questions and answers

Please contact your company DDS Administrator to set up a username and password that has access to the oilfield waste disposition. Please have your company DDS Administrator contact the AER DDS Administrators at DDSAdministrator@aer.ca if they encounter any difficulties with setting up the account and granting access to the Oilfield Waste Disposition Submission System.

If your company does not have a DDS Administrator, details for obtaining a Digital Data Submission (DDS) account is provided within the on-line help on the DDS Home Page. You can also contact the AER DDS Administrators directly at DDSAdministrator@aer.ca.

Refer to the Annual Oilfield Waste Disposition Reporting: The DDS Service Users Guide.

In the Maintenance section of the DDS registration you will be able to check the current status of the ERP.

At this stage, the registration system is comparable to a cover page. It allows us quick access to the main facts of the ERP at a glance, and also allows us to electronically capture all of the existing ERPs in the province. In future releases we will be moving toward an electronic submission process much like the current Directive 56 application process. All ERP’s will have to be submitted electronically, and therefore all the pertinent information will be electronically included with the registration.

We will be operating under the same timelines we always have been for new ERP submissions. For the registration and approval of existing approved ERP's, we are currently developing a comparison process to ensure they are approved as quickly as possible.

We are looking for you to enter the highest H2S of the entire gathering system - does not necessarily have to match the largest EPZ mentioned above. The intent is to capture the maximums.

We are looking for you to enter the largest EPZ within the gathering system, which can reference a facility, well, or pipeline.

This is your own discretion. Many companies are choosing to use the location of their main facility (gas plant, batter, compressor, etc.) within the gathering system.

For drilling and completions ERP's, we are looking for the distance to be from the well centre. For Production Facilities, use the distance from the main facility (gas plant or battery).

Unfortunately there are some fields that are unable to accommodate the size of the number required. Until this issue is resolved in the next release phase, please ensure that the information is included in the Comments section.

Max. H2S%: 3 digits and 4 decimals
Max. H2S Release Rate (m3/sec): 4 digits and 4 decimals
Max. H2S Release Volume (m3): 3 digits and 2 decimals
Proximity to nearest Urban Centre (KM): 4 digits and 0 decimals
Size Of largest EPZ (KM): 3 digits and 2 decimals
Total # of surface developments: 5 digits

• Operational - Production facility ERP
  This category must only be used for the following plans:
  • Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern (HSC)
  • High Vapour Pressure (HVP)
  • Sour Production (Sour Prod)
• Site Specific - Sign le Well ERP (critical and non-critical)
  This category must only be used for the following plans:
  • Sour Well Critical (Sour Well Crit)
  • Sour Well Non-Critical (Sour Well Noncrit)
• Supplemental - Supplemental to an existing approval Production Facility ERP
  This category must only be used for the following plans:
  • Operating Area Supplements (Operating Area Supp)
  • Sour Well Supplements (Sour Well Supp)
  • Tie-in Supplements (Tie In Supp)

Until this issue is resolved in the next release phase, please ensure that the information is included in the Comments section.

The intent of this system is to capture all licenses attached to the Production Facility ERP. This includes wells, pipelines and facilities. We recognize this number could run in the 100’s. therefore the registration process is able to incorporate a file upload instead of a "one licence at a time" linking process. The Help section in the Electronic Registration Guide provides comprehensive instructions on how to upload a list of licenses from your system to the Registration system.

Recognizing that there may be many line segments attached to a single pipeline licence or several event sequensces for a single well licence, please link each licence number to the ERP only once.

The main or primary area of the ERP would be registered and provided an ERP Plan Reference Number. All subsequent areas can be tied to this Primary Reference Number by registering each as a secondary area to the primary number. Each secondary area will be given the same number as the primary area was assigned.

This ERP form is just a summary of the information in the ERP. Greater details are be available in the ERP if required.

Type in the size of the largest EPZ in the Size of EPZ field.

You will have to link all the licences within that Facility ERP. Then the reviewer can use the licences to access all the ERP information when required.

Type in the largest release rate of H2S in the Max. H2S Release Rate field, the largest maximum H2S concentration in the Max.H2S% field, and the largest maximum released volume of H2S in the Max. H2S Release Volume field.

You will have to link all the licences within that Facility ERP. Then the reviewer can use the licences to access all the ERP information when required.

For Site-Specific ERPs, use the distance to the well centre.
For Production Facilities, use the distance to the main facility (gas plant or battery).

Some of the DDS forms are too wide to be printed on an 8½×11–inch paper. Try changing the page orientation to landscape before printing the screen. Most Browsers allow you to change the orientation using the Page Setup option found on the File menu.