AER & Encana Lying Update: Encana’s Deadly Sour Gas Blow Out at Fox Creek: Did Alberta’s Energy Minister lie for Encana & “No Duty of Care,” cover-up agent extraordinaire, the AER?

Encana and AER (lying) Update [Because Diana Daunheimer posted OHS low level health harm warning data earlier?]: Sour gas detected in air after well blowout in northwest Alberta by Jodie Sinnema, September 22, 2015, Edmonton Journal

Small amounts of sour gas detected in the air around a blowout at a northern Alberta natural gas well are so minimal they pose no risk to human health, an Encana spokesman said Tuesday.

[Is it wise to trust or believe fresh water aquifer-fracing, lying, cover-up Encana?

WHY IS THE PRESS PUBLISHING ENCANA LIES ABOUT DEADLY SOUR GAS?

WHY IS THE REGULATOR ALLOWING ENCANA TO MANAGE THE READINGS?]

Our readings continue to be well below levels that pose a risk to human health,” said Jay Averill with Encana….

Encana’s air monitoring units detected three parts per billion of hydrogen sulphide, also known as sour gas, one kilometre from the blowout site. The well’s leak remains out of control.

But Averill said workers can work for eight hours with an exposure of 10 parts per million — or 10,000 parts per billion — without any symptoms, according to Worksafe Alberta.

[Brain Damaging Reality Checks:

1. Exposure to levels below 10 ppm permanently damage the human brain

2. Harm from levels below 10 ppm by Worksafe Alberta

3. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) LOW LEVEL HEALTH HARM WARNINGS:

Sour Gas Concentration
(ppm)

Symptoms/Effects

0.01-1.5

Odor threshold (when rotten egg smell is first noticeable to some). …

2-5

Prolonged exposure may cause nausea, tearing of the eyes, headaches or loss of sleep. Airway problems (bronchial constriction) in some asthma patients.]

A person will start to feel effects from hydrogen sulphide exposure at 20 to 50 parts per million.

Higher levels are deadly.

“We are pulling together every resource necessary and the team has been working through the night and will continue to do so until they can safely bring the well back under control,” Averill said in an email.”

We are being very cautious about the potential presence of H2S and will continue to monitor air quality until we regain control over the well.” [Then why lie to the press?]

Three inspectors with the Alberta Energy Regulator are now at the Fox Creek site and will remain there 24-7 until no longer necessary, said Peter Murchland, the regulator’s spokesman. He said one person is driving a mobile air monitor around the perimeter of the Encana site, on nearby highways and into Fox Creek. That unit hasn’t had any detectable H2S readings from outside the Encana site, Murchland said. [Are Encana lies not enough to con Albertans? Why is the AER lying too? Encana’s unit one kilometre away is picking up detectable readings.]

The regulator is working with Encana to determine the cause of the leak. [Thus, Encana’s “statement” published in the local Fox Creek news, copied below, is not just vulgar propaganda, it’s a deliberate lie?]

Encana sour gas well blowout near Fox Creek being monitored, No impact on public, waterways or wildlife yet reported, provincial [completely legally immune, “No Duty of Care”] regulator says by CBC News, September 22, 2015 11:16 AM MT Last Updated: Sep 22, 2015 2:48 PM MT

A natural gas blowout continues to spew [sour] natural gas and condensate in northwest Alberta.

… “The (Alberta Energy Regulator) is on the ground and has assured me there is no immediate danger to human health at this time,” said Minister of Energy Margaret McCuaig-Boyd in a news release. “The AER and the company are monitoring air quality and providing my office with regular updates.” [Why is the Ex-Encana VP led regulator letting Encana monitor itself? ]

The AER said the well is licensed for hydrogen sulphide, or sour gas, and portable air monitoring units and roadblocks have been set up at the site. … [Emphasis added]

SHORTLY AFTER DIANA DAUNHEIMER’S EXCELLENT PRACTICAL COMMENT WAS POSTED, THE DISHONEST STATEMENT AND HEADLINE (COPIED BELOW) WAS CHANGED TO:

Sour gas detected in air after well blowout in northwest Alberta by Jodie Sinnema, September 22, 2015, Edmonton Journal

Last Updated: September 22, 2015 1:40 PM MDT

‘Everybody is safe, so that’s the good news, Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd said following a gas well blowout near Fox Creek.

