Download or read book Updating Selected Information Related to the Mackenzie Gas Project written by Raymond Baksi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The background and history of the various proposals since its inception in the early 1970's for a Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline in the Northwest Territories have been well documented. Within the most recent push of the last few years to get approval and construction started, the Proponent (Including the Producer and Aboriginal Pipeline Groups) have expressed a desire to have a pipeline in place and operating by 2010. As with many ongoing projects in the logistics and planning stages many changes have been made to streamline, simplify, and improve the overall venture. It is these changes and new release of data that was analysed for content relating to requirements of granular resources in terms of when and where, the quantity and quality, and the granular deposits projected to provide these resources. The following data, image manipulation, and data analysis was conducted using a Geographical Information System (GIS) called Manifold GIS Universal Edition 6.5. Preliminary Engineering Alignment Sheets dated February 1, 2005 reveal terrain units along the pipeline right-of-way. The 23 images containing this information were georegistered using a combination of matchline coordinates in degree-minute-second format and visual identification using images from the Mackenzie Gathering System COGOA Volume 4, given in UTM coordinates. The COGOA Volume 4 maps were georeferenced in the report titled ?Summary of Granular Resource Requirements and Availability for the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Corridor? March 2005 by Raymond Baksi. With the help of the Canadian Spatial Reference System GSRUG's online computation, the degree-minute-second coordinates were converted to UTM coordinates and the Algorithmic method 'Affine' (Scale, shift, rotate) in Manifold was applied to georegister the images. Terrain units depicting sand and gravel within a corridor around the gathering pipelines were digitized into area polygons. One-hundred-seventy-eight (178) in total were identified and logged, 73 of those were unique values. Pits, roads, and water sources were extracted from 1:50000 scale images of the route, georeferenced and provided by Ward Kilby at Cal Data Ltd. There were 126 distinct pits identified, 143 water sources, and 340 road or road segments connecting the pits, water sources, and the pipeline route. Land and water project permit applications for each of the four (4) land claim settlement areas; Gwich'in, Inuvialuit, Sahtu, and Deh Cho Regions were reviewed for mention of borrow materials. A hyperlink document tree was created for each of these applications to guide those interested in borrow material directly to those sections. Imperial Oil proposed several changes to the project on July 26, 2005. The Inuvik area facility would be relocated approximately 16 kilometres south down the pipeline from its initial location, and eight (8) pipeline line segments represent re-routes. These pipeline route segments totalled 77.3 kilometres and in all cases situated such that they shortened the total length of the pipeline. Although certainly not new, the Mackenzie Highway route was digitized from the initial 1974 Public Works Canada Western Region report. Completion of construction and ongoing maintenance of this highway which runs parallel to the proposed pipeline will compete for the same granular resources. The Proponent provided three large data sets, Pipeline Landform, Pipeline Sensitivity and Pipeline Vegetation prepared by AMEC Americas Limited. The pipeline landform images contained detailed polygons representing landform types. DIAND already has a set of data (from terrain units maps) representing sand and gravel landform features, so only the footprints of the 159 AMEC Pipeline landform images were digitized. If, at a later time, the data contained within these images is necessary it can easily be extracted from the georegistered files. With the high transportation costs and limited construction season in the north there is a concern over the correct distribution of granular resources, relative to proposed linear projects in the Mackenzie Valley. A comparison between the proposed pipeline and the Mackenzie Highway potential granular extraction haulage distance was prepared to better understand the competitive nature for these resources. Imaginary haulage buffers were created around the highway and the pipeline in one (1) kilometre increments, five (5) kilometres and 19 kilometres respectively. These buffers overlapped at various locations. This area of overlap is an area that will be ?stressed? for granular resources. In total 95 different combinations of pipeline and highway overlaps were compared and percentage overlaps calculated. Five (5) facility relocations and approximately 117 kilometres of the pipeline and gathering pipeline have been proposed to be re-routed by the project update (10800) on November 23, 2003. The reduction in the total number of compressor stations by one (1) and the re-routed pipeline will shorten the total length of the pipeline by roughly 26 kilometres. The number of primary borrow source sites cited for granular extraction has increased by one (1) to 68 and secondary sites have decreased by three (3) to 46. Despite the total reduction in granular sources, estimated granular resource requirements have increased by 1.6 Mm3. This data was extracted from eight (8) useful images provided in the report submitted by Sandy Martin on behalf of Imperial Oil. ... The borrow sites identified in the Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Project Description from August 2004 were compared with that of the newly released February 2006 update Mackenzie Gas Project EIS Additional Information for the Joint Review Panel Environmental Inputs and Outputs. This report also estimates the total increase in volume of required granular material at 1.6 million cubic meters (Mm3) for a total of 6.5 Mm3. There were a total of 14 borrow sites added and 22 removed from the official list of granular resources sites. This results in a total of eight (8) less granular sites under consideration for use. Additionally, some borrow sites initially considered primary sites have moved to become secondary sites and some secondary sites moved to primary consideration" -- ASTIS [online] database.

