Well Data Submission Requirements Directive XXX
September 2015 Revision 0.x Governing Legislation: Act: Regulation:
The Oil and Gas Conservation Act The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012
IRIS Submission Requirements for Oil and Gas Wells
Record of Change Revision 0.0
September 2015
Date September, 2015
Author PNG
Description Draft
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Contents 1.
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Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1
Governing Legislation.................................................................................................................... 6
1.2
Compliance and Enforcement....................................................................................................... 6
1.3
Licensees’ Responsibilities ............................................................................................................ 7
1.4
Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Timeframes for Submitting Information in IRIS .................................................................................... 8 2.1
Information That Must be Submitted Immediately ...................................................................... 8
2.2
Information That Must be Submitted Within Seven Days ............................................................ 9
2.3
Information That Must be Submitted Within 30 Days.................................................................. 9
2.4
Information That Must be Submitted Within 90 Days................................................................ 10
What Information Must be Entered in IRIS......................................................................................... 10 3.1
Drilling Activity ............................................................................................................................ 10
3.2
Completion Activity..................................................................................................................... 10
3.3
Preset Surface Casing and Preset Intermediate Casing .............................................................. 11
3.4
Wellbore Drilling Activity ............................................................................................................ 11
3.5
Abandonment ............................................................................................................................. 12
3.6
Tour/Drilling Report .................................................................................................................... 13
3.7
Casing and Liners ........................................................................................................................ 13
3.8
Casing Liners ............................................................................................................................... 13
3.9
Depths and Co-ordinates ............................................................................................................ 14
3.10
Contact Intervals ......................................................................................................................... 14
3.11
Treatments .................................................................................................................................. 15
3.12
Packers and Plugs ........................................................................................................................ 15
3.13
Markers/Formations ................................................................................................................... 15
3.14
Sidetracks/Ghost Holes ............................................................................................................... 16
3.15
Tests ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Drill Stem Test ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Fluid Analysis (Well and Facility Reporting) ............................................................................................ 16 Core Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 16 3.16
Electric Well Logs ........................................................................................................................ 17
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Core Data .................................................................................................................................... 17
3.18
Drill Cutting Data ......................................................................................................................... 18
3.19
Thin Section Data ........................................................................................................................ 18
Submission of Supporting Documentation ......................................................................................... 18 4.1
Tour Reports ............................................................................................................................... 18
4.2
‘As Drilled’ Survey Plan ............................................................................................................... 18
4.3
Revised As Drilled Survey Plan .................................................................................................... 18
4.4
Directional Survey ....................................................................................................................... 19
4.5
Reports on Treatments ............................................................................................................... 19
Completion Report .................................................................................................................................. 19 Workover Report ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Fracture Report ....................................................................................................................................... 19 4.6
Well Logs ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Open Hole Logs ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Cased Hole Logs ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Cement Bond Logs and Interpretation .................................................................................................... 20 4.7
Subsurface Assets ....................................................................................................................... 20
Drill Cuttings............................................................................................................................................ 20 Cores ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.8
Tests and Analytical Results ........................................................................................................ 20
Drill Stem Test ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Oil Analysis (Outside an Undefined Pool Boundary) ............................................................................... 20 Gas and Water Analysis (and Oil Inside a Defined Pool Boundary) ........................................................ 21 Pressure Tests - Gas Wells....................................................................................................................... 21 Pressure Tests - Oil Wells ........................................................................................................................ 21 Isochronal Gas Test (New Gas Completion) ............................................................................................ 21 Isochronal Gas Test (1 Year Anniversary)................................................................................................ 21 Core Analysis and Special Core Analysis ................................................................................................. 21 4.9
Geological Markers ..................................................................................................................... 21
4.10
Geological Report........................................................................................................................ 21
4.11
Lithological Description Log/Strip Log ........................................................................................ 22
4.12
Notification of Drilling Waste...................................................................................................... 22
