Today, we released a new edition of Directive 007: Volumetric and Infrastructure Requirements and Manual 011: How to Submit Volumetric Data to the AER as part of the mineral resource regulatory framework implementation.
The directive and manual have been updated to include volumetric and infrastructure reporting requirements for brine-hosted mineral operations in accordance with the Brine-Hosted Mineral Resource Development Rules and Directive 090: Brine-Hosted Mineral Resource Development.
Directive 007 has been updated to include reporting requirements for brine-hosted minerals infrastructure data and monthly volumetric activities. Codes have been added to Petrinex so that industry can input infrastructure data for brine-hosted mineral wells and facilities. This revision enables the AER to charge fees for late or inaccurate submissions for brine-hosted mineral activity reporting. Effective January 2024, all brine-hosted mineral well and facility operators must report brine-hosted minerals activities monthly to the AER using Petrinex, in accordance with Directive 007 and Directive 090.
Manual 011 has been updated with information on using Petrinex to report brine-hosted mineral activities, including updates to table 2 to include new brine-hosted mineral facility subtypes and additions to appendix 7 to include new brine-hosted minerals well statuses, including statuses for reporting incidental hydrocarbon production.
The revised edition of Directive 007 is available on the Directives landing page, and the revised edition of Manual 011 is available on Manuals landing page.
If you have any questions, contact our Customer Contact Centre by phone at 1-855-297-8311 or by email at inquiries@aer.ca.
