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Compulsory Pooling
The ERCB’s role in pooling matters is to offer a regulatory avenue to resolve problems
relating to pooling issues, thereby allowing each owner the opportunity to obtain its
share of oil and gas from any pool.
Applications for compulsory pooling are made
under Section 72 of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act (the Act);
if there is a missing and untraceable owner in the spacing unit, under both Sections 72 and 77
of the Act (Section 77 provides that the revenues associated with the missing and untraceable
owner be paid to the Public Trustee); and
if there is a dispute as to the ownership of a tract or ownership is unknown, under both
Sections 72 and 78 of the Act (Section 78 provides that revenues associated with the disputed
tract be paid to the Provincial Treasurer to be held in trust pending an order of the Court of
Queen’s Bench or until a settlement has been reached by the parties).
The ERCB’s current policies and practices respecting pooling arise from a combination of
specific provisions of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, historical decisions made by the
ERCB, consultations with industry, and ERCB decisions resulting from pooling
applications considered at public hearings. These avenues have resulted in an ERCB
pooling order with standard terms. Nonstandard terms are included in an order only
where there is substantial justification to do so.
To enter compulsory pooling
Enter the following information:
1. Documentation showing your
If the documentation is not included in the
attempts to negotiate a solution application, you must attach:
to the issue is required. Indicate
Required
Description
which EAS attachment contains
Attachment
this documentation.
Negotiation
Documentation
Required
Attempts
showing attempts to
Type
.doc,
.pdf
resolve the matter
See Compulsory Pooling attachments
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