Regulations & Directives: Directive 060
Directives are regulatory documents that set out requirements or processes that must be implemented and followed by licensees, permitees, and other approval holders under the ERCB’s jurisdiction.

Directive 060

Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting

Invitation for feedback on draft edition released: May 8, 2013, with bulletin 2013-17

View Draft PDF file

Current Edition Released: November 3, 2011 with Bulletin 2011-32.

View PDF file

Training Sessions

The ERCB plans to hold information sessions about the new Directive 060 requirements and ERCBflare once all of the changes have been incorporated into the document. Details about these sessions will be posted on the ERCB website once they are finalized.

Click here to download draft spreadsheet

Click here to download draft user guide

Click here to download draft MakeMet file and Source code (optional)

Directive 060 Spreadsheets - March 22, 2010
The ERCBflare.xls and ERCBincin.xls spreadsheets provide dispersion modelling for sour flares and incinerators. The spreadsheets should be used for any new approval requests.Click here to download the file to your own system. Run the executable file and it will install the two spreadsheets for you.

Also included in the setup package are the following pdf documents:

  • ReadMe
  • What’s New
  • Exit Parameters

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