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Canadian Well Construction JournalThe Official Publication of the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers

Volume 1 | Issue 7

December 2009

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President’s Message

Hello everyone. I trust you are all enjoying a busier routine after a slow early fall. It has been an exciting fall for the Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers (CADE). We have officially completed our first new networking event, the Fracing Forum. The quick sellout and great attendance is indicative of the quality program and an interest in CADE’s networking events. I would like to thank Cliff Hogstead for his work on this event. Please watch for our next event in the new year. We promise to have a new and exciting topic.

CADE continues to expand our footprint. We recently teamed up with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and have aligned ourselves with a student liaison, Kyle Klam. Kyle’s focus will be on growing and providing value for the CADE student mem-bership, and creating the foundation of a long-term relationship between SAIT and CADE. Watch for his profile in an upcoming Canadian Well Construction Journal (CWCJ).

Our registration for this season is ongoing, and I would like to thank new and return-ing members. Many of you have decided to throw your hat into the ring and offer up your valuable time to volunteer and assist CADE. This is exceptional, and we promise to follow up with you before the new year. We have various needs to fulfill within the CWCJ and technical functions in order to ensure we continue to bring you valuable programs.

This issue will be CADE’s last publication before the holiday season. On behalf of the people at CADE, I would like to wish everyone a happy, safe, and relaxing holiday season and new year. We look forward to working with you in 2010.

Patrick Murphy, P.Eng.President, Canadian Association of Drilling Engineers

Feature StoriesWhat is NoRm? 8

What TDG Inspectors Are Really looking For 11

DEPArTMENTS

Member Profile: Trevor Baird 5

Association News 6

Upcoming Events 7

Conference News 13

Stats At A Glance 14

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Trevor Baird (EIT)Sales Representative, Import Tool Corp. Ltd

Describe your role with your company, your background, and career path.I started with Import Tool on the East Coast of Canada in 2004 as a mech-anical engineering co-op student from Dalhousie University. Initially my duties were all computer/office related, but I took a keen interest in the tool systems being built in the shop. Before long I put on my coveralls and began to help the technicians build and service tools. I spent most of my pre-university years working on construction sites, which gave me the skill set and confidence to transition into the shop environment. Import man-agement offered me a full-time position with the company after gradua-tion. I moved to Edmonton to work full-time in the western Canada service shop. I was to become a full-time service tech, which gave me the oppor-tunity to learn first-hand their tool systems. I ran tools in the field for about a year then moved to a technical sales position in the Calgary office.

As a sales representative I get the opportunity to work with a variety of E&P [exploration and production] and service companies, and the fantastic people that staff these organizations. My main area of interest is the oil-sands, SAGD [steam assisted gravity drainage] drilling projects in particular. My company has been very active from the beginning of commercial SAGD drilling in Alberta in the late 1990s. We constantly work with customers to develop new tools and technologies to aid in wellbore construction and completion. As far as a career path goes, I hope to continue working here for many years. Import offers me an excellent opportunity to develop as a professional engineer in a business environment. In the future, I hope to complete an MBA and continue to move up the management ladder.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?A project well executed. From the initial consultation through the sales process to the on-site operations, it feels good to coordinate a successful project.

What is the toughest part of your job?The 24/7 nature of the work is the toughest part of my job, and many others in the patch. One needs to understand that the phone can ring at any time and you need to be there to answer (even if the call comes on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. on your first-year wedding anniversary).

Who has had the greatest influence on your career?The people at Import Tool have had the greatest influence on my career to date. During university I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to be do-ing once I finished school. Import has definitely given me great direction regarding my career.

What do you like to do when you are not working?Lately a lot of my spare time has been taken up with renos at home, which is great except that an ambitious home reno project can really start to feel like an unpaid labour job. I also enjoy watching and playing most sports, walking the dog, reading, video games, and the occasional cold beer on a sunny patio or around a campfire.

