Navigation, display, and spacing application functionality are handled by the following tabs:
- Navigation tab - locate and display details of Applied-For and Approved well spacing.
- Layers tab - select the map features to display.
- Legend tab - learn what various symbology on the map represents.
- Spacing Application tab - add one or more areas of interest to your EAS form.
About the Well Spacing Map
The Well Spacing Map is an interactive mapping application that shows all the Approved and the Applied-For well spacing in the province of Alberta. It enables you to display provisions for specific spacing. Standard well spacing allowances are described in AER Directive 065.
The Well Spacing Map can be launched from the main ERCB website (using the Quick Links drop-down list on the right side of the web page), from the ERCB's Digital Data Submission (DDS) system, or while completing an online Spacing form using the ERCB Electronic Application System (EAS).
Well Spacing Map features include the following:
- Query functionality to automatically display an area and spacing provisions using the application number.
- Options to narrow your geographic focus using either query criteria or map navigation tools.
- Tools that provide full map control including zooming, panning, and feature highlighting.
- Color coded tables that appear below the map that list detailed spacing provisions and from which you can select the item to highlight on the map.
- Complimentary functionality with the EAS system so that using the Well Spacing Map, you select the area of interest to automatically include with your EAS application.
The below figure illustrates many of the features of the Well Spacing Map.
The Well Spacing Map appears in the centre above with some of the features highlighted around the outside.
The Well Spacing Map uses colour to highlight well spacing. Each spacing approval is a unique color on the map. The colors on the map match the colors of each spacing approval that appears in the attribute table below the map. Where overlapping spacing approvals appear on the map, the colors on the map meld so that the colors in the attribute table may not match the colors on the map. Narrow your search to a specific formation, field, substance, or spacing type to reduce this effect.
Following are the four main tabs, which enable you to navigate to an area, configure the map display, and populate an online spacing application that's completed using the ERCB EAS system.
