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Fox Creek Operators Group Water Sub-Committee

• Established in late 2013
• Comprised of seven member companies operating in the Fox

Creek area, located in northwest Alberta (Chevron, Encana, Murphy Oil Corporation, Paramount Resources, Repsol, Shell Canada and XTO Energy Canada)

• The Fox Creek Operators Group (FCOG) provides a forum to

encourage a collaborative approach for the responsible development of natural resources in the Fox Creek Region

• The group works together to support the development of the

area and year-round industry activities, by identifying efficiencies and delivering long-term value in the area – Water being a key focus of the group

Fox Creek Operators Group

Executive Committee Operations Sub-Committee Communications Sub-Committee Water Sub-Committee

FCOG Organizational Structure

Mandate of Water Sub-Committee

• Develop collaborative relationships to enable cooperative

water management in the Fox Creek region

• Share water resources, water infrastructure and water

information

Water Sub-Committee Objectives

• Responsible freshwater use
• Support the research and development of alternative

non-freshwater sources, including produced water re-use, to reduce the reliance on freshwater sources

• Decrease water trucking transport
• Manage cumulative water operations impacts
• Reduce industry footprint of projects in the Fox Creek area

Water Operations

Share operational updates for water infrastructure and planning:

• Where possible, share water intake facilities, pumps,

pipelines, temporary water storage facilities and water storage reservoirs

• Forecast water demand
• Manage water sources for diversion when above aquatic

ecosystem base levels

• Identify and utilize lower environmental impact ways of

transferring and storing water

• Identify and leverage opportunities to recycle water

Water Management

Improve water management practices:

• Where possible, collaborate on infrastructure for water

sharing, treatment and disposal

• Share and discuss water best practices, including safety
• Interface with regulators on water management practices
• Promote efficient water use within existing regulations and
• r pilot projects
• Identify other water collaboration groups and participate

as appropriate

Collaboration Successes Footprint Reduction - Roads

• Share roads to access water sources, water storage facilities

and existing water intake facilities

– minimizes land footprint and wildlife disturbance

• Completed a multi-user road upgrade to Twin Creeks road to

enable access to water infrastructure and well sites. Equal cost sharing was applied to this project

– Improves motor vehicle safety – Minimizes land footprint and wildlife disturbance

Collaboration Successes Footprint Reduction – Infrastructure

• Established infrastructure sharing agreements to use existing

approved permanent water diversion points, pipeline infrastructure and storage facilities. This reduced the following:

– activity in the river and at rivers edge; – surface operations due to proximity to permanent infrastructure; and – risk of safety incidents related to the activities associated with temporary surface lines and equipment

Thank-you