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Waste Management

The ERCB regulates the management of oilfield wastes under the authority of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and the Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations. The details regarding the management of oilfield wastes at the generator's facility site, the transportation of oilfield wastes on Alberta's public roads, and the treatment and disposal of oilfield wastes at waste management facilities are presented in the following ERCB documents:

Directive 030Digital Data Submission of the Annual Oilfield Waste Disposition Report
Directive 045Digital Data Submission of Drilling Waste Disposal Notification
Directive 047Requirements for the S-25 Monthly Oilfield Waste Management Facility Statement
Directive 050Drilling Waste Management
Directive 051Injection and Disposal Wells, Well Classifications Logging, and Testing Requirements and Informational Letter (IL) 94-2
Directive 055 Storage Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Directive 058 Oilfield Waste Management Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Directive 063 Requirements and Procedures for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities
Directive 064Requirements and Procedures for Facilities
Directive 075Oilfield Waste Liability (OWL) Program
ID 81-01Subsurface Disposal of Drilling Fluids
ID 99-4 Deposition of Oilfield Waste into Landfills
ID 99-05Disposal of Drilling Waste Associated with Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
ID 2000-3 Harmonization of Waste Management
ID 2000-4 An Update to the Requirements for Appropriate Management of Oilfield Wastes
IL 98-1A Memorandum of Understanding between Alberta Environmental Protection and the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Regarding Coordination of Release Notification Requirements and Subsequent Regulatory Response
IL 98-2 Suspension, Abandonment, Decontamination, and Surface Land Reclamation of Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities
IL 99-2 Use of Produced Sand in Road Construction
IL 2001-03
Management of Drilling Wastes Associated with Advanced Gel Chemical Systems

ST107: ERCB-Approved Oilfield Waste Management Facilities 
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Page Last Updated: February 15, 2011




Related Information

Announcement - February 15, 2011 Changes to Oilfield Waste Management Facility Applications

Addition of New Oilfield Waste Codes  Effective as of the October 2010 production month, the ERCB is implementing the following oilfield waste codes

Announcement - January 4, 2010  HSPWTR waste code to replace SWBFLD

Announcement - August 28, 2009  Notice of the Oilfield Waste Disposition Code for “Waste Transport by Pipeline”

Announcement - July 29, 2009  Clarification to ERCB Directive 047: Waste Reporting Requirements for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities

Announcement - May 28, 2009  Clarifications to the recent release of ERCB Directive 047: Waste Reporting Requirements for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities

Announcement - March 26, 2009   Addition of New Waste Codes with the recent release of ERCB Directive 047: Requirements for the S-25 Monthly Oilfield Waste Management Facility Statement

Announcement - February 26, 2009  Waste Reporting Requirements - Reminder to Stakeholders

Bulletin 2010-37  Revised Edition of Directive 047: Waste Reporting Requirements for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities (Released: November 19, 2010)

Bulletin 2009-26  Requirements on Waste Transport by Pipeline and Waste Tracking (Released: July 31, 2009)

Bulletin 2009-25  Invitation for Comment: Updates to Storage Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry—Discussion Document on Directive 055 (Released: July 30, 2009)

Bulletin 2008-49  Directive 058—Addendum 2008-12-23: Oilfield Waste Management Facility Approvals— Notification and Amendment Procedures Issued (Released: December 23, 2008)

Bulletin 2008-45  Reminder: Oilfield Waste Being Sent Off Site for Management Must Go Only to Approved Waste Management Facilities (Released: December 10, 2008)

Report 2009-A  Updates to Storage Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry - Discussion Document on Directive 055 (Released: July 30, 2009)