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1
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Before filing an energy development licence application, the applicant MUST obtain an AER________________from Petrinex and meet with the licensing requirements of Directive _____.

  • BA Code
  • Petrinex
  • Directive 067
  • OGCA
  • licenses
  • waivers
  • approval
  • Licensee
  • electronic submission
A

BA code

056

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act2. True or False

An applicant MUST retain documentation to support their PIP.

  1. Which other Acts prohibit any preparatory or incidental operations from happening on the selected lands before the applicant receives a well, facility, or pipeline licence or approval?
A

T

The OGCA and the Pipeline Act prohibit ANY PREPARATORY

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True or False

Contracted personnel like brokers are independent of the applicant or licensee and their actions can’t hold the applicant responsible.

A

f

APPLICANT is ultimately responsible NOT the broker

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True or False

Contracted personnel like brokers are independent of the applicant or licensee and their actions can’t hold the applicant responsible.

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f

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  1. Table 1 deals with PC and notification for ________
  2. Table 2 deals with Facility ________________ notification requirements.
  3. Table 3 deals with PC and notification for PT
  4. Table 4 deals with Participant involvement requirements for pipeline licence amendments_
  5. Table 5 deals with PC and notification for well type
    6.
A
  1. facility type
  2. `facility industry
  3. pipeline type
  4. pipeline licence amendments
  5. well type
  6. setback requirements for facilities w pipeline containing h2s
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For the following indicate whether they would be a routine or non-routine application? R or NR

  1. ___ a) All technical & participant involvement requirements are in compliance
  2. __ b) A Landowner objects to compensation amount & decides to go to the SRB & signs a letter saying he is going to the SRB for the compensation issues.
  3. __ c) A landowner objects to the compensation & won’t sign off that he/she is okay with the technical requirements of the proposed project.
  4. __ d) A landowner from outside the consultation radius has ongoing outstanding objections about the project
  5. ___ e) All participant involvement requirements have been met and the company needs a slight variance from the regulatory requirements.
  6. ___ f) The applications is for a Category E Well.
  7. ____ g) Our Company is in ‘refer status’ and is filing a license application for a new facility.
A
  1. r
  2. nr
  3. nr
  4. nr
  5. nr
  6. nr
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For the following indicate PC for personal consultation or N notification or NA if nothing is required for the following pipeline activities:

  1. _____ When applying for a partial pipeline removal.
  2. _____ When abandoning a pipeline
  3. _____ Discontinuing a pipeline
  4. _____ MOP increase to a Category D
  5. _____ Liner installation
  6. _____ resumption of discontinued line no change to category or setbacks
  7. _____ resumption of abandoned pipeline
A
  1. n
  2. n
  3. na
  4. PC&N
  5. NA
  6. N
  7. PC
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What are the criteria for determining the category type of a well.

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H2S content

H2S content, H2S release rate and proximity to public

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  1. What are the requirements for wells around airports?
A

notify if

  • unlighted within 1.6km
  • lighted within 5km

the applicant must advise Transport Canada using the appropriate Transport Canada drilling rig clearance form

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  1. When must we notify the Freehold coal rights owners and the lessess of Freehold or Crown coal rights?
A
  1. Drilling through a bed of coal
  2. any type of well development
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TRUE or FALSE

Only non-routine applications are potential audit candidates.

What are the two ways audits are decided?

AUDITS - WHY do we have audits?

A

false

random and selected by AER

Ensure industry is compliant with D-056 at the licensing stage

Identify areas for continuous improvement

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12
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DIRECTIVE 056

Energy Development Applications & Schedules

A

1996

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WHO are the 3 main participant groups in energy developments in Alberta?

A

AER.

INDUSTRY

PUBLIC

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True or False

The development of a PIP may occur at anytime after filing an application.

A

FALSE

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Manuel 12

  • Contains the FORMS that need to be completed to meet the requirements of Directive 056.
  • How many schedules are there?
  • What are they for?
  • What format are they in?
  • What is the deal with Schedule 3 forms?
A

10 on AER website

Cover schedule, facilities, wellsites, H2S content, working interest participants

PDFs

pipeline ones are on onestop

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  1. What are two expectations that the AER has for the public?
A

PARTICIPATE IN ISSUE Ident

time sensitive

PROBLEM SOLVING AND PLANnING

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True or False

The consultation required by the Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Guidelines on Land Management and Resource Development is a process that is part of the AER consultation requirements.

  1. True or False

Tables 1-5 of D-056 sets out the category type and minimum consultation and notification radii for planning a PIP.

  1. True or False

The applicant must include those people that is aware of who have concerns even if they are outside the radius on Tables 1-5.

A

False issued Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Guidelines on Land Management and Resource Development. The consultation required by the guidelines is a process that is separate from the AER consultation requirements

true

true

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  1. The applicant must allow participants a minimum of ______calendar days to receive, consider, and respond to notification of the proposed development.
  2. What does the applicant have to do with “commitments made”?
  3. Which section under 3.2.1 deals with decreasing “proliferation” of energy developments?
A

14

document them

10

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Sometimes, in situations where an applicant plans to test a well by flaring or incinerating, the resident notification distances will be increased to meet the requirements of Directive _____.

  1. True or False Information packages are required for consultation or notification with AEP.
  2. True or False The PSI (project-specific information) must contain specific details about the proposed energy development.
  3. How many PSI requirements are specifically just for wells or pads?
A

60

true

true

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20
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True or False

If a detail in the PSI does not apply the applicant MUST explain why the detail is not applicable.

