Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) (SOR/2018-66)

Marginal note:Applicable methods

• 23 (1) For the purpose of sections 20 and 26, the volume of hydrocarbon gas produced, received, vented or destroyed at, or delivered from, an upstream oil and gas facility must be determined in accordance with the applicable method set out in

  • (a) the document entitled Measurement Guideline for Upstream Oil and Gas Operations, published by the Oil and Gas Commission of British Columbia on March 1, 2017, if the facility is located in British Columbia;

  • (b) the document entitled Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations and commonly referred to as Directive PNG017, published by the Government of Saskatchewan on August 1, 2017 (version 2.1), if the facility is located in Manitoba or Saskatchewan; and

  • (c) the document entitled Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations and commonly referred to as AER Directive 017, published by the Alberta Energy Regulator on March 31, 2016, in any other case.

• Marginal note:Directive PNG017 and AER 017

  (2) Despite paragraphs (1)(b) and (c), for the purpose of sections 12.2.2.1 and 12.2.2.2 of the Saskatchewan Directive PNG017 and of the AER Directive 017, the gas production per well per day is to be determined

  • (a) if the expected gas production is greater than 2 000 standard m³ per day, by direct measurement; and

  • (b) in any other case,

    • (i) by direct measurement, or

    • (ii) by means of an estimate based on a gas-to-oil ratio determined

      • (A) in accordance with section 24, or

      • (B) by the formula

        −0.5P_w + 150

        where

        P_w

        is the average volume, expressed in standard m³, of oil produced by the well for a day during the most recent month of production.