AER S-30 Sulphur Balance Reporting Project

Update September 4, 2026: Sulphur reporting functionality will be implemented in Petrinex on October 7, 2026. Petrinex will be unavailable from 6:30 p.m. on October 7 for code implementation, and the new functionality will be available on October 8, 2026.

AER Communication:

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has published the following message on the Digital Data Submission (DDS) System regarding the upcoming changes to the AER S-30 Sulphur Balance Reporting process transition to Petrinex.

The Sulphur Balance Reporting System
In fall 2026, the submission system for the S-30 Sulphur Balance Report will transition from the Digital Data Submission (DDS) system to Petrinex. Once the transition is complete, DDS will no longer be available for S-30 Sulphur Balance Report submissions, viewing historically submitted reports, or amendments to prior periods. After the transition is complete, all S-30 Sulphur Balance reporting, including amendments for prior periods, must be submitted using Petrinex and historically submitted reports can also be viewed in Petrinex. More information, including key transition dates, will be provided as it becomes available. If you have any questions about this change, contact EmissionsCompliance@aer.ca.

Frequently Asked Questions:

When will the training modules be available?

The learning modules are in design and are scheduled for publication to the Learning Management System the week of September 21-25, 2026.

When will the documentation be available?

Documentation will be published before the end of September 2026 and will include:

Sulphur Reporting Overview (Tip)
Spreadsheet CSV Upload Specification and Template Documentation
Industry Interoperability (IIO) Testing instructions, for industry users who wish to test a csv batch file
Edit Validation Rules
Public Data Learning Aid Updates
USA role set-up instructions, including the list of associated tasks

When can I add the sulphur role in Petrinex and assign it to my users?

User Security Administrators (USAs) can set up their users beginning October 8m 2026, once the functionality is available. USAs will assign either an edit role or a read-only role for sulphur reporting, depending on each user's requirements.

How many tasks are there in each role?

Edit Sulphur Reporting

Edit Sulphur Reporting
Query Sulphur Reporting
Sulphur Reporting Missing and Imbalance Report
Sulphur Submission Quarterly Noncompliance Report
Sulphur Submission Report

Read Only Sulphur Reporting

Query Sulphur Reporting
Sulphur Reporting Missing and Imbalance Report
Sulphur Submission Quarterly Noncompliance Report
Sulphur Submission Report

Will users need a separate role in addition to sulphur?

When the USA creates the two additional roles and assigns the appropriate tasks, each BA users who will be responsible for sulphur reporting to the AER will need to be assigned one of these new roles. This will be in addition to any other roles that have been assigned to the BA user.