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

Except in cases involving missing and untraceable owners or minor amendments to existing
pooling orders, once an application is complete the ERCB normally issues a notice of
application. The notice of application would not usually be published in any newspapers but
would be sent directly to parties with an interest in the petroleum and/or natural gas
underlying the DSU. Interested parties would have a specified time period in which to file
any objections or concerns they may have respecting the application.
If no objections or concerns are received in response to the notice of application, the ERCB
makes a decision on the application without further notice or a hearing. If a valid objection to
an application is filed, the ERCB schedules a public hearing to consider the application and
the issues raised.
1.5.3 Requirements for an Application for a Compulsory Pooling Order (file 12 copies)
Requirements
1) A statement of what you are requesting,
including
a) a reference to the section(s) of the
OGCA under which you are making the
application, and
b) the legal description of the DSU
involved.
Comments
You should cite Section 80 of the OGCA and,
if applicable, Sections 85 and 86. For
example: Company X is applying for a
compulsory pooling order for the production
of gas under Section 80 of the OGCA in the
DSU constituting Section 13-45-12W4M.
The size of the DSU involved should be
consistent with the substance to be pooled
(oil or gas). Thus, oil would normally be
pooled within a standard oil DSU of a quarter
section, while gas would be pooled within a
standard gas DSU of one section.
Compulsory pooling occurs only within a
single DSU. Section 80 of the OGCA does
not allow for compulsory pooling within
several DSUs.
2) A statement providing the legal description
of each tract within the DSU and the
ownership of that tract, together with a table
showing the mailing addresses for all lessors
and lessees (except the Crown).
For example. for the gas DSU constituting
Section 13-45-12W4M:
Ownership
Tract Lessor Lessee
SW quarter Crown Company A
SE quarter Freehold – ½ undivided J. Doe Company A
½ undivided P. Doe Not leased
North half Freehold Company B Company A
You should provide the mailing addresses of
all lessors (except the Crown) and lessees as
an attachment to the application. This allows
the ERCB to provide notice of the
application to all potentially adversely
affected parties.
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