Directive 065 - Energy Resources Conservation Board

Requirements Comments
3) A statement of the formation to which you
propose to drill or from which you propose
to produce.
4) A statement that an agreement to operate the
tracts as a unit cannot be made on
reasonable terms.
5) The particulars of the efforts you have made
to obtain a voluntary agreement, including
a) identification of all parties involved and
the nature of their issues and concerns,
b) an outline of the attempts to resolve the
issues, including type of discussions
held, timing, and facilities, and
c) an indication of your view of why
attempts to obtain a voluntary pooling
arrangement have failed in each case.
6) If there is a well on the DSU that is to be
produced under the proposed pooling order,
a statement of the unique identifier of the
well and its producing formation or
formations.
7) If there is not a well on the DSU drilled to
the formation(s) referred to in item 3, a
statement indicating the location (LSD) of
the well to be drilled.
The formation subject to the pooling order
would be cited in the order. In previous
pooling applications where there has been a
dispute about which formations should be
subject to a pooling order, the ERCB decided
to limit the formation subject to the order to
the known productive zone or to the major
productive zone (Examiner Reports
91-6 and 95-2).
You should have made substantial efforts to
negotiate a voluntary pooling arrangement.
The application should be a last resort. You
should also continue your efforts to resolve
the matter on a voluntary basis (including
considerations of a third-party mediator) after
filing the application with the ERCB.
Your discussion must include why the
negotiations did not lead to a settlement and
what dispute resolution efforts were
conducted. Matters of confidentiality and
disclosure should be addressed and
determined by the parties prior to submission
of the application.
A description of your efforts to resolve the
situation should include a summary of
telephone calls and meetings and copies of
relevant correspondence.
The well to be subject to the pooling order
would be cited in the pooling order.
The proposed well location would be
included in the pooling order.
ERCB Directive 065: Resources Applications / Compulsory Pooling (March 2012) • 1-31