Gas plant expansion finally approved

Like playing jenga with the regulator?

Play based regulatory (PBR) process requires companies to bundle all their approvals into one submission. Subsequent field surprises makes these projects a bit like a Jenga game -- risky development pieces might cause a total do-over.

How would you find play based PBR submissions without AppIntel? With AppIntel AI in the KiP omnibox you can just ask play based Duvernay .

One operator wanted to double the size of his gas plant. It took 10 months for his project to be approved through the play based route.

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Not only did he need to submit his facility plans, prevailing winds, acoustic noise map, he also disclosed all his gathering system and pipeline plans, and his acid gas injection proposal.

He also was required to submit reports on wildlife including grizzly bear and migratory bird habits like the red-tailed hawk.

Play Based Submissions are comprehensive

Play based regulatory process is used in new development plays like the Duvernay. The advantage of PBR to the regulator is that it allows them to see all the facets of a project before approving any of it. They believe it reduces the risk of cumulative development impact. The downside to the operator is that the submissions are very large, expensive, and take a long time to prepare and approve. These large PBR approvals must be constantly amended for new revelations as field development progresses.

The regulator holds out greater regulatory flexibility as the reward for play based regulatory approvals. For example, they don't specify any well density spacing regulations.

However, similar to SAGD scheme submissions, the amount of information is huge. They want spacing, soil sampling, wildlife monitoring, acoustic noise simulations and plume dispersion models.

Because PBR submissions are so comprehensive, they take longer to approve. More government departments are required to review them.

Look at SIRs

Large PBR often attract many supplemental information requests (SIR). Is reading SIRs from others cheating? By reading their SIRs, you can get a sense of how to speed up the approval process.

For example, if you see an SIR about acoustic noise detail, you can add that information to your submission in the first place so you can avoid the time of an SIR.

If you see that the regulator has been asking for more information on seismic in an area, you can be prepared and quickly move your approval along quicker.

Tags: Disposal, Regulator, Tight, Scheduling, Facilities

Granger Low   Updated 15 May 2024

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