Download or read book Updating Selected Digital Information Related to the Mackenzie Gas Project written by Raymond Baksi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The background and history of the various proposals since its inception in the early 1970's for a Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline in the Northwest Territories have been well documented. Within the most recent push of the last few years to get approval and construction started, the Proponent (Including the Producer and Aboriginal Pipeline Groups) have expressed a desire to have a pipeline in place and operating by 2010. As with many ongoing projects in the logistics and planning stages many changes have been made to streamline, simplified, and improve the overall venture. It is these changes and new release of data that was analysed for content relating to requirements of granular resources in terms of when and where, the quantity and quality, and the granular deposits projected to provide these resources. The following data, image manipulation, and data analysis was conducted using a Geographical Information System (GIS) called Manifold GIS Universal Edition 6.5. Preliminary Engineering Alignment Sheets dated February 1, 2005 reveal terrain units along the pipeline right-of-way. The 23 images containing this information were georegistered using a combination of matchline coordinates in degree-minute-second format and visual identification using images from the Mackenzie Gathering System COGOA Volume 4, given in UTM coordinates. The COGOA Volume 4 maps were georeferenced in the report titled ?Summary of Granular Resource Requirements and Availability for the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Corridor? March 2005 by Raymond Baksi. With the help of the Canadian Spatial Reference System GSRUG's online computation, the degree-minute-second coordinates were converted to UTM coordinates and the Algorithmic method 'Affine' (Scale, shift, rotate) in Manifold was applied to georegister the images. Terrain units depicting sand and gravel within a corridor around the gathering pipelines were digitized into area polygons. One-hundred-seventy-eight (178) in total were identified and logged, 73 of those were unique values. Pits, roads, and water sources were extracted from 1:50000 scale images of the route, georeferenced and provided by Ward Kilby at Cal Data Ltd. There were 126 distinct pits identified, 143 water sources, and 340 road or road segments connecting the pits, water sources, and the pipeline route. Land and water project permit applications for each of the four (4) land claim settlement areas; Gwich'in, Inuvialuit, Sahtu, and Deh Cho Regions were reviewed for mention of borrow materials. A hyperlink document tree was created for each of these applications to guide those interested in borrow material directly to those sections. ... The borrow sites identified in the Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 Project Description from August 2004 were compared with that of the newly released February 2006 update Mackenzie Gas Project EIS Additional Information for the Joint Review Panel Environmental Inputs and Outputs. This report also estimates the total increase in volume of required granular material at 1.6 million cubic meters (Mm3) for a total of 6.5 Mm3. There were a total of 14 borrow sites added and 22 removed from the official list of granular resources sites. This results in a total of eight (8) less granular sites under consideration for use. Additionally, some borrow sites initially considered primary sites have moved to become secondary sites and some secondary sites moved to primary consideration. This ongoing project has seen many changes over the life of the proposal. As the proponent group moves ever closer to construction, the finer details of the project will be negotiated and finalized. As these decisions are made they should be incorporated into the knowledge base being built by DIAND. It can be reasonably expected that even after construction has commenced there will be further modifications. The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in context of granular resources will likely want to stay abreast o f the issues to continue its efforts in granular management. -- ASTIS (online) database.

