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

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c) estimates of the present and the expected
future rate of drainage of your reserves in
the absence of the common purchaser
order, together with the details of how the
estimates were obtained.
8) A discussion of
a) the opportunities that have existed for the
marketing of gas or oil produced from
your property, including documentation
showing your attempts to obtain a market
for your gas or oil, and
b) the future prospects for marketing the
gas or oil.
You should have made substantial efforts to
obtain your own markets and to negotiate a
voluntary sharing of the existing markets of
other owners in the pool. You should apply to
the ERCB only as a last resort. You should
also continue your efforts to resolve the matter
on a voluntary basis after filing the application
with the ERCB.
9) A map showing the areas in the pool from
which each purchaser purchases gas or oil
and the location of your property.
10) A statement that the proposed common
purchaser purchases, produces, or otherwise
acquires gas or oil, as the case may be, from
the pool containing your property.
11) If appropriate, a statement specifying the
reasons why all the purchasers in the pool are
not being proposed as common purchasers.
12) If you are requesting, pursuant to Section
51(4)(a) of the OGCA, that the ERCB, to
give effect to the common purchaser
declaration, direct the point at which the
common purchaser shall take delivery of gas
offered for sale to it,
a) a discussion and documentation
indicating what negotiations were carried
out in regard to a delivery point and
where the impasse lies,
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