operation of the pipeline, Stampede must submit to the Board a strategic and tactical plan outlining its public consultation/community relations program, as described in Section 10.3, and obtain approval of the program.