Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting

Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting
Released: November 16, 2006 with Bulletin 2006-41

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Training Sessions

Training sessions were provided on January 8, 2007 and February 12, 2007. View presentation from those sessions. Directive 060 Rollout Presentation [PDF format].

NEW! Directive 060 Spreadsheets
The updated ERCBflare.xls and ERCBincin.xls spreadsheets are now available. These spreadsheets provide dispersion modelling for sour flares and incinerators and are intended to replace the previous flare/incin spreadsheets. The new spreadsheets should be used for any new approval requests. Click here to download the file to your own system. Run the executable file and it will install the two spreadsheets for you.
Also included in the setup package are the following pdf documents:

• ReadMe
• What’s New
• Exit Parameters
  

Other Published Information on Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting

University of Alberta Flare Research Project Final Report (September 2004)

World Bank Workshop - Workshop in Calgary offered as part of the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership (October 2003)

EnerFAQs 6: Flaring and Incineration - ERCB ensures that flaring and incineration are carried out in a manner protective of public safety and the environment.

ST60B: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring and Venting Report: Industry Performance for the Year Ending December 31

Sour Well Test Flaring: Permit Application Process and Dispersion Modelling Nomographs (September 2001) - Prepared by Michael Zelensky for Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) Well Test Flaring Sub-Committee and Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

Investigation of Flare Gas Emissions (1996) Prepared by M. Strosher, Alberta Research Council for Environment Canada, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers