2015

2015:
A New Outlook
13th Annual Canadian School of
Hydrocarbon Measurement
MARCH 17-18, 2015
TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE
CALGARY, ALBERTA

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A New Outlook

2015

AER Ba'ery Subtypes

What are the dierences?

Presented by
Pascal Bonnet
Cenovus Energy Inc.

Facility Subtypes

2015

All facilities must be reported with the correct

facility subtype listed in the AER On-line
Supplement to Directive 007: Volumetric and
Infrastructure Requirements (2011-09)
The facility subtype is based on factors such as:

Well type
Measurement type
Physical flow
Purpose of Facility (What is the facility licensed for?)

Impact of Noncompliance

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Incorrect subtypes can cause non-compliance

issues. Each subtype has different data
requirements and different rules that should be
adhered to in order to avoid errors.
Examples of non-compliances due to incorrect
facility subtypes (found in CAI reports) :

Unacceptable oil proration factor Proration battery:

Proration factor should never be 1.00000 in a prorated
battery.

Impact of Noncompliance contd

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Invalid proration factor Non-prorated battery:

Tested wells should not be tied to a measured battery.
Linked Well Status Fluid Type Inappropriate for
Facility Subtype : Oil well tied to a gas battery.
Inappropriate Production Volumes Well Level:
Condensate cannot be reported in a shallow gas SEA
(363) battery.

Facility Subtype Impacts:

The proper facility subtype also determines:
Well Testing Frequency
How soon from initial production?
How often do we need to test again?
Well Testing Requirements
What kind of testing (3 phase, 2 phase, etc)?
How long must the test be?
Gas Sampling and Analysis Frequency
What type of sampling?
How often?

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Facility Subtype Impacts contd

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Acceptable AER Proration Factor Target Ranges

Conventional Oil Battery (subtype: 322)
oil = 0.95000 1.05000
gas = 0.90000 1.10000
water = 0.90000 1.10000

Heavy Oil Battery primary production and waterflood operations (subtype: 342)
Heavy Oil Battery thermal recovery operations (subtypes: 344 and 345)
oil = 0.85000 1.15000
water = 0.85000 1.15000
gas = no stated expectation due to generally low production volumes

Gas Proration Battery (subtypes: 363, 364)

gas = 0.8000 1.2000 (subtype 363* only)
gas = 0.90000 1.10000 (subtype 364 only)
water = 0.90000 1.10000 (subtype 364 only)

Gas Effluent Battery (subtype: 362)

gas = 0.90000 1.10000
water = 0.90000 1.10000

Crude Oil vs Bitumen Facilities

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So what is the difference between Crude

Oil battery codes, Heavy Oil battery
codes, and Crude Bitumen battery
codes?

Regions below are designated Oil Sands Areas

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Crude Oil vs Bitumen Facilities

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Crude Oil facilities INCLUDE all oil wells outside the

AER-designated oil sands area (OSA)
Heavy Oil wells outside the OSA are classified as
Crude Oil and are linked and reported as part of
Crude Oil batteries.
Heavy Oil wells inside the OSA are classified as
Crude Bitumen and must be linked and reported as
part of Crude Bitumen batteries.
Non-heavy Oil wells inside the AER OSA should be
classified as Crude Oil Facilities
Note that rules for Heavy/Crude Facilities are not as
stringent as Conventional (Crude) Oil facilities

Oil Single Well Battery

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fuel
GGS

Gas Plant or
Sales or Delivery
toThird Party

separator

Stock
tank
vapors

H20/Oil
Tank

Oil is produced into a tank, either a3er

separa4on, or in some cases without separa4on.
Can use disposi4on = produc4on methodology
if within OSA

Oil Single Well Battery

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fuel
GGS

Gas Plant or
Sales or Delivery
toThird Party

separator

Stock
tank
vapors

H20/Oil
Tank

Subtype 311 Crude Oil SWB Subtype 331 Crude Bitumen SWB
Gas sample need Annually
Gas sample needed one 4me only
when > 16.9 e3m3/d
if <2 e3m3/d
Gas sample needed Biennially Gas sample needed Biennially
when <16.9 e3m3/d
when >2 e3m3/d

Oil Single Well Battery

separator

fuel

F
l
a
r
e

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Flare
Ini4al Gas sample only
needed!

Stock
tank
vapors

H20/Oil
Tank

Stock
tank
vapors

Vent

H20/Oil
Tank

Note that a D60 Decision Tree Analysis must be conducted for these scenarios

Oil Multiwell Group Batteries

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A facility for two or more flow-lined oil wells where each well
has its own dedicated separation and measurement.
All equipment must share a common surface lease location.
10-03-023-14W4

03-03-023-14W4

fuel
Gas Plant or
Sales or Delivery
toThird Party

GGS

Stock
tank
vapors

separator

separator

GGS

H20/Oil
Tank

fuel

separator

GGS

separator

Stock
tank
vapors

fuel

H20/Oil
Tank

Stock
tank
vapors

separator

separator

GGS

H20/Oil
Tank

Oil Multiwell Group Batteries

Subtype 321 Crude Oil
MulHwell Group

Subtype 341 Crude

fuel

separator

GGS

fuel
GGS

separator

Gas sample need Annually

when > 16.9 e3m3/d
Gas sample needed Biennially
when <16.9 e3m3/d

Bitumen MulHwell Group

fuel
GGS

separator

Gas sample needed one 4me

only if <2 e3m3/d
Gas sample needed Biennially
when >2 e3m3/d

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Gas Plant or
Sales or Delivery
toThird Party

Oil Multiwell Group Batteries

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Knowledge Check:
So what kind of facility is this? (Light oil)
separator

GGS

Stock
tank
vapors

Stock
tank
vapors

separator

separator

H20/Oil
Tank

Not a measured facility 321 or 341.

This is a prorated facility due to common tank.

Oil Multiwell Proration Batteries

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A production facility for two or more flow-lined wells having

common group separation, measurement, and storage
equipment.
Total battery oil, gas, and water production is prorated to
each well based on individual well tests and proration
factors.

Oil Mul4well Prora4on

BaYeries

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Subtype 322 Crude Oil Multiwell Proration

Testing as per Table 6.1 of Dir. 017

Subtype 342 Crude Bitumen Multiwell Proration

Testing same as subtype 322

Oil Mul4well Prora4on

BaYeries

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Subtype 322 Crude Oil Multiwell Proration

Sampling: One gas sample per pool per test meter
Primary
Production or
Water flood only
Annual if >16.9
e3m3/day
Biennial if < 16.9
e3m3/day

Non water flood (Gas/Co2, etc) sampling is as per approval

Oil Mul4well Prora4on

BaYeries
Subtype 322 Crude Oil Multiwell Proration
How many samples for the scenario below?

Answer: 4 (2 per test Separator)

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Oil Mul4well Prora4on

BaYeries

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Subtype 342 Crude Oil Multiwell Proration

Sampling:
Initial Gas sample only needed if <2.0 e3m3/d per meter
or per pool
Initial Gas sample only determining GOR by meter.
(Can used borrowed analyses)
Non metered GOR does not need an analysis
Biennial Gas sample per meter if > 2.0 e3m3/day

In situ oil sands

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Subtype 344 In Situ Oil Sands

A production facility consisting of one or more flow-lined
bitumen wells which employs thermal enhanced recovery
techniques:
SAGD
Cyclical steam stimulation
Total battery oil, gas and water production is prorated to
each well based on individual well tests and proration
factors.
Testing: one hour of test for every 20 hours of production
Sampling: Can use GOR if below 2.0 e3m3/day

Subtype 343 Paper Batteries

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Subtype 343, Crude Bitumen / Heavy Oil

Administrative Grouping

Same rules as Oil SWBs

However, they must also comply with:
Common equity and royalty
No venting or fuel reporting at Battery level (must be well level)
No larger area then 6 contiguous townships

No need to report transactions between each well

Within the OSA the disposition = production
methodology does not require approval, if outside then
AER approval is required
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Gas Single Well Battery

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Knowledge Check:
Is this a valid Gas SWB?

Answer: Nope.. Why?...stay tuned

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Gas Single Well Battery

Subtype 351: Gas Single Well Battery

Gas must be separated from oil/bitumen or emulsion

and measured as a single-phase;
Production is not commingled with production from
other wells before measurement or disposition.
Production is delivered directly to a gas gathering
system or other facility.

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Gas Single Well Battery

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Subtype 351: Gas Single Well Battery

fuel

Well

separator

Gas meter

Stock
tank
vapors

H20/Cond
Tank

Sampling
If no liquids then Annual for year 1, then Biennial after
If liquids, Gas sample needed Annually when > 16.9 e3m3/d
If liquids, Gas sample needed Biennially when <16.9 e3m3/d

Gas Multiwell Group Battery

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Knowledge Check:
Is this an allowable 361?
fuel

To ABGS0012345

To GGS #1

Answer:
No, cannot ow
to dierent GGS

Well

separator

Gas meter

Stock tank
vapors
H20/
Cond
Tank

fuel
To GGS #1

Well

separator

Gas meter

To ABGS0054321
Stock tank
vapors

H20/
Cond
Tank

Gas Multiwell Group Battery

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Subtype 361 Gas Multiwell Group Battery

A production entity for two or more single-well gas

batteries that are grouped and reported together under
a single reporting code, where:
Each well must have its own separation and
measurement equipment, similar to a single-well battery
(subtype 351)
All wells must deliver to a common facility
There could be multiple gas groups delivering to a
common facility.

