Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS)

• February 8, 2019: It has recently been determined that there are several issues with the calculations of Permit Expenditures Obligations in our Integrated Resource Information System and that the amounts specified under the Obligations Tab on permits may not be accurate in all cases; therefore the Ministry of Energy and Resources has made the decision to suspend Industry access to the Obligations Tab until the functionality of obligations on permits can be fully explored. Once we have fixed the issues access to the Obligations Tab will be restored. If you require confirmation of expenditure obligations please send a request through our ER Service Desk at ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca and we will work towards providing this to you.
• February 6, 2019: To see what was implemented during this morning's maintenance window, see IRIS 5.18 Release Notes.
• January 30, 2019: Ministry of Environment has posted an updated version of the Environmental Evaluation Checklist for Oil and Gas Development Projects on Private Land in Saskatchewan  (Appendix B). This version must be used going forward.
• October 25, 2018: As part of the commitment of the Ministry of Energy and Resources (ER) to continually improve the Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS) and its customer service to industry, the ER Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) division conducted an online IRIS user experience survey between June 11 and June 22, 2018. See the survey results for details.
• October 23, 2018: To see how to manage IRIS Non-compliance Obligations, see Managing IRIS Non-compliance Obligations. For more information, please contact ER Service Desk at 1-855-219-9373 or ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca.
• October 2, 2018: The shadow-billing period for the non-compliance penalty assessment for unfulfilled well data submissions in IRIS ends on October 31, 2018. See the Tip for more information.
• September 28, 2018: The 2017-18 Administrative Levy Report, which details levy administration and regulatory performance indicators for 2017-18, has been posted.
• September 13, 2018: The previous support desk emails & phone numbers will no longer be in service as of October 4, 2018. Please see Service Desk Contact Information for more information. For all future inquiries, please contact the ER Service Desk at 1-855-219-9373 or ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca.
• September 12, 2018: To see how to edit your notification preferences in order to receive “Notifications” directly to your email, see Notification Preferences Setting. For more information, please contact ER Service Desk at 1-855-219-9373 or ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca.
• 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.
• 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.
• April 19, 2018:  Well Licence Disclosure Questions Preset Well Applications.
• 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.
• 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.

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)
    • Maximum Permissible Rate (MPR) Application - Horizontal Well
    • Maximum Permissible Rate (MPR) Application - Non-Horizontal Well
    • Overproduction Mitigation Plan
    • 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: 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 1-855-219-9373 or ER.Servicedesk@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.Servicedesk@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.

Log in to IRIS

Contact Us

The Ministry of the Energy and Resources Service Desk is available Monday-Friday, 8 AM-5 PM CST, excluding holidays.

For any assistance, please contact:

ER Service Desk

1-855-219-9373 (toll free)

ER.Servicedesk@gov.sk.ca

Emergency Support Reporting (24 hours a day, seven days a week)

1-844-764-3637

IRIS Industry Tips

• February 6, 2019: Non-Routine Flaring and Venting Reporting
• January 21, 2019: H2S Incident Reporting Enhancement
• January 21, 2019: New H2S Disclosure Question for Disposal Wells

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