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To: grayhairs who wrote (727)	7/12/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: kingfisher	Respond to of 1207

Thanks Grayhairs, I have pasted some old but somewhat interesting news from Strachan. Gulf to proceed with Strachan North Pipeline c 1997, Mountaineer Publishing Co. Ltd. Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. will begin construction of 74 km pipeline from its Strachan Gas Plant north across the North Saskatchewan River ending at a point west of the Sunchild First Nation reserve. Gulf announced that it had received approval for phase one of the pipeline just before Christmas and it is expecting that approval from the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board in the next several days. The pipeline project consists of a 12-inch sour gas pipeline, a four-inch liquid hydrocarbon pipeline and a three-inch fuel gas pipeline. The 12-inch line is designed to handle up to four per cent hydrogen sulphide and is classed a Level Three pipeline. Phase I of the line consists of construction of a 28 km section from the Strachan Gas Plant north to the North Saskatchewan River and will include the river crossing. The crossing is approximately 16 km west of Rocky Mountain House. Phase II of the pipeline, a 46 km section for which the company is still waiting regulatory approval, swings to the northwest from the river crossing, to intersect Highway 11 just east of Horburg. It will then carry on to the northwest to a point just west of the Sunchild. Construction of Phase I of the pipeline has been awarded to Parkland Oilfield Construction of Olds. Gulf has reached an agreement with Pan East Petroleum for that company to use capacity in Gulf's new line. Pan East had been proposing its own pipeline from the region north of Highway 11. Construction is expected to start shortly, but a timetable was not available from Gulf at deadline. This pipeline was first proposed by Gulf Canada Resources in October 1995 and was intended to tie in a new well in the Jackfish Lake area, along with what they hoped to be more development wells in the area. The gas discovery was at two per cent H2S. The company announced a delay in the project later that fall with a promise to revisit it in the future. At the time the announcement sparked interest from at least one other company drilling in the Jackfish Lake region. Back

To: grayhairs who wrote (727)	7/12/1998 10:57:00 AM
From: kingfisher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1207

The following is interesting.Old news from late 1997. Well releases sour gas by Brian Mazza c 1997, Mountaineer Publishing Co. Ltd. On Friday, November 7, at 4:00 a.m., a well being drilled by Kaiser Energy Ltd. had an uncontrolled release of gas containing hydrogen sulphide. The well is located in the Strachan District, 28 km southwest of Rocky Mountain House, and approximately five kilometers west of the Gulf Strachan Gas Plant. The flow of sour gas continued until 2:00 p.m. when Safety Boss personnel were able to close the surface safety valve. No injuries were reported at the site, according to the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based energy company. M.D. of Clearwater safety officer Glenn Shanahan said the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board was on the scene and issued an order closing the immediate area to entering traffic while the flow was underway, and monitoring for H2S levels was conducted. Shanahan said the first reports of sour gas odours were reported at 2:00 p.m. in the Cow Lake area, at the same time the flow was being shut off. He added the highest recorded level of H2S during the testing was 300 parts per billion (ppb), "which is not in the danger zone." Cow Lake resident Marjorie Connor told The Mountaineer on Monday she first smelled the sour gas at about 2:00 p.m. on Friday and that the odour was quite strong in her home, even thought the windows and doors were closed. She had been sick for the next two days from the fumes, she said. Kaiser Energy said that once the flow was under control, they began pumping fluid into the wellbore to balance the reservoir pressures which caused the flow and that monitoring for H2S levels continued. No estimate of the damage had been made, added their spokesman. Humans can detect hydrogen sulphide at about 100 ppb, and levels of 10,000 ppb (or 10 parts per million) are considered safe to work in for eight hour shifts. At twice that concentration, eye irritation can occur and the sense of smell can be impaired. The gas can be lethal at 600 parts per million if a victim is not treated immediately. Back