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Appendix 1: Naming Conventions for File Attachments ............................................................................. 23 Appendix 2: Acceptable Document Types .................................................................................................. 24 Appendix 3: Electronic Well Log Submission Standards: ............................................................................ 25 Appendix 4: Drill Cutting Submissions to the Geological Survey of Canada ............................................... 26
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1. Introduction The purpose of this Directive is to set out the requirements of the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy (ECON) for submission of well drilling and completion data and information into the Ministry’s online Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS). ECON collects well drilling, completion, reconditioning and abandonment data in order to maintain an accurate record of each well drilled in the province, both for its own use and for the use of the oil and gas industry. This Directive also serves to highlight changes in process, procedures, requirements and terminology resulting from implementation of The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012. The information in this Directive is laid out in three main sections: 1) timeframes for when different types of information is required to be submitted in IRIS; 2) what information is required to be submitted in IRIS for various types of well-related activities; and 3) appendixes of supplementary information comprising file naming conventions, acceptable document types, electronic well log submission standards, and links to sites that outline requirements for sending drill cuttings to the Geological Survey of Canada. Other Ministry requirements that are pertinent to the topics in this Directive may be found in directives xxx Well Survey Requirements, xxx Casing and Cementing Requirements, xxx Well Abandonment Requirements and xxx Well Logging Requirements. Questions concerning the requirements set out in this document should be directed to PNG support line at 1-855-219-9373. 1.1
Governing Legislation The requirements outlined in this Directive are based on regulations in The Oil and Gas Conservation Act (OGCA) and The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012 (OGCR). All or portions of sections 10, 31, 40, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 99, 102, 103 and 104 of the OGCR contain regulations pertinent to the topics in this Directive. Licensees should consult these regulations in conjunction with this Directive. It is the responsibility of all operators, as specified in the legislation, to be aware of Ministry requirements and to ensure compliance with these requirements throughout the life cycle of any oil or gas well in Saskatchewan. Although the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy has exercised all reasonable care in the compilation, interpretation and production of this document, it is not possible to ensure total accuracy. ECON and the Government of Saskatchewan do not accept liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies that may be included in, or derived from, this document.
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Compliance and Enforcement All compliance events and enforcement measures (e.g., fee structure, penalty measures) are defined and available through the applicable legislation, regulation or Ministry Directive.
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All licensees are responsible for ensuring they understand and meet all the requirements of the OGCR and the follow rules contained in the various Directives produced by ECON. The term “must” in a regulation or Directive indicates a requirement for which compliance is required and which is subject to ECON’s enforcement. The terms “should” and “expects” indicate recommended practices and are not subject to enforcement action. ECON expects all licensees to be proactive by monitoring their compliance. If a licensee identifies a situation that results in non-compliance, the licensee should inform ECON of the situation as soon as it is recognized. ECON will assess the non-compliance and consider the most appropriate action to take. In assessing a licensee’s compliance with this Directive, ECON may at any time request a licensee to produce the documents, records, or reports required by this Directive. 1.3
Licensees’ Responsibilities To satisfy the requirements set out in this Directive, a licensee has to have a well licence before they can submit any information on drilling activity or other well data into IRIS. Well data and documents must be submitted in a logical order of occurrence (i.e., no completion information can be submitted until drilling information is submitted). No drilling information or notifications are required to be submitted or reported to the field offices, except incident occurrences that require field office notification, such as when an emergency response plan is initiated. Industry self-monitors for obligations, penalties and enforcement actions: An ‘obligation’ in IRIS is a requirement a Business Associate (BA) must fulfill in order to be in compliance with the Regulation or Directive. For example, BAs will no longer receive delinquent letters for late or incomplete data submissions. Instead, the BA is responsible for monitoring their well data submission obligations in IRIS and taking action to avoid non-compliance penalties. It’s important to note that once an obligation is created in IRIS by the Ministry, notice is considered served, and the BA is bound to honour the obligation. Obligations are used to assist in determining what data or documents are required. Obligations can change as result of a change in drilling, completion or abandonment activity. Overdue obligations will result in non-compliance penalties. All licensees are responsible for monitoring their own obligations. Industry receives communications from the Ministry through their inbox on IRIS’s Notification Centre: Communication with industry on various tasks and business processes performed in IRIS are electronic and delivered through the system. Examples of communications sent to a BA’s inbox include (please note this is not an exhaustive list): •
Land sale parcel posting application status
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Lease continuance preliminary notice (coming in April 2016)
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Lease continuance final notice (coming in April 2016)
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Licence suspensions
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Status, and approvals or denials of authorization applications
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Inspection results
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Successful data and report submissions as they fulfill obligations
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Changes in critical data (i.e., confidential period assignment)
Definitions Business associate (BA): Any entity that conducts business activities with the Government of Saskatchewan through the IRIS system. Measured depth (MD): Depth in metres measured) along the drilled hole. MD is reported in drilling and completion records and on well logs and interpretations. It is usually measured by the number of drill pipe sections in the hole or with well-logging cables, and shown on well logs. A measured depth has not been corrected for hole deviation. True vertical depth (TVD): The true vertical depth (TVD) is the vertical distance (in metres) from the horizontal plane containing the depth datum to a point in the wellbore. The measured depth, due to intentional or unintentional curves in the wellbore path, is always greater than true vertical depth. Obligations: An obligation in IRIS is a requirement a BA must fulfill in order to be in compliance with the Regulation or Directive. An obligation is triggered in IRIS by the submission of certain pieces of information. For example, reporting the running of electric logs on a wellbore will trigger an obligation for a licensee to submit within a specific timeframe after the log has been run.
