O.C. 1/2004
January 14, 2004
The Lieutenant Governor in Council authorizes the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to grant Amendment B to Approval No. 9140 to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in the form attached.
For Information only
Recommended by: Minister of Energy
Authority: Oil Sands Conservation Act
(section 13)
IN THE MATTER of a scheme of Canadian Natural Resources Limited for the recovery of crude bitumen from the Cold Lake Clearwater Oil Sands Deposits in the Wolf Lake and Primrose Sectors
WHEREAS the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board is prepared to grant approval to an application by Canadian Natural Resources Limited for the recovery of crude bitumen; and
WHEREAS the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by Order in Council Number O.C. # dated #, hereto attached as Appendix D, has authorized the granting of this approval.
THEREFORE, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, pursuant to the Oil Sands Conservation Act, being chapter O-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000, hereby orders as follows:
1. Board Approval No. 9140 is amended.
2. Clause 2 is struck out and the following is substituted:
2. This approval is for the production of 14 000 cubic meters of crude bitumen per day on an annual average basis.
3. The following clause is added after clause 20:
21. (a) The Operator shall ensure that sulphur recovery will be operational at the Primrose North Main Plant before sulphur emissions, from flaring and combustion of gas containing H2S, reach (1) tonne/day on a calendar quarter-year average basis. The calendar quarter-year sulphur recovery shall not be less than set out in EUB Interim Directive 2001-03, Sulphur Recovery Guidelines for the Province of Alberta, recovery requirements for the specified sulphur inlet rate.
(b) The Operator must record daily and report calendar quarter-year average sulphur balances in the annual project report to the EUB. Daily sulphur balance information must be available for review by EUB staff.
4. Appendix C is struck out and Appendix C hereto attached is substituted.
MADE at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, on
ALBERTA ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
(a) Application No. 850686
(b) Application No. 860434
(c) Application No. 860468
(d) Application No. 871099
(e) Application No. 871895
(f) Application No. 872049
(g) Application No. 880054
(h) Application No. 880065
(i) Application No. 900881
(j) Application No. 910598
(k) Application No. 921131
(l) Application No. 921843
(m) Application No. 930047
(n) Application No. 930644
(o) Application No. 931098
(p) Application No. 941740
(q) Application No. 950327
(r) Application No. 950521
(s) Application No. 950642
(t) Application No. 951194
(u) Application No. 951389
(v) Application No. 951731
(w) Application No. 960958
(x) Application No. 1014143
(y) Application No. 1027637
(z) Application No. 1056392
(aa) Application No. 1078240
(bb) Application No. 1259001
(cc) Application No. 1311380
(dd) Application No. 1311171