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Requirements
Reservoir Engineering
BC Oil and Gas Commission
March 2013
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(2) Subject to subsection (6), a well permit holder must ensure that the static bottom hole pressure of
each of the permit holder's producing pools and observation wells is measured once every calendar year.
(3) A well permit holder must report all static bottom hole pressures and the duration of the resulting shut-
in period to the commission within 60 days after the date on which the pressures were measured.
(4) A well permit holder must ensure that, when static bottom hole pressures are measured, the surveyed
wells remain shut-in until the reservoir pressure has been attained in the well bore or until sufficient data
are available to permit the calculation of the reservoir pressure and, in the latter case, details of the
reservoir pressure calculations are included in the report required under subsection (3).
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to a well completed in an unconventional zone listed in
Schedule 2 if the commission has released, under section 17 of the Oil and Gas Activities Act General
Regulation, well reports and well data that include a static bottom hole pressure measurement from the
same unconventional zone within a 4 km radius measured from the wellhead of the well.
(6) Subsection (2) does not apply with respect to a well completed in an unconventional zone listed in
Schedule 2.
Pressure Test Regulations Continued
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Schedule 2 Unconventional Zones:
(2) A permit holder must submit to the commission, within 60 days of the date
on which the operation concluded, a detailed report of
(a) any gas well flow test,
(b) any cleanup flow that results in burnable gas to the surface, and
(c) any underbalanced drilling that results in burnable gas to the surface.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to a well completed in an
unconventional zone listed in Schedule 2.
Well Testing and Reporting Pressure Tests
PST Test Types
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Static Gradient (SG) Acoustic Well Sound (AWS)
requires sufficient shut-in time used on oil wells
recommend leaving gauges on may be single or multi shot (to confirm
bottom stop for 30-60 minutes static conditions or as build-up)
to verify stable pressure
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On the form note only the NET gas rates and volumes
produced during drilling.
Annual Pool Pressure Survey
Minimum Annual Pressure Test Requirements
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Minimum number of annual pressure tests for a(n):
*For all other pools, the OGC rounds up to the next whole number when calculating the
minimum number of pressure tests required. This means that single well pools need to be
tested annually unless otherwise approved.
Annual Pressure Survey Tips
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Where adequate pressure history exists, wells have low productivity, and/or there are few remaining
reserves in a pool, exemption from initial pressure testing or annual pressure testing of a pool may
be granted.
no yes
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