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

1.1.4 Requirements for an Application for a Rateable Take Order (file 12 copies)
Requirements
1) A statement of what is being requested,
including
a) a reference that the application is being
made under Section 36 of the OGCA,
and
Comments
For example, HP Gas Company applies for
an order under Section 36 of the OGCA
distributing gas production among wells in
the Woodword Viking A Pool, which
includes the wells with the unique identifiers
of …
b) the pool and wells to which the order
would apply.
2) A discussion giving the reasons why you are
requesting the order, including a description
of the circumstances that in your opinion
have led or will lead to an inequitable
situation.
3) Documentation showing your attempts to
negotiate a solution to the problem,
including
a) identification of all parties involved and
the nature of their issues and concerns,
and
b) an outline of the attempts to resolve the
issues, including type of discussions
held, timing, and frequency.
You must have made substantial efforts to
resolve the situation; the application should
be a final resort. You should also continue
your efforts to resolve the matter on a
voluntary basis (including consideration of a
third-party mediator) after the application has
been filed 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.
4) Your geological interpretation of the pool
involved, including
a) a net pay isopach map of the pool,
including both oil and gas if there is an
associated pool,
b) an interpreted and annotated log crosssection
or representative well log(s)
showing
i) stratigraphic interpretation of the
zone(s) of interest,
This information should show that your well
is part of the subject pool. The net pay map
should show the entire pool and illustrate
wells outside the pool that control the edges
of the pool.
If there is a dispute among the parties
involved regarding the delineation of the
pool(s) in question, an annotated crosssection
should be included in the application;
if there is no dispute respecting this issue, an
annotated representative well log is
sufficient for the purposes of the application.
1-2 • ERCB Directive 065: Resources Applications / Rateable Take (October 2011)