Resource Conservation Branch
PO Box 9329 Stn Prov Gov’t
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3 		Phone: (250) 952-0310
Fax: (250) 952-0301
Alt: (250) 952-0311

GUIDELINE FOR APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICE AREA

An application for approval of a Good Engineering Practice (GEP) area under Section 101 of the Drilling and Production Regulation may contain, when applicable:

  • a legal description of the area and the designation of the pool for which the application is made;

  • a map showing the area referred to in the application, together with the title holders within this area and in adjacent title-holdings;

  • a map showing the status and completion intervals for all wells in the pool;

  • a general discussion of the history and development of the area, including a tabulation of completion details, initial potentials and latest data for all wells in the area;

  • a discussion of the geology of the pool, including relevant cross-sections, structural contour and isopach maps, together with details of top and base porosity and fluid-interface elevations;

  • a discussion of reservoir rock and fluid properties, together with estimates of original hydrocarbon volumes in place;

  • a discussion of the pressure production history of the pool, including isobaric maps and a graphic history, showing production rates and cumulative volumes, together with appropriate gas-liquid and water-oil ratios;

  • graphical presentation of the production histories for all wells in the area, showing production rates and cumulative volumes, together with appropriate gas-liquid and water-oil ratios;

  • a discussion of the proposed method of producing the area, including a prediction of rate-time performance and ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons;

  • a prediction of rate-time performance and ultimate recovery of hydrocarbons under present conditions;

  • a request for approval of a proposed GEP area allowable;

  • written statements from other interested parties, indicating their reaction to the application. Examples of such statements are provided here and here.

Two copies of the application are to be submitted to the Director of the Resource Conservation Branch of the Oil and Gas Commission in Victoria at the address noted above. Additional copies may be made available to owners directly affected, upon request. Notice of an application may be published in The British Columbia Gazette.