Wells

Information related to well activity regulated by the AER as authorized by various acts of the Province of Alberta and the regulations under those acts. Some public information is available through the OneStop Public Map Viewer. For information related to well applications, please see Applications. Petrinex has well lists and production information available to the public.

Hydraulic Fracturing Water Use, Chemical Use and Water Source Data

Frequency of Publication

Monthly

Description

This product has three parts: 1.FracFocus.ca, data is available only by well and updated daily. 2.Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Use and Water Use Data, available for all of Alberta and is updated monthly. 3.Hydraulic Fracturing Water Source Data, available for all of Alberta and is updated monthly.

Frac Focus discloses hydraulic fracturing fluid product component information. A client generated report provides a summary of chemicals and volume of water used during hydraulic fracturing operations in Alberta at a drill leg level. Attributes: fracture start / end date, component type, trade name, supplier, purpose, ingredient / family name, CAS number / HMIRC number, concentration in component (i.e. carrier fluids, proppants or additives) and concentration in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids (HFF).

Summary Chemical and Water Use attributes: well license number, last submission date, licensee, AER field center, UWI, well name, number of stages, bottom hole latitude, bottom hole longitude, production fluid type, max true vertical depth, total water volume, start date, end date, component type, component trade name, component quantity UOM, total component volume or weight, component supplier name, additive purpose, ingredient name, CAS number/ HMIRC number, maximum concentration component, maximum concentration HFF.

Water Source attributes: submitter licensee BA ID, submission date time, submitted UWI, water source type, water source latitude, water source longitude, water source supplier, water source geological zone, water source water well identifier, water source well UWI label, water source facility name, water source facility licence number, water source reporting facility ID, water diversion authorization ID, water diversion authorization type, water diversion start date, water diversion end date, water diversion max rate, water diversion max rate unit of measure, water diversion average daily rate, total water volume, total dissolved solids content. Attributes change depending on the water source type.

The requirement for this data through Directive 059 became effective on December 31, 2012.

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