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Infrastructure Reporting

​Petrinex is engaged in a cleanup project to review our older tips for either retirement if not longer required, or updating which is not meant to change the intent of the original tip but to update to the current state.​​​​


Jurisdiction Topic Area Date – Last Published Title Purpose
​AB
​Infrastructure Reporting
​Sept 8/22
Assets Designated to the Orphan Well Association (OWA) Flag​​​To advise all users an Orphan Well Association (OWA) indicator has been added to Petrinex and the Alberta Public Data Portal to indicate assets (licences, wells or facilities) that have been designated as orphan by the AER.

​SK

​Infrastructure Reporting

​Feb 1/22

Operator Changes - Back-date Ability for Streams (SKWI)

​To inform Industry of changes to the Operator Change functionality in SK.

​SK

​Infrastructure Reporting

​Jan 25/21

​​Update Facility Subtype 362, 363, 364, and 519 to Licence Type Link

​To inform Industry of adjustmens made to the SK Code Table on Petrinex to allow additional facility subtype/licence type links.

​AB

​Infrastructure Reporting/
Volumetrics

​Mar 30/20

​AER: Reporting Challenges Due to COVID-19 Restrictions

​To inform Industry Operators facing chanllenges in submitting their volumetric and infrastructure data in Petrinex due to the COVID-19 restrictions to contact AER's Productioni Accounting Helpdesk at PA.Help@aer.ca for prompt assistance and/or noncompliance penalty relief.

AB​

​Infrastructure Reporting

​Feb 5/20

Changes to the Lahee Classification in Petrinex​​

​To notify Petrinex users that the Lahee Classificaiton field in Petrinex is renamed to the AER Classification.

​SK

​Infrastructure Reporting

​Aug 28/18

New Gas Oil Ratio (GOR) Factor functionality in Petrinex and Submission of GOR Factors

​To inform Operators of the new GOR Factor functionality and of a new process to submit a GOR factor to ER that will discontinue the generation of unavoidable errors and penalties for VME0041, VME0042 and VME0010.

SK

Infrastructure Reporting

Jun 16 /16

Crude Oil Type Amendments to Well Completions - Ministry of the Economy

To advise Saskatchewan operators that ECON is amending the Crude Oil Type (e.g. Light, Medium, Heavy) that has been assigned to over 1,300 well completions in Saskatchewan

SK

Infrastructure Reporting

Nov 5/15

Changes to Petrinex Data/Functionality as a Result of the Well and Facility Infrastructure Module (IRIS)

To advise SK Petrinex users that ECON is removing some data elements/functionality in Petrinex and adding others. these changes will be reflected in Petrinex when the Well and Facility Infrastructure Module is implemented within ECON's new Industry self-serve Integrated Resource Information system (IRIS) on Nov 19/15.

SK

Infrastructure Reporting

June 23/15

New Saskatchewan Paper Battery Requirements

To inform Industry that Saskatchewan has adopted new eligibility requirements with respect to wells that are connected to a Heavy Crude Oil Paper Battery (facility sub-type 313)

SK

Infrastructure Reporting

May 14/15

Implementation of Enhanced Oil and Gas Measurement and Reporting Requirements in Saskatchewan

To inform SK Petrinex users that new facility subtypes have been incorporated into Petrinex effective May 6, 15 to facilitate the adoption of new oil and gas measurement requirements in Saskatchewan.

SK

Infrastructure Reporting

Mar 30/15

Adding Well Location to Paper Battery

To inform Industry that prior to May 6/15 Industry is required to add a proper facility location for each existing Heavy Crude Oil Paper Battery subtype 313.

AB

Infrastructure and Volumetric Reporting

Mar 19/15
Updated

AER Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER

To notify stakeholders of the revised edition of Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER (formerly the online supplement to Directive 007).

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Aug 8/12 

Change to Facility Licence Requirements for Facility Sub-Types 344, 345 and 506

This tip informs AB Petrinex users that a facility licence may or may not be entered when requesting a new facility identifier for facility sub-types 344 - In-Situ Oil Sands, 345 - Sulphur Reporting at Oil Sands and 506 - In-Situ Oil Sands. 

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Aug 22/11

ERCB Bottom and Surface Hole Integrity Project (BSHIP) - Changes to UWI and True Vertical Depth

This tip informs users of the impact of the ERCB's Bottom and Surface Hole Integrity Project (BSIP) to some wells unique well identifier (UWI) and True Vertical Depth (TVD).

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Feb 23/11

Facility Subtype Reporting Water Clarification

This tip reminds users that the ERCB requires Industry to utilize the correct well status type and its valid facility sub types of 503 and 501 for water disposal wells and water injection wells to report the monthly injected water volumes to Petrinex.

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Feb 15/11

Modifications to the Well Status Process

This tip is to inform users that effective February 3/11, there have been changes made to the "Edit Well Status" process on Petrinex.  These changes affect the "ADD" and "MODIFY" functions.

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Feb 3/11

New ABZONE and CLOSED Well Statuses for Commingled and Drain Wells

This tip informs stakeholders of two new statuses for commingled and drain wells that will be applied by AER staff as a result of completion data received or a Board Closure enforcement.

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

Aug 4/09

New Facility Subtypes That Do Not Require Licences 

This tip informs users of six new facility subtypes that do not require licences and the process to be followed to set up these facilities in Petrinex.

AB

Infrastructure Reporting

May 12/06

Linking and Reporting Licensed Water Source Wells  

This tip identifies linking and reporting requirements for licensed water source wells.