  1. Is it FOIP or PIPA that pertains to the collection of personal information under D-056?
  2. The PIP includes two different packages; what are the packages?23. Who must be notified if the applicants decide to cancel a proposed project?
A

tRUE

PIPA

AER info package and PSI

ALL PARTIES IN PIP

21
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True or False

It is the AER’s responsibility to determine if the recommended radii for PC and notification needs to be expanded for the proposed development.25. What AER information MUST be provided when PC is required?

A

FALSE

AER

  1. LETTER from CEO of AER
  2. AER Brochure Understanding Oil & Gas Development in Alberta
  3. EnerFAQ Proposed Oil and Gas Wells, Pipelines, and Facilities: A Landowner’s Guide
  4. EnerFAQ Expressing Your Concerns – How to File a Statement of Concern About an Energy Resource Project
22
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  1. What must an applicant do if a participant refuses a copy of the required information packages?
  2. Which point in this section 3.3.1 requires the applicant to keep a list of the dates that personal consultation occurred and the materials that were distributed
A

document refusal for audit purposes

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23
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What does PC (personal consultation) look like as per D-056?

What is the difference between notification and PC?

the initial communication may take place through written communication rather than face-to-face or telephone communication

What info must be provided when we “notify”?

project specific information package

AER Chairman letter

A
  • inform parties of nature and extent proposed application
  • questions may = concernes
  • confirmation of non-objectio or document not getting it
  • written communication and project brochures, face to face or written materials
24
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  1. How must an applicant deal with snowbirds?
A

reg mail or courier

25
Q

How do you deal with outstanding objections and unresolved concerns?File non-routine application for reasons of participant involvement​

Who deals with compensation issues? SRB

If there are compensation issues with a stakeholder that are causing objections to licensing, what must happen?

A
  1. applicant may request AER issue the licence to allow the applicant to apply to the SRB for a right of entry order.
  2. the applicant can proceed with the license application if Landowner confirms in writting compensation is the only issue so that parties may proceed to the SRB.
  3. If landowner confirmation cannot be obtained they applicant can disclose this in its application
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27
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How do you deal with outstanding objections and unresolved concerns?

A
  1. through informal “kitchen table” discussions
  2. engage the ADR process
  3. third party mediation process
  4. request an AER disposition ie public hearing
28
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How long is a PC and Notification program good for?

A

they will expire 1 yr from date of issue if not acted on and is only valid for 1 energy development

29
Q

What are two expectations that the AER has for the public?

A

Problem solving and planning and sensitivity with timing

30
Q

The PIP includes two different packages; what are the packages?

A

The project specific information package and the AER public information documents

31
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True or False

A

It is the AER’s responsibility to determine if the recommended radii for PC

and notification needs to be expanded for the proposed development.

32
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It is the AER’s responsibility to determine if the recommended radii for PC

and notification needs to be expanded for the proposed development.

A

F

33
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What AER information MUST be provided when PC is required?

A

letter from the chairman of the AER

AER brochure (Understanding Oil and Gas Development in AB)

AER EnerFAQ: Proposed Oil and Gas Development in AB; Landowners Guide

AER EnerFAQ: Expressing your concerns; How to file a statement of concern about project

34
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What is the difference between notification and PC?

A

the initial communication may take place through written communication rather than face-to-face or telephone communication

35
Q

What info must be provided when we “notify”?

offer

AER brochure (Understanding Oil and Gas Development in AB)

AER EnerFAQ: Proposed Oil and Gas Development in AB; Landowners Guide

AER EnerFAQ: Expressing your concerns; How to file a statement of concern about project

A

must

project specific information package

AER Chairman letter

36
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How must an applicant deal with snowbirds?

A

the applicant is expected to use courier or registered mail to send letters and information packages

37
Q

How do you deal with outstanding objections and unresolved concerns?

A

through informal “kitchen table” discussions

engage the ADR process

third party mediation process

request an AER disposition ie public hearing

38
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Who deals with compensation issues?

A

Surface Rights Board (SRB)

39
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If there are compensation issues with a stakeholder that are causing

objections to licensing, what must happen?

A

the applicant can proceed with the license application if Landowner agrees that compensation is the only issue, puts it in writting, so that parties may proceed to the SRB. If landowner confirmation cannot be obtained they applicant can disclose this in its application

40
Q

When must we notify the Freehold coal rights owners and the lessess of

Freehold or Crown coal rights?

A

if applicant intends to drill through a bed or seam of coal must notify in writing all freehold rights owners and lessess of freehold

Not required to notify the crown whether they have been leased

41
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True or False

It is necessary to include a copy of the AER’s information package in an

audit submission.

A

False

42
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A
43
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An application to the AER may end in one of 4 ways. What are these four

situations?

A

issuance of a license

denial of a license

closure of an application by the AER

withdrawl of an application by the applicant

44
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What is the difference between notification and PC?

A

N the initial communication may take place through written communication rather than

PC face-to-face or telephone communication

45
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What info must be provided when we “notify”? (2)

A
  1. project specific information package
  2. AER Chairman letter
46
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How do you deal with outstanding objections and unresolved concerns?

A

through informal “kitchen table” discussions

engage the ADR process

third party mediation process

request an AER disposition ie public hearing

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