Download or read book Digital Capture of Selected Mackenzie Gas Project Information Related to Granular Resources written by Raymond Baksi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decade of the 1970's was the beginning of a long process to bring natural gas discovered in the Mackenzie River Delta to southern markets through a pipeline running down the Mackenzie valley. Mr. Justice Thomas Berger placed a ten-year moratorium on the project to allow for native groups to settle land claims, and to allow for more extensive environmental assessments on the surrounding natural environment and sustainability of the local inhabitants. The Producer Group and an Aboriginal Pipeline Group now plan to have a pipeline up and running by the year 2010. The proposed pipeline will require the use of large amounts of granular resources. Anchor fields, facility and infrastructure sites, and the pipeline are estimated to require 5 million cubic meters of resources. The management of granular resources in the north is vital to ensure present reserves are used to their full potential and correctly allocated to prevent unnecessary waste. This project will help consolidate information, and extract relevant data needed to produce maps and background information for the pipeline corridor. Through digitization one-hundred-thirty-seven (137) digital photographs representing the main pipeline and gathering system were used to extract data pertinent to the construction of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, including existing Enbridge pipeline features. Each of the following data features were documented using FDGC metadata standards and corresponding attributes were recorded in an attached database. The database documentation can be viewed by selecting the desired deposit polygon, line, or point using Manifold GIS 6.00. The digitization of the following was prepared using this software package -- ASTIS (online) database.

Download or read book Mackenzie Gas Project Environmental Impact Statement Supplemental Information written by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Under the Terms of Reference [for the Mackenzie Gas Project], the project proponents are required to: [1] jointly develop, with the Inuvialuit, worst-case scenarios for the project that might affect wildlife harvesting and wildlife habitat, [2] identify ownership of the project components related to each scenario, [3] document the process used to develop the scenarios. This document will enable the Joint Review Panel to carry out certain responsibilities regarding the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR). ... The Joint Review Panel is responsible for estimating the project proponents' potential liability for wildlife harvest compensation and wildlife habitat remediation in the ISR as a result of a worst-case scenario. This document provides five hypothetical scenarios, but it is the Joint Review Panel's responsibility to estimate the potential liability that would result if an incident occurred. ... To identify worst-case scenarios that could affect wildlife harvesting and wildlife habitat in the ISR, the project proponents and representatives of the Inuvialuit Game Council considered several alternatives, including: [1] fuel leaks or spills, [2] catastrophic failure at a gas conditioning facility, [3] well blowout during drilling, [4] pipeline rupture. Although the potential exists for a leak or spill while fuel is being stored, the volume of fuel released in an isolated incident would be limited. ... The ability to isolate sections of a gas conditioning facility would limit the volume of hydrocarbons released as a result of the catastrophic failure of any specific component of the facility. ... Therefore, the scenarios selected for a large-scale release of sweet natural gas were: [1] a blowout of gas and NGLs at a well in an anchor field. Three scenarios are described, one each for Niglintgak, Taglu and Parsons Lake. [2] a rupture of a gathering pipeline and release of gas and NGLs. Two gathering pipeline locations were chosen as examples: Taglu lateral, just north of the East Channel of the Mackenzie River - to represent a spill onto water, Storm Hills lateral, between the Storm Hills pigging facility and the Inuvik area facility - to represent a spill onto land. Although sweet natural gas would be released in all of the scenarios, it would dissipate into the atmosphere, or be ignited, as in the case of well blowout scenarios (see Blowout Scenario Assumptions). A continuous release of NGLs during a well blowout, and subsequent spill response, clean-up and reclamation, is considered to have the highest potential for affecting wildlife, wildlife harvesting and habitat"--ASTIS [online] database.

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Download or read book Status Report written by N. Tywoniuk and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an update on the Berger Inquiry and the National Energy Board Hearings relating to the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline Project.

Download or read book Mackenzie Gas Project Deh Cho Business Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report includes a project overview and update on the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project, the Dehcho business conference held in February of 2006, and information on Mackenzie Gas Project training, education, and business opportunities through procurement"--ASTIS [online] bibliography.

