Directive 065: Resources Applications for Oil and Gas Reservoirs ...

Requirements
Comments
c) the effect of increased production on
liquid coning, terminal fluid interface
position, and interpool interference,
d) the effect on the rates of production of
any oil, condensate, or pentanes plus
that may be present in the pool if the
application is granted,
e) appropriate economic analyses, and
f) pertinent reservoir studies. The information for 8(f) is required only
when the allowable was originally assigned
for conservation reasons or when pool
delineation is an issue.
Notification—Equity
The ERCB requires the information described below to establish who potentially
adversely affected parties are and whether equity issues may exist. You are encouraged to
carry out the notification described here. The ERCB reserves the right to advertise any
application for its own purposes.
Requirements
1) A map showing
a) the zero edge of the pool,
b) the status of each well completed in the
pool, and
c) the licensees in the pool and for 1600 m
surrounding the pool that contains the
well for which a change to allowable is
requested.
Comments
This information generally is required only
when the allowable originally was assigned
for conservation reasons or when pool
delineation is an issue.
Generally, only when allowables have been
set for an entire pool for conservation
reasons is the full level of notification
referred to in 1(c) required. The 1600 m
buffer around the pool is included to ensure
that no offset licensees have a different
interpretation of the pool. In most cases,
affected parties are those considered by the
ERCB to have a productive well in the same
geological pool in a drilling spacing unit
(DSU) immediately offsetting the subject
well.
If the allowable was established because the
subject well is off target, generally only
wells in the same geological pool that the
subject well is off target towards are
3-42 • ERCB Directive 065: Resources Applications / Gas Allowable (October 2011)