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Welcome New Members

NAME COMPANY TELEPHONE EMAIL

Trevor Baird Import Tool Corp. Ltd. 403-804-5420 [email protected]

John Boxall Hunting Energy Services (Canada) Ltd. 403-543-4477 [email protected]

Matt Clark Devon Canada Corporation 403-232-7231 [email protected]

Heather Friesen Bonterra Energy Corp. 403-750-0551 [email protected]

Ambrose Gross Crest Consultants Ltd. 403-233-5257 [email protected]

Ben Hawker Remedy Energy Services Inc. 403-272-0703 [email protected]

Leonard Healy Oilsands Quest Inc. 403-718-8945 [email protected]

Alfredo Hernandez Remedy Energy Services Inc. 403-272-0315 [email protected]

Brad Hiscock StatoilHydro 403-724-0306 [email protected]

Ochulor Isaac Bullmate Limited 234-803-391-5667 [email protected]

Jeff Ji Weatherford Canada Partnership 403-693-7586 [email protected]

Russ Lilja Flowline Solutions Ltd. 403-685-9685 [email protected]

Matt Lutwick Student 403-284-8013 [email protected]

Michael Macpherson Alliance Energy Services Ltd. 403-290-2448 [email protected]

Paul Massel Engineered Drilling Solutions Inc. 403-233-2850 [email protected]

Logan Mercer Crest Energy Consultants Inc. 403-233-4633 [email protected]

Jaspreet Noorpuri SAIT 403-264-7248 [email protected]

Tod Podwysocki Nexen Inc. 403-699-6035 [email protected]

Ken Stecyk Crest Energy Consultants Inc. 403-233-5251 [email protected]

Greg Szutiak Shell Canada Energy 403-384-6098 [email protected]

David Wind BJ Services Company Canada 403-531-5013 [email protected]

TITLE NAME TELEPHONE

President Patrick Murphy 403-266-7383

Past President David White 403-699-5160

Vice-President John Garden

Secretary Tammy Todd 403 613-8844

Treasurer Alice Skoda 403-232-6066

Membership Chairman Jason Tiefenbach 403-543-8012

Education Chairman Mike Buker 403-213-3615

Social Chairman Dan Schlosser 403-531-5284

CWCJ Editor Todd Brown 403-230-3055

Technical Chairman Jeff Arvidson 403-232-7100

IT Chairman Cris Catrinescu 403-720-2024

Drilling Conference Liaison Doug Hollies 403-604-6645

Executive Member Ryan Schoenhals 403-767-0202

CAODC Liaison John Pahl 403-292-7966

CADE Executive Team 2009/2010


Association/Membership News

Upcoming CADE Luncheon

Editor’s Note

CADE Membership renewals

Date Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Place The Westin Calgary

Time 11:30 a.m.—Reception

12:00 noon—Luncheon 12:30 p.m.—Presentation

Upcoming Events

CADe Technical luncheonWednesday, January 13, 2010 The Westin Calgary

CADe Technical luncheon Wednesday, February 10, 2010 The Westin Calgary

CADe Technical luncheon Wednesday, March 10, 2010 The Westin Calgary

Welcome to the December issue of Canadian Well Construction Journal. I hope you’ve noticed the improvement in CWCJ over the last few months. We have been using our own cover art and photos, and including more stories about safety and other well construction related topics. This month, we have another great profile from our CWCJ photographer (Mike MacKinnon) on Trevor Baird of Import Tool Corp. Ltd., and we are already working on the next issue.

As I write this in mid-November, we are gearing up for our next conference (see Doug Hollies’ note on page 13), and we are days away

from our first-ever sold-out Forum Series event, which will be held at Caesar’s Steak House on November 24th. Watch for a follow-up story on the event in the January issue.

I heard Christmas carols in Bankers Hall today, so I guess that makes this a “Merry Christmas” note. Happy holidays everyone. See you

again in January.

Todd Brown, Managing Editor, [email protected]

Please log on to cade.ca to renew your CADE membership online (under the membership tab).All 2009 CADE memberships expired September 30, 2009. 2010 CADE memberships are now required to maintain member pricing at the various CADE events.

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NORM is an acronym for naturally occur-ring radioactive material. As we produce our nat ural resources, NORM concentrates and accumulates, causing an environmental and safety concern to the oil and gas industry. Low levels of radiation exist everywhere throughout the environment: in soil, the sun’s rays, every living tissue, and even the foods we eat. Exposure to low-level radiation on a daily basis does not increase health or environmental risks; the concern arises when the natural source of radiation is concen-trated into higher activity amounts resulting in elevated exposure levels. There are many industries that produce concentrated NORM, including water treatment, forestry, mining, and oil and gas. Normcan, a CCS Company, owns and operates the only licensed waste processing facility in Canada specifically designed and built to handle NORM wastes.