2. Timeframes for Submitting Information in IRIS There are four main timeframes within which information must be submitted in IRIS: • • • •
immediately (that is, within 1 day of the start of the activity); within 7 days of the start or end of an activity; within 30 days of the start or end of an activity; and within 90 days of the start or end of an activity.
Information is submitted through IRIS by entering the applicable data into the appropriate data entry field, and or by attaching a document as a separate file. 2.1
Information That Must be Submitted Immediately Information related to the following types of activity must be submitted into IRIS within one (1) day of commencement of the activity: •
start drilling of a well or wellbore
•
completion of a well
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Information That Must be Submitted Within Seven Days Information related to the following types of activity must be submitted into IRIS within seven (7) days of commencement of the activity: •
wellbore drilling activity for licensed wellbores or wellbores authorized after initial well licensing
Information related to the following types of activity must to be submitted into IRIS within seven (7) days of the end of the activity: •
preset of surface and intermediate casing - within 7 days of these activities being carried out
•
abandonment of a well - within 7 days of the abandonment
•
core data - within 7 days of the end of drilling
Note: Although core data must be submitted in IRIS within 7 days of the end of drilling, submission of the physical cores to the Ministry is not required until 30 days after the end of drilling. 2.3
Information That Must be Submitted Within 30 Days Information related to the following types of activity must to be submitted within 30 days of commencement of the activity: •
wellbore drilling activity for licensed wellbores or wellbores authorized after initial well licensing
The following types of information must to be submitted within 30 days of the end of drilling: •
tour / drilling report
•
surface and production casing/liner data
•
any changes to well depth or co-ordinates as originally proposed
•
geological markers / formations
•
submission of electric well logs associated with individual wellbores
•
drill cutting and related data
•
submission of ‘as-drilled’ survey plans
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submission of directional surveys
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submission of well logs for open holes, cased holes, and cement logs with the interpretation
The following types of information must be submitted within 30 days of the end of the activity: •
submission of contact intervals - within 30 days of a completion
•
submission of completion report - within 30 days after the completion is finished
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submission of workover report, if a completion has been done - within 30 days after the completion is finished
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submission of frac report if a completion has been fractured - within 30 days of the fracture treatment date
•
submission of geological report and lithological log - within 30 days of end drilling date
•
notification of any treatments associated with an individual wellbore - within 30 days after the treatment occurs
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submission of workover, frac and completion reports - within 30 days after completion, if treatments were done to the wellbore
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notification of installation of packers or plugs - within 30 days of completion of these activities
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submission of results of drill stem tests, fluid and core analysis, wellhead injectivity pressure tests - within 30 days of these test being performed
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submission of results of core analysis - within 30 days of analyses being completed
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submission of open hole electric well logs associated with individual wellbores - within 30 days of the logs being run
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submission of thin section data - within 30 days of the thin sections being completed
Information That Must be Submitted Within 90 Days Information related to the following activity must be submitted within 90 days of the end of drilling: •
notification of drilling waste
3. What Information Must be Submitted in IRIS 3.1
Drilling Activity A licensee must notify ECON and submit into IRIS the following information within one (1) day after commencing any drilling activity on a well or wellbore: • • • • • • •
drilling contractor name well site supervisor name, phone number and email address start drilling date end drilling date rig release date depth of kelly bushing for preset surface casing, preset intermediate casing, and wellbore drilling production casing set flag
Note that preset casing must follow the Ministry’s casing guidelines (see Directive xxx Cementing and Casing Requirements). 3.2
Completion Activity A licensee must notify ECON and submit into IRIS the following completion information within one (1) day after completion of any completion activity:
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•
completion data
•
response to the question: Was the well completed as planned? o o
3.3
If yes, submit completion date If no, indicate which of the following changed relative to the initial proposed completion and what the change was: completion type pool true vertical depth (TVD) unit and project links drainage unit
Preset Surface Casing and Preset Intermediate Casing If surface casing and/or intermediate casing are being preset, a licensee must submit into IRIS all information related to preset drilling activity within 7 days of the end of each drilling activity. The information that must be entered is: •
start drilling date;
•
end drilling date; and
•
rig release date.
