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The Crowsnest Pass Figure Skating Club held its 2014 Skating Carnival on March 23, entitled “A Decade in Review”.
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Devon on pace for demolition By Joni MacFarlane Editor
Two years after the shutdown of Devon’s Coleman operation, the plant sits empty while crews of remediation, demolition and environmental experts work on the slow process of decommissioning the 53-year-old plant. A public open house held by the oil and gas company on March 18 explained the process, a long and strictly regulated one, the progress to date and the work remaining. In April 2012, Devon announced the closure of the facility because of sustained low natural gas prices and the age of the facility. The Coleman plant was commissioned in 1961 and went through several ownership changes before Devon bought it. Thirty-five employees and dozens
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of contractors were working at the plant when it closed. There are three phases to the project. First, was the shutting down, which included “de-energizing” the plant, flushing and cleaning out all process equipment, and ensuring the site was safe. This phase was completed early on. Gas wells in the field were “shut-in”, a term used when wellheads are temporarily sealed up and made inert. Adjoining pipelines were depressurized and purged with nitrogen so no gas or contaminants were left in the line. The company has 10 years to make a decision on the gas fields which could be to sell the wells and pipelines, bring the system back on-stream, pipe the gas to another facility, or permanently cap the wellheads. The next phase is dismantling which is expect-
ed to take until the end of 2014 and includes demolition of buildings and all process equipment. Envirocon, who have been contracted to manage the demolition and asbestos abatement, are currently finalizing plans for the removal and disposal of structures and equipment. President Paul Halliday said “dropping” the stack will be the last event and is expected to take place sometime in August. The concrete stack is about 380 feet with a steel liner inside. The stack will be imploded, said Halliday, and the implosion will last about eight to 10 seconds with the dust cloud lasting another five to eight minutes. The shock wave will dissipate in 300 to 400 feet and clean up is expected to take about two to four days. Cont. on page 2...
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