Release Date
Today we released a new edition of Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting. This directive sets out requirements for flaring, incinerating, and venting in Alberta at all upstream petroleum industry wells and facilities.
The directive includes the following revisions:
- The section numbers have changed from previous editions, and requirements that used to be in various appendices have been moved, unchanged, into the main body of the document.
- The new “General Requirements” section (section 2) contains much of the text that existed in section 1 of the previous edition.
- The content from previous sections 4, 5, and 6 have been consolidated into a single new section 6 titled “Gas Facility and Infrastructure Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting.”
- A new “Emissions Research and Innovation” section (section 5) has been added, addressing emission research and innovation at emissions testing facilities.
- Section 7, “Performance Requirements,” has been updated to allow signoff from a qualified person in lieu of AER approval in some instances.
- Requirements around alternative fugitive emissions management programs (Alt-FEMPs) and FEMPs have been revised by expanding the current number of acceptable FEMPs and providing additional approaches and criteria for what acceptable alt-FEMPs need to include.
- CSA Z620.3 performance requirements for flaring, incineration, and enclosed combustion have been incorporated.
- Clarification has been added around how these requirements relate to geothermal operations and brine-hosted minerals.
- The definitions of flaring, incineration, and enclosed combustion have been updated.
Additionally, we are publishing a “what we heard” document containing our responses to comments received during the public comment period.
The revised edition of Directive 060 and the “what we heard” document is available on our website. If you have any questions, contact our Customer Contact Centre by phone at 1-855-297-8311 or by email at inquiries@aer.ca.
