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Appendix 16 References Cited and Further Reading
AER Documents*
Directive 008: Surface Casing Depth Minimum
Requirements
Directive 037: Service Rig Inspection Manual
Directive 038: Noise Control Directive User Guide
Directive 050: Drilling Waste Management.
Directive 055: Storage Requirements for the
Upstream Petroleum Industry
Directive 056: Energy Development Applications
and Schedules
Directive 058: Oilfield Waste Management
Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum
Industry
Directive 059: Well Drilling and Completion Data
Filing Requirements
Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry
Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting
Directive 071: Emergency Preparedness and
Response Requirements for the Petroleum
Industry
Directive 089: Geothermal Resource Development
ID 91-3: Heavy Oil/Oil Sands Operations
Manual 001: Facility and Well Site Inspections
Manual 005: Pipeline Inspections
Acts and Regulations
Oil and Gas Conservation Act
Oil and Gas Conservation Rules
Geothermal Resource Development Act
Geothermal Resource Development Rules
Other Documents
American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended
Practice (RP) 5A3: Thread Compounds for
Casing, Tubing and Line Pipe
API RP 5C1: Care and Use of Casing and Tubing
API RP 7L: Procedures for Inspection, Maintenance,
Repair, and Remanufacture of Drilling Equipment
API Specification 7K: Drilling and Well Servicing
Equipment
API Specification 6A: Specification for Wellhead
and Tree Equipment
API Specification 16A: Specification for Drill-
through Equipment
API Specification 16C: Choke and Kill Equipment
API Specification 16D: Specification for Control
Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment and
Control Systems for Diverter Equipment
API Standard 6X: Design Calculations for Pressure-
containing Equipment
API Standard 16AR: Standard for Repair and
Remanufacture of Drill-through Equipment
API Standard 53: Well Control Equipment Systems
for Drilling Wells
API Standard 64: Diverter Equipment Systems
API Technical Report 6AF: Technical Report on
Capabilities of API Flanges Under Combinations
of Load
API Technical Report 6MET: Metallic Material
Limits for Wellhead Equipment Used in High
Temperature for API 6A and 17D Applications
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME): Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section IX
Canadian Electrical Code – Part 1
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z184:
Standards for Gas Pipeline Systems
Code for Electrical Installations at Oil and Gas
Facilities – Safety Codes Council of Alberta
Drilling and Completions Committee (DACC)
Industry Recommended Practice (IRP) Volume 1:
Critical Sour Drilling
DACC IRP Volume 3: Heavy Oil and Oil Sands
Operations
DACC IRP Volume 4: Well Testing and Fluid
Handling