The oil and gas industry has higher con-centrations of NORM than are found in any industry outside of uranium mining. The two main radioactive isotopes of concern associated with oil and gas production are radium-226 and lead-210. Although NORM will eventually decay into a stable state, the radium-226 radionuclide has a long half-life of 1,600 years, while lead-210 has a half-life of 22.3 years. The main concern to the oil and gas industry is the potential for inhala-tion or ingestion of NORM, which accumu-lates throughout Canadian and international production. Similar to asbestos, unprotected exposure to NORM has been associated with increased risk of cancer.

Figure 1 demonstrates the two most common ways that NORM becomes concen-trated in production and processing equip-ment. Uranium and thorium are present naturally within reservoirs; these isotopes decay into radium-226, which is soluble in water, allowing it to travel to the surface within produced formation waters. Radium-226 often

precipitates out with barium, strontium, and calcium as solids in process equipment because of temperature, flow, and pressure changes, or due to the mixing of incompatible waters. Typically, NORM scale is found accumulated on downhole equipment, tubing, wellheads, and flow lines. We also see NORM build-up in other production equipment including treat-ers, free-water knockouts, and produced water tanks and filters.

Radon gas is another source of NORM in the oil and gas industry. If present in the formation, radon gas is produced with the natural gas stream and becomes concentrated during the fractionation of propane, butane, and ethane. Although radon gas is not much of a concern due to its short half-life, it decays into radioactive lead-210 dust that can accumu late inside the equipment, most com-monly in storage bullets. The overall accumu-lation of NORM can vary substantially from one facility to another, depending on geologi-cal and operational differences.

NORM deposits are commonly found on downhole production equipment and can pose significant risks during well workovers or re-completions when tubing strings, rods, pumps, etc., are removed from the wellbore

for replacement or maintenance. It is critical to identify the potential for NORM contamina-tion so that proper pre-planning can be done, ensuring that appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), safe work procedures, waste containment, and decontamination can be in place if required. Historical information on the field, facility, and particular wellsite will help identify potential NORM issues within the well. In addition, NORM screening surveys prior to and during well servicing will assist in economical project management.

Identification of NORM is essential for worker, public, and environmental protec-tion. A Ludlum 3-97 scintillation detec-tor with 44-9 pancake probe is the typical NORM survey instrument. With proper training this meter can be used to identify all types of NORM, and radiation can be measured from both outside or inside the vessel or equipment. Once NORM has been identified, you can protect yourself and the environment by using PPE and following basic safety procedures.


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Anyone potentially coming into contact with NORM should guard against inhala-tion and ingestion with protective respiratory equipment and PPE. The recommended PPE when working with NORM is, at minimum, a HEPA P100 fit-tested respirator, dispos-able coveralls, latex gloves, and boot covers, as well as normal PPE (gloves, safety glasses, hard hats, fire-retardant coveralls, and steel-toed boots). Contaminated PPE must be neutralized to prevent the spread of NORM and protect against the hazards of inhala-tion and ingestion. Another important safe-work procedure is to set up a contami-nation control area, which restricts worker access to the NORM-contaminated area and ensures that all personnel and equipment are surveyed and decontaminated prior to exiting the work area. Finally, it is important that appropriate containment (ground covers, drip trays, vacuum boxes, containment bins, etc.) is in place when working with NORM-contaminated items to ensure the material is contained and does not pose further risks.

Any and all waste identified as NORM contaminated must be sent to a licensed facil-ity for decontamination and/or disposal of

the waste. Currently, CCS Corporation has three locations licensed for management or disposal of NORM-contaminated materials, including the Silverberry secure landfill near Fort St. John, British Columbia; the Unity salt cavern disposal facility in Saskatchewan; and Normcan’s decontamination and storage facility in Standard, Alberta.

Normcan is driven to providing innovative solutions for radiation management. Along with handling NORM waste products that are a health and safety hazard to workers and public, Normcan also provides storage capabilities for radioactive tracer materials commonly used in the frac industry. Normcan is approved to accept, store, and repackage oilfield waste co-contaminated with radioactive tracer materi-als. The material will be stored and monitored at Normcan’s waste management facility in Standard, Alberta, until the overall radio-activity decreases, at which point the material is no longer above regulatory release criteria (approximately a two-year duration). Recently, the oil and gas industry has become required to provide for alternative storage of the radioactive tracer materials due to landowner, environmen-tal, and economical reasons.

Normcan specializes in providing the Canadian oil and gas industry with exper-tise and experience for the safe management of NORM. From the initial site assessment right through to disposal, Normcan’s team of certified radiation safety officers, professional engineers, and experienced field staff can provide the technical know-how and practical solutions to satisfy corporate and regulatory NORM requirements. Normcan has been dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective NORM solutions to the oilfield industry since 1989. Their commitment to managing radiation safely has put them at the forefront of NORM management services.



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What TDG Inspectors Are Really Looking For

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There is a lot of confusion today about what exactly Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) inspectors are looking for when they pull over drivers. In legal lingo, they are trying to figure out if you and your employer have practiced “due diligence.” In other words, they are seeing if you and your company are making every reasonable effort to comply with the TDG Regulations. In this article, I will explain who exactly the inspectors are, what they are looking for, what they have the right to do, and where you can find out about changes to the regulations.

A dangerous goods inspector can be a police officer, weigh-scale operator, or another government employee. Every inspector is government trained and fol-lows similar procedures. These people are only responsible for enforcing the TDG Regulations on shippers, receivers, im-porters, and federal carriers of dangerous goods. Enforcement for carriers within each province is done by provincial inspectors. It is also good to know that the TDG inspectors will have a certificate of designation—which lists their training

and authorization—when performing their check.

TDG inspectors are likely going to look for a bunch of things related to you and your company’s compliance. Firstly, they can look to see if your TDG certificate is current and valid. People need to re-member that their TDG certificate is only good for three years and is not transfer-able between employers. Inspectors also want to make sure that your shipping documents are complete, your dangerous goods are labelled correctly and securely loaded, and that your vehicle is properly placarded and reflects the classes of the materials being transported. In order to check these things, inspectors have wide-ranging authority.

Inspectors have the legal authority to do a number of things, including: search shipments and vehicles, seize or hold goods, take samples, make copies of docu-ments, and refuse entry into Canada. If he or she believes that you or your company has failed to obey the dangerous goods regulations, then fines or charges can be issued. It is important to remember that

anyone involved can be charged, from the president of the company to a part-time employee. In order to avoid this from happening it is very important to remain up-to-date with the TDG Regulations.

Changes to the TDG Regulations are made on an ongoing basis, so you should make sure to keep up with the new rules and how they impact your business. For example, inspectors were recently given the authority to inspect anywhere a means of containment is being manufactured, re-paired, or tested—except for private dwell-ings. Some safety training companies, such as Danatec Educational Services Ltd., pro-vide an update service to clients to ensure that their TDG Regulations are current. Information regarding regulatory changes can be found on Transport Canada or Danatec’s corporate website (www.danatec.com). If you prepare your employees and shipments to be TDG compliant, that next checkstop will be a piece of cake.

Michael Gaudet is the marketing and e-commerce coordinator with Danatec Educational Services Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta.

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Conference News

This year’s conference co-chairmen George McHardy (Nabors Drilling) and Patrick Murphy (Newpark Drilling Fluids) are excited to announce that there is a new venue for the 2010 CADE/CAODC Drilling Conference. We are moving back to the Telus Convention Centre with an enhanced technical format. The one-day, presentation-only conference will be held on Wednesday, May 26th, so mark your calendar and be ready for the call for presentation in early December. In association with the conference, CADE will be sponsoring a new educational opportunity focused on the technical requirements for well construction professionals in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Stayed tuned for more information on the event as it becomes available.

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Alberta 271 310 581 47%Saskatchewan 81 53 134 60%British Columbia 69 46 115 60%Manitoba 8 2 10 80%Western Canada Total 429 411 840 51%Northwest Territories 0 2 2 0% Northern Canada Total 0 2 2 0% Ontario 1 0 1 100%Quebec 3 2 5 60%

New Brunswick 0 4 4 0%Nova Scotia 1 0 1 100%Newfoundland 1 0 1 100%eastern Canada Total 2 10 12 17%

Canada Total 312 540 852 37%

Service rig Activity November 19, 2009

PSAC Zone ACTIVE DOWN TOTAL ACTIVE

Alberta 325 430 755 43%Saskatchewan 119 59 178 67%British Columbia 19 18 37 51%Manitoba 5 2 7 71%Western Canada Total 468 509 977 48%Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0%Northern Canada Total 0 0 0 0%Quebec 1 1 2 50%

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