Bulletin – Directive 060
The AER announced changes to Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting (“Directive 060”), which came into effect on October 5, 2015. The AER noted the following revisions to Directive 060:
(a) Section 2 – The requirements for general conservation were amended to include condensate producing sites. (All applicable conditions and exceptions are detailed in section 2.6.) This change will reduce flaring and improve resource conservation;
(b) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – The requirements for notification of non-routine flaring, incineration, and venting were amended to include schools. (All applicable conditions and exceptions are detailed in sections 2.10, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.4, and 6.4.) Schools will now be told of imminent flaring nearby. This will promote awareness within the school community;
(c) Section 7 – The requirements for modeling were amended to clarify the conditions requiring post-event dispersion modeling. (All applicable conditions and exceptions are detailed in section 7.12.5[7]); and
(d) Appendix 2 – The definition of schools was added and the definition of solution gas was revised to include gas from condensate production.