Download or read book Mackenzie Gas Project written by Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "1. Introduction. 1.1 Background: The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) has used reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis to quantify performance of the project. A revised Gate 3 design basis for the project has been developed and a screening assessment is currently being carried out on this design. This technical note presents the availability impact of the screening assessment design changes. A comprehensive assessment was conducted on an earlier preliminary design basis [Mackenzie Gas Project FEED RAM analysis report AO-REP-04H-068-002 Rev 0, 3rd]. 1.2 Scope: The scope of the study comprises all equipment critical to gas delivery from the MGP including ... the gathering system including gathering pipelines, the Storm Hills pigging facility, the Inuvik Area Facility (IAF) and the natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline; gas transmission system including the pipeline, compression stations and the heater station. The analysis is based on four system models (one for each season), for the authorized overrun service (AOS) production rate. Sensitivity cases have then been run against these base case models. 1.3 Objectives: The main objectives of the screening assessment RAM analysis are to: quantify the availability of the revised system design based on the major changes to the design; and determine the sensitivity of the system to key aspects including: changes in chain component availabilities, +1% to the: gathering system, gas transmission system, IAF, compressor stations, and heater station; changes in availability of select equipment, +1% for: gas turbine drivers and gas compressor packages; changes in availability of select systems: fuel gas system component sparing"--ASTIS [online] database.

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Download or read book Detailed System Optimization written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) ... has been charged with furthering the designs conceived during the Snowy River Study through the regulatory application stage to transport natural gas and related liquids from the Mackenzie Delta to Alberta. ... The Design Concept Selection, Rev. C, October 9, 2003 considered dense phase, single phase and multi phase. ... Based on the additional technical challenges facing the multiphase concept in a remote environment, the single-phase concept was selected as the lead configuration for MGP. The subsequent Mainline Initial Optimization study, Rev. C July 15, 2003, identified the optimum pressure and diameter for the single-phase concept. ... The study concluded that the 18 MPa pressure range will provide the best coverage of the flow ranges and suggested that the NPS 30 is also the most appropriate pipe size. Since a gas pipeline with a design pressure of 18 MPa using NPS 30 coupled with a 10 MPa, NPS 10 NGL pipeline is the lead configuration based on previous work, it was used as the focal point for this study. The study includes a more thorough examination of the system to transport 34,000 E3m3/d and still be flexible to reduce or expand including evaluation of NPS 28 and NPS 32 systems for comparison. The analysis focused on taking the variable flow rate due to seasonal compression power variation into account and selecting the optimum configuration, including identification of station sites for facility siting work. In addition, sensitivity to the use of intermediate heaters as a means to minimize stranded compression power and confirmation of the technical and cost merits of internal coating were also undertaken for both the gas and NGL pipelines. Of the three pipeline sizes that were considered, the NPS 30 with 5 intermediate stations was identified as the lead configuration for the 34,000 E3m3/d target throughput. Station locations that were identified for site selection work using windows of ±2.5 km are KP 133 (Northern Terminus), KP 358, KP 608.9 (Norman Wells), KP 833, KP 1066, and a heater station is located at KP 1259. This system also allows for the greatest flexibility across the desired operating range (24,000 E3m3/d to 54,000 E3m3/d). The corresponding NGL system should consist of an NPS 10 pipeline with no intermediate stations initially. The assumption that the pipeline should be internally coated was validated by both the 5% flow decrease in throughput if the pipe was not internally coated and the requirement to install two additional compressor stations if left uncoated to meet the target flow rates. The use of heaters to boost system capability using stranded compression power has technical merit but the flow rate increase is insufficient to reduce the number of compressor stations. The unheated system already meets the target flow rates of 34,000 E3m3/d so there is little incentive to pursue this concept. ... The resulting lead configuration from this study, which includes identified initial and expansion station locations, is documented in Revision 1 of ColtKBR's Technical Design Basis, April 16, 2003"--Executive summary.

