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DEEP PANUKE PROJECT NEWSLETTER FALL 2008
I N S I D E
Environment
EnCana supports the Energy in Action
program of the Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers.
M E S S A G E F R O M T H E G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
Deep Panuke Developments
W
elcome to the Fall 2008 issue of the Deep
Panuke newsletter. In this issue, we are
pleased to share with you updates on the
development of the Deep Panuke offshore natural
gas project.
Since our last update to you, we have been
busy on several fronts: procurement, engineering,
planning and regulatory teams worked steadily to
progress Deep Panuke through the summer months.
We have begun a process before the National
Energy Board to obtain approval for the detailed
pipeline route for Deep Panuke. The route for the
175 kilometre Deep Panuke pipeline will track parallel
to the existing pipeline for the Sable Offshore
Energy Project.
The Deep Panuke pipeline will connect the Deep Panuke Production
Field Centre (PFC) located offshore in 45 metres of water to a tie-in point with
the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) facilities. Deep Panuke natural gas
will be transported to market via M&NP.
It has been a pleasure to work closely with the Municipality of the District
of Guysborough as we develop plans for the detailed pipeline route in Guysborough
County.
To share information with the public on Deep Panuke, last month we were
pleased to return to Guysborough County for an open house at the fire hall in
Isaacs Harbour. For more information on the open house, please see the
Question and Answer column on page 2 of this newsletter.
This month, EnCana will be providing an update on Deep Panuke to the
delegates attending the CORE conference, the annual gathering of the offshore
Project Update
Pipe Coating Plant
When it enters the plant, the
steel pipe that will become the
Deep Panuke pipeline, is slightly
less than 56 centimetres in diameter.
By the time it exits, it is encased in a 60,
80 or 100 millimetre coating of specially
formulated concrete and iron ore.
The coating provides negative
buoyancy to the pipe, helping to keep
the pipeline in place on the ocean floor.
Shaw & Shaw’s plant has been
operating around the clock six days a
week since July with a production team
of more than 100 people, a large number
of whom are residents of Sheet Harbour
In This Issue:
Open House Information
New Developing Skills
Initiative
EnCana People Profi le
Procurement Report
About every four and a half minutes, another 12-metre
length of pipe rolls off the processing line at Shaw &
Shaw’s pipe coating plant in Sheet Harbour, NS.
and nearby communities. On August 13,
Premier Rodney MacDonald and other
dignitaries visited the pipe coating plant.
By mid-September, approximately
10,000 lengths of pipe were coated,
about two-thirds of the more than
14,000 sections of pipe needed for the
Deep Panuke pipeline that will stretch
173 kilometres from the offshore
Production Field Centre to landfall.
After the pipe coating process wraps
up later this Fall, the finished pipes will
remain in Sheet Harbour over the winter
before being shipped out when pipeline
installation is slated to begin in 2009.
oil and gas community in Nova Scotia. EnCana
is a sponsor of CORE, which is hosted by the
Offshore/Onshore Technologies Association of
Nova Scotia, or OTANS. For more information on
CORE, visit www.coreconference.com For more
information on OTANS, visit www.otans.com
In our EnCana People column, you’ll meet
Karen Tannahill, Legal Assistant. You’ll also
find out about our recent investment in science
and technology books for the Eastern Counties
Regional Library as well as our support for the
province’s Democracy 250 celebrations and the
Manning Awards, prestigious national innovation
awards with a Nova Scotia connection in 2008.
We value your feedback on Deep Panuke and
EnCana’s activities in Nova Scotia. Please email us at dpinfo@encana.com to
send us your comments and questions.
Thank you for reading the Fall edition of
the Deep Panuke newsletter. Trusting you have
enjoyed a safe and prosperous Thanksgiving
weekend with friends and family.
Sincerely,
Malcolm Weatherston
General Manager, Deep Panuke Project
EnCana Corporation
Activity in the pipe yard at Shaw & Shaw’s pipe coating plant in Sheet Harbour, NS.
