Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS)

• August 02, 2018:  IRIS will be unavailable from Friday, August 17, 2018, 6PM until Monday, August 20, 2018, 6AM CST for system improvements and maintenance.
• August 02, 2018: To see what was implemented during this morning's maintenance window, see IRIS Version 5.15 Release Notes.
• August 1, 2018: The Government of Saskatchewan has added the ability to apply for a Multi-licensed Site Reclamation Liability Reduction through IRIS, therefore, as of August 2, 2018 these application will no longer be accepted if submitted through the ER Service Desk. For more information, please contact ER Service Desk at 1-855-219-9373 or ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca.
• July 16, 2018: 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 early autumn of 2018. See the Tip for more information.
• July 13, 2018: If you conduct well data clean-up you may create an overdue obligation. Please contact the ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca for assistance prior to undertaking these activities. Ensure you are reviewing your obligations in IRIS; if you note an obligation due to clean-up activities please contact the ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca directly following the data entry or submissions.
• July 11, 2018: The Ministry of Energy and Resources will be invoicing the 2018-19 Administrative Levy for the base year of 2017 on July 12, 2018.
• June 07, 2018: New Well Completion Type for SAGD Wells..
• June 07, 2018: IRIS On Monday, June 11th an email will be sent to active IRIS users with a link to complete an IRIS user experience survey. This email will be sent using an online survey tool called Survey Gizmo. For your reference, please see a screen shot of how it will appear in your inbox. If you did not receive the email with the link but would like to participate in the online survey, please check your junk/spam folder before you contact the PNG Support at 1-855-219-9373 or PNG.support@gov.sk.ca.
• June 06, 2018: To see what was implemented during this morning's maintenance window, see IRIS Version 5.14 Release Notes.
• May 30, 2018:  New IRIS Security Features coming June 6, 2018.
• May 30, 2018:  Time-out Fix for Physical Geological Inventory Data Extract.
• May 18, 2018:  Due to the continuing risk of wild fires in many locations in Saskatchewan as a result of dry conditions, the Ministry of Energy and Resources has issued a Safety Advisory for industry review. Please ensure that this message is relayed to those individuals in your organization responsible for safety and field operations. If you have any questions, please contact PNG Support at 1-855-219-9373 or PNG.support@gov.sk.ca.
• May 3, 2018: With the release of IRIS 5.14 on June 6, 2018, new security features will be implemented that will improve the Security Administrators (SA) experience within IRIS. As a result of this new functionality, your existing permission sets may change. To minimize the impact, the Ministry of Energy and Resources will contact all affected BAs, via email, to advise when and how your permission sets will change. As your Business Associate's IRIS Security Administrator, you are encouraged to review your new permission sets with the relevant areas of your organization. If you have any questions or concerns about these permissions or any IRIS security matters, contact Energy and Resources (ER) Support at 1-844-213-1030 or er.support@gov.sk.ca.
• April 19, 2018:  Well Licence Disclosure Questions Preset Well Applications.
• March 28, 2018: To see what was implemented during this morning's maintenance window, see IRIS Version 5.13 Release Notes.
• March 21, 2018: The IRIS 5.13 release will allow the Industry users to submit applications for Acid Gas Disposal, Geothermal Project and CO2 Storage Projects. See the Tip for more information.
• February 08, 2018: With the release of IRIS 5.12 certain Ministry users do not have access to view incidents at this time. Industry users should not have experienced this issue and should still be able to view and edit their own incidents. Please be aware we are working on this issue and are striving to have this resolved promptly. If you have any issues regarding incidents, timelines or deadlines please contact PNG support.
• February 07, 2018: To see what was implemented during this morning's maintenance window, see IRIS Version 5.12 Release Notes.
• January 31, 2018: Well Logging Obligation Changes – Stratigraphic test wells are not eligible to obtain an open hole logging waiver through declaration, there will be no option at time of licence to indicate a stratigraphic test well meets requirements for an open hole logging waiver, as per Directive PNG010. If technical issues are encountered or there are other reasons to request a logging waiver for a stratigraphic test well an application may be made within IRIS via Amend Well Logging application process. Shallow water source wells, as defined in Directive PNG010 are now exempted from logging requirements, shallow water source well licences issued prior to this release will still have logging obligations associated and an application for a waiver would need to be submitted via the Amend Well Logging application process.
