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Annual Report - 2001 - ARC Resources Ltd.

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FEATURE:<br />

commitment<br />

LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION…<br />

WHILE CREATING ADDITIONAL VALUE FOR UNITHOLDERS<br />

WITH THE STARTECH ACQUISITION IN JANUARY <strong>2001</strong>, <strong>ARC</strong> BECAME OPERATOR<br />

OF A CRUDE OIL PROCESSING FACILITY IN THE LOUGHEED AREA IN<br />

SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN. THE BATTERY HAD A LARGE NATURAL GAS<br />

FLARE WHICH WAS GENERATING SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS. THE <strong>ARC</strong> TEAM<br />

RECOGNIZED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE ENVIRONMENTAL<br />

LEADERSHIP AND, AT THE SAME TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE<br />

MARKET VALUE OF THE HYDROCARBONS BEING FLARED. THE INSTALLATION OF<br />

SUCH A FACILITY WAS A CHALLENGE INVOLVING AN EXTENSIVE APPROVAL<br />

PROCESS REQUIRING THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL<br />

AUTHORITIES IN ADDITION TO THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH<br />

THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF A NEW SOUR GAS<br />

PROCESSING PLANT.

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