Concrete coated pipe (above) will be installed offshore. The short section of pipe onshore
does not require concrete coating.
PHOTO: PRISMA PRODUCTIONS PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
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D E E P P A N U K E P R O J E C T N E W S L E T T E R
E N C A N A A N D T H E E N V I R O N M E N T
Digging for Energy in Action
PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
PHOTOS: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
EnCana’s Deep Panuke team discovered a different type of energy recently at
a Halifax elementary school.
EnCana and other offshore oil and gas industry representatives joined
hands with grade 4 and 5 students at LeMarchant St. Thomas School to participate
in Energy in Action, an educational program aimed at teaching students about where
different types of energy come from, what their impacts are, as well as ways we can
all conserve energy. The students and volunteers then worked together to create an
environmental legacy from the event.
The educational component of Energy in Action was delivered by staff of the
Discovery Centre, Nova Scotia’s hands-on science centre. The lesson included
discussions on renewable and non-renewable energy sources, as well as examples
of various products that are made from petroleum. Following a lunch break, students
and industry employees then worked together to plant trees, shrubs and flowers
on the school grounds. Services for the afternoon planting activity were provided by
Springvale Nurseries, who matched donations of participating companies by
providing labour and materials.
Since 2004, 52 companies and more than 1,300 oil and gas company
volunteers have participated in Energy in Action events in 44 communities across
Canada. Eighteen events were held in 2008, from the Fort St. John region in
You’ve Got
Questions.
Deep Panuke
Experts Can
Answer.
The EnCana team welcomed about 75
A. visitors to the four-hour long open house,
fi elding questions about safety, environmental
effects, local employment opportunities, community
investment, construction and operations.
Local residents wanted to learn what has been
done to date to develop Deep Panuke, what will
be done in the months ahead and how EnCana’s
presence will affect the community.
The 12 story boards on display outlined
the project timeline for Deep Panuke, described
upcoming construction stages of the project and
provided information about the National Energy
Board process for the detailed pipeline route.
Other boards shared background on the
project’s environmental commitments and
specifi c mitigation being put in place for the
construction program planned for this Fall.
In addition to the story boards, three
banners depicted the pipe coating process taking
place at Sheet Harbour, NS. A computer monitor
station showed two videos: the fi rst, a “walk”
through the Production Field Centre at Deep
Panuke and the second, a video of the vessels
and equipment that will be used to install the
offshore Deep Panuke pipeline.
EnCana would like to thank the visitors
to the open house for their interest in the Deep
Panuke project and for the warm welcome to
the community.
Have a question Email dpinfo@encana.com
Donna Morykot
Regulatory Advisor
Q.I could not attend EnCana’s open house
in Isaacs Harbour on September 17.
Can you tell me what happened
Rob MacQueen discusses the Deep
Panuke project with Lesley Carruthers.
Gordon MacDonald (left) and Alvin
Alleyne at the September 17 open
house. The metal circle on the table
is a cross section of the Deep Panuke
export pipeline.
Marielle Thillet (back) and Kent
Gustavson (right) review a
Deep Panuke story board with
Stephanie More.
British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland. To learn more about Energy
in Action, visit www.capp.ca
Tracy Wright of the Deep Panuke team digs in with students at LeMarchant St. Thomas
School in Halifax.
Deep Panuke Production Field Centre
New Illustration
This just in – a September 2008 illustration of the
Deep Panuke Production Field Centre (PFC). In this
view, you are “standing” north of the PFC and looking
toward the south.
Single Buoy Moorings Inc. (SBM) will own and operate the PFC and
will lease it to EnCana for the life of the project. The PFC will stand in
approximately 45 metres of water and will be affixed to the sea bed
for the life of the field.
The illustration below is taken from a three dimensional model
rendering of the PFC.
Total elevated weight supported on the four legs is circa 13,500 tonnes.
