Enhanced Production Audit Program

Overview of Proposed Changes

More substantive proposed changes include:

1. A financial penalty charged for failure to submit an EPAP declaration by the deadline. Since each operator receives a notice one month before the declaration is generated, another notice when the declaration is generated, and a Petrinex EPAP warning report before the deadline, it is clear that no additional warnings are needed.
2. A change surrounding the definition of a facility. For the purposes of EPAP, the definition of a facility will now include “reporting pipelines” which is a new term that is defined in Directive PNG032.
3. Additional wording in Section 8 that indicates a financial penalty for non-response to workflows. This wording is consistent with section 11.10 of Directive PNG032 and uses penalty provisions in The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012 to charge such a penalty.

Another notable change is regarding the submission due date. The previous due date was the last day of the second month following an operator’s declaration month. The due date will now be the last business day (Monday to Friday except holidays) of the second month following and operator’s declaration month. There are a number of additional smaller changes.

Further details on the proposed changes are outlined in the:

• Notice of Proposed Directive Changes for EPAP 2017 ; and
• Directive PNG076 - Enhanced Production Audit Program.

Submitting Feedback

We welcome any feedback you may have on the proposed changes to Directive PNG076 and ask that you submit your comments no later than December 20, 2017. Feedback should be sent to: