File OF-EI-Gas-GL-P782-2017-01 01 6 March 2018 Mr. David Bursey Mr. Jon Turner Bennett Jones LLP Executive Vice President Public Affairs Suite 2200, Guinness Tower Pacific Traverse Energy Ltd 1055 West Hastings Street 1055 West Hastings Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2E9 Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2E9 Telephone: (604) 891-5128 Email:
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[email protected] Dear Mr. Bursey and Mr. Turner: Pacific Traverse Energy Ltd. (PTE) Application dated 5 February 2018 for a Licence to Export Propane pursuant to Section 117 of the National Energy Board Act (Act) (Application) Notice of Application and Comment Period On 5 February 2018, the National Energy Board (NEB or Board) received an application from PTE for a licence to export up to 66,735,050 cubic metres or 419,750,117 barrels of propane, which includes a 15 per cent tolerance over a term of 25 years. On 21 February 2018, the Board received PTE’s response to a Board information request. The Board is of the view that the Application provided by PTE is now complete. The Board will consider the Application pursuant to section 118 of the Act, which reads: “On an application for a licence to export oil or gas, the Board shall satisfy itself that the quantity of oil or gas to be exported does not exceed the surplus remaining after due allowance has been made for the reasonably foreseeable requirements for use in Canada, having regard to the trends in the discovery of oil or gas in Canada.” The Board wishes to obtain the views of impacted persons that are relevant to the criteria in section 118 of the Act.