Submitting a start drilling date will change the status of a well in IRIS from ‘planned’ to ‘drilling’. If any other drilling activity takes place after the initial preset of surface and/or intermediate casing, the following information must be submitted into IRIS within 7 days of rig release: • •
end drilling date; and rig release date.
Once a rig release date has been submitted and the data has been accepted in the system, no changes can be made. The Ministry’s IRIS service desk (
[email protected] or 1-855-219-9373 should be contacted if changes are required to any data already submitted and accepted. 3.4
Wellbore Drilling Activity A licensee can submit into IRIS information related to wellbore drilling activity for licenced wellbores or wellbores authorized after initial well licencing. A licensee must submit the following information within 7 days of the end of wellbore drilling: • • •
rig release date; elevation of kelly bushing; and Yes/No answers to the following questions: o Was core taken during drilling? o Were drill cuttings taken during drilling?
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o o o o o
Was a drill stem test performed during drilling? Did a kick occur during drilling? Was there any loss of circulation during drilling? Was the proposed trajectory attained? Did you drilled to approved measured depth?
In cases where there are multiple wellbores, a licensee must submit wellbore drilling activity including the start and end drilling dates for each wellbore being drilling during the activity. All drilled segments (ghost holes, sidetracks, etc.) will be treated as additional metres drilled. Once a rig release date is entered in IRIS and accepted in the system, all start dates, end dates and the above-mentioned questions must be answered. After all drilling activity has ended and the wellbore drilling data is fully submitted in IRIS: •
• • • •
3.5
IRIS will assign: o the spud date (which will be the same date as the start date of the first drilling activity); and o the finished drilling date (FDD) for the well (which will be the same date as the end drilling date of the first bore drilling activity). IRIS will confirm or change the boss bore assignment IRIS will automatically cancel any additional bores that were licensed but not drilled within the wellbore drilling activity IRIS will change the status of the well from ‘proposed’ to ‘drilling’, and possibly to ‘cased’ if the user indicates by a flag that the well is cased IRIS will also create the wellbores in an actual state so that reporting can now occur against them (depths, co-ordinates, casing)
Abandonment A licensee must submit any abandonment data into IRIS within 7 days of the abandonment occurring. Types of abandonment: • • • •
completion wellbore well downhole cut and cap (no authorization is required)
All abandonments except cut and cap are considered non-routine and require pre-authorization (see Directive xxx Well Abandonment Requirements for more details). “Downhole abandonment” and “cut and cap” are approved with a single authorization, but the reporting of downhole abandonment work requires an authorization code to be entered. Information that must be submitted in IRIS for abandonments includes:
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date of abandonment abandonment authorization number
Submission of a cut and cap completed date in IRIS also requires submission of the following: • • • 3.6
final cut and cap report gas migration report surface casing vent flow report
Tour/Drilling Report A licensee can submit into IRIS the Tour/Drilling report at the same time as the drilling information or at a later time, since it is not required until 30 days after the end drilling date. The submission can be made by searching for the drilling activity and then using the attachments tab to add a Tour Report. Obligations to submit a Tour Report are created when a drilling activity start date is entered and submitted. The obligation will not have a due date until enough data is submitted to determine the actual date. The status of the obligation to submit a Tour Report that was created when the drilling activity start date was submitted will change from ‘unfulfilled’ to ‘fulfilled’.
