Across the board

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by  Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

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April/May 2007
EUB success in reducing flaring and
venting featured in BBC documentary,
"Billion Dollar Bonfire"
According to the World Bank, flaring gas
GO-EXPO he EUB was featured in a B BC-pro-
adds about 350 million tonnes of CO, in
duced documentary ‘ Billion Dollar
June 12-14, 2007 annual emissions worldwide. The World
Bonfire' in early May. “ Billion Dollar
Stampede Park, Calgary Bonfire" detailed the World Bank’s efforts Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction
to reduce solution gas flaring and venting Partnership (GGFR) supports governments
The Gas and Oil Exposition (GO-
from the petroleum industry throughout and companies in their efforts to reduce the
; E XPO) 2007 is expected to attract
I more than 20,000 delegates from the world. flaring and venting of gas associated with
the extraction of crude oil.
54 countries, feature 600 exhibiting
(c ontinued on page 3 )
companies, and cover more than
; 150,000 square feet of features,
i events, and indoor and outdoor
exhibits at Calgary’s Stampede Park.
For more information contact Wes
Scott at 403-209-3555 or
[email protected]. You
can also visit the Website at
www.petroleumshow.com.
Miout the EUB
:ur mission is t o ensure that the dis-
overy, development, and delivery of
Jberta's energy resources and utilities
ervices take place in a manner that is
air, responsible, and in the public interest.
Ve regulate oil, natural gas, oil sands,
oal, and electric energy, pipelines, and
'ansmission line development.
)n t he utilities side, we regulate investor-
wned and certain municipally owned
atural gas, electric, and water utilities to
nsure that customers receive safe and
oliable service at j ust and reasonable
fetes. Regulation is d one through two core
unctions: adjudication and regulation,
nformation and knowledge.
Recent EUB publications
News Releases Bulletins
April 17: Bulletin 2007-08: Application
Requirements for Battle Lake Area and
May 22: News Release (NR 2007-19): EUB May 8: Bulletin 2007-14: Integrated Revised Edition of Directive 056: Energy
Completes Investigation into Drayton Valley Applications Program - E lectronic
Proceedings Development Application and Schedules
Odour Complaints
March 28: Bulletin 2007-07: Processing of
May 20: News Release(NR 2007-18): EUB May 7: Bulletin 2007-13: Revised Edition of
Applications Involving Objections Relating to
Investigating Energy Facility Fire on Enoch Directive 017: Measurement Requirements
Reserve for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations Issued the Legal Entitlement of Coalbed Methane
- I mplementation of Section 6: Conventional Decisions
May 15: News Release (NR 2007-17):
Oil Measurement - C larifications in Sections
EUB Approves Rates and Final Revenue
Requirement for ATCO Gas 1-5 May 22: Decision 2007-040: Northrock
Resources Application for Compulsory
May 3: Bulletin 2007-12: Directive 017:
May 11: News Release (NR 2007-16): EUB Pooling, Judy Creek Field
Measurement Requirements for Upstream
Success in Reducing Flaring and Venting
Featured in BBC Documentary Oil and Gas Operations - D raft of Five New May 15: Decision 2007-036: ATCO Gas
Sections and Associated Appendices for 2005-2007 General Rate Application Phase I
May 10: News Release (NR 2007-15): EUB Stakeholder Review Third Compliance Filing to Decision 2006-
approves EPCOR transmission rates for 004 Part B
May 2: Bulletin 2007-1 1 : R eport 2007-A:
June-August of 2007
Pipeline Performance in A lberta, 1990-2005 May 8: Decision 2007-037: ATCO Electric
May 3: News Release (NR 2007-13): EUB Issued Ltd. Construct Updike Substation 886S and
Issues Pre-Hearing Meeting Decision of 144-kV Transmission Line 7L34
Merchant Transmission Line Applications April 24: Bulletin 2007-06: Streamlining
the Review of Applications for Oilfield or May 8: Decision 2007-035: NAL Resources
April 23: News Release (NR 2007-12): Industrial Waste Fluid (Class I) D isposal Limited Application for a W ell Licence and
EUB Moves to Written Process for AltaLink Schemes Associated Pipeline Licence Richdale Field
Transmission Line Hearing
April 19: Bulletin 2007-10: ST55-2007: May 2: Decision 2007-033: Montana
April 18: News Release (NR 2007-11): Alberta's Base of Groundwater Protection Alberta Tie Ltd., Alberta Electric System
EUB adjourns AltaLink transmission line for (BGWP) Information
Operator, AltaLink Management Ltd. 240-
security reasons kV International Merchant Transmission
April 19: Bulletin 2007-09: Deferral of
Line from Lethbridge Area to USA Border
March 28: News Release (NR 2007-10): Implementation of Revised Directive 071: - P rehearing Meeting
EUB Issues Decision on Legal Entitlement of Emergency Response Requirements for the
Coalbed Methane Petroleum Industry
May 1: Decision 2007-034: Rockyview
Energy Inc., Application for a W ell Licence,
Leduc-Woodbend Field
EUB issues decision on legal entitlement of coalbed methane
; n M arch 28, 2007, the EUB is- areas where the companies produced or The decision also triggered the im-
w sued Decision 2007-024 which mediate issuance of Bulletin 2007-07:
intended to produce CBM. The Board’s
reviewed EUB coalbed methane (CBM) decision confirms that the licences were Processing of A pplications Involving
licenses held by Bearspaw Petroleum
properly issued. Objections Relating to Legal Entitle-
Ltd., Devon Canada Corporation, and ment ofC oalbed Methane. The decision
This issue arose on split title Freehold
Fairborne Energy Ltd. in the Clive, Ew- also set aside the directions in Bulletin
mineral lands, where one party owns the
ing Lake, Stettler, and Wimbome Fields 2006-019: Applications Involving Ob-
coal, another party has leased natural
and concluded that the companies are
gas rights and both parties claim legal jections Relating to the Legal Entitle-
entitled to develop the resource under
entitlement to the CBM. The EUB con- ment ofC oalbed Methane , which gov-
EUB regulations. sidered the m atter at a p ublic hearing erned all a pplications and well licenses
The 28 well licences and related ap- that concluded with a f inal submission where legal entitlement of the CBM was
at issue. Two companies have petitioned
provals were challenged by EnCana filed on February 12, 2007.
