Directors: Henny Boeters, Kees Boeters, Ben Van Heeswijk, Bob Wilson and David Brian
Attendance:
Members: 14
Guests: Mona Natvik and partner Randy Purdy, Barb Rose, Tony Bouw and Joan, Elizabeth Brian and son Finnegan, Judy Van de Hogen, Glenda P, Angela B, Carla VH, Elaine B, Carena L, Claudia G, Debbie VM, Wayne and Libby Passmore
Birthdays: None
Anniversaries: None
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Meeting Date: Aug 26 2024 at member David Brian’s House, on Rose Beach Line in Morpeth. Started at 4.30 pm with games and socializing. Team leader Henny called members’ attention with the bell at 5.30 pm. Great hamburger supper with salads and dessert. Leader Henny called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.
Correspondence: None
Program: Host David B introduced speakers Wayne and wife Libby Passmore
Wayne Passmore is a professional engineer and manager in the low carbon business development group for Enbridge Gas
Wayne started his career at Union Gas over 34 years ago, fresh out of the University of Waterloo, as a geological engineer, developing underground natural gas storage facilities in southwestern Ontario
Presently, his team is responsible for identifying, advancing, and executing new and innovative strategic projects that will help lower GHG emissions in Ontario
His focus is on carbon capture and sequestration and new sources and markets for hydrogen and renewable natural gas
Wayne talked to us about Lake Erie and its geology as a resident living on the shore of Lake Erie just outside Rondeau Park.
There are depleted reservoirs all across southwestern Ontario and along and under Lake Erie, with some still producing natural gas
Natural gas is being stored in the depleted gas reservoirs
Southwestern Ontario has a rich oil history and the museum in Oil City has a wonderful display about this history
In 1913 the first well was drilled in Lake Erie, with most of the wells now in Lake Erie, in the east part of the lake
The value of the oil and gas produced over time from wells in Ontario is over $10B
Now, Ontario only produces about 1% of what it needs
Lake Erie at one time, 20,000 years ago, was covered with a mile and a half of ice.
As it melted, it changed the direction of the flow of ice
Southwestern Ontario, including Lake Erie is beginning to tilt, about 1” every 10 years, towards the south shore
There are lots of chunks of coal that have washed up on shore, with some being reasonably young but many are much older
Wayne passed around a chunk that was about 20 cm long
Wayne explained the difference between raw gas, which has impurities and pipeline quality natural gas which is mostly methane
On Lake Erie, the raw gas sometimes contains hydrogen sulfides
There is a huge grid all over N. America with the natural gas we get in Ontario may have started in BC and works its way across Canada and the US
The big facility on Bent Path Line north of Dresden is part of that grid
There are thousands of old abandoned natural gas wells, many not documented or abandoned properly, which likely was a factor in the Wheatley explosion in 2021
The cliffs to our east and the point to the west of where we are sitting caused by the changing currents along the beach which wear away at the shoreline
Wayne’s presentation was extremely interesting and he answered several questions
Committees:
1. Kees: Scrap Metal
Full bin has been picked up and there is work to be done at the new bin and picking up scrap
Other Business
1. Change of Leadership: For September and October meetings- Bob Wilson.
2. On Sept. 4, there is a meeting in Blenheim at the Rotary Park for leaders and other Rotarians to plan for the District Governor’s visit.
3. Leader Henny asked members to think of new fund raisers for the club to pursue and what we could do to improve our Rotary club.
Leader Henny asked if there was “Anything for the good of Rotary?”
Henny closed the meeting at 7:17 pm
The next meeting is a business meeting onSept 9 in the Hall regular time.
Photos by Paul B and David B
l-r: Libby Passmore, Wayne Passmore and Rotarian David BrianWatching and listening to Wayne Passmore’s talkMore folks watching WayneDavid K and Judie W playing one of the games
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