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

ack to the Crown. Applications to rescind holdings must be filed on behalf of all working
interest owners except where the lands have reverted to the Crown.
There are no notification requirements for an application to rescind a holding.
Note that failure to realign holding boundaries to reflect common ownership is a high risk
noncompliance event (see Directive 019).
7.2.8.5 Modify Holdings
A Modify application form must be filed when mineral ownership within an approved
holding boundary is no longer common and the boundaries of the holding need to be
realigned to reflect the new area of common ownership. Notification is not required when realigning
holding boundaries. Applicants applying to realign holding boundaries are required
to submit a Declaration of Common Ownership form. Note that lands that have reverted back
to Crown cannot be rescinded using the Modify form, rather they must be rescinded using the
Rescind application form. Applicants applying to realign the boundaries of a holding to
reflect common ownership and to rescind lands that have reverted back to Crown must file
two applications and relate them on Schedule 1 of the EAS forms.
A Modify application form should be used to remove an interwell distance provision from an
existing holding and/or to amend the buffer zone of a holding to reflect the standard buffer
zone for the area. This type of request would have to meet the minimum notification
requirements of Directive 065, Section 7.3.1.
Note that Modify spacing applications that are requesting a standard buffer zone and for
which the approved well density is less than or equal to the well density allowed for by the
OCGR will be closed. In such situations, the holding should be rescinded.
7.3 Application Requirements and Expectations
7.3.1 Minimum Notification Requirements
Well spacing applications that have not met all applicable notification requirements will be
closed and removed from the ERCB’s agenda. Applications to rescind holdings or re-align
holding boundaries have no notification requirements.
Refer to the Notification Guidelines section of Directive 065 for a detailed discussion on the
objective, purpose, and guidelines of the notification process.
7.3.1.1 Preapplication Notification
Applicants must conduct preapplication notification. A minimum 15-business-day response
period from the date the notification letter is mailed is required. An application filed with the
ERCB before this notification period has expired will be closed.
7.3.1.2 How to Notify
Applicants must use applicable notification template letters (see Appendix J: Spacing
Notification Templates) and must provide an accurate description of the entire area of
application, proposed formations/pools, and requested provisions.
ERCB Directive 065: Resources Applications / Application for Special Well Spacing (October 2011) • 7-9