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

Completing the Rescind Spacing Application—Holding or Units
For information on filling in Sections 1–4, refer to Unit 7, Section 7.6.2: Spacing Form.
Section 5: Holding or Units
1) Does your area of application include entire DSUs?
Select YES if each area of application contains whole DSUs. Note that you can only use the
Rescind application form to remove a DSU(s) from a holding where a lease(s) has expired and
reverted back to the Crown, or if you wish to rescind all or a portion of the holding in favour of
the standard spacing specified in Part 4 of the OGCR.
If you select NO, the application cannot be filed.
2) Enter the well density to be rescinded.
The well density entered on the form must match the well density in the existing approval being
rescinded. Well density is defined as the number of wells per pool per area.
Enter the well density and then select the well density area. Possible well density areas are
• 1 Quarter Legal Subdivision
• 1 Legal Subdivision
• 2 Legal Subdivisions
• 1 Quarter Section
• 1 Half Section
• 1 Section
• 2 Section
• 3 Section
• 4 Section
• Per Holding
• Limited by Buffer Distance
• Limited by Buffer and Interwell Distances
• Limited by Interwell Distance
• Per Pool
• See Special Provision
3) Enter the buffer zone distance to be rescinded.
Enter the buffer zone distance from the boundaries of each holding/unit in metres of the existing
approval being rescinded. The buffer zone distance entered must match the existing approval.
3a) Enter the buffer orientation to be rescinded.
Select the boundaries of the holding/unit that the buffer zone distance applies to. The selected
boundaries must match the existing approval.
4) Is there an interwell distance to be rescinded?
If you select YES, enter the approved interwell distance in question 4a.
If No, question 4a is not required.
ERCB Directive 065: Resources Applications / Appendix I: EAS Well Spacing Application Forms (October 2011) • A-49