Noncompliance in voidage replacement ratio (VRR) is the single most common source of enhanced recovery compliance action. What’s the relief?

In some of your floods, you’re not injecting sufficient make up water to maintain reservoir pressure. You know it and you’d like to change it. But you’re prevented by circumstances.

On some pools you’re prevented from meeting voidage by a shortage of injectant. On some pools, you’re so far behind that you can never catch up. Some pools are so far along in their life that trying to meet voidage doesn’t make sense.

There is a regulatory pendulum in the oil industry. When it’s at its most proximal position, the AER is very strict in its interpretations when approving applications. When it’s at its most distal position, the regulator is much more lenient in what it will approve.

Do you have a water flood that is not meeting its regulatory VRR requirements as stated in the approval document?

Currently the AER (formerly the ERCB) is more lenient in VRR regulating than they have been in the past.

Many approval documents state that the operator must inject so as to maintain a cumulative VRR of unity and that the operator shall target a VRR of unity monthly.

However, exceptions to a strictly balanced VRR can be approved if justified. Proven knows how to justify these eccentric approvals.

Do you have a flood that needs a compliance tune-up? Call Proven now for a risk free quote.

~Granger J. Low

People evacuated in Calgary: 75,000

Canadian Armed Forces deployed to assist flooded areas: 2,200

Days until Downtown Calgary re-opened completely: 12

Estimated flood damage: $3-5 billion

Worst flood since: ever

Estimated business lost: $2 billion

Number of volunteers helping: 100,000

Estimated time until full recovery: 10 years

Price of oil (per barrel): $106.25

 

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