A jacking system will raise the PFC to its permanent position approximately
23 metres above the surface of the ocean. The jacking system for the PFC is
made up of four jacking units – one per leg – located in the red jackhouses
at each corner of the PFC. The jacking units have a jacking capacity of 5500
tonnes each.
Note the turbine/generator exhaust stacks (light blue colour) on the four
power generators at the back of the illustration. Each power generator is
approximately 13 megawatts. The flare tower is the red and white structure
to the left of the illustration. Each side of the PFC has a crane; the base of
each crane is the large yellow vertical structure as noted.
Natural gas will flow from four production wells to the PFC. From the
PFC, the gas will be transported via the Deep Panuke export pipeline to
landfall at Goldboro, NS, an approximate distance of 173 kilometres.
Near landfall, the Deep Panuke export pipeline will hook into the
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline system for transportation of the natural gas
from the field to market.
FLARE TOWER
CRANE PEDESTAL
TURBINE/GENERATOR
EXHAUST STACKS
JACKHOUSE
The PFC will be anchored to the sea bed with giant spud cans, circular structures at the
bottom of each leg that measure 17.5 metres in diameter and penetrate the sea bed
three metres.
PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS ILLUSTRATIONS: SBM
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D E E P P A N U K E P R O J E C T N E W S L E T T E R
Nova Scotia Community Investment
In Our Community
Deep Panuke Project
EnCana People
PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
Democracy 250
The boom of cannons, the beating of
drums and the crack of gun fire rolled
across Citadel Hill in Halifax on Natal
Day as 250 cadets performed the
historical Ceremony of the Flags. The
event, presented by Democracy 250
and sponsored by EnCana, was held
as part of the celebrations for the birth
of parliamentary democracy in Canada.
Ceremony of Flags, Citadel Hill
With the support of the
Canadian Cadet Organizations and
the Halifax Citadel National Historic
Site, the August 4 event featured
the cadets of the HMCS Acadia Sea
Cadet Summer Training Centre as
well as historic animators. It was
fitting to have 250 cadets perform the
Ceremony of Flags, one for each year
since the birth of Canadian parliamentary
democracy here in Nova Scotia.
The event concluded with the lowering
of the Canadian flag at sunset.
The tradition of the Ceremony
of the Flags dates back several centuries
to a time when townspeople
grew crops and grazed cattle outside
the town walls. Each day at sunset
a horn or trumpet call was made to
warn people to return to safety in the
town and to signal the mustering and
posting of guards for night watches.
The night guard’s muskets were fired
and reloaded to ensure the powder
was fresh and weapons ready.
To learn more about the
birth of democracy in Canada and
the celebrations commemorating
this Nova Scotia first, visit
www.democracy250.ca
For more information on the HMCS
Acadia cadets and the historical
significance of the Ceremony of the
Flags, visit www.cadets.net/atl/
acadia/intro_e.asp
Manning Innovation
Awards
EnCana is a major sponsor of the
Manning Innovation Awards, a
prestigious national awards program
recognizing Canadian achievement
in innovation since 1982. In
October 2008, the gala ceremony
for the Awards moved to Halifax
where two Atlantic Canadian
winners were introduced, including
one from Nova Scotia. For more
information on the Manning Awards
and the local award winners,
visit www.manningawards.ca or
the Manning Atlantic chapter at
www.manningatlantic.ca
Research &
Development
To help support a greater
understanding of the
geology in Nova Scotia’s
offshore, EnCana sponsored
the Conjugate Margins
Conference held at Dalhousie
University in August 2008.
EnCana’s support focused
on student involvement
and participation in the
weeklong event which
included workshops,
presentations, a poster hall
and field trips. More than
200 delegates attended from
17 countries. A poster on
the geology of Deep Panuke
was featured in the poster hall.