the Alberta Court of Appeal for leave to
Corporation and Carbon Development
Partnership, who own coal rights in the appeal this decision.
m
lillion Dollar Bonfire" EUB completes base of g roundwater protection study
(c ontinued from page 1)
EUB regulations updated based on study
n t he documentary, former GGFR Head
tashad Kaldany stated: “Eliminating The EUB’s Alberta Geological Sur- In Alberta, useable groundwater is
;as flaring and venting worldwide would
protected through legislation and the
educe more CO, emissions than all the vey (AGS) has completed a t wo-
year study into ground water quality and EUB’s role is to ensure that resource
irojects currently registered under the
protection in Alberta. development through drilling or mining
Cyoto Protocol’s Clean Development
Mechanism — these flares are so big they The study provides the EUB, the Al- aucsteiavbilteie s w adtoeers snuoptp l cioesm.p romise Alberta’s
an be studied from space.” berta government, the public, and the
Groundwater protection information is
energy industry with scientific infor-
"he BBC documentary highlighted the
mation related to the depth of useable currently available through the AGS.
uccess of the EUB’s flaring and venting
eduction efforts. In Alberta, solution gas groundwater in Alberta. Between April 4, 2005, and March 15,
2006, the AGS received 2 4 76 requests
laring has been reduced by 72 per cent Scientific information gathered from the
for information for 6 148 well locations.
ince 1996, and solution gas venting has study was used to strengthen existing
It has generated 2 4 43 responses for
ieen reduced by 59 per cent since 2000. EUB regulations related to drilling and
5 8 30 well locations.
)verall, 96.3 per cent of all solution gas
the protection of Alberta’s water re-
produced in Alberta last year was con- sources through the issuance of Bulletin Alberta Environment commissioned the
erved for u se or sale, rather than being Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) to
2007-10: ST 55-2007: Alberta 's Base
lared and vented.
of Groundwater Protection (BGWP)
complete the provincial BGWP infor-
Information. mation as p art of the Water for Life
"hose reductions have kept 7.2 million
Initiative, aimed at better understanding
onnes of greenhouse gas emissions (CO, The information will also be used to up-
groundwater in Alberta. AGS updated
qui valent) from being released into the
date the EUB’s ST 55: Base of Ground-
tmosphere since 1996. According to Cli- water Protection document, which was and completed ST55-2007 using a g eo-
mate Change Central, that is the equiva- first released in 1995. statistical mapping process, with strati-
lent of t aking about 1 .5 million cars off graphic information as the basis for the
The first phase of the project involved interpretation. This method was adopted
>f A lberta’s roads for one year. data collection and included a water to ensure consistency in the manner
In the case of Alberta, which is the larg- quality assessment and an exploration in which the BGWP was established
est producing province in Canada, our of water formation chemistry in Alberta. across the province. This has resulted
igency was created in 1938 to reduce A d atabase based on the findings to date in some changes to previously defined
laring. There was a l ot of flaring going has been developed and consists of over depths in some areas. The BGWP was
m at the time, in fact it was referred to 169 000 records and over 4 0 00 digital moved to the base of the formation as
is ‘ Hell’s Half Acre’. In Alberta, over 96 logs. a c onservative measure to ensure that
>er cent of the associated gas is con- The second phase of the study was to nonsaline groundwater is p rotected.
erved,” said EUB Board member Arden
analyze and interpret data gathered and
Berg in the documentary. AGS will be holding information ses-
determine how to best reflect the addi-
sions in t he future to discuss the find-
l B erg added that the GGFR global flaring tional knowledge in EUB regulations.
ings of t he two year study. Please check
tnd venting reduction initiative is “an Since the original ST 55 was released, the AGS Web site for further informa-
)pportunity to provide some poverty al- tion at h ttp://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/
drilling activity in the province has
I e viation benefits and it reduces a g reen-
increased, new information on water
louse gas.” chemistry has been obtained, and new
7or more information on the BBC Earth
computer technology has been devel-
Report’s “Billion Dollar Bonfire”, go to: oped to a nalyze and manage significant
ittp :// w w w .tve.org/earthreport/i ndex . amounts of data.
:fm?cat=thisweek
BGWP is an assigned depth above
which groundwater is useable without
treatment. This water is suitable for
domestic and agricultural purposes.
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