Alberta Transportation

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1 Alberta Transportation Dangerous Goods, Vehicle and Rail Safety Branch

2 Organization Dangerous Goods, Vehicle and Rail Safety Branch Assistant Deputy Minister Shaun Hammond Executive Director Terry Wallace Director Dennis Boissonnault Vehicle Safety Rail Safety Manager Bob Clyne Rail Safety Officer Knut Ohm CIC Manager John Harpin Coordination and Information Center Chief Inspector Malcolm Mullin 6 Provincial Dangerous Goods Inspectors

3 Organization Alberta 5 Geographic Regions. Grande Prairie Leigh Batty Edmonton Jerry Lennox Trudy Iwanyshyn Red Deer Jerrod Nasewich Calgary Bruce Laidlaw Lethbridge Kurt Parks

4 Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act/Regulations and Dangerous Goods Transportation and Handling Act/Regs To promote public safety and protect the environment Through a memorandum of understanding between the Federal Government of Canada and the Provincial Government, Alberta Dangerous Goods Inspectors enforce all of the Dangerous Goods Legislations throughout all parts of Alberta.

5 Operations Primary DG Inspector Responsibilities Conducting facility inspections on Carriers and Consignors of dangerous goods. Respond to dangerous goods incidents to provide technical assistance to emergency first responders and emergency response personnel. Conduct investigations of major dangerous goods case files. Participate in joint investigations with various other government agencies. Conduct audits of highway tank facilities. Train and designate OHI Participate in Joint Force Operations. Provide expertise to Alberta Justice or Justice Canada. Project work Lightweight IBC Awareness Project

6 TDG Enforcement Supply Enforcement Training and On Highway Inspector Designations to various enforcement agencies Officers must be trained specifically in Transportation of Dangerous Goods to enforce the Legislation. Police Officers Police Officers RCMP, EPS, CPS, LPS County, Tribal By-Law Officers Municipalities Provincial TDG Inspectors CVEB Alberta Environment. Federal TDG Inspectors.

7 TDG Enforcement - Work jointly with On Highway Inspectors conducting vehicle inspections at Check Stops to identify and minimize TDG non-compliance. - Supply technical and enforcement support for all Transportation of Dangerous Goods within and through Alberta. - Provide Alberta Crown Prosecutors with interpretational - Provide Alberta Crown Prosecutors with interpretational advice and expert testimony in regards to TDG

8 Including (but not limited too): TDG Emergency Response Respond to and Provide Technical Support to First Responders and Emergency Response Agencies during dangerous goods incidents - Hazardous properties of Dangerous Goods - Emergency Response Guidelines regarding dangerous good releases - Special Emergency Response Plans that are required to be in place and capable of mitigating dangerous good incidents - In depth knowledge and understanding of the means of containments used to transport dangerous Goods (safety devices, offloading capabilities, construction limits) - Emergency response practices and safety procedures used regarding various commonly transported dangerous goods

9 TDG Emergency Response Respond to and Provide Technical Support to First Responders and Emergency Response Agencies during dangerous goods incidents Including (but not limited too): Derailments on behalf of Transport Canada upon Request.

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11 Coordination and Information Centre

12 Permit Precedents

13 B Permit

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15 Fracturing/Frac ing Process where the reservoir rock is cracked using pressure and fluids to create a series of fractures in the rock through which the natural gas/oil will flow to the wellbore Conductor Pipe Surface Casing Wellhead Cement Gravel Domestic Water Well Production Casing Base of Groundwater Protection Continuation of Wellbore to Target Zone(s) Fracture Propagation Not to scale

16 Hydraulic Fracturing has a long history and is not something new First Commercial Frac Job was at Velma, Oklahoma in March of 1949 (Courtesy of Halliburton)

17 Flowback Flow of frac fluids back to the wellbore after the treatment is completed. Recycle fluids for re-use Store for future disposal

18 What Has Changed?

19 Canadian (Alberta) Oil and Gas Industry 354,000,000 Litres of crude per day = 5000 trailers/b-trains/body jobs = 23,000L- average capacity of each = 3 trips per day on average 167,000 + wells frac ed in Alberta 7,500 + wells drilled in Alberta in % of those were drilled horizontally

20 Basic Hydraulic Fracturing Principles The size of the hydraulic fracture (and the amount of equipment needed on site) will vary dependent on the reservoir depth and properties Shale gas or tight gas reservoirs commonly require large fracture stimulations in a multi-stage setting in order to create complex fractures in the reservoir

21 Hydraulic Frac Equipment Courtesy of Trican

22 Photo courtesy of CSUR

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24 Site Storage Tanks K PELS Mixed Oilfield Production Fluids B PELS

25 Carrier Companies Offering the use of their B Permit Without Consignor Classification

26 Where We Go From Here Currently Alberta has 244 active B permits issued to Carrier companies Additional Federal Permits Continue to liaison with industry, associations, Transport Canada, on highway enforcement agencies, and emergency first responders. Continue to align and focus Permits of Equivalent Level of Safety for their intended use and enforcement. Provide awareness regarding the proper use of these permits and any possible changes that may be coming.

27 QUESTIONS?

28 Dangerous Goods Contact Information Co-ordination and Information Center Alberta Transportation Dangerous Goods and Rail Safety Branch Main Floor, Twin Atria Building Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2X3 Tel. Edmonton: (780) Tel. Province wide: 1 (800) Fax: (780) Web Address: (Look under Commercial Operations)