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Figure 7.1. OGCR Schedule 13A<br />

Baseline well densities <strong>for</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard DSUs vary depending on the substance, production<br />

source, <strong>for</strong>mation, <strong>and</strong> area of the province from which oil or gas is being produced.<br />

<strong>Gas</strong><br />

The baseline well density <strong>for</strong> gas production province-wide is two wells per pool per st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

DSU, except that <strong>for</strong><br />

• coalbed methane (CBM), including coal seams with other interbedded lithologies, or <strong>for</strong><br />

shale gas reservoirs throughout the province, there are no well density restrictions;,<br />

• all gas zones to the base of the Colorado Group in the area outlined in Schedule 13A,<br />

there are no well density restrictions; <strong>and</strong><br />

• the designated strata <strong>and</strong> stratigraphic equivalents between the top of the Smoky Group<br />

<strong>and</strong> the base of the Rock Creek Member in the area outlined in Schedule 13B of the<br />

OGCR, as shown in Figure 7.2, the baseline well density is four wells per pool per<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard DSU.<br />

7-2 • ERCB <strong>Directive</strong> <strong>065</strong>: <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>Applications</strong> / Application <strong>for</strong> Special Well Spacing (October 2011)

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