The Turner Valley Oilfield Society is a registered non profit society formed on June 14, 1978. The Society's purpose is to promote the gas plant as an interpretative center and to promote awareness in the history of the Oilfields. read more

#1648: TVOS Minutes of June 24, 2010

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 09:23.
Sandra offered to by chairperson for the evening and called the meeting to order at 7:08PM

Moved by Joy to approve the agenda with the following additions:
signage
letter from Catherine Whalley of April 22, 2010
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#1647: Downtown Turner Valley Historical Buildings

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 10:07. For Visitors
Does Turner Valley have any buildings in the downtown that are of historical significance to the community? Are there any buildings that are of historical importance to you or your family?

The Town of Turner Valley is conducting as survey and inventory of the buildings in the downtown and wants to hear from people who have stories, photographs and more information about the history and development of the commercial area of the town.
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#1641: Alberta Petroleum Discoveries 2010 History Calendar - Book

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 14:04. For Visitors | Oil Fields
For Sale - 2010 History Calendars $20.00 each Makes a great Christmas present for those history buffs on your list Turner Valley is presented on several pages of the calendar Contact us at:
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#1638: Horton Spheres

Submitted by Barb on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:07. Gas Plant | Gas Plant Reno
picture taken by Maureen Nelson May 2009
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#1637: Horton Spheres Reclaimation

Submitted by Barb on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:04. Gas Plant | Gas Plant Reno
work being done to Horton Spheres May 2009 picture taken by Maureen Nelson
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#1627: Royalite (Dingman) #2 Operations Update September 8, 2009

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 09:55. For Visitors
  • On August 31, the ERCB notified Lionhead Engineering that the downhole operations have been reviewed. The ERCB has indicated the well has been satisfactorily abandoned.
  • On September 8, the well was tested for the presence of gas. No gas was detected in the well. Tests were also conducted to determine if any gas was seeping through the ground near the well head. No gas was detected. The tests were witnessed by representatives from the ERCB.
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#1625: Royalite (Dingman) #2 Operations Update August 17, 2009

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:41. For Visitors
  • The well has been cleaned out to the planned casing set depth. Casing will be installed August 18 and cemented to surface.
  • A caliper log indicated multiple sections of old casing are in the well. This resulted in the difficulty of cleaning out the well.
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#1556: Gas plant to get facelift

Submitted by Barb on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 10:52. Gas Plant Reno
Okotoks Western Wheel
June 25, 2008
Volume 33, No. 47
By Tamara Neely
Staff Reporter

The Turner Valley Gas Plant will be given a $2 million funding injection from the provincial government to proceed into developing the site into a tourist attraction.
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#1532: Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture

Submitted by Barb on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 10:18. Museum
Preservation and Reclamation
Find out what Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture and its partners are doing to preserve,
clean up and develop the Turner Valley Gas Plant.

Technical cleanup summaries for asbestos, containment system, risk assessment and sulphur.
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#1381: Gas plant's future being reviewed

Submitted by Barb on Sat, 03/31/2007 - 11:06. What's the Government Up To?
Okotoks Western Wheel
February 21, 2007
by Jim Dilay CONTRIBUTOR

The Turner Valley Gas Plant Resolution Advisory Panel has undertaken a challenging task with close to 20 years of studies, development plans and changing environmental standards to review since the Alberta government acquired the historic site.
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