3.7
Casing and Liners The licensee must submit into IRIS all surface casing and production casing data (including intermediate casing and liners) once drilling has occurred. This data is required to be submitted within 30 days of the wells FDD when they are a part of a drilling activity. Information related to casing or liners that are added outside of a drilling activity are required to be submitted within 30 days after the workover. No casing information can be submitted until the start date for a drilling activity has been submitted into IRIS. Information related to surface casing is submitted at the well level and any other casing information is submitted at the individual well bores. If there are multiple wellbores, information related to the common casing would be submitted the boss wellbore. To report casing to a well, the user must go to the well and specify which wellbore the casing belongs to. Surface and all other casing reporting requires: • • •
3.8
casing set date; base measured depth reached; and outside casing diameter and a flag set if it was cemented in place.
Casing Liners The licensee must submit into IRIS all surface casing and production casing data (including intermediate casing and liners) once drilling has occurred and is required to be submitted within 30 days of the wells FDD. Information required: • •
casing set date; and center point of the packer used to hang liner.
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Note: Any liners can be reported as ‘removed’ by entering a remove date. 3.9
Depths and Co-ordinates At the time of licencing, the licensee will be required to submit the proposed depth and coordinates into IRIS. After drilling has occurred, these depths and co-ordinates must be confirmed or changed in IRIS from the final “as drilled” survey plan and are due 30 days after the end drilling date. The licensee will submit into IRIS, the wellbore surface and bottom hole co-ordinates for Vertical, Directional and Slant wells. Vertical wells will show the surface co-ordinates as the bottom hole co-ordinates. If the licensee makes a change to the surface hole co-ordinates it will be changed on both surface and bottom hole locations in IRIS. Horizontal wells will have surface, intermediate casing point (kickoff point) and bottom hole coordinates for every wellbore. On a multi-leg well, only the boss wellbore will allow editing of the surface co-ordinates but the information will be shown as the same for each wellbore. This surface co-ordinate information will display on each wellbore. For each wellbore, the licensee must submit into IRIS the following depths and co-ordinates (more data fields may be required to be entered into IRIS depending upon the well trajectory type: vertical, directional or horizontal): • • • • • •
Measured depth of wellbore and kick off point of a horizontal wellbore True vertical depth of wellbore Land description (LSD, SEC, TWP, RGE, meridian) Latitude and longitude (IRIS will derive UTM co-ordinates) Boundary co-ordinates Rectangular co-ordinates
3.10 Contact Intervals Within 30 days of completion, the licensee must submit into IRIS the following information related to contact intervals that are associated with individual wellbores: • • • • •
The date the contact intervals was created (use the FDD of the open hole completion) The status of the contact intervals (opened) The top and base in measured depth of the contact intervals The completion number that the contact interval is associated with (a list of possible completions IDs is provided) Plugged or squeezed contact intervals required the same reporting functionality and must provide the date and status (plugged or squeezed) and the interval
An obligation to submit contact intervals is created when a completion has been reported. The obligations will have a due data of 30 days after the completion date.
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Once the contact intervals exist, additional information must be submitted if the status of that contact interval changes due to packer/plug, completion abandonment or wellbore abandonment. 3.11 Treatments Within 30 day after the treatment occurs, the licensee must submit into IRIS the following information related to treatments that are associated with individual wellbores: • • •
Date the treatment occurred Treatment type ( acidized or chemical, CO2, hydraulic or sand fracture) Top and base in measured depth of contact interval
Treatments are associated with the wellbore in which they belong and relate to existing contact intervals that were previously reported. An obligation to submit a workover, frac or completion report is created when the first treatment has been reported. The obligations will have a due date of 30 days after the completion date. 3.12 Packers and Plugs Within 30 days after the related workover occurs, the licensee must submit into IRIS the following information related to packers and/or plugs that are associated with individual wellbores: • • • •
Date the packer was set Type, either a packer or plug Center element in measured depth of the packer or plug Removal date of the packer or plug
An obligation to submit packers and plugs are required once the activity has been completed. The obligation will have a due date of 30 days after activity has been completed. Additional packer data can be submitted into IRIS at any time, as it occurs. If a packer closes off contact intervals with a status of open, the contact interval status must be updated in IRIS to plugged or squeezed. 3.13 Markers/Formations Within 30 days of the end of drilling date, the licensee must submit into IRIS information related to geological markers/formations that are associated with the initial wellbore drilling activity.. Information required to be submitted comprises of: • • •
The top/base indicator Stratigraphic unit Measurements in metres: true vertical depth and measured depth
All major stratigraphic markers/formations are to be identified and reported on all vertical wells from below surface casing to the total depth drilled of the well/wellbore. Horizontal wells require a minimum of two geological markers/formations to be reported on the boss wellbore into IRIS: marker/formation above the target zone of interest, marker/formation of the zone of interest or the marker/formation below the zone interest (if it has been penetrated).
