File No. 2163 Board Order No. 2163-1 ____________________
May 30, 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 THE SOUTH EAST ¼ OF SECTION 21 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 WEST OF THE 6 TH MERIDIAN PEACE RIVER DISTRICT (The “Lands”)
BETWEEN: Andre Raymond Barrette and Lorie Ann Marie Barrette (APPLICANTS)
AND: Predator Oil BC Ltd. (RESPONDENT) ____________________________________ BOARD ORDER _____________________________________
BARRETTE v. PREDATOR OIL BC LTD ORDER 2163-1 Page 2
This is an application brought under sections 164 and 176 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act.
The Applicants, Andre Raymond Barrette and Lorie Ann Marie Barrette, are the owners of the Lands described as: THE SOUTH EAST ¼ OF SECTION 21 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 WEST OF THE 6 TH MERIDIAN PEACE RIVER DISTRICT. The Respondent, Ranch Energy Corporation, is the operator of a well located on the Lands. The Respondent’s right of entry to the Lands for the purpose of operating the well is pursuant to a surface lease entered May 1, 1956 between Joseph Robert Barrette and May Emma Barrette, succeeded in interest by the Applicants, and Petro Canada Oil and Gas, succeeded in interest by Predator Oil BC Ltd. and then by Ranch Energy Corporation (the Surface Lease).
Pursuant to the Surface Lease, Predator Oil BC Ltd., is required to make annual payments of $4,070.00 to Andre Raymond Barrette and Lorie Ann Marie Barrette. Predator Oil BC Ltd. failed to make the annual payment required by May 1, 2020.
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 Andre Raymond Barrette and Lorie Ann Marie Barrette $4,070.00 in unpaid rent plus interest from May 1, 2020. The Applicants are entitled to costs of this application.
The Board orders as follows: 1. Predator Oil BC Ltd. shall forthwith pay to Andre Raymond Barrette and Lorie Ann Marie Barrette the sum of $4,070.00 plus interest calculated in accordance with the Court Order Interest Act from May 1, 2020.
DATED: May 30, 2020 FOR THE BOARD
_______________________ Cheryl Vickers, Chair