Download or read book Joint Review Panel Information Request Response written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Question: JRP_R4_10. Reference: i) IR Response to JRP_R2_10: Geotechnical/Environmental issues related to stream crossings (Exhibit # J-IORVL-00254). ii) IR Response to JRP_R2_39: Site Specific Information (Stream Crossings) (Exhibit # J-IORVL-00340). iii) EIS for Mackenzie Gas Project: Volume 8: Environmental Alignment Sheets. iv) IORVL Updated Longitudinal Slope Data (Exhibit # J-IORVL-00443). v) EIS for Mackenzie Gas Project: Volume 3: Biophysical Baseline, page 1-15. ... Request: Within each of the four ecological zones the proponent has identified along the proposed gathering system and Mackenzie Valley pipeline system, please identify five sites that could pose the greatest engineering and environmental challenges during construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the pipelines (total of 20 representative sites). Sites are defined as sections of the pipeline and the pipeline right-of-way that are less than one to two kilometres in length. In each of the ecological zones at least one site should include a river and/or major stream crossing. Characterization of the ecological zones must include a site within an area of massive ice and one of the characterizations of the ecological zones must include a site within a peatland area. Please provide the site details, including topographic data, hydrology data, geotechnical data, permafrost data, etc. that were used to complete the conceptual, preliminary or detailed engineering design for the pipeline(s) at each of the 20 sites and identify and list the site specific data that were used to identify the pipeline engineering options at each site. Please identify the potential environmental impacts that might be associated with each site and for each of the pipeline engineering options that were considered for each site, before mitigation measures are considered. Also, please identify potential environmental impacts that would be related to operation, maintenance/repair and decommissioning as a function of the four main seasons of the year. Clearly state the reasons why each site has been selected for inclusion in the group of 20 representative sites and explain why each site should be deemed to be representative of similar sites in each ecological zone"--ASTIS [online] bibliography.

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Download or read book Digitize Selected Granular Resources Information Pertinent to MGP written by Stephen H. Boles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Geosolutions, Inc. of Exeter (Ontario) was contracted by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Contract #A7133-06-0015) to summarize, digitize and update selected, currently available granular resource information in the vicinity of the Mackenzie Gas Project within the Northwest Territories. Output from this project will be used to enhance the utility of the existing Mackenzie Valley and ISR on-line mapping tools. The Departmental Representative responsible for this contract is Robert J. Gowan. This report describes the tasks performed to execute the contract, the resultant GIS and image files, and recommendation for the future. Much work has already been done to develop products to distribute information on granular resources in Canada's north. The Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database (http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/ngr/) contains citations and abstracts to over 1600 reports on granular resources in Canada's three northern territories and adjacent waters. This database has helped to provide a central point to search for granular information and provides many documents in downloadable formats. In addition to the database, two on-line mapping tools have been developed for the Mackenzie Valley (MV) and Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR; URLs withheld at request of INAC). These mapping products are the next logical step towards providing a usable and applied tool for stakeholders to obtain information about the granular resource information that exists for a certain area. There is already a significant amount of information, in digital form, on the known granular deposits in certain portions of the region, yet much of this was compiled from sources of uncertain accuracy. More recent access to detailed imagery and more accurate GPS now permits better representation of existing resources. There is a large amount of interest, as was made evident at a recent workshop in Yellowknife, in providing even more detailed granular resource information to stakeholders through the on-line mapping tools. These tools can be an important component of the decision-making that deals with proposed and alternative locations of MGP facilities, and provide the spatial framework to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of the granular requirements of the MGP. The various groups involved with and affected by granular management planning are widely dispersed, resulting in travel and meetings that are expensive and difficult to arrange. Online tools provide an environment for data dissemination and dispersal and will be a critical component in the development of granular resource allocation plans which must involve an iterative process of recommendation and response. ... The contract document outlines the scope of work for this project as follows: 1. Identify and obtain, through the Departmental Representative and consultants designated by the Departmental Representative, library and Internet searches, pertinent reports and other background information on the MGP, and the location, extent and type of granular resources in the vicinity of the MGP. 2. Review existing digital information and systems pertinent to evaluation of the granular requirements of the MGP and other existing resources, identify key areas where information and/or resources are particularly abundant or deficient, and make recommendations to the Departmental Representative on the use, expansion or modification of these systems and information to evaluate the impact of the MGP on granular resources in the study area. 3. Compile, process and summarize selected additional granular resource information, based on quality of existing information and priority of importance to this study, as determined in consultation with the Departmental Representative. 4. Prepare, update and modify information on the location, extent and type of granular resources in the vicinity of the MGP, including georeferencing of existing airphoto and map-based site plans, digitizin g deposit boundaries, subsurface investigations (boreholes, test pits), test samples, etc. 5. Document source, compilation methods, etc. for all above data using metadata consistent with current industry standards. 6. Prepare digital archives including spatial information, descriptive attributes and scanned images for granular resources sites processed as part of this study. 7. Document, in tables, maps and a report, the work undertaken and results obtained through this project -- ASTIS (online) database.

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