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3.14 Sidetracks/Ghost Holes Licensee must submit into IRIS the following information related to all wellbore drilled activity and any additional depths drilled (e.g., sidetrack/ghost holes) that has not received any prior approval or has not been previously set up in IRIS: • • •
Drilling start date Drilling end date Additional drilled segments: ‘pulled back to’ (measured depth) and’ depth drilled to’ (measured depth)
Licensee must submit the start and end drilling dates for each wellbore being drilled during the activity. If there are multiple wellbores, the start and end drilling date of each bore is required. 3.15 Tests Within 30days of the activity that created them, the licensee must submit into IRIS the results of all tests and analyses to all drilled wellbores *Metadata fields must be populated and supporting well documents must be submitted in the form of attachments. Drill Stem Test Within 30 days of the test being completed, the licensee must the following information related to any drill stem tests (DST) carried out: • • • • •
DST number Activity date Interval top and bottom in measured depth and time, pressure, flow volume, and subsequent DST test recovery fields Misrun, if specified Test recoveries and quantity
Fluid Analysis (Well and Facility Reporting) Within 30 days of the initial completion date, the licensee must submit into IRIS the following information for any fluid analysis test (oil, gas and water): • • •
The date the test was taken Fluid analysis origin type Type of test (oil, gas or water) and subsequent test result fields
Note* Oil fluid analysis is required for oil or condensate completions outside a defined pool and must be submitted within 30 days after the initial completion date reported. Core Analysis The licensee must submit the following information for any core analyses into IRIS within 30 days of the analysis being completed: •
The wellbore from which it was taken (CWI#)
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• • •
The date of the analysis The from Core # to Core # Indicate if it has had any special analysis done
3.16 Electric Well Logs A licensee must submit in IRIS any electric well logs that are associated with individual well bores and submission of the actual logs are due 30 days from the when the report of the logs being run were first entered in IRIS. An obligation to submit logs is created when an ‘end bore drilling’ date has been submitted for the wellbore. The obligations will have a due date of 30 days after the ‘finish drilling’ date. For logging waivers refer to Directive xxx Well Logging Directive. *Metadata fields must be populated in IRIS along with submission of these supporting well documents. The following types of logs must be run: • •
an acceptable resistivity or standard electric log and an approved radioactivity log( including either natural and induced radioactivity), from total depth to the base of the surface casing or
•
an approved porosity curve, from total depth to the base of the surface casing
Logs must be run from the total depth of the well to the base of the surface casing and shall record the following pertinent data. • • • • •
the type of log to be selected well ID of the wellbore in which the log was run the date the test was run top and bottom measured depth depth type: measured depth (MD) or true vertical depth (TVD)
3.17 Core Data The following core data must be submitted by a licensee within 7 days of the end drilling date: • • • • • • •
core interval - top and base (MD and TVD) core type interval(s), top and base, of any missing core depth of core interval within the wellbore - from, to slab type box number where core is stored and location in box - from, to indication if core analysis carried out
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(Note: The physical core must be submitted to the Ministry within 30 days of the end drilling date.) 3.18 Drill Cutting Data The following information on drill cuttings and related activity must be submitted into IRIS by a licensee within 30 days of the end of drilling date: •
drill cutting intervals - top and base (TVD and MD)
3.19 Thin Section Data With 30 days of the thin section being taken, the following information must be submitted by a licensee for any thin section that has been made from a sample taken from a wellbore: • • •
stratigraphic unit from which the sample was taken depth of stratigraphic unit (TVD and MD) thin section reference number (generally the number given by a licensee to the section)
4. Submission of Supporting Documentation In accordance with the OCGR, the licensee must populate specific structured data fields in IRIS as well as attach associated electronic documents. Refer to Appendix 1 for the acceptable naming convention for attachments and refer Appendix 2 for acceptable attachment types. 4.1
Tour Reports In accordance with section 103 of the OGCR, the licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of the ‘Tour Report’ within 30 days of the end drilling date. Only submit Tour Reports related to licensed drilling activity and their associated well and wellbores. Tour reports must be in a standard format as outlined by the Canadian Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors CAODC) (PDF format). Reports that have their own submission process (i.e., as drill survey plan, logs) should not be attached.
