Current Business Rules and Practices
This section provides the current rules, requirements, and procedures for submitting well test data.
Directive 040: Pressure and Deliverability Testing - Oil and Gas Wells provides the requirements and recommended practices for pressure and deliverability testing of oil and gas wells.
All companies are required to submit current well test data electronically in the appropriate PAS formats. Hard copy / paper reports will only be accepted for well tests captured prior to January 1, 1999.
Further to ERCB Directive 040: Pressure and Deliverability Testing - Oil and Gas Wells, the ERCB has developed the means to electronically capture industry-collected well tests consisting of gas and fluid analyses, AOF, acoustic well sounder data, static and transient gauge pressure data, and drillstem tests.
WTC Upload
SERCO List [PDF format] - Key to PAS File [SERCO] Abbreviations [Producing and/or Service Companies with 5-digit SERCO codes]
Well Test File Formats
Well test submissions are formatted according to the industry and EUB defined Pressure ASCII Standard - PAS. Sample file formats are detailed in the WTC Beta site.
WTC-Review
The ERCB in conjunction with CAPP's WTC-Review Committee undertook a full review of all systems and procedures for well test data submission. The activities and progress of this review are documented below.
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WTC System Update [PowerPoint format] (May 31, 2004)
Presentation by Al Chare to CIM Luncheon Meeting "Well Test Capture (WTC) System Update"
WTC PAS File Review
- EUB Bulletin 2004-15 released May 21, 2004 announcing System Implementation Date Reminder, Final PAS file formats and Business Rule Implications
Bulletin 2004-15: Well Test Capture (WTC) System Pressure ASCII Standard (PAS) Formats for Well Test Data
includes Attachment - WTC PAS File Business Rules Implications For Non-Compliance
Attachment - final PAS V 4.00 file formats [Excel format] [PDF format]
Attachment - PAS file formats as distributed with Bulletin 2003-37 highlighting revisions that have been made [Excel format] [PDF format]
WTC Memo (January 7, 2004) Non-licence Holders Require Business Associate Code
In anticipation of the upgrade to the Data Submission and User Access Security procedures for the ERCB DDS System, including the Well Test Capture (i.e., WTC PAS files) system, anyone responsible for validating or submitting such files will be required to have a Business Associate (BA) Code in place.
Letter to All Operators and Well Testers (September 16, 2002)
Well Test Capture (WTC) Invites Feedback from Operators
includes - WTC PAS File Review Summary - Industry Recommendations [PDF format] (September 9, 2002)
WTC Review: Improving the System (July 4, 2002)
PowerPoint Presentation by Frank Palmai - Interim Review Status
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If you have questions about the ERCB's requirements for well test submissions or on compiling and submitting an electronic test to the ERCB, please send an e-mail message to:
WellTest-Helpline@ercb.ca
