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

SK	Infrastructure	Apr 9/24	SK - New Well Completion Status for Acid Gas Disposal	This tip is to inform SK Petrinex users that effective April 3, 2024, a new Acid Gas disposal well completion type is available in Saskatchewan for Petrinex reporting, along with associated well completion statuses.
AB	Infrastructure	Oct 4/23	AEPA Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Data in Petrinex	To advise Industry of TIER data available in Petrinex.
AB	Infrastructure	Sept 26/23	Facility Licence to Reporting ID Link Change	To advise Industry the AER steamlined the process to request a change to the links between a licence and a reporting facility ID.
SK	Infrastructure	June 6/23	Facility Subtypes 908 and 520	To remind SK industry of new facility subtypes allowing source water to be reported as produced and injected/disposed under rare circumstances.
AB	Infrastructure	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	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	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 / 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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 / Volumetric	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	May 12/06	Linking and Reporting Licensed Water Source Wells	This tip identifies linking and reporting requirements for licensed water source wells.