1. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta REGISTRY INFORMATION SESSION December 2, 2003

2. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Agenda 1.Introductions (Ross – 5 minutes) 2.Registry Update (Wally – 15 minutes) - Overview -Industry and Registry Performance 3.EUB Non-compliance (Eileen- 15 minutes) -Overview -Appeal and Escalation process 4.IRT Update (Ross – 30 minutes) -Issue/ Opportunity Identification -Preliminary Benefits Assessment Leverage List -Industry Registry Enhancements- Current -Industry Registry Enhancements- Future 5.Question & Answer (all) 6.Possibilities Meeting (10:30 – 11:30 a.m.)

3. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Overview: One Year of Operation 9000 user accounts 3,000,000 on-line hits and 60,000 batches/ month Initial performance/start-up issues resolved Training and change management processes effective and ongoing First round of enhancements proposed, approved and funded by Industry Stakeholders endorsing of new initiatives

4. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Registry Performance Key Performance Indicators Impacting Industry Stakeholders 1.Batch Turnaround 2.Batch Completion 3.On-line Performance 4.WIP Performance 5.Change Management (defect correction) 6.Service Desk Response 7.Hours of Operation 8.Provisional Assessments 9.EUB Non-compliance Errors

5. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Batch Turnaround (“Daytime” Batches) Average Minutes to Complete an Industry Batch

6. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Online Targets & Performance “Minimal ‘Timeouts’ and 95% or better turnaround in less than 5 seconds”

7. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Change Management Targets “Incidents” are Registry defects and approved change items Incidents are categorized by criteria of “Impact” and “Scope” Industry proposed: –By March 04 be under 50 “Critical”, “High” and “Medium” Incidents Registry Management recommends: –By March 04 ‘Critical’ incidents resolved in 1 month, ‘Highs’ resolved in 3 months Alternate approach accounts for varying levels of Registry change activity

8. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Provisional Assessment Trends $MM Original PA Charge As of November 30/03 Remaining PA October$ 254.5$ 1.2 November$ 142.2$ 0.8 December$ 96.9$ 1.3 January$ 32.8$ 1.5 February$ 90.1$ 2.9 March$ 56.4$ 3.2 April$ 45.2$ 1.5 May$ 19.9$ 2.4 June$ 28.8$ 2.9 July$ 32.2$ 3.7 August$ 19.3$ 3.5 September$ 13.9

9. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta PA - Sept 03 vs. Aug 03 Discrepancy Type 2003-082003-07Difference% Change Unallocated CSO 12,4751,302,053-1,289,578-99% Cascade6,767,2687,082,896-315,628-4% Incomplete OAF241,155254,100-12,945-5% Incomplete SAF471,0051,318,447-847,442-64% Missing OAF57,642127,162-69,520-55% Missing SAF6,397,6089,239,618-2,842,010-31% No cascade17,75014,5653,18522% No OAF4593520% No SAF19,595-19,595-100% 13,965,36219,358,788-5,393,533-28%

10. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-Compliance

11. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-compliance Trends

12. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-compliance Cumulative Billable Errors

13. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-compliance Appeals of Enforcement Decisions Appeals must be received by Dec 10 th 2003 Refer to Alerts for EUB Appeal Process for Volumetric Deficiencies and Template –Heat ticket/VI is only accepted when the error being appealed is due to a Registry/EUB system problem

14. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-compliance Appeals of Enforcement Decisions EUB Process –EUB logs the appeal and notifies the requester of the assigned log # (24 hours) –EUB reviews the appeal (10 days approx.) –EUB will mail a letter with appeal decision Include the name/title that the letter should be addressed in the appeal If name/title not included the letter will be mailed to Manager Production Accounting

15. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta EUB Non-compliance Escalation EUB Process –EUB does not receive a response to “correct the error” will result in escalation to Level 2 If the operator responds within the timeline they are not escalated to Level 2. –Correct the error –Appeal the error –Submit a plan for correction of the error that is approved by the EUB –Interim Escalation Process Two months between Level 1 and Level 2 for a period of six months At the end of six months move back to one month between Level 1 and Level 2

16. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Industry Registry Team Update Issue/ Opportunity Identification Processes Preliminary Benefits Assessment Leverage List Industry Registry Enhancements- Current Industry Registry Enhancements- Future

17. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Issue/ Opportunity Identification Registry Service Desk calls IBC CAPP/ SEPAC Committees RAC Periodic “all operator” surveys (E.g. Recent call-out related to EUB “live billing”) Preliminary Benefits Assessment

18. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta IRT Call-out Re: EUB “Live Billing” - Companies listed 737 - Companies with errors368 - Contacts280 - Interviews ~160 General Feedback: – ~15% of companies indicated that they appreciated the reminder –In general comments “decidedly more positive than negative” Major problems by type:#% (of BA’s Interviewed) 1Errors caused by others5434% 2Increased workload2314% 3More hours of operation12 8% 4Delay in reports5 3% Major compliment: “Great service desk”2013%

19. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Preliminary Benefits Assessment: Leverage List -IBC Review/Action Items (15) -Performance Issues (6) -Vendor Issues (13) -Training Matters (17) -Resolved/Response Provided (74) -Leverage List is key IBC/ IRT tool. Major issues aggressively being pursued. Your involvement is welcome! ( See Handout)

20. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Leverage List: Update on Some High Priority Items 1.Continued Industry participation IRT and IBC –BII has approved funding for 2004 –While total is less than requested, panel strongly endorsed ongoing Industry involvement, encouraged identification of longer-term funding approach –CAPP actively reviewing options

21. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Leverage List: Update on Some High Priority Items 2. Late filing of “Receipts” (auto-disposition) –Clearly major issue for many operators –Past and recommended current practice: Call the other operator, resolve, agree on target timing –Standard “request letter” to other operator approved by IBC –IRT following up with “problem companies” –EUB appeals template will assist in analysis –Vendor system constraints? –EUB follow-up; IRT analysis; Deadline extension? Other?

22. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Leverage List: Update on Some High Priority Items 3.Training Items –IRT and Training Team have met and identified specific recommendations for IBC meeting (Jan) –One issue: Changes to Training System Red folders: what’s changed, what’s important Handout identifies all changes since Registry Go-Live, plus all Enhancement training Will also be posted to web site and kept current Recommend trying the Red folder system: –Only important changes result in Red –Clicking the folder will direct you to the module summary page, which lists changes and links to the changes –Reviewing the changes will result in folder turning black

23. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Leverage List: Update on Some High Priority Items 4. Hours of Operation Standard hours have been extended, and one Sunday per month now available Current hours meet the needs of great majority of users, but significant minority requesting more As performance and stability further enhanced, additional extensions will be reviewed Server-to-Server functionality extends hours for this type of operation Your input requested (See Questionnaire)

24. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Leverage List: Update on Some High Priority Items 5. Volume Variance prorating –Potential royalty impact –Potential Partner reporting impact –IRT analysis –CSV version enhancements Target January 5, 2004 Summary and Detail report Details for each stream/owner

25. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta

26. Volume Variance Report Average “go-live” to 2003-08 -- 18% of allocations have a variance Sample Month of 2003-08 –2606 allocations with a variance across 166 BA ID’s –1987 (76%) of the allocations with a variance pertain to royalty trigger activities

27. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Analysis of Royalty Trigger Variances for 2003-08

28. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Analysis of Royalty Trigger Variances for 2003-08

29. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Volume Variance Prorating Conclusions Significant number of allocations are being prorated Industry needs to review to determine –Crown Royalty impact –Partner Reporting impact CSV enhancements will assist in analysis

30. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta 2003/4 Industry Enhancements 1.Base Functionality Enhancements –Enhanced notification item identification and sorting –Enhanced Inbox navigation –“Sortable” (CSV) version of EUB non-compliance report 2.Final Partner Reporting Components –Oil Royalty/ “net-after-royalty” communication –Security modifications –Save Report Request Parameters –Server-to-Server functionality

31. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta 2003/4 Industry Enhancements All these changes are in production, or will be by Jan 04 All were funded by voluntary payments from Industry’s top producers. (62/63 companies invoiced have elected to participate so far) Change Leader Handbook Update available to help you get up to speed on these enhancements Possibilities Meeting will review value added opportunities from Server-to-Server functionality

32. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta 2003/4 Industry Enhancements 3. Additional Pipeline Splits Components –Modified approach identified and approved by IBC –Endorsed by specific pipeline companies and vendors –Final design work targeted Q1 and 2 2004 –Implementation Q 4 2004 for specific pipelines –Additional pipelines expected to be added over time

33. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Possible Future Industry Initiatives and Opportunities –Other Jurisdictions: BC, Yukon, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, NEB –Stats Can (greenhouse gas related) –Joint Venture Initiatives (operations/audit) –Freehold interests –Mineral tax –Mapping interfaces –Analysis data –Other IBC, RAC, CAPP committees currently reviewing and prioritizing opportunities for near-term focus

34. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Future Initiatives and Opportunities The Registry provides an excellent foundation to build on: –Definitive infrastructure, volumetric data –Web-based standardized venue now used by all operators –Efficient automated tools in place (server-to-server) –Effective access and security

35. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Questions & Answers

36. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Possibilities Meeting

37. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Energizing the flow of information Server to Server Possibilities

38. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta “Server to Server” How it Works Kevin Robson Solution Architect (Fujitsu)

39. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta What Is Server to Server? One computer working with another computer to carry out a task without manual intervention Within the scope of this enhancement, server to server deals with automating the transfer of data to and from the Registry An extension of services already being offered by the Registry

40. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta What Is Covered? Batch submission (uploads) –Monthly submissions –Infrastructure updates –Requests for industry downloads Information retrieval (downloads) –Batch submission validation notifications –Industry download results –DOES NOT cover report results Server to Server communication was seen as initially being most valuable in providing large volumes of information to another system…all the data available in Registry reports is also available in industry downloads

41. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Submission Example Before Server to Server Petroleum Registry Industry System Volumetric Submission Submission Response

42. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Submission Example With Server to Server Petroleum Registry Industry System Volumetric Submission Submission Response Volumetric Submission

43. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Result Checking Example Before Server to Server Petroleum Registry Industry System Check Inbox/ Open Results

44. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Result Checking Example With Server to Server Petroleum Registry Industry System List Available Downloads Request Specific Result Download Return List of Available Downloads Return Specific Download

45. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Polling Details Anything For me? Wait for XX minutes Download Next Result Yes Check for Results No Update System Request Specific Result Download List Available Downloads More on This list? No Yes

46. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Security Considerations All Registry security processes still apply to Server to Server –Userid used in server to server needs to be a valid Registry userid for the BA –Each request will have to be valid for the BA/userid –Each request will verify the userid/password Requests are only through Registry interfaces –Not directly hitting the Registry database

47. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Server to Server Usage Each company needs to decide how they are going to use Server to Server –Who is submitting? –Who should be able to view the results? –Need to determine batching and frequency of submissions –Need to determine frequency and timing of polling

48. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Server to Server Registry Guidelines Operational approaches and guidelines will evolve over time as the use of Server to Server increases –Frequency of polling –Recommended timing of large requests Immediate impact will be extension of hours of operation –Server to Server activity can approach 24/7 unlike on-line Registry operation –Only constrained by activities such as planned maintenance, nightly processing etc.

49. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Possibilities for Server to Server Application Joanne Quirk-Williams Industry Registry Team

50. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Short-term Opportunities 1)Uploads to the Registry Create the batch in your system and upload Currently this is a “manual” process NEW – your system “sends” the file Possibilities Data control – no manipulation of files after creation in your system Reduce Manual Intervention

51. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Short-term Opportunities con’t 2) “Polling” the Registry for “what’s ready” Currently, user must check inbox or email NEW – your system asks “what’s ready” for me? Possibilities Your system can continually poll the Registry throughout the day – no manual intervention When information is ready in the Registry, your system can download it

52. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Short-term Opportunities con’t 3) Download of Data from the Registry Volumetrics, