加拿大分区系统.docx

Alberta Township SystemThe Alberta Township System is a land survey system used in Western Canada to divide land in 1 square mile sections. Initially used to define land for agriculture purposes, the system was later adopted in land sales and leases for hydrocarbon exploration rights. Alberta Township system is used to define well locations in Western CanadaProvincial governments in Western Canada regulate the naming of oil and gas wells, by assigning unique well identifiers (UWID) to each drilled hole. This nomenclature is based on the Alberta Township System for wells in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Peace Country in north-western British Columbia. Furthermore, the surface and bottom coordinates of a well are defined as distances from the closest section boundary.The land survey system was introduced in 1910 and was based on the Dominion Land Survey algorithm. It is used to this day, in spite of abounding inaccuracies and errors stemming from early topographic measurements.Understanding the Alberta Townhip SystemThe surface is referenced firstly to a Meridian: The first (or Prime) meridian is defined at approximately 97o West, the second meridian overlays the 102o West longitude, the third meridian at 106o West, the fourth at 110o West, the fifth meridian at 114o West, the sixth meridian at 118o West. Locations are specified as west of a meridian (ex: W5 refers to a location west of 114o and east of 118o West. Locations east of the prime meridian are epressed as east of Prime Meridian (ex. EPM or EM).Townships are approximately 6 miles by 6 miles in area, and are defined between range lines and township lines. A Township is defined by a Township line number, a Range line number and a Meridian (ex. 92-10W5).Township lines are east-west lines parallel to latitude lines. Numbering starts from the first baseline, located at latitude 49o North (along the United States/Canada border). Township lines are numbered from south to north at every 6.0375 miles (9.716