Bill 58 (Legislature 11, Session 1)

L11 S1 7180

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 58 of 1949.

An Act to Authorize the Export of Natural Gas by the Westcoast Transmission Company Limited. (Assented to , 1949.)

WHEREAS a petition has been presented by Pacific Pet- roleums Ltd. (non-personal liability), Peace River Natural Gas Co. Ltd., Frank M. McMahon and F. Ronald Graham praying for a license to export gas from the Prov ince of Alberta and it is expedient to grant the nrayer of the said petition; ~

Whereas the petitioners have caused to be incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta a pipe line trans mission company known as "Westcoast Transmission Com pany Ltd.", and the petitioners have requested that any permission or license to export gas from the Province of Alberta be granted to the said W estcoast Transmission Company Ltd. Therefore His Majesty by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

Notwithstanding the terms of any petroleum and na tural gas lease or reservation made or issued by His Majesty the King in the right of the Province of Alberta before or after the coming into force of this Act and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any regulations or orders in council now or hereafter in force, ~r.estcoast Trans mission Company Ltd., a body corporate incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta, its successors and as signs (hereinafter in this Act called "the Licensee") is here by authorized to export gas fronl the Province of Alberta subject to the provisions hereinafter enacted. 2.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council is hereby auth orized to issue any licenC€ to the Licencee which may be required by it to export gas from the Province of Alberta subject to the provisions hereinafter enacted. 3.-

(1) The Licencee shall not export gas from any area of the Province south of the Fifty-second Township un less a licence to do so is first issued by the Lieutenant Gov ernor in Council.

(2) The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board is hereby authorized and empowered to make orders and

2 regulations directing the Licencee from time to time with respect to those gas fields or oil gas fields from w~i~h the Licencee may acquire natural gas and the quantItIes of natural gas which the Licencee may acquire from any such gas fields or oil gas fields.

(3) The Licencee shall observe and comply with any such orders and regulations and shall not withdraw any natural gas from any gas field or oil gas field without first obtaining a written direction from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board authorizing it so to do. 4.

The Licencee shall be a common purchaser and the Board of Public Utility Conlmissioner;s is hereby authorized and empowered to make orders and regulations requiring the Licencee when purchasing natural gas produced from any gas field or oil gas field, to purchase natural gas from all or any specified sources of supply which reasonably and economically may be reached by the pipe lines or gathering branches of the Licencee without discrimination in favour of one producer as against another, and/or that the Licen cee shall purchase such natural gas from each producer rateably in proportion to the average daily production, and/ or that the Licencee shall not discriminate in price or amount for like grades of natural gas or in facilities as among different producers. 5.

The Board of Public Utility Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to determine the prices to be paid by the Licencee for any natural gas purchased by the Licencee in the Province of Alberta, provided, however, that such prices shall not be in excess of the prices fixed by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners for the pur chase of natural gas by other purchasers who purchase natural gas produced from the said gas fields or oil gas fields or fronl similar gas fields or oil gas fields, and any prices so fixed by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall apply, notwithstanding the provisions of any contract made between the Licencee and any other person for the purchase of natural gas by the Licencee. 6.

The Licencee shall not buy or acquire any natural gas for the purpose of treatment or process by separation of natural gasoline or other hydro-carbons or any other pro ducts whatsoever, either on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person Whatsoever, nor shall the Licencee sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any such natural gas to any person w~atsoever for any such purpose or for the purpose of replacIng other natural gas which has been used or is intended to be used for any such purpose. 7.

The Licencee shall not own or operate directly or in directly any well producing natural gas or petroleum and natural gas, or any lease for natural gas or petroleum and natural gas.

3 8. The Licencee shall service any communities in the vicinity of its pipe lines, provided such communities can be serviced economically at prices to be determined by the Board of Public Utility Comrhisioners. 9. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 58 FIRST SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 13 GEORGE VI 1949 BILL

An Act to Authorize the Export of Natural Gas by the Westcoast Transmission Company Limited. Received and read the First time Second time Third time MR. COLBORNE. Title: 1949 (11th, 1st) Bill 58,

An Act to Authorize the Export of Natural Gas by the Westcoast Transmission Company Limited

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L11 S1 7180
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L11 S1 7180
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	4659d030de94bc0e6386b9d53095a4a2352582a8

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