4.2
‘As Drilled’ Survey Plan In accordance with section 40(6) of the OGCR, within 30 days of the finished drilling data a licensee must populate the required structured depth and co-ordinates data fields in IRIS from the ‘As Drilled’ survey plan and submit a copy of (PDF format) of the As Drilled survey plan which must include representations of all wellbores and sidetracks/ghost holes drilled. For detailed requirements of survey plans refer to Directive xxx Survey Plan Requirements.
4.3
Revised As Drilled Survey Plan In accordance with section 40(6) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of (PDF format) the revised As Drilled survey plan which must be submitted within 30 days of the wellbore end drilling date if additional wellbores are added after the initial drilling. A revised ‘as drilled’ survey plan must show all wellbores and sidetracks/ghost holes for the well.
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Directional Survey In accordance with sections 40(1), (2) and (3) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS the wellbore and submit a copy of (PDF format) the Directional Survey. Directional surveys must be run to at least 30 metres from the bottom of the well bore and show a final extrapolation to where the wellbore has reached its total depth. For each directionally drilled well or each approved horizontal sections or any additional unapproved sidetracks/ghostholes drilled must be submitted within 30 days of finished drilling date.
4.5
Reports on Treatments In accordance with sections 104(1)(c), (2) and (3) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS and submit copies of documents (PDF format) pertaining to completions, workover and frac reports, within 30 days of completions, treatments, plugs and/or packers. Note: This includes detailed information of hydraulic fracturing operations and requirements from fractured fluid discloser. Completion Report The licensee must submit a copy of the completion report when there is a completion date submitted for a completion. The licensee must submit a copy of the completion report within 30 days after completion. Workover Report The licensee must submit a copy of the workover report when there is a completion date submitted for a completion. Licensee must submit the copy of the completion report 30 days after completion. Fracture Report The licensee must submit a copy of the fracture report if a completion has been fractured. The licensee must submit the copy of the fracture report within 30 days of fracture treatment date. Note: these reports may include both the completion details and the treatment details and would satisfy the requirement
4.6
Well Logs In accordance with the OCGR, the licensee must enter into IRIS the following structured data fields and associated electronic attachments mentioned below. See Appendix 3 for acceptable well log submission format standards. Open Hole Logs In accordance with section 90(5) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS and submit copies of separate attached open hole well logs within 30 days of the
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drilling end date on a wellbore. A complete suite of logs as set out by section 90(1) (4) is required to be submitted, which include but are not limited to an Electronic Induction and either a Sonic or Neutron log and must be submitted in measured and true vertical depths for directional or slant wells. Cased Hole Logs In accordance with section 90(5) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields and submit copies separate cased hole well logs within 30 days of drilling end date on a wellbore. Compensated cased hole logs are required and must be submitted in measured and true vertical depths for directional or slant wells as set out by section 90(1) (4). Cased hole logs may be required on horizontal wells. See Directive xxx Well Logging Directive Requirements for more details. Cement Bond Logs and Interpretation In accordance with section XX of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS and submit copies of separate cased hole Cement Bond logs and Interpretation within 30 days of the end drilling date submitted for the wellbore. Attachments must conform to the file naming convention as set out in Appendix 1 and Appendix 3. 4.7
Subsurface Assets Drill Cuttings In accordance with section 88 of the OGCR, licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS within 30 days of finished drilling date. Cores In accordance with section 89 of the OGCR, licensee must populate the required structured data fields in IRIS within 7 days of finished drilling date. Submission of the physical core to the Ministry is due 30 days after the finished drilling date.
4.8
Tests and Analytical Results Drill Stem Test In accordance with section 93 of the OGCR, a licensee must populated structured data fields in IRIS within 30 days of end drilling date if test run, attach test results should be submitted as single PDFs. Oil Analysis (Outside a Defined Pool Boundary) In accordance with section 83(1) of the OGCR, a licensee must populate structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of the oil analysis within 30 days from completion if outside of an undefined pool.