The Alberta Energy Regulator detected small amounts of sour gas in the air Tuesday morning after a blowout Monday at an Encana natural gas well in northwest Alberta, the province’s energy department says. [SMALL AMOUNTS?  THAT CONTRADICTS THE DATA ON FILE WITH THE REGULATOR.]

Brad Hartle, press secretary for Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd, said the regulator detected three parts per billion of hydrogen sulphide, also known as sour gas, one kilometre [UPWIND OR DOWNWIND?] from the Encana Corp. blowout site about 18 kilometres west of Fox Creek. [MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE THE READINGS OF H2S IN THE AIR AT THE BLOWOUT SITE?]

Hartle said that amount of H2S in the atmosphere is low. McCuaig-Boyd hadn’t been updated on the test results early Tuesday morning when she said there “was no discernible H2S in the air.” [IF THAT IS TRUE, WHY DID THE ENERGY MINISTER GIVE THE PUBLIC FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT A DEADLY GAS?] She said more portable air monitors were being set up around the blowout site.

“Everybody is safe, so that’s the good news. They’re working on containment right now.”

The Alberta Energy Regulator learned about the blowout from a report about 2 p.m. Monday and has investigators on-site. As soon as the energy minister learned about the leak, McCuaig-Boyd spoke with the head of the energy regulator, the CEO of Encana and Fox Creek Mayor Jim Ahn.

“You don’t want emergencies to ever happen, but Encana was well prepared so they have evacuated their staff,” [WAS ENCANA WELL PREPARED BECAUSE THE COMPANY KNEW FRACQUAKES HAD COMPROMISED THE WELLBORE CASING BUT WENT AHEAD AND FRAC’D ANYWAYS?] McCuaig-Boyd said. She said Encana shut roads, informed hunters and trappers in the area, and evacuated all personnel. She expects an update from Encana around noon Tuesday.

Peter Murchland, spokesman for the Alberta Energy Regulator, said an inspector will work with Encana to determine what happened.

“Obviously, a huge impact to Encana, but to our understanding, no impact to the public, to wildlife or waterways in this area,” Murchland said. [Emphasis added]

ORIGINAL, DISHONEST VERSION:

ORIGINAL LINK: http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-energy-minister-says-no-deadly-sour-gas-detected-in-air-after-well-blowout

Alberta energy minister says no deadly sour gas detected in air after well blowout by Jodie Sinnema, September 22, 2015, Edmonton Journal

Published on: September 22, 2015 | Last Updated: September 22, 2015 11:31 AM MDT

Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says no deadly hydrogen sulphide was detected in the air after a blowout Monday at an Encana natural gas well in northwest Alberta.

“There was no discernible H2S in the air,” McCuaig-Boyd said Tuesday morning, noting more portable air monitors were being set up around the blowout site at Encana Corp., about 18 kilometres west of Fox Creek. “Everybody is safe, so that’s the good news. They’re working on containment right now.”

The Alberta Energy Regulator learned about the blowout from a report about 2 p.m. Monday and has investigators on-site. As soon as the energy minister learned about the leak, McCuaig-Boyd spoke with the head of the energy regulator, the CEO of Encana and Fox Creek Mayor Jim Ahn.

“You don’t want emergencies to ever happen, but Encana was well prepared so they have evacuated their staff,” McCuaig-Boyd said. She said Encana shut roads, informed hunters and trappers in the area, and evacuated all personnel. She expects an update from Encana around noon Tuesday.

Peter Murchland, spokesman for the Alberta Energy Regulator, said an inspector will work with Encana to determine what happened.

“Obviously, a huge impact to Encana, but to our understanding, no impact to the public, to wildlife or waterways in this area,” Murchland said. [Emphasis added]

Diana Daunheimer

This well was reported to have sour gas and was licensed as sour, but there is no discernable H2S content in the air? In the air where? By the well head, down-wind, up-wind, in the town of Fox Creek? What about the VOC levels, condensate is a very harmful and hazardous product.

The Regulator and complicit parties have a way with sour gas emergencies, they cover it up. Look what happened at Lodgepole, review the distances of emissions impact, the harm it caused people and how the regulator handled the incident.

