File No. 2137 Board Order No. 2137-1 ____________________
February 5, 2020 SURFACE RIGHTS BOARD IN THE MATTER OF THE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ACT, R.S.B.C., C. 361 AS AMENDED
AND IN THE MATTER OF LOT 23, ST. JOHN INDIAN RESERVE NO 172, TOWNSHIP 85 RANGE 19 WEST OF THE 6 TH MERIDIAN PEACE RIVER DISTRICT PLAN 3986, EXCEPT PLANS 18795 AND PGP44510 (The “Lands”)
BETWEEN: Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud
(APPLICANTS) AND: Predator Oil BC Ltd. (RESPONDENT) ____________________________________ BOARD ORDER _____________________________________
LANGERUD v. PREDATOR OIL BC LTD ORDER 2137-1 Page 2
This is an application brought under sections 164 and 176 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act.
The Applicants, Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud, are the owners of the Lands described as: LOT 23, ST. JOHN INDIAN RESERVE NO 172, TOWNSHIP 85 RANGE 19 WEST OF THE 6 TH MERIDIAN PEACE RIVER DISTRICT PLAN 3986, EXCEPT PLANS 18795 AND PGP44510. The Respondent, Predator Oil BC Ltd, is the operator of an oil and gas installation on the Lands. The Respondent’s right of entry to the Lands for the purpose of conducting oil and gas activity is pursuant to a surface lease (the Surface Lease).
Pursuant to the Surface Lease, Predator Oil BC Ltd., is required to make annual payments of $3,935.00 to Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud . Predator Oil BC Ltd. failed to make the annual payment required by August 10, 2018 and August 10, 2019.
The Board finds that Predator Oil BC Ltd. has failed to pay rent owing under a surface lease. Pursuant to section 176 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, the Board determines that Predator Oil BC Ltd. owes Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud $3,935.00 in unpaid rent plus interest from August 10, 2018 and $3,935.00 in unpaid rent plus interest from August 10, 2019. The Applicants are entitled to costs of this application.
The Board orders as follows: 1. Predator Oil BC Ltd. shall forthwith pay to Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud the sum of $3,935.00 plus interest calculated in accordance with the Court Order Interest Act from August 10, 2018.
2. Predator Oil BC Ltd. shall forthwith pay to Calvin Dennis Langerud and Kathryn Cecilia Langerud the sum of $3,935.00 plus interest calculated in accordance with the Court Order Interest Act from August 10, 2019.
DATED: February 5, 2020 FOR THE BOARD
_______________________ Cheryl Vickers, Chair