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

Requirements
Comments
8) If there is not a well on the DSU drilled to
the formation(s) referred to in item 3, a
statement that if an order is made by the
ERCB, you are prepared to drill a well to the
formation(s) in question, and in the event
that no production of gas or oil is obtained,
you will pay all costs incurred in the drilling
and abandonment of the well in accordance
with Section 80(2)(f) of the OGCA.
9) If there is not a well drilled on the DSU, an
indication of whether you would see any
difficulty in drilling the well within six
months of the date of the proposed order if
issued, and if so, an indication of what
would be a more appropriate time limit to
drill.
Section 82(2)(b) of the OGCA implies that a
well should be drilled within six months of
the date of the order.
10) A statement of the operator to be appointed
for the well of interest in the proposed
pooling order.
All pooling orders normally include a clause
that names the operator of the well subject to
the pooling order.
11) A statement that the allocation of costs and
revenues under the pooling order would be
on a tract area basis, or if allocation is
proposed to be on a basis other than an area
basis, the proposed allocation and the details
of how the allocation was determined,
including
a) a net pay isopach map of the pool,
including both oil and gas if there is an
associated pool,
Section 80(4)(c) of the OGCA indicates that
allocation shall be on an area basis unless it
can be shown to the ERCB that this is
inequitable. Thus, allocation on an area basis
is the normal provision of a pooling order,
and an applicant would not need to justify
why it has chosen to request an area-based
allocation.
b) if pool delineation or fluid interfaces
are based on structural interpretation, a
structure contour map of the pool and
offsetting area,
c) an interpreted and annotated log crosssection
or representative well log(s)
showing
i) stratigraphic interpretation of the
zone(s) of interest,
If there is a dispute among the parties
involved regarding the delineation of the
pool(s) in question, you should include an
annotated cross-section in the application; if
there is no dispute respecting this issue, an
annotated representative well log is
sufficient.
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