Gas Multiwell Group Battery

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Subtype 361 Gas MulHwell Group Ba'ery

fuel

To GGS #1

Well

separator

Gas meter

Stock tank
vapors
H20/
Cond
Tank

fuel
To GGS #1

Well

separator

Gas meter

Stock tank
vapors
H20/
Cond
Tank

Sampling: (Same as SWB)

If no liquids then Annual
for year 1, then Biennial
a3er
If liquids, Gas sample
needed Annually when >
16.9 e3m3/d
If liquids, Gas sample
needed Biennially when
<16.9 e3m3/d

Gas Multiwell Proration SE Alberta Bty

2015

A production facility for two or more shallow gas wells.

Production from each well is commingled and sent to a group
point with common separation, measurement, and storage.
Total battery oil, gas, and water production is prorated to
each well based on individual well tests and proration factors.
Shallow gas wells are wells that produce from the top of the
Edmonton Group to the base of the Colorado Group. (Coals
& Shales)
These production facilities cannot have condensate reported
Water is not required to be reported at the well level. Use
ABMC to balance.

Gas Multiwell Proration SE Alberta Bty

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Subtype 363 Gas Multiwell Proration SE Alberta Bty

Gas Multiwell Proration SE Alberta Bty

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Subtype 363 - Gas Multiwell Proration SE Alberta Bty

Testing:
Single phase
Requires only representative flow (<5 min)

Sampling:
Group meter only, Biennially. Use Group meter analysis for each well test
If non-shallow production present in Group meter, then take 1 sample per
pool/zone per facility, every 2 years

Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

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Subtype 364 - Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

A production facility for two or more Deep gas wells.
Generally used for low productivity gas wells with low
condensate or water production.
Wells at these facilities are tested and not continuously
measured*.
Production from each well is commingled and sent to a
group point with common separation, measurement, and
storage.
Water must be reported at a well level. (0.50 m3/d limit)
Largest well cannot exceed 16.9 e3m3/d
Average well production can not exceed 10.0 E3m3/d
Can be a mix of deep and Shallow wells

Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

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Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

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Subtype 364 - Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

Testing:
3 phase separator
Typically 12 hours minimum
Needs testing at month 1, month 6, and then annually
If the initial testing with shows a liquid-gas ratio (LGR) of
less than 0.01 m3 liquid per e3m3 of gas, other testing
methodology, such as a smaller separator or a single test
meter without separation, can be used for the next test.
Testing frequency can be changed to match Shallow wells
if no liquids and notification sent to the AER

Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Btty

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Subtype 364 - Gas Multiwell Proration Outside SE AB Bty

Sampling:
Each well at the time of testing
Group meter annually
Well sampling can be changed to use representative pool
analysis per pool per facility (new AER D017, expected
2015-03)

Wrap it up!

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QUESTIONS?
Pascal.Bonnet@cenovus.com
403-766-2353
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Common Gas Proration Error

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Measurement By Difference
This set up is not
allowed without
an exemption.
The Group meter
must be part of
the PRORATION
facility.

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Common Gas Proration Error

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Measurement By Difference
Correct Set up.
Measured DISP
into Prorated Bty

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Gas Multiwell Effluent Measurement Bty

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A production facility for two or more flow-lined gas wells

where each well is configured with continuous
measurement with no phase separation.
Production for each well is sent to a group point with
common separation, measurement and storage.
Well production is calculated and reported as prorated.
Gas volumes are corrected by the use of a Effluent
Correction Factor (ECF)
Typically use recombined analysis for component
allocation (Gas + GEV)

Gas Multiwell Effluent Proration Bty

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Subtype 362 - Gas Multiwell Effluent Proration Battery

Gas Multiwell Effluent Proration Bty

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Subtype 362 - Gas Multiwell Effluent Proration Battery

Gas Multiwell Effluent Proration Bty

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Testing & Sampling:

Most wells require annual testing

Minimum 12 hour test
Requires portal test separator, usually 3 phase
Must sample Gas & Condensate at time of testing
Condensate is converted to GEV which is added to
the Gas Volume
There are testing exemptions as per the Effluent
Decision tree (reduce testing, or complete exemption)
Figure 7.10 of Directive 17
Group points must be sampled annually

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Water Source Battery

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Subtype 902 Water source battery

A production facility type for AER licensed source water

wells that are drilled to a depth of >150 m.
The linked wells may produce either freshwater (nonsaline <4000 total dissolved solids [tds]) or brackish water
(saline =>4000 tds).
If a source well is producing gas, the associated gas
production must be separated and measured or estimated
and reported.
Sampling: Initial Gas only if present

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