Tips

​To notify AB and BC stakeholders that effective February 5, 2026, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) a​nd the BC Energy Regulator (BCER) expanded the allowed products for the volumetric activity of shrinkage (SHR) at certain battery subtypes for blending purposes, in addition to the changes to the product. 

​To inform industry users that the AER has enhanced the AER Deficiency Invoice Review Process by renaming the "Save to WIP" button to "Save" and relocating it to the end of the online page below Attachments.

To inform CCS/CCUS licensees & operators that operators of approved CCS/CCUS schemes must report monthly average injection stream density in Petrinex for all approved CCS/CCUS injection wells

To inform Manitoba Industry users that Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC) reporting
functionality is now available in Petrinex.

To notify users that new editions of Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER are available on the AER website www.aer.ca.

Effective January 9, 2025, Petrinex will no longer allow the reporting of receipts from AB CO (Commercial). These changes were made by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in order to align with the definition of the miscellaneous code AB CO in AER Manual 011 (Table 6).

To advise LNG facility operators of new requirements for volumetric reporting.

To inform Alberta operators who deliver crown royalty (APMC) volumes to out-of province (BC/SK) facilities of a change to the reporting requirements.

To notify Alberta (AB) stakeholders that new thermal in situ reporting functionality for AB heavy oil operators came into effect allowing operators to track underground inventories of injected and recovered solvent at subtype 344 (In situ Oil Sands) and 345 (Sulphur Reporting at Oil Sands) batteries and associated subtype 506 (In situ Oil Sands) injection facilities.

To notify AB and SK stakeholders that effective June 6, 2024, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources (ER) have  implemented additional supplemental volumetric information requirements in cases where there is a receipt of oil/condensate from an in-province miscellaneous facility (in Saskatchewan SKMC or in Alberta ABMC) or an unlinked well.  

To inform injection facility operators that a Maximum Wellhead Pressure value must be reported for injection activity reported at all types of injection wells (injection, disposal and storage).

To inform AB and BC Battery Operators of additional products that may now be used when reporting shrinkage (SHR) activity in volumetrics.

This tip outlines how to create and delete static: Stream Allocation Factors (SAF) and static Owner Allocation Factors (OAF) in Petrinex.

This tip describes the Petrinex “Volumetric Security Blanket” to provide an understanding as to what data is available to non-operators within Petrinex for all jurisdictions (BC, AB, SK, MB) and under the public data access web pages which is currently only applicable to AB and SK.

This tip outlines the volumetric submission requirements for In-Stream Components (ISCs) and Energy.

To notify stakeholders of the addition of geothermal reporting functionality now available in Petrinex for Alberta, along with revised editions of Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements (Directive 007) and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER (Manual 011).

This tip is to remind users of the Petrinex notification regarding Statute Barred rejections occurring within the Department of Energy and Minerals (AEM) systems.

This tip is to inform all Alberta Facility Operators of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) online process for the AER Volumetric & Waste Plant Deficiency Invoice Review.

To notify users that Petrinex will generate both VME0001 and VME0005 errors when both the facility and linked wells are ACTIVE and no volumetric activities have been submitted for the production month.

To notify operators of definitions of fuel, flare, and vent in effect January 1, 2020

To inform operators of definitions of fuel, flare and vent in effect January 1, 2020

The purpose of this tip is to advise Petrinex users of a change that was made effective August 3, 2022 to the Volumetric Non-Compliance reports in Petrinex

This tip is to inform MB Oil battery operators who deliver to Kingston Terminals that, effective April 2022 production month, Kingston has changed their process and will no longer be taking a line loss volume. The value of the line loss volume will be incorporated in the price paid

To notify stakeholders of the addition of helium reporting functionality now available in Petrinex for Alberta, along with revised editions of Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements (Directive 007) and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER (Manual 011).

To inform industry of new PURREC rules at a Waste Plant and Custom Treater and change in requirement of Waste Oil (WO)

To notify operators that new definitions of fuel, flare, and vent will come into effect on January 1, 2020

To inform Industry that when a purchase disposition (PURDISP) is reported at an Injection Facility (IF), the Royalty Tax Payer (RTP) is currently not being assessed a recovered crude oil (RCO) tax. The Ministry of Energy and Resources is working on making the necessary system changes in order to assess the appropriate RCO tax

To inform Industry that as of the March 2019 production month, ER has added new well completion (event) statuses to Petrinex and these well completions require a link to a Cavern Waste Facility (facility subtype 702).

This tip describes a clarification to the definition of PURDISP as defined by the Department of Energy (DOE) and, effective November 6, 2013, a change to the proper use of PURDISP (purchased disposition) and PURREC (purchased receipt) when reporting volumetrics for Alberta in Petrinex.