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Bulletin 2010-18
June 8, 2010
Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations— Draft of Two New Sections and Additions to Existing Sections for Stakeholder Review
Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations is being developed in stages, with new sections added as they become available. The first five sections came into effect on February 1, 2005, Section 6 on May 7, 2007, Sections 7 to 9 on December 5, 2007, Sections 10 to 11 on February 2, 2009, and Sections 12 and 13 on October 22, 2009. Sections 12.4, 14, and 15 are the next additions to this directive. Drafts of these sections are on the ERCB Web site www.ercb.ca under Industry Zone : Rules, Regulations, Requirements : Directives : Directive 017 for stakeholder review.
- Section 12.4: Thermal In Situ Oil Sands Operations: This subsection presents the requirements and exceptions for thermal In situ oil sands facilities, but does not cover crude bitumen production through mining.
- Section 14: Liquids Measurement: This section presents the requirements for liquid hydrocarbon measurement (i.e., crude oil, bitumen, condensate), liquefied petroleum gases (i.e., propane, butane), dense phase hydrocarbons (i.e., ethane, NGLs), and water. It represents a consolidation of the liquid measurement requirements in various existing sections.
- Section 15: Water Measurement: This section presents the requirements for measurement and reporting of water from oil and gas production, water source, water injection and disposal, waste processing and disposal, storage and disposal cavern, and thermal in situ oil sands schemes.
Some of the areas covered in these sections are listed in the table below:
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Section 12.4
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Section 14
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Section 15
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- Bitumen, diluent, dilbit measurement
- Gas, steam, solvent, and water measurement
- Single point measurement uncertainties for various applications not covered in Section 1
- Water/steam primary and secondary measurement
- Monthly water balance
- Production well testing
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- Application of API measurement standards
- System design and installation
- Meter selection
- Updated calibration/proving
- Shrinkage determination requirements
- Pressure and temperature measurement
- Density determination
- Tank measurement
- Sampling and analysis
- Liquid volume calculations
- Record-keeping
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- Water measurement and accounting requirements for various battery/facility types
- WGR testing methodology
and calculation
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Comments and questions from the public and industry are welcome. Please send them to Bill Cheung, Field Surveillance and Operations Branch (telephone 403-297-8798 or e-mail bill.cheung@ercb.ca)
by July 23, 2010
. The ERCB will then review feedback and make changes as necessary before releasing these in a revised edition of Directive 017 .
<original signed by>
Dwayne Waisman , B.E.S., C.E.T.
Executive Manager
Field Surveillance and Operations Branch
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