21. (1) Scientific, technical, commercial or financial information of an operator that the Ministry obtains from the operator and that the Ministry records shall not be released by the Ministry except in accordance with this section unless the operator consents in writing to its release where its release is prohibited under subsection (2) or to its release at an earlier date as provided in this section. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (1); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (2) The following information shall not be released by the Ministry: 1.  An operator’s pool studies and reserve estimates. 2.  Reserve estimates unless published or submitted at a public hearing. 3.  All information submitted to the Minister not required by this Regulation to be submitted, obtained at extra expense to the operator and requested to be held confidential. 4.  Third party oil and gas reports required by the Provincial Standards. 5.  An operator’s monthly and annual solution mining production data. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (2); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (3) The following information on a well classified by the Minister as an exploratory well shall be held confidential by the Ministry for one year after its TD date: 1.  Connate water determinations and other liquid saturation measurements. 2.  Drill-stem test data. 3.  Core analyses. 4.  Oil, gas and water, and pressure-volume-temperature analyses. 5.  Static top hole or bottom hole pressure data. 6.  Flowing and other special bottom hole pressure data gathered by the Ministry. 7.  Back pressure test data. 8.  Perforations, well treatments, cored intervals and abandonment details. 9.  Logs except those logs obtained solely for geophysical purposes. 10.  Geological markers. 11.  Drill cutting samples and core and information from drill cutting samples and core preserved by the Ministry. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (3); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (4) The following information on a well classified by the Minister as a development well shall be held confidential by the Ministry for at least 30 days after the TD date of the well and, in any event, shall not be released by the Ministry before the release of information respecting the discovery well: 1.  Connate water determinations and other liquid saturation measurements. 2.  Drill-stem test data. 3.  Core analyses. 4.  Oil, gas and water and pressure-volume-temperature analyses. 5.  Static top hole or bottom hole pressure data. 6.  Flowing and other special bottom hole pressure data gathered by the Ministry. 7.  Back pressure test data. 8.  Perforations, well treatments, cored intervals and abandonment details. 9.  Logs, except those logs which in the opinion of the Minister, are obtained solely for geophysical purposes. 10.  Geological markers. 11.  Drill cutting samples and core and information from drill cutting samples and core preserved by the Ministry. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (4); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (5) The following information shall be held confidential by the Ministry for one year after the date of receipt by the Ministry: 1.  Daily production rates. 2.  Secondary recovery data for individual wells or systems. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (5); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (6) The following information is not confidential: 1.  Applications and submissions presented at a public hearing. 2.  Monthly and annual oil and gas production data. 3.  Oil field fluid disposal data for individual wells or systems. 4.  Storage data for gas, liquified petroleum gases, or refined petroleum products. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (6). (7) Logs that are obtained solely for geophysical purposes shall be held confidential by the Ministry for 24 months after the date of logging. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (7); O. Reg. 237/18, s. 7. (8) Subsections (3) to (7) are subject to section 17 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to the extent that disclosure must be refused under that section. O. Reg. 245/97, s. 21 (8). Work Tags