Decision 2008-02
https://had.aer.ca/link/decision4265
- Applicant
- Artemis Exploration Inc.
- Application Number
- 1478721
- 1494900
- 1494911
- Title
- Decision 2008-002: Artemis Exploration Inc. application for well, pipeline and facility licences Furness field
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Decision 2008-002: Artemis Exploration Inc. application for well, pipeline and facility licences Furness field
- Date
- 2008
- Applicant
- Artemis Exploration Inc.
- Application Number
- 1478721
- 1494900
- 1494911
- Hearing Panel
- Dilay JD
- McGee TM
- Warren WA
- Hearing Type
- Board
- Category
- Pipelines
- Descriptors
- Position (location)
- Gas flaring
- Safety
- Water pollution
- Public consultation
- Furness field
- NTS 83H
- Legal References
- Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations S2.020
- Pipeline Act Part 4
- Interveners
- Welgan H
- Approval
- Approved with conditions
- Conditions
- APPENDIX 2 SUMMARY OF COMMITMENTS The Board notes throughout the decision report that Artemis has undertaken to conduct certain activities in connection with its operations that are not strictly required by EUB regulations or guidelines. These undertakings are described as commitments and are summarized below. It is the Board’s view that when a company makes commitments of this nature, it has satisfied itself that these activities will benefit both the project and the public, and the Board takes these commitments into account when arriving at its decision. The Board expects the applicant, having made the commitments, to fully carry out the undertaking or advise the EUB if, for whatever reasons, it cannot fulfill a commitment. The EUB would then assess whether the circumstances regarding the failed commitment warrant a review of the original approval. The Board also notes that the affected parties also have the right to request a review of the original approval if commitments made by the applicant remain unfulfilled. COMMITMENTS BY ARTEMIS
- Artemis commits to using an incinerator during well testing if in-line testing is not feasible.
- Artemis commits to surveying the actual kelly bushing elevation following rig-up. The data will be used to recalculate the depths on the geological prognosis for the drilling of the 15-10 well.
- Artemis commits to having a well site geologist present on site and increasing the geological sampling interval from every 5 m to every 2 m from -560 m subsea (SS) to total depth.
- Artemis commits to using a gas detector on site.
- Artemis commits to checking geolograph and pipe tallies before the drilling depth reaches -560 mSS, and if significant discrepancies are apparent, Artemis will trip out the drill string and retally back into the hole.
- Artemis commits to control drilling practices below -560 m SS, with reduced penetration rates from -560 m SS to total depth, to allow enhanced sampling intervals, improved gas detection accuracy, and an accurate determination of when the shale separating the bottom of the Lower Mannville sandstone channel from the Ellerslie G (if present) has been entered.
- Location
- 15-10-048-23W4
- 07-10-048-23W4