Primewest Energy Trust Clarifies East Crossfield Gas Plant Incident
SEP 6, 2006 - 19:56 ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Sept. 6, 2006) - PrimeWest Energy Trust (TSX:PWI.UN)
(TSX:PWX) (TSX:PWI.DB.A) (TSX:PWI.DB.B) (NYSE:PWI)
At approximately 11:25 PM on September 5th crews working to isolate a processing
unit at the East Crossfield gas plant, as part of a scheduled maintenance shutdown,
ignited a small quantity of low pressure sour natural gas. No one at the site sustained
major injuries and no damage to the facility occurred.
On-site water was immediately used to control the fire with assistance provide by
the Crossfield Fire Department until nitrogen could be used to flush the line. Assistance
was also rendered by the Rockyview Fire Department and Calgary Hazmat, as well Alberta
Environment, and the Energy & Utilities Board. (EUB) The fire burned for approximately
15 minutes.
The use of nitrogen to flush the line created a sulphur vapour and as a precaution
the RCMP closed an adjacent section of Highway 2A. The closest resident to the site
was notified, however subsequent monitoring indicated that an evacuation was not
required. The sulphur vapour dissipated by 1:30 AM and isolation of the unit was
completed by 2:00 AM.
This incident will have no impact upon production volumes, as the East Crossfield
plant was already offline for scheduled maintenance.
PrimeWest is a Calgary-based conventional oil and gas royalty trust that actively
acquires, develops, produces and sells natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids
for the generation of monthly cash distributions to Unitholders. Trust Units of
PrimeWest are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "PWI.UN"
and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PWI". Exchangeable Shares of
PrimeWest Energy Inc. are listed on the TSX under the symbol "PWX". Five-year Convertible
Debentures of PrimeWest trade on the TSX under the symbol "PWI.DB.A" and the Seven-year
Convertible Debentures trade under the symbol "PWI.DB.B".
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www.primewestenergy.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
PrimeWest Energy Trust
George Kesteven
Manager, Investor Relations
(403) 699-7367 or Toll free: 1-877-968-7878
Email: investor@primewestenergy.com
Website: www.primewestenergy.com