Access the Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS)

• June 19, 2017: The Government of Saskatchewan is extending the shadow-billing period for the non-compliance penalty assessment program for unfulfilled oil and gas well data submission obligations in IRIS until later in the fall of 2017. See the Tip for more information.
• June 15, 2017: The application process for Exemption from Reclamation for Well Sites with No Surface Disturbance is changing. An enhancement to IRIS has been requested to allow a licensee to declare that a cancelled well has no surface disturbance, replacing the current generic application submission process. Between now and the implementation of this enhancement in IRIS, in an effort to improve the efficiency of turnaround times, industry is no longer required to complete the Exemption from Reclamation for Well Sites with No Surface Disturbance generic application in IRIS (the Ministry of the Economy will no longer accept these forms). Instead, please follow the interim procedures described on the Exemption from Reclamation for Well Sites with No Surface Disturbance page of www.saskatchewan.ca.
• June 15, 2017: Updated: See what was implemented with IRIS version 5.8 on June 7, 2017.
• June 8, 2017: The way the oil and gas industry applies for units or to amend units in IRIS has changed. Along with completing an application online, negotiations between the Ministry of the Economy and industry now take place through IRIS using work items. See the Tip for more details.
• May 26, 2017: The Ministry of the Economy has changed its process for Acknowledgement of Reclamation, Grandfathered Reclamation Release, and Exemption from Reclamation applications. ECON will no longer attach a signed approval to the authorization application in IRIS. Updated Exemption from Reclamation forms are available that reflect this change. For more information see the Acknowledgement of Reclamation Program pages.
• May 26, 2017: IRIS is providing incorrect warning messages to well licence applicants when the user selects a target pool and drainage unit/area in the ‘Create Well Completion Information’ screen. For more information, including actions to take if you encounter the warning message, see the IRIS Tip.
• May 25, 2017: The Ministry of the Economy is discontinuing the generation of preliminary oil and gas lease continuance reports in IRIS for the months of April through September. See the Tip for more information.
• April 20, 2017: Information about how to apply for an IRIS obligation amendment authorization is now available on www.saskatchewan.ca. If you have any questions, contact Petroleum and Natural Gas Support at png.support@gov.sk.ca or at 1-855-219-9373.
• February 1, 2017: Did you know that IRIS has self-serve password reset functionality? All you need to do is set up a forgotten password challenge question and response. See the IRIS Industry Tip for details.
• January 1, 2017: IRIS is unavailable the first Wednesday of each month between 7 AM and 9 AM CST for maintenance. Should that Wednesday fall on the first day of the month, the maintenance window moves to the first Thursday.

You can complete the following activities on IRIS

Petroleum Tenure Module

• Apply for Crown sale parcel posting
• Participate in Crown sale bidding
• Apply for non-advertised dispositions
• Register instruments against a disposition, including builder's liens
• Search for dispositions and instruments
• Apply to transfer disposition ownership
• Apply to change a designated representative
• Apply to surrender dispositions
• Obtain invoices for tenure related activities
• Obtain prior and final lease continuance reports

Well and Facility Infrastructure Module

• Apply for a well licence
  • Include applications for land reviews required by the Government of Saskatchewan's Ministries of the Environment and Agriculture
• Apply for a licence to construct and operate an oil and gas facility
• Apply to licence a gas processing plant
• Apply to transfer well and facility licences
• Apply for authorizations related to:
  • Reservoir:
    • Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
    • Waterflood
    • Spacing modification
    • Project commencement
    • Commingling
      • Production
      • Disposal
    • Additional wellbore
    • Reclassify and Recomplete
    • Well Test
  • Storage project
  • Waiver:
    • Well logging requirements
    • Gas well test 
    • 30-day Absolute Open Flow (AOF) test
    • Directional survey
  • Production and measurement:
    • Measurement exemption
    • Allowable Rate of Production-Oil
    • Allowable Rate of Production-Gas
    • Good Production Practice (GPP)
    • Concurrent production
    • S-10 economic evaluation
    • Special production flare test application
  • Repair, abandonment and liability:
    • Acknowledgement of Reclamation (AOR) program
    • Well repair
    • Non-routine abandonment
  • Units and forced pooling: new unit and unit amendment
  • Royalty:
    • High Water-Cut Program
    • Net royalty lease conversion
• Submit well drilling, completion and workover information
• Submit abandonment information
• Submit reports, tests and other documents related to applications, wells and facilities
• Search and manage well and facility infrastructure information
• Search and manage well obligations
• Report incidents
• Receive inspection results and manage inspection resolutions

