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Bulletin 2009-40

October 29, 2009

Reinstatement of ST13C: Alberta Gas Gathering System Activities Monthly Statistics

The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) ST13C: Alberta Gas Gathering System Activities Monthly Statistics contains the monthly volumetric data for gas gathering system activities, such as production, receipts, dispositions, and processes. The data are extracted once a month from the Petroleum Registry of Alberta (PRA). Each month, all prior cumulative months of the current year are refreshed to include amendments up to and including the December publication.

The previously published version of ST13C has been revised to display the same report format as ST13B: Alberta Gas Plant/Gas Gathering System Activities Monthly Statistics to serve our customers more efficiently and effectively. Data elements are listed below.

1 Reinstatement of the Excel (csv) Version of ST13C
1.1 Data Elements Displayed

Data are displayed in columns showing the activity quantities for each gas gathering system with a row for each month. Data elements displayed in the columns are as follows:

• Facility ID: an 11-character alphanumeric unique identifier assigned by the PRA identifies the province where the facility is located (2 characters) and the type of facility (2 characters), followed by a 7-digit number
• Facility Type, Facility Sub Type Code, and Facility Sub Type Short Description: identify the type of facility
• EDCT (Energy Development Category Type): identifies the energy development type the facility is currently licensed for, as well as the minimum consultation and notification requirements
• EDCT Description: in accordance with Table 5.1 of Directive 056: Energy Development Application and Schedules, the category type of a facility is dependent on the hydrogen sulphide and sulphur content of the inlet gas stream
• Facility Name: name of the facility as defined by the licensee in the PRA
• Field and Field Centre: area the facility is located in as assigned by the ERCB, and the ERCB Field Centre whose jurisdiction the facility falls under
• Location: the unique well identifier for this facility
  - LE - Location Exception Code
  - LSD - Legal Subdivision
  - SEC - Section
  - TWP - Township
  - RG - Range
  - M - Meridian (West of)
• First Volumetric Activity Date: the date when production was first reported
• Facility Operator/BA Name: the BA code and name of the operator as assigned in the PRA
• Facility Licence: the licence number as assigned by the ERCB
• Licensee Code/Name: the BA code and name of the ERCB licence holder
• Facility Latitude/Longitude: the latitude and longitude location of the facility
• Year/Month: the current reporting month that the report will be run for
• Shut In: displayed when a facility is shut in for the production month
• Activity Data Columns For Gas: Gas Production (1000 cu.m.), AB Receipt (1000 cu.m.), Non AB Receipt (1000 cu.m.), Battery Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Gathering System Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Gas Plant Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Injection Facility Disposition exc CO2 (1000 cu.m.), Injection Facility Disposition CO2 (1000 cu.m.), Meter Station Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Other Disposition (1000 cu.m.), AB Commercial Disposition (1000 cu.m.), AB Industry Disposition (1000 cu.m.), AB Residential Disposition (1000 cu.m.), AB Elec Gen Disposition (1000 cu.m.), SHR Acid Gas Disposition (1000 cu.m.), SHR Others Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Fuel Disposition (1000 cu.m.), Flared Disposition exc CO2 (1000 cu.m). Flared Disposition CO2 (1000 cu.m), Vented Disposition exc CO2 (1000 cu.m), Vented Disposition CO2 (1000 cu.m), Inventory Adjustment (1000 cu.m), and Metering Difference Disposition (1000 cu.m)
• Balance: added to identify that the reporting facility is in balance; the calculation used is Balance = SUM(Receipts)+PROD(Production) – SUM(Dispositions)
• Activity Data Columns For Liquids: Ethane Production Total (cu.m.), Ethane C2-SP Process (cu.m.), Ethane C2-SP Frac (cu.m.), Propane Production Total (cu.m.), Propane C3-SP Process (cu.m.), Propane C3-SP Frac (cu.m.), Butanes Production Total (cu.m.), Butane C4-SP Process (cu.m.), Butane IC4-SP Process (cu.m.), Butane NC4-SP Process (cu.m.), Butane C4-SP Frac (cu.m.), Butane IC4-SP Frac (cu.m.), Butane NC4-SP Frac (cu.m.), Pentane Production Total (cu.m.), Pentane Plus C5-SP Process (cu.m.), Pentane Plus C6-SP Process (cu.m.), Pentane Plus IC5-SP Process (cu.m.), Pentane Plus NC5-SP Process (cu.m.), Pentane Plus C5-SP Frac (cu.m.), Pentane Plus C6-SP Frac (cu.m.), Pentane Plus IC5-SP Frac (cu.m.), Pentane Plus NC5-SP Frac (cu.m.), Pentane Plus Closing Inventory (cu.m.), NGL Production Total (cu.m.), NGL Process (cu.m.), and NGL Frac (cu.m.)
• Activity Data Columns For Sulphur: Sulphur Process (tonnes), Sulphur Close Inv (tonnes), Sulphur Open Inv (tonnes), Sulphur Total Rec (tonnes), Sulphur AB Disposition (tonnes), Sulphur Other Canada Disposition (tonnes), Sulphur US Disposition (tonnes), Sulphur Offshore Disposition (tonnes), Sulphur Fuel Disposition (tonnes), Sulphur Flare Disposition (tonnes), and Sulphur Other Disposition (tonnes)

1.2 Summary
The summary shows cumulative results for a specific reporting activity and reporting period. Overall summaries are displayed at the end of the report for each reporting activity.

2 Contact Information
These report changes are in effect for the September 2009 production month and the report shows cumulative monthly data since the beginning of the year. Any questions regarding these changes or any other matters associated with ST13C may be directed to Evelyn Earl, ERCB Information Collection and Dissemination, by telephone at 403-355-4597 or by e-mail to Evelyn.Earl@ercb.ca.

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Forrest Kvemshagen
Executive Manager and CIO
Information and Systems Services Branch