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An oil target becomes a public emergency
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In nineteen eighty-two, Amoco was drilling toward a Nisku reef west of Lodgepole, Alberta. The company expected oil, while recognizing that sour gas and condensate were possible. The well, known as thirteen twelve, became a sixty-seven-day blowout. Two men died, and nearby residents faced a prolonged emergency. This story follows the loss of well control, the efforts to recover it, and the inquiry into what happened both on the lease and beyond it. The first critical scene is an October afternoon at the well.
Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry: Report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council, Phase 1 — Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta 1984-12 contemporaneous public inquiry; principal factual source This copy does not contain the flow-rate addendum, despite the Internet Archive catalogue description. OCR contains broken characters and column order; verify image pages for critical figures, names and numeric values. The report is a historical finding, not a current operational, medical or emergency-response manual. Access to a scan does not itself settle reproduction rights for all photographs or contributed exhibits.
Inquiry report: The reef they expected — Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, Phase 1, December 1984, report D84-9. PDF pages 29. Printed pages: 3-1. PDF page numbers count the cover; the first relevant page opens in the linked scan. General technical explanations are separately referenced.
Inquiry report: The afternoon control was lost — Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, Phase 1, December 1984, report D84-9. PDF pages 15, 29, 47, 83, 173. Printed pages: 1-1, 3-1, 3-19, 5-29, 12-1. PDF page numbers count the cover; the first relevant page opens in the linked scan. General technical explanations are separately referenced.
Inquiry report: The lesson that remains in the record — Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, Phase 1, December 1984, report D84-9. PDF pages 15, 23, 48, 83, 104, 109, 129, 130, 157, 173, 177, 189, 190. Printed pages: 1-1, 2-1, 5-29, 12-1, 3-20, 6-18, 7-1, 7-21, 7-22, 9-5, 12-5, 14-1, 14-2. PDF page numbers count the cover; the first relevant page opens in the linked scan. General technical explanations are separately referenced.
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Historical photographs and source documents retain their stated identity and attribution. Explanatory diagrams and typographic sequences are identified separately.
1982 · Lodgepole, Alberta
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Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, 1984 · Actual-well image before the first fire
Presentation changes: Original GeoNavigate chapter counter replaced with STORY CONTEXT outside the complete source-image panel. Photograph/map, date and source labels remain unchanged. The editorial heading now identifies the place and story context.
Caption: The inquiry identifies the drilling rig as Nabors 14E (§3.2). This actual-well view predates the first fire; the exact exposure date is unspecified and vapour obscures details. It does not establish gas concentration or an exact mast model.
Credit: W. Wylie, ERCB; Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, Phase 1, ERCB D84-9 (1984), Appendix 6, p. A6-3 (PDF p. 269). Digitized by University of Alberta Libraries / Internet Archive.
Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, 1984 · Original conceptual section
Presentation changes: Original GeoNavigate chapter counter replaced with STORY CONTEXT outside the complete source-image panel. Photograph/map, date and source labels remain unchanged.
Caption: Original conceptual geological cross-section; not a surveyed reservoir model
Credit: Original GeoNavigate explanatory animation, Chaser Geological, 2026.
Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, 1984 · Documented mobile air-monitoring vehicle
Presentation changes: Original GeoNavigate chapter counter replaced with STORY CONTEXT outside the complete source-image panel. Photograph/map, date and source labels remain unchanged.
Caption: This inquiry image documents a mobile air-monitoring vehicle. It does not establish where and when every measurement was made, or any resident’s dose; the chapter examines how monitoring coverage, residents’ accounts, and medical interpretation answer different questions.
Credit: Alberta Environment; Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry, Phase 1, ERCB D84-9 (1984), Appendix 6, p. A6-5 (PDF p. 271). Digitized by University of Alberta Libraries / Internet Archive.