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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 SCHEME FOR CONCURRENT PRODUCTION
- the legal description of the area and description of the pool for which the application is made; the locations of all wells in the area
- 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 zone for all wells within 3 kilometres of the area referred to in the application
- a general discussion of the history and development of the pool, including a tabulation of completion details, initial potential, and latest test data for all wells completed in the pool
- 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 reservoir history showing oil and gas production rates and cumulative volumes, together with appropriate gas-oil and water-oil ratios
- graphical presentation of the production histories for all wells in the area, showing oil and gas production rates and cumulative volume, together with gas-liquid and oil-water ratios; graphs for representative wells may be presented where the number of wells is large
- details of any compositional and volumetric material-balance calculations
- a discussion of the proposed method of producing the pool and conserving gas, including a prediction of the rate-time performance and ultimate recovery of oil and gas
- a discussion of the effects of the proposed production method on the rates of pressure depletion in the oil and gas-bearing sections of the reservoir
- a discussion of the feasibility of alternative methods for producing the pool, such as pressure maintenance or enhanced oil-recovery schemes, and continued production under existing conditions; predictions of rate-time performance and ultimate recovery should be included for at least the continued production case
- a request for approval of proposed oil and gas allowables
- 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.