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

Table 1. Minimum notification requirements required prior to filing application 1
Application type
(section in Directive 065)
Notification and confirmation of
nonobjection from representative list as
necessary to ensure coverage
Area of contact
Special well spacing
(Unit 7)
• Refer to Unit 7 for notification
requirements
EOR scheme
(amendment)
(2.1)
EOR scheme (new)
(2.1)
Gas cycling scheme
(amendment)
Gas cycling scheme
(new)
Concurrent production
(2.4)
Waste disposal (Class I) 2
(4.1)
Acid gas disposal 3
(4.2)
Application type
• All well licensees of wells completed in
the pool
• All well licensees of wells completed in
the pool
• All well licensees of wells completed in
the pool
• All well licensees
• Unit operator ( if applicable)
• Approval holder of scheme (if applicable)
• All well licensees
Industry
• Unit operator ( if applicable)
• Approval holder of scheme
• All well licensees
• All mineral lessees
• All mineral lessors
Public
• Landowners and occupants
• Unit operator ( if applicable)
• Approval holder of scheme (if applicable)
• All well licensees
• All mineral lessees
• All mineral lessors
Consultation and documentation of
negotiations with
The applied-for approval area and the
area within 800 m of any proposed
enhanced oil recovery injector
The applied-for approval area and the
area within a quarter section of the
applied-for approval area
The applied-for approval area
The applied-for approval area and the
area within one section of the appliedfor
approval area
ERCB-designated pool
A radius of 1.6 km from the proposed
disposal well where the disposal zone
is known to be present
A radius of 0.5 km from the proposed
disposal well
If into a depleted hydrocarbon pool,
the ERCB-designated pool; if into an
aquifer, a radius of 1.6 km from the
section containing the disposal well
Area of contact
Rateable take
(1.1)
• All well licensees ERCB-designated pool if present;
otherwise applicant’s pool
interpretation
Common
carrier/processor/
purchaser (1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
Compulsory pooling
(1.5)
• Carrier, processors, or purchasers
involved
• All well licensees
• All mineral lessees
• All mineral lessors of unleased tracts
Not applicable
In pool
ERCB-designated drilling spacing unit
1
Note that these are minimum requirements. The consequences of incomplete notification are discussed in the preceding text.
2
Notification and consent will be required as part of any request for a surface facility approval associated with waste disposal. A
surface facility approval must be obtained from the ERCB’s Waste Operations Group and/or Alberta Environment before a waste
disposal well approval can be issued.
3
If a new emergency response plan (ERP) is needed or an existing ERP is updated, conduct notification for ERP purposes to all
potentially adversely affected parties and provide confirmation of no objection or concerns.
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