Fox Creek is an industry town, I hope for the sake of the children, the elderly and pregnant women, there is someone using their PPE equipment to make sure the conditions are safe for the local popluation. The AER and Encana should be providing real time data from the trailer they have set up in town and from the monitors they would be regulated to have on and off site, under Directive 60, for the residents of Fox Creek. They should also update the volume of the blow-out, that has not been changed since yesterday afternoon.

http://www.aer.ca/…/news-releases/news-release-2015-09-21

http://www1.aer.ca/compliancedashb…/incidents.html20152558

2015-09-21
Encana Energy
Fox Creek
(18 km W)
Well
Natural Gas
Ongoing.
Notification Date: 2015-09-21
Volume: 2000+ × 103 m3
Summary: Uncontrolled sour natural gas and condensate release from a well occuring during well service operations. All personnel have been evacuated from site, and road blocks are in place. No residence in the immediate area. Encana is currently assessing the situation and formulating plans to bring the well under control. No reported impacts to any water body or wildlife. [KEY WORD IS “REPORTED.” WHICH OILFIELD WORKERS WILL DARE REPORT DEAD WILDLIFE TO ANYONE? WHY IS ENCANA ASSESSING THE SITUATION THEY CAUSED?

SINCE WHEN DO TERRORISTS CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS INTO HARMS THEY CAUSE?]

And another large gas leak today:
20152557
2015-09-21
Husky Oil Operations Limited
Wabasca
(35 km NW)
Pipeline
Sour Gas
No emergency phase.
Notification Date: 2015-09-21
Volume: 2 × 103 m3 [COMPARE THIS TO THE VOLUME OF ENCANA’S POLLUTION ABOVE!]
Summary: Company called in a release from a sour natural gas pipeline. The pipeline was quickly shut in and all 3 wells associated with the line break have been shut in. The area is remote and access is only available by ARGO. Approximately 2 × 103 m3 of gas was released to the environment. The winter road access will be completed by December and the line will be uncovered in January for repair. No reported impacts to wildlife or waterbodies.

James Morris · John Maland High School
The picture tells all Diana….”what would I know, Im just the office figure head whos going to tell the industry what to do”….

WARNING: VULGAR ENCANA PROPAGANDA: Encana Well Control Incident near Fox Creek [WHY IS FOX CREEK’S LOCAL PAPER PUBLISHING PROPAGNADA ON A DEADLY SOUR GAS INCIDENT? HOW MUCH AD MONEY IS THIS WORTH, FOR HOW MANY YEARS?] by Encana’s PR Jay Averill, September 22, 2015

Fox Creek, September 22 – Yesterday afternoon a well head was damaged on a well pad located in a remote and unpopulated area in northern Alberta, approximately 18 km west of Fox Creek. This resulted in a well control incident and a release of natural gas and condensate. [IF THIS IS TRUE, WHY DIDN’T THE AER INCLUDE THIS YESTERDAY IN THEIR INCIDENT REPORT, WHICH REMAINS UNCHANGED TODAY, SEPT 22:

2015 09 21 snap AER Encana sour gas & condensate blow out 18 km west Fox Creek

Our first priority was to ensure the safety of all personnel. We quickly secured the area around the site and confirmed that all staff were safe and accounted for. As a further safety precaution, we established roadblocks in the vicinity to maintain a safe distance from the site of the incident. In parallel we notified relevant stakeholders, including the Alberta Energy Regulator. [IS THIS THE JON STEWART SHOW?] There are no residences in the immediate area.

We quickly put air monitoring equipment in place and so far we have not detected sour gas levels that pose any risk to human health, [SINCE WHEN DOES ENCANA TELL THE TRUTH WHEN THE COMPANY SCREWS UP?] however; we are being very cautious about the potential presence of H2S and will continue to monitor air quality until we regain control over the well. Emergency responders began arriving on site yesterday afternoon.

Our priority is bringing the well under control as safely and quickly as possible. From first light this morning, we continued to assess the well and are evaluating a range of options to safely bring the well under control. All equipment and specialized responders remain on site. [Emphasis added]

With Encana Ex-VP Gerard Protti Chair of the AER, will the public and residents of Fox Creek ever find out the truth?

Fox Creek Fun Run in Encana’s Sour Gas Anyone?2015 09 25 fun_run_in_Encanas_Deadly Sour_Gas_question mark

[Refer also to:

AER Responding to Encana Sour Gas Well Blowout in AER’s blanket approval, fracing free-for-all near Fox Creek. Was it caused by what Mayor Ahn fears? Fracquakes?

2015 08 24: Sour gas from oil wells a deadly problem in southeast Saskatchewan, Human and animal deaths linked to hydrogen sulphide emissions

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