For more information, visit
www.conjugatemargins.com
Karen Tannahill, Legal Assistant
She goes for the green – as in golf green. At the Deep
Panuke offi ce, Karen Tannahill is the Legal Assistant
where she juggles a busy daily schedule. In her spare
time, Karen plays enough rounds of golf a year to
boast a handicap of 12 – plus she’s broken 80 twice.
“I took up golf when I was 30 years old,” says
Karen. “As every golfer knows, it’s a passion and
sometimes a frustration. But every round, you line up
perfectly at the tee for a terrifi c drive, you have a chip
from off the green that lands within inches of the hole
or you make a seemingly impossible putt – and it’s
that shot that brings you back for the next round.”
Karen is also a proud advocate for a worthy
cause. After the loss of her mother in 2006, Karen
and her sister Lysa have supported Ovarian Cancer Karen and her sister
Canada by participating in the Winners Walk for Hope
each September. “Through EnCana’s matching gifts
Lysa have supported
program, pledges that I receive from fellow employees
are matched by the company, which doubles
Ovarian Cancer Canada
my contributions to a very important cause. Thanks by participating in the
EnCana.”
In addition to being a valuable member of the
Winners Walk for Hope
Deep Panuke office since 2001, Karen has over 23
each September.
years experience with the Nova Scotia Department of
Justice in civil litigation. At EnCana, Karen supports the
legal counsel, the procurement team and the commercial manager. She spends much of her time
preparing Requests for Proposal for bidders, contracts, consulting agreements and correspondence,
while juggling day-to-day demands.
“My job is exciting, challenging and extremely busy with deadlines and priorities
changing by the minute, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Karen is also a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals
(IAAP), and has served three terms as Treasurer. In the past year, Karen acted as co-chair of
the Sponsorship Committee for the Canada Divisions Conference of IAAP in Halifax in May
2008. The conference was a sell-out success!
Karen enjoys entertaining friends and family at home, and loves to spend time with her
husband Andy and their cat, Misty. Though still hooked on golf, Karen has offi cially “retired”
from her former basketball glory. Long weekends and vacations will fi nd Karen at her cottage
in beautiful Sherbrooke, Guysborough County, visiting her sister Rhona, working around the
cottage, or curled up with a good book.
Offshore Strategic Energy Agreement (OSEA)
New Developing
Skills Initiative
PHOTO: DAVE NICHOLS, PRISMA PRODUCTIONS
Guysborough County Community Investment
Hooked on Books
EnCana is supporting a new
project of the Eastern Counties
Regional Library to provide
materials on sciences, trades,
technology and the environment
to children and their families in
northeastern Nova Scotia.
The project, called The EnCana
Energy for Families Collection,
provided funds for the Library
to purchase approximately 150
books and audio-visual materials
that foster an interest in learning
about science, technology, the oil
and gas industry, occupations
related to it, and related spin-offs.
It is anticipated that the collection
will be of particular interest to
school-aged children who are
participating in school science fairs.
With titles ranging from
“Gaston Lays an Offshore
Pipeline,” a picture book about an
alligator who helps some friends
lay a pipeline, to “Great Jobs for
Engineering Majors,” the new
collection is well-rounded and
offers both educational materials
and materials for pleasure reading
for all age groups.
Following the launch and a
four week visit at the Library’s
Guysborough branch, selected
materials from the collection will go
on the road, traveling to all seven
Library branches in Guysborough,
Inverness and Richmond counties as
well as selected Library Link sites.
For more information, visit
www.ecrl.library.ns.ca
A
s part of EnCana’s long
term commitment to the
Province of Nova Scotia, and
in keeping with the commitments
outlined in the Offshore Strategic
Energy Agreement (OSEA), EnCana
is looking for 10 Nova Scotians who
have recently started their careers
in Engineering, Business or Science,
as well as Journeymen trades
people and technicians, to join the
project development team.
The Developing Skills Initiative
will provide candidates with the
skills and experience that are in
demand in Nova Scotia’s offshore
oil and gas industry.