• January 3, 2018: The “Oil Allowable Rate of Production (ARP) Report – Overproduction Management” report issue has been resolved. Reports posted prior to November 2017 were not correctly displaying the ARP classification in all cases, this has been corrected and the ARP classification in the November 2017 report and going forward is correct.
• November 20, 2017: Well Document Search tool will be implemented on December 6, 2017..
• October 27, 2017: With conditions remaining dry and low precipitation across the province, all oil and gas facilities with flare stacks and well operators that are flaring gas are encouraged to take extra precautions. Open flames and gas flares should be monitored carefully and oil and gas operators should create a defensible space to help prevent wildfires. Defensible Space is the area around a structure where combustible vegetation that can spread fire has been cleared, reduced or replaced. This space acts as a barrier between a structure and an advancing wildfire. There has been one reported instance where an oil facility has led to a grass fire. Companies are strongly urged to review Emergency Response Plans with their employees, specifically wildfire procedures. If you have any questions or concerns contact PNG Support at 1-855-219-9373 or PNG.support@gov.sk.ca.
• October 24, 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 early 2018. See the Tip for more information.
• October 06, 2017: The Government of Saskatchewan has introduced the ability for Business Associates (BA) to run BA Resource Surcharge Working Interest Owner (WIO) Detail Reports in IRIS. See the IRIS Industry Tip for more details.
• September 29, 2017: The Administrative Levy Invoices for base year 2016 are now available on IRIS. Contact ER Support at 1-844-213-1030 or er.support@gov.sk.ca if you have any questions or concerns.
• September 1, 2017: There is an issue with the "Oil Allowable Rate of Production (ARP) Report – Overproduction Management Report" posted on www.saskatchewan.ca's "Apply for an Allowable Rate of Production for Oil Wells" page. Some completions displaying as overproducing have been granted Good Production Practice (GPP). ECON is working to resolve the issue. Please note that the ARP information in IRIS is correct. Data can be found in the ARP detail screen attached to a completion, and in the wellbore completion ARP report found under the IRIS reports tab. If a completion has a status of GPP assigned within IRIS, no action is required if that completion is showing overproduction in the published report. ECON won’t be notifying or requiring underproduction on completions that are assigned GPP in IRIS. If you have any questions, contact Petroleum and Natural Gas Support at 1-855-219-9373 or PNG.support@gov.sk.ca.
• August 10, 2017: A new disclosure question was added to IRIS's well licence application to reflect changes to oil analysis requirements for new wells as outlined in Version 2.1 of Directive PNG017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations. See the IRIS Industry Tip for more information.
• August 9, 2017: Tenure acquisition reports are currently unavailable in IRIS. See the IRIS Industry Tip for more information and workaround details.
• August 1, 2017: Oil and gas reserve summary reports for 2016 are now available. Reserves are the estimated remaining quantities of oil and natural gas which are determined to be recoverable from known accumulations. The reserve values for 2016 are considered to be established reserves based upon analysis of current drilling operations, geological, geophysical and reservoir data, established technology, and specific economic conditions. See the Tip for more information.
• June 26, 2017: IRIS is generating inspection reminder notifications with the wrong reference ID. As a result, industry users are being directed to the ‘Inspection’, rather than the ‘Inspection Item.’ For more information and industry action, see the Tip.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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:
    • Acid Gas Disposal
    • Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
    • Waterflood
    • Spacing modification
    • Project commencement
    • Commingling
      • Production
      • Disposal
    • Additional wellbore
    • Reclassify and Recomplete
    • Well Test
  • Storage
  • Storage Project (Hydrocarbon Storage or Waste Cavern Disposal)
  • Geothermal Project
  • CO2 Project (Non-EOR)
  • 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 Ministry of Energy and Resources 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 Energy and Resources (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 PNG025 Licensee Liability Rating (LLR) Program
   • Directive PNG030: Fees for Oil and Gas Data and Related Services
   • Directive PNG076: Enhanced Production Audit Program (EPAP)
   • Directive PNG032: Volumetric, Valuation and Infrastructure Reporting in Petrinex
   • 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 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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