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Gas and Water Analysis (and Oil Inside a Defined Pool Boundary) In accordance with section 83 of the OGCR, a licensee must submit populate structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of the oil analysis within 30 days of test date completion. Pressure Tests - Gas Wells In accordance with section 79(6) of the OGCR, a licensee must submit a copy of the pressure test within 30 days after any completion. Pressure Tests - Oil Wells In accordance with section 91 of the OGCR, a licensee must submit a copy of the pressure test within 30 days of test being performed. Isochronal Gas Test (New Gas Completion) In accordance with sections 79 and 90 of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of separate 4 Point Isochronal or modified Isochronal test within 30 days after initial completion. Isochronal Gas Test (1 Year Anniversary) In accordance with sections 79 and 90 of the OGCR, licensees is required to populate structured data fields in IRIS and submit a copy of a 4 point isochronal or modified isochronal tests within 1 year after initial completion. Core Analysis and Special Core Analysis In accordance with section 89(6) of the OGCR, the licensee must submit a copy of the core analysis into IRIS within 30 days of the analysis being completed. 4.9
Geological Markers In accordance with section 102 of the OGCR, a licensee must populate the required geological markers structured data fields in IRIS within 30 days for the finished drilling date, when there is a drilling date on the initial wellbore drilling activity.
4.10 Geological Report In accordance with section 102 of the OGCR, the licensee must submit a copy of the Geological Report prepared by an on-site geologist. The report should contain, but is not limited to, the following information within a single PDF document: •
well data summary;
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identification of formation tops;
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mud properties;
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wellbore survey;
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bit record;
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•
daily summary report;
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reservoir summary report;
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summary report of well logs run; and
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detailed descriptions of samples/core.
An accompanying lithological description log for each wellbore and sidetrack/ghost hole must be submitted at the same time. 4.11 Lithological Description Log/Strip Log In accordance with section 102(b) of the OGCR, the licensee must attach and upload the required Lithologic log into ECON’s IRIS online system for each wellbore and sidetrack/ghost hole. The lithological description log must include a measured depth (MD) and true vertical depth (TVD). Lithology/strip logs must be contained within a single PDF and TIFF document for each horizontal wellbore and/or wellbore and sidetrack/ghost hole drilled. 4.12 Notification of Drilling Waste Within 90 days of finished drilling, the licensee must submit the required A1-form from GL99-01 Guideline (http://www.economy.gov.sk.ca/submissionguidelines) in IRIS for each well within 90 days of finished drilling. Each drilling activity requires a separate A-1 report to be submitted.
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Appendix 1: Naming Conventions for File Attachments The format for naming attachment files has been determined by ECON and must be followed by all clients submitting data through IRIS. The format for will be: Licence Number - Data Type - Well Type •
Data Type examples include Survey Plan, ‘As Drilled’ Plan, Finished Drilling Report, Completion Report, Drill Stem Test, Geological Report, Core Analyses, Fluid Analyses, Pressure Survey, etc.
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Well Types include DD for directional, HZ for horizontal or leg, and a blank for a vertical well Examples of the subject line and file name for a Geological Report on the three well types are: 15H123 Geological Report HZ.pdf, or 15H123 Geological Report DD.pdf; or 15H123 Geological Report.pdf
All surveys, forms, tests, analyses, and reports must be attached and submitted into IRIS by industry to fulfill of requirements in The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations, 2012 under sections 10(a), 31, 73, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89 and 95. The attachments shall be provided in PDF or other file format acceptable to the minister as specified in Appendix 2.
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Appendix 2: Acceptable Document Types The following are the acceptable formats that will be recognized and used by ECON and used in IRS: DOC, DOCX, JPEG, JPG, PDF, PNG, TIF, TIFF, XLS, XLSX, ZIP, LAS, DWG, DXF extensions are allowed.
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Appendix 3: Electronic Well Log Submission Standards: • • • •
LAS format means LAS (ver.3.0) format or later; and (http://www.cwls.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/09/LAS_3_File_Structure.pdf) TIFF format means in accordance with the Canadian Well logging Society standards as proposed September 28, 2004. These standards will be reviewed and, if required, updated from time to time, as necessary. As with all submitted well data, the logs must be labelled with the official well name, location, Canadian well identifier (CWI), licence number. (Sec. 5(3) of the OGCR)
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Appendix 4: Drill Cutting Submissions to the Geological Survey of Canada
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http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/acts-regulations/65 http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-7/page-2.html#h-4 http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2009-315/page-11.html#h-40 http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2009-315/page-11.html#h-40
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