During this exciting development
phase of the Deep Panuke
offshore natural gas project
candidates will gain valuable
exposure to many aspects of the
project as the focus transitions
from engineering to procurement,
fabrication and pre-commissioning,
into transportation, offshore
integration, commissioning and
production start-up. To gain this
experience candidates will be
immersed in the offshore oil and gas
industry, working with EnCana and
their contractors either here in Nova
Scotia or internationally in locations
such as Holland, the Netherlands,
Monaco and Abu Dhabi. Some
positions may require candidates to
work offshore for extended periods
(usually 2 weeks at a time).
These are two-year term
contract positions with a focus on
hands-on training and targeted
skill development. If you fit the profile
and are ready to accelerate your
career, check out www.encana.com
to see the positions available.
Postings are located under “Contract
Opportunities” in the Careers
section. They are also posted on
www.careerbeacon.com Postings
are open until November 2.
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D E E P P A N U K E P R O J E C T N E W S L E T T E R
PROCUREMENT UPDATE AS OF OCTOBER 6, 2008
EnCana’s Deep Panuke contracting opportunities are comprised of five key
elements including: 1) Drilling and Completions; 2) Subsea Infrastructure;
3) Export Pipeline; 4) Production Field Centre (PFC); and, 5) Ready for
Operations and Long Term Operations.
Below is a recent summary of planned and recent EnCana Expressions of
Interest, Requests for Proposal and Contracts Awarded for Deep Panuke.
Contracting opportunities with Single Buoy Moorings Inc. (SBM), the company
selected by EnCana to provide and operate the Deep Panuke PFC, are not
included in this table. See www.bids.ca for more information on SBM
opportunities at Deep Panuke. EnCana opportunities also are posted on
www.encana.com, Deep Panuke pages, in the daily OTANS Bulletin available
at www.otans.com and at www.bids.ca
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – PLANNED
Element Package Description Issue Date Closing Date Planned RFP/ITT Date
1-Drilling DR08 Supplied Air System & Service 14/Oct/08 28/Oct/08 24/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR15 Communications Equipment & Services 10/Oct/08 24/Oct/08 21/Nov/08
3-Export Pipeline PL07 Onshore Facilities Construction 10/Oct/08 21/Oct/08 6/Feb/09
3-Export Pipeline PL12 Onshore Corridor Clearing 15/Oct/08 29/Oct/08 14/Nov/08
3-Export Pipeline PL13 Onshore Pipeline Construction 6/Oct/08 17/Oct/08 20/Nov/08
3-Export Pipeline PL14 Pigging Baseline Survey 22/Oct/08 5/Nov/08 26/Nov/08
5-Drlg Operations OP02 Fuel 8/Oct/08 22/Oct/08 19/Nov/08
5-Drlg Operations OP06 Weather Forecasting/Metocean Services 15/Oct/08 29/Oct/08 26/Nov/08
Ancillary EN22 Fisheries Observer 22/Oct/08 5/Nov/08 3/Dec/08
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – ISSUED
Element Package Description Issue Date Closing Date Planned RFP/ITT Date
1-Drilling DR13 Drill Bits 29/Sep/08 10/Oct/08 7/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR14 Rig Positioning 3/Sep/08 17/Sep/08 15/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR28 Tubular Running & Bucking Tools 29/Sep/08 10/Oct/08 20/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR29 Downhole Drilling Tools 29/Sep/08 10/Oct/08 20/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR30 Casing Accessories 29/Sep/08 10/Oct/08 20/Oct/08
3-Export Pipeline PL08 Onshore Pipeline Valves 25/Aug/08 5/Sep/08 10/Oct/08
Ancillary EN08 3rd Party Measurement System Audit 13/Aug/08 22/Aug/08 8/Oct/08
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL / INVITATION TO TENDER – PLANNED / ISSUED
Element Package Description Issue Date Closing Date Planned Award Date
1-Drilling DR03 Completions Equipment 10/Jun/08 1/Aug/08 24/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR04 OCTG 27/Aug/08 29/Sep/08 11/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR07 Solids Control & Filtering 14/Oct/08 10/Nov/08 16/Dec/08
1-Drilling DR09 Well Testing 1/Aug/08 7/Oct/08 12/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR17 ROV Services 25/Jul/08 11/Sep/08 23/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR18 Drilling & Completions Fluids & Services 4/Jul/08 22/Aug/08 15/Oct/08
1-Drilling DR20 Cementing & Acid Stimulation 24/Jul/08 16/Sep/08 4/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR21 Mud Logging 12/Sep/08 17/Oct/08 21/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR22 Direction Drilling LWD/MWD 30/Sep/08 27/Oct/08 1/Dec/08
1-Drilling DR23 Openhole Wireline/Slickline 6/Oct/08 3/Nov/08 8/Dec/08
1-Drilling DR24 Fishing Tools 1/Aug/08 12/Sep/08 4/Nov/08
1-Drilling DR25 AdHoc Engineering 7/Jul/08 25/Jul/08 16/Oct/08
2-Subsea SS06 Wellhead Protection Structure Fabrication 7/Aug/08 16/Sep/08 10/Oct/08
2-Subsea SS07 Offshore Construction Activities (WHP and Copan) 20/May/08 24/Jun/08 15/Oct/08
5-Drlg Operations OP01 Supply/Standby Vessel 20/Mar/08 18/Jun/08 10/Dec/08
5-Drlg Operations OP03 Shorebase Facilities 28/Jul/08 3/Oct/08 9/Nov/08
5-Drlg Operations OP04 Helicopter Services 18/Jun/08 25/Jul/08 3/Nov/08
Ancillary EN20 2008 Subsea Program – ROV 29/Aug/08 19/Sep/08 15/Oct/08
SERVICE CONTRACTS AWARDED
Element Package Description Award Date Successful Bidder
1-Drilling DR12 DHPT Gauges 20/Jun/08 Halliburton
1-Drilling DR19 SCSSV 30/Jul/08 Halliburton
3-Export Pipeline PL06 Onshore Pipeline and Facilities Design 23/Sep/08 Atlantic Gas Engineers
3-Export Pipeline PL09 Onshore Topographical 16/Jun/08 Terrain Group Inc.
3-Export Pipeline PL10 Onshore Geotechnical Survey 5/Aug/08 Jacques Whitford
Ancillary EN05 Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study (MEK) 19/Jun/08 Membertou Geomatics Consulting
Ancillary EN06 Marine Warranty Surveyor 25/Jul/08 London Offshore Consultants Canada
Ancillary EN12 3rd Party Inspection Services 17/Jun/08 PV Inspection Services Ltd.
Ancillary EN16 Archaelogical Monitoring 22/Aug/08 Davis Archaeological Consulting
Ancillary EN21 Aboriginal Monitoring 18/Sep/08 Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative
F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N
Contact EnCana in Halifax for more information on the
Deep Panuke project and other EnCana activities:
Phone: (902) 422-4500 Mail: Suite 700
Fax: (902) 425-2766 Founders Square
E-mail: dpinfo@encana.com 1701 Hollis Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3M8
Visit the website at www.encana.com or www.deeppanuke.com
If you are interested in working on the Deep Panuke project, watch
for postings under the Careers section at www.encana.com
For industry information, please visit the Offshore/Onshore
Technologies Association of Nova Scotia at www.otans.com
(Deep Panuke Information).
For information on the company responsible for the provision of the
production field centre at Deep Panuke, visit www.sbmoffshore.com
or contact:
Ian Moss, General Manager, SBM Nova Scotia Contractors
1701 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3M8
Phone: (902) 492-5406 Fax: (902) 425-2766
ian.moss@sbmoffshore.com
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