Other IRIS functionality

• Apply for a full or partial waiver of Petrinex non-compliance penalties 
  
• Search, view and download oil and gas royalty/tax summaries and details
• Subscribe to and manage IRIS Notifications

To use IRIS effectively, it's important that you understand the following concepts:

Industry Self-Declaration: The Business Associate (BA) self-declares they have met the specific regulations or provided mitigation in accordance with policy before submitting applications, data, reports (etc.) in IRIS. It’s important that the BA know and understand what is required under the regulations, and that submissions will be reviewed for regulatory compliance. False declarations may have serious consequences; the Government of Saskatchewan has the ability to cancel or suspend an issued licence, withhold future approvals or force abandonment of a well.

• Business Associate (BA): Any entity that conducts business activities with the Government of Saskatchewan through IRIS is referred to as a BA.
• Business Associate Identification Code (BA ID): Every BA must have an active BA ID, which is a five-character numeric identification code. BAs apply to the Government of Saskatchewan for a BA ID through Petrinex.
• Petrinex: Petrinex is the system the oil and gas industry uses to submit volumetric, valuation, royalty taxpayer and certain infrastructure information to the Government of Saskatchewan. The Government also uses Petrinex to administer it's BA ID codes.  For more information about Petrinex, go to: www.petrinex.ca
• IRIS Security Administrator (SA): The SA is responsible for managing all of the IRIS user accounts on behalf of the BA, including assigning permissions and ensuring proper security and risk management procedures are in place to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of the BA's data in IRIS.
• Permission Sets: Permission sets (or a group of tasks) govern what activities an IRIS user can perform in the system on behalf of the BA. To perform any activity in IRIS, the user must have the appropriate permission sets assigned to them by the BA's Security Administrator (SA). A user may have many permission sets depending on the tasks he/she is required to perform in IRIS for the BA. 
• IRIS User Accounts: BAs have individual IRIS users within their organization, and each of those users requires an IRIS account. IRIS user accounts are set up by the BA's Security Administrator (SA). What each user can perform and see in IRIS is assigned by the SA through permission sets.  
• The Ministry of the Economy (the Ministry): The Ministry is the Government of Saskatchewan organization responsible for development and regulation of the energy and resources industry, and is also responsible for the processes performed in IRIS.  

To complete tasks on IRIS, you must have:

1. An active Business Associate Identification Code (BA ID)
2. An appointed IRIS Security Administrator (SA)
3. An active IRIS user account assigned by your BA's SA
4. Read and understand the rules, regulations and directives that govern the business processes completed through IRIS:
   • Directives:
   • Crown Royalty and Freehold Production Tax Invoices Directive (under 'U')
   • Directive PNG001: Facility Licence Requirements
   • Directive PNG002: Coal Mine Area Instruction
   • Directive PNG003: Well Survey Requirements
   • Directive PNG004: Surface Lease Construction Requirements
   • Directive PNG005: Casing and Cementing Requirements
   • Directive PNG006: Horizontal Oil Well Requirements
   • Directive PNG007: Off-Target Well Requirements
   • Directive PNG008: Disposal and Injection Well Requirements
   • Directive PNG009: Public Notice Requirements
   • Directive PNG010: Well Logging Requirements
   • Directive PNG011: Allowable Rate of Production: Gas Wells
   • Directive PNG012: Allowable Rate of Production: Oil Wells
   • Directive PNG013: Well Data Submission Requirements
   • Directive PNG014: Incident Reporting Requirements
   • Directive PNG015: Well Abandonment Requirements
   • Directive PNG016: Acknowledgement of Reclamation Requirements
   • Directive PNG017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations
   • Directive PNG018: Detailed Site Assessment Requirements
   • Directive PNG076: Enhanced Production Audit Program (EPAP)
   • Directive R01: Volumetric, Valuation and Infrastructure Reporting Petrinex (Petroleum Registry):
     • Business Associate (BA) Codes
     • Petrinex Compliance
     • Facility Information
     • Gas Valuation
     • Oil Valuation
     • Royalty Tax Payer (RTP)
     • Submission to Petrinex
     • Volumetric Submissions
     • Waste Plant Reporting
     • Well Information and Status Changes
   • Directive R02 EVAP: Program and Petrinex Reporting
   • Directive S-10: Saskatchewan Upstream Petroleum Industry Associated Gas Conservation Directive
   • Directive S-20: Saskatchewan Upstream Flaring and Incineration Requirements
   • Guidelines:
     • Exploration Licence Guidelines
     • Lease Continuance Review Guidelines
     • Guideline MIN001: Builder's Liens and Provincial Crown Minerals
     • Guideline: Amendment to Statutory Unit Application Process
     • Guideline: Gas Well Absolute Open Flow (AOF) Tests
     • Guideline: Production Allowables in Unitized Areas
     • Guideline: Proposed Units in Saskatchewan
     • Guideline: Reduce Benzene Emissions from Glycol Dehydrators
     • Guideline PNG021: Determining Drainage Units and Target Areas
     • Guideline PNG022: Lahee Classification
     • Guideline PNG023: Submission of Drill Cuttings: Oil, Gas and Potash Wells
     • Guideline PGN024: Reclassification and Recompletion
     • Guideline PNG025: Licensee Liability Rating (LLR) Program
     • Guideline PNG026: Gas Migration
     • Guideline PNG029: Annulus Test Reporting Requirements
     • Guideline PNG042: Measurement, Accounting and Reporting Plan (MARP) Requirements for Thermal Heavy Oil Recovery Projects
5. Complete the relevant application for authorization forms required for the activity you're completing in IRIS (see this IRIS Industry Tip for attachment types and file sizes accepted by IRIS)
6. Ensure your screen resolution is set to 1280 X 1024, and have one of the following web browser versions on your computer: 

Individual IRIS user accounts are set up by your BA's Security Administrator (SA).  If you require access to IRIS, contact your BA's SA.  Don't know who your SA is?  Contact the Energy and Resources Billing and IRIS Technical Support at 1-844-213-1030 or er.support@gov.sk.ca

Apply for a BA ID (if you don't have one):

1. Complete and submit the Requesting a Business Associate Identifier (BA ID) for Saskatchewan application form on Petrinex.

• If your organization doesn't report production data (volumetrics, valuation, etc.) to the Government of Saskatchewan you do not need to apply for access to Petrinex 
  • click "no" to this question in the BA ID application form: "Once you have been assigned a BA Identifier will you need access to Petrinex?"

Apply for an IRIS Security Administrator account:

1. Read the Integrated Resource Information System Security Administrator Role and Responsibilities Information Circular.
2. Download and complete the Application for IRIS Security Administrator Account  form.
3. Email completed SA application form to er.support@gov.sk.ca
4. If the application is approved, the Ministry creates your BA SA account and contacts your designated SA by phone to provide the IRIS account name and password information.
5. The BA's SA logs into IRIS using the account name and password.  Once successfully logged in, the SA can begin setting up individual accounts and assigning permission sets for their BA's IRIS users. 

Before you log in to IRIS be sure to check the Alerts and Notifications section for system maintenance and availability information.

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