Regulations & Directives:
Drilling
The ERCB regulates the energy industry, as authorized by various acts of the Province of Alberta and the regulations under those acts.
Directives
- Directive 008 Surface Casing Depth Requirements
- Directive 009 Casing Cementing Minimum Requirements
- Directive 010 Minimum Casing Design Requirements
- Directive 027 Shallow Fracturing Operations-Restricted Operations
- Directive 036 Drilling Blowout Prevention Requirements and Procedures
- Directive 050 Drilling Waste Management
- Directive 051 Injection and Disposal Wells - Well Classifications, Completions, Logging, and Testing Requirements
- Directive 059 Well Drilling and Completion Data Filing Requirements
- Directive 070 Drilling Waste Disposal Inspection Manual (Rescinded by Manual 002)
Bulletins
- Bulletin 2012-02 Hydraulic Fracturing: Interwellbore Communication between Energy Wells
- Bulletin 2011-09 Invitation for Feedback on Draft Revised Edition of Directive 059: Well Drilling and Completion Data Filing Requirements
- Bulletin 2011-11 Invitation for Feedback on Draft Revision of Directive 050: Drilling Waste Management
- Bulletin 2011-28 Revised Edition of Directive 059: Well Drilling and Completion Data Filing Requirements
Interim Directives
- ID 91-06 Casing, Cementing, Sampling and Logging Requirements Senex, Kidney, Trout, and Associated Areas
- ID 97-06 Sour Well Licensing and Drilling Requirements
- ID 94-03 Underbalanced Drilling [see also Directive 036 Section 10, 20, 23 and 24 for additional information on underbalanced operations]
- ID 99-05 Disposal of Drilling Waste Associated with Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) Regulated Pipeline and/or Other Oil and Gas Related Below Ground Boring Activities
Informational Letters
- IL 90-18 Safety Hazard: Open Mouse/Rat Holes and Conductor Pipe
- IL 87-12 Horizontal Wells Conventional Oil and Gas Pools
- IL 2001-03 Management of Drilling Wastes associated with Advanced Gel Chemical Systems
Manuals
- Manuals Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) manuals are a consolidation of existing requirements and do not set out new or amended requirements. Manuals are primarily designed as reference documents for ERCB staff to ensure consistency in pursuing regulatory compliance.