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Companies must complete and submit the following forms to comply with certain AER directives. Click on a directive to learn more about it.

Directive 001: Requirements for Site-Specific Liability Assessments in Support of the AER's Liability Management Programs

  • Cost estimate forms [XLS]
  • Acknowledgement statements [DOCX]

Directive 006: Licensee Liability Rating (LLR) Program and Licence Transfer Process

  • Appendix 9: Licensee Netback Calculation Form [PDF]
  • Appendix 10: Facility Liability Declaration Form [PDF]
  • Appendix 11: Facility Netback Calculation Form [PDF]

Directive 007-1: Allowables Handbook. Guidelines for the Calculation of Monthly Production Allowables in Alberta

Directive 008: Surface Casing Depth Requirements

  • Checklists [PDF]
  • Surface Casing Depth Calculation [PDF]

Directive 020: Well Abandonment

  • Well Abandonment Variance Request [PDF]
  • Request to Re-enter for Abandonment Purposes [PDF]
  • Variance for Nonthermal Well Abandonment Within Oil Sands Area [PDF]
  • Commingled Abandonment Request [PDF]
  • UWI Template [XLSX]

Directive 023: Oil Sands Project Applications

  • Thermal Compatibility of Wells Form [XLSX]

Directive 024: Large Facility Liability Management Program

  • Appendix 6: Facility Netback Calculation Form [PDF]
  • Appendix 7: Facility Liability Declaration Form [PDF]

Directive 031: REDA Energy Cost Claims

  • E1: Summary of Total Costs Claimed [XLS] [PDF]
  • E2: Summary of Professional Fees Claimed [XLS] [PDF]
  • E3: Summary of Intervener Honararia Claimed [XLS] [PDF]
  • E4: Summary of Disbursements Claimed [XLS] [PDF]
  • E5: Affidavit of Fees and Disbursements [DOC] [PDF]
  • Package of Energy Cost Forms (E1 – E5) [ZIP]

Directive 038: Noise Control

  • Noise Impact Assessment [PDF]
  • Noise Complaint Investigation [PDF]

Directive 039: Revised Program to Reduce Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators

  • Annual Dehydrator Benzene Inventory Form [XLS]
  • Dehydration Engineering and Operations Sheet (DEOS) [XLS]

Directive 051: Injection and Disposal Wells – Well Classifications, Completions, Logging, and Testing Requirements

Directive 056: Energy Development Applications and Schedules

  • Schedule 1 is located in the designated information submission system.
  • Schedule 2: Facility Licence Application [PDF]
  • Schedule 2.1: Working Interest Participants - Facilities [PDF]
  • Schedule 2.2: Gas Plants - Facilities [PDF]
  • Schedule 2.3: H2S Information - Facilities [PDF]
  • Schedule 2.4: Compressors/Pumps - Facilities [PDF]
  • All Schedule 3 forms are now located within OneStop
  • All Schedule 4 forms are now located within OneStop 

Directive 058: Oilfield Waste Management Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry

Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting

  • Appendix 6: Sour Gas Flaring/Incineration Data Summary Report [PDF]
  • Appendix 13: Fugitive Emissions Survey or Screening Record [PDF]

Directive 065: Resources Applications for Oil and Gas Reservoirs

  • Schedule 1: Resource Applications [PDF]
  • Appendix B: Notification Templates [PDF
  • Appendix C: Form O-33 - Application for Gas-Oil Ratio (GOR) Penalty Relief [PDF]
  • Appendix D: Transfer of Approval [PDF]
  • Appendix F: Enhanced Recovery (ER) Scheme [PDF]
  • Appendix G: Gas and Ethane Removal
    • Short-term Gas Removal Application [PDF]
    • Long-term Gas Removal Application [PDF]
    • Short-term Ethane Removal Application [PDF]
  • Appendix H:Gas Reserve Data Sheet [PDF]
  • Appendix I: EAS Well Spacing Application Forms and Explanatory Notes
    • New Spacing Application—Holdings or Units [PDF]
    • New Spacing Application—Special Drilling Spacing Units [PDF]
    • Rescind Spacing Application—Holdings or Units [PDF]
    • Rescind Spacing Application—Special Drilling Spacing Units [PDF]
    • Modify Spacing Application—Holdings or Units [PDF]
  • Appendix J: Special Well Spacing Notification Templates [PDF]
  • Appendix N: Special Well Spacing Declaration Templates [PDF

Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding Energy Licences and Approvals

  • Schedule 1: Licence Eligibility (Well, Facility, or Pipeline) [PDF]
  • Schedule 2: AER Agent Registration and Discharge [PDF]
  • Schedule 3: Financial Summary
    • For licensees with eligibility to hold AER licenses and approvals, Schedule 3 must be completed via the forms page on OneStop.
    • To apply for eligibility to hold AER licences and approvals, Schedule 3 [ZIP] must be downloaded/extracted to your desktop/drive and completed using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader. A free version of Adobe Reader is available here. When opening in Adobe, ensure you click the “Enable All Features” button for the form to load correctly.
    • Scanned, printed, or submissions in any other format will not be accepted.
    • How to Fill Out Directive 067 – Schedule 3: Financial Summary [PDF]

Directive 068: Security Deposits

  • Security Deposit Submission Form [PDF]

Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and Response

  • ERP Application Form [PDF]

Directive 075: Oilfield Waste Liability (OWL) Program

  • Appendix 6: Facility Netback Calculation Form [PDF]
  • Appendix 7: Facility Liability Declaration Form [PDF]

Directive 079: Surface Development in Proximity to Abandoned Wells

  • Form 071: Request to Vary Requirements Related to SCVF/GM [PDF]

Directive 083: Hydraulic Fracturing – Subsurface Integrity

  • Hydraulic Fracturing Notification Submission Form [XLSX]
  • Hydraulic Fracturing Communication Event Form [XLS]

Directive 087: Well Integrity Management

  • Form F022: Packer Test Record [PDF]
  • Form F070: Request to Vary Requirements Related to Casing Failure [PDF]
  • Form F071: Request to Vary Requirements Related to SCVF/GM [PDF]