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Directives

Directives set out requirements or processes that energy companies operating in Alberta must follow.

Our directives contain requirements and processes that energy companies operating in Alberta must follow.  If not, we will enforce action through our compliance assurance program.

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Name Sort descending DescriptionDate
Directive 027Shallow Fracturing Operations-Restricted Operations [Rescinded & superseded by Directive 083: Hydraulic Fracturing – Subsurface Integrity]
Directive 029Energy and Utility Development Applications and the Hearing Process
Directive 030Digital Data Submission of the Annual Oilfield Waste Disposition Report
Directive 031REDA Energy Cost Claims
Directive 032Common Gas Purchaser and Related Matters, Board Policy and Views
Directive 033Well Servicing and Completions Operations - Interim Requirement Regarding the Potential for Explosive Mixtures and Ignition in Wells
Directive 034Gas Well Testing, Theory and Practice
Directive 035Baseline Water Well Testing Requirement for Coalbed Methane Wells Completed Above the Base of Groundwater Protection
Directive 036Drilling Blowout Prevention Requirements and Procedures
Directive 037Service Rig Inspection Manual
Name Sort descending DescriptionRelease Date
Directive 040Pressure and Deliverability Testing Oil and Gas Wells
Directive 042Measurement, Accounting, and Reporting Plan (MARP) Requirements for Thermal Bitumen Schemes
Directive 044Requirements for Surveillance of Water Production in Hydrocarbon Wells Completed Above the Base of Groundwater Protection
Directive 047Waste Reporting Requirements for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities
Directive 050Drilling Waste Management
Directive 051Injection and Disposal Wells – Well Classifications, Completions, Logging, and Testing Requirements
Directive 054Performance Reporting and Surveillance of In Situ Oil Sands Schemes
Directive 055Storage Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Directive 056Energy Development Applications and Schedules
Directive 058Oilfield Waste Management Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry

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Name Sort descending DescriptionDate
Directive 057Fencing and Site Access Requirements for Oil and Gas [Rescinded by Bulletin 2011-04]
Directive 058 (Addendum)Oilfield Waste Management Facility Approvals—Notification and Amendment Procedures [Incorporated into Directive 058, March 2022 edition]
Directive 061How to Apply for Government Approval of Coal Projects in Alberta [Rescinded by Bulletin 2020-07]
Directive 062Coalbed Methane Control Well Requirements and Related Matters [Rescinded by Bulletin 2021-29]
Directive 063Requirements and Procedures for Oilfield Waste Management Facilities [Rescinded by Manual 001: Facility and Well Site Inspections]
Directive 064Requirements and Procedures for Facilities [Rescinded by Manual 001: Facility and Well Site Inspections]
Directive 066Requirements and Procedures for Pipelines [Rescinded by Manual 005: Pipeline Inspections]
Directive 070Drilling Waste Disposal Inspection Manual [Rescinded by Manual 002: Drilling Waste Inspections]
Directive 072Well Abandonment Notification Requirements [Rescinded by Directive 020: Well Abandonment]
Directive 074Tailings Performance Criteria and Requirements for Oil Sands Mining Schemes [Rescinded by Directive 085: Fluid Tailings Management for Oil Sands Mining Projects]

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