JC Pipeline Updates
Judy Creek Pipeline Release 1-6-64-10-W5M
On September 13, 2022 Conifer Energy Inc. experienced a power outage in the vicinity of its Judy Creek Production Complex (located approximately 28 km south of the Town of Swan Hills) which resulted in a failure to a 12” fibreglass group line that gathers production from some of its area facilities.
This failure caused a release to a tributary that connects to Judy Creek. Conifer acted immediately to mitigate the impacts of the release and efforts to remediate the area are ongoing in cooperation with environmental experts and the Alberta Energy Regulator.
A summary of our current and planned activities is outlined below. For any questions, please contact Conifer at landinquires@coniferenergy.ca
Week of October 11th to 17th, 2022
- Continued environmental sampling and on-going monitoring throughout the project, along with daily updates
- Submitted revised sampling schedule to AER
- Submitted Judy Creek tributary concentration and flow modeling report for the variable water levels to AER
- Continued further refinements to sampling program and daily progress reports
- Continued evaluation of tributary and assessment of water quality
Week of October 18th – 25th, 2022 – next 7 days:
- Continue on-going sampling, monitoring and working with AER and stakeholders to Monitor Judy Creek, tributary and sampling points as required
- Complete removal of dam and tributary following AER approval
- Continue RAP updates as required
- Complete the updated sampling requirements as amended
- Evaluate sampling requirements for possible amendments for spring 2022
Week of October 4th – 11th, 2022
- Continued environmental sampling and on-going monitoring throughout the project, along with daily updates
- Removed all Judy Creek downstream diversion dams
- Submitted revised RAP with detailed sampling plan and evaluations, along with revised communication program
- Continued further refinements to sampling program and daily progress reports
- Continued evaluation of tributary and assessment of water quality
Week of October 12th – 18th, 2022 – next 7 days:
- Continue on-going sampling, monitoring and working with AER and stakeholders to Monitor Judy Creek, Tributary and sampling points as required
- Evaluate removal of tributary dams given the minimal water flow in the area
- Continue RAP updates
- Begin remedial report for required stakeholders
- Evaluate sampling requirements for possible amendments
- Plan for spring 2023 monitoring to ensure environmental requirements are met and the release has met regulator requirements
Week of September 27th – October 3th, 2022:
- Continued environmental sampling and on-going monitoring throughout the project
- Removed all Judy Creek downstream diversion dams
- Backfilled sampled excavation area with clean fill
- Evaluated Judy Creek tributary trends based on freshwater addition volumes
- Continued adding freshwater source to dilute tributary
- Continued further refinements to sampling program and daily progress reports
Week of October 4th – 11th, 2022 – next 7 days:
- Continue on-going sampling, monitoring and working with AER and stakeholders to Monitor Judy Creek, Tributary and sampling points as required
- Continue adding freshwater to tributary to reduce to AER required concentration levels
- Submit updated RAP for AER review
- Begin remedial report for required stakeholders
- Evaluate sampling requirements for possible amendments
- Determine tributary concentration for possible isolation dam removal
- Continue product recovery and proper disposal as per guideline levels
- Continue updating daily trends and analytical data reports for AER review
September 30, 2022:
- Continued environmental sampling and on-going monitoring throughout the project
- Removed Judy Creek downstream diversion
- Evaluated Judy Creek tributary trends based on freshwater addition volumes
- Continued adding freshwater source to dilute tributary
- Reduced aquatic and ecological inventory as Judy Creek impacted water has been removed. Continue species checks for possible downstream release
October 1, 2022 – next 24 hrs:
- Continue on-going sampling, monitoring and working with AER and stakeholders Monitor Judy Creek throughout the day
- Continue adding freshwater to tributary to reduce to AER required concentration levels
- Determine tributary concentration for possible isolation dam removal
- Continue product recovery and proper disposal as per guideline levels
September 29, 2022:
- Continued environmental sampling and on-going monitoring throughout the project
- Removed Judy Creek downstream diversion
- Continued surface water and sampling throughout area to demonstrate salinity concentrations are decreasing
- Updating the RAP plan as required with revised plans
- Continued adding freshwater source to dilute tributary
- Reduced aquatic and ecological inventory as Judy Creek impacted water has been removed. Continue species checks for possible downstream release
September 30, 2022 – next 24 hrs:
- Continue on-going sampling, monitoring and working with AER and stakeholders. Monitor Judy Creek throughout the day.
- Evaluate freshwater additions to tributary and concentration levels
- Determine tributary concentration trends
- Determine additional logistics for freshwater addition to tributary area from further sources.
- Continue product recovery and proper disposal