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Rules, Regulations, Requirements


Informational Letters

Informational Letters and Interim Directives have been used in the past to document ERCB requirements. These are being reviewed and gradually will be converted to Directives, as per Bulletin 2004-02 that describes the initiative to streamline regulatory documents.

The ILs in this list are still in effect.

IL 2002-01  Principles for Minimizing Surface Disturbance in Native Prairie and Parkland Areas

IL 2001-09  Revised MRL Administration of Oil Pools

IL 2001-05  Construction of a Well Site Prior to the Issuance of a Well Licence

IL 2001-03  Management of Drilling Wastes Associated with Advanced Gel Chemical Systems

IL 2001-02  Field and Pool Orders and Gas Strike Areas

IL 2001-01  Appropriate Dispute Resolution

IL 99-06  Conventional Crude Oil Pools Granted Good Production Practice Status

IL 99-02  Use of Produced Sand in Road Construction

IL 98-02  Suspension

IL 98-01  A Memorandum of Understanding Between Alberta Environmental Protection and the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

IL 97-02  Well Spacing/Lease Boundary Setbacks Oil Sands Area Development

IL 96-07  EUB/AEP Memorandum of Understanding on the Regulations of Oil Sands Developments

IL 96-04  EUB Policy Update and Clarification on the Use of Earthen Pits

IL 96-02  Progress Report Requirements for Miscible Flood Schemes

IL 95-07  Subdivision and Development Regulation Requirements for Referrals to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

IL 95-05  Memorandum of Understanding on Administrative Procedures for Publication of Notice of Application

IL 94-22  Operating Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Caribou Range - North-west Alberta

IL 94-19  Dam Safety Accord

IL 94-11  Good Production Practice Conventional Crude Oil Pools

IL 94-06  Discharge of Produced Liquids to Earthen Structures - Notice of intention to amend existing regulations

IL 94-04  CSA Standard CSA Z341 - Storage of hydrocarbons in underground formations

IL 94-02  Injection and Disposal Wells Well Classification completion, logging and testing requirements

IL 93-09  Oil and Gas Developments Eastern Slopes (Southern Portion)

IL 93-04  Policy for the Logging of Horizontal Wells

IL 93-03  Logging Requirements

IL 93-02  Submission of Digital Well Log Data

IL 92-11  Experimental Schemes - Release of Information

IL 92-09  Revised Reporting Procedures - Load Fluids

IL 92-05  Reduced Fluid Sampling and Analysis for Hydrocarbon Miscible Flood Schemes

IL 91-13  Impact of Abandoned Coal Mines on Surface Development

IL 91-11  Coalbed Methane Regulation

IL 91-05  Good Production Practice Conventional Crude Oil Pools

IL 91-04  The Use of Concrete Slabs at Pipeline Crossings of Highways and Roads

IL 90-21  Oil and Gas Development - Rumsey Block

IL 90-18  Safety Hazard: Open Mouse/Rate Holes and Conductor Pipe

IL 90-09  Government of Alberta Ethane Policy Implementation Procedures

IL 90-03  Applications for Special MRLs, GPP, and GOR Penalty Relief

IL 89-20  Compensation in Case of Well Blowout

IL 89-07  Indirectly Fired Heater Coils for Pipeline Service

IL 89-05  Water Recycle Guidelines and Water Use Information Reporting for In Situ Oil Sands Facilities in Alberta

IL 88-05   Application for Approval of Natural-Gas-Driven Compressors (amended by ID 96-02 which was rescinded by Guide 56, October 2003)

IL 88-01  Submission of Mud Log Data

IL 87-12  Horizontal Wells Conventional Oil and Gas Pools

IL 86-02  Criteria for the Exemption of Sweet Gas Processing Plants from Approval Requirements Under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act

IL 85-12  Oil Sands Primary Production: Well Spacing Primary Recovery Scheme Approvals

IL 85-10  Maximum Daily Rates of Production for Gas Wells

IL 85-03  Operational Use of Flare Guns Forested Public Lands

IL 84-11  Approval, Monitoring, and Control of Sulphur Storage Sites

IL 84-07  Declaration of Oil Sands Areas to Facilitate Orderly Leasing and Stable Regulation

IL 84-06  Mined Oil Sands Bitumen Processing Technology

IL 83-11  Common Gas Purchaser and Related Matters Oil and Gas Conservation Act: Regulation Changes and Clarification of Board Policy

IL 83-02  Procedure for Submissions: Annual Reservoir Review for Gas Pools

IL 83-01  Reservoir Limit Tests on Discovery Oil Wells

IL 82-20  New Conventional Heavy Oil Developments

IL 82-14  A Summary of Policies and Procedures Respecting Well Spacing Provisions and Means to Vary Them

IL 82-13  Off-Target Penalty Factors for Exploration Wells

IL 82-11  Preservation of Archaeological, Palaeontological, and Historical Resources: Policy Update

IL 82-04  Drilling Spacing Units and Target Areas Requirements Clarified

IL 81-30  Experimental Schemes Involving a Large Array of Wells and Close Well Spacing

IL 81-23  Drilling Spacing Unit and Target Area Requirements

IL 81-21  Standard Unit of Measurement for Ethane

IL 80-23  Experimental Schemes

IL 80-22  Industrial and Manufacturing Operations Statement

IL 80-11  Joint Use of Right of Way

IL 80-01  Development of Deep

IL 79-16  Revised Incinerator Stack Exit Temperature Criteria for Plants Processing Sour Gas

IL 78-12  Policy on Experimental Schemes

IL 76-24  Stack Exit Temperatures for Acid Gas Incinerators Associated with Gas Processing Plants

IL 76-14  Drill Cuttings and Core

Master List - Directives, Informational Letters, Interim Directives
Includes documents that are in effect plus documents that have been superseded or rescinded since 1996 with an annotation of what has superseded them.

Many of the still in-effect Informational Letters are now quite old. The contact information and phone numbers published in these may be outdated. Please contact our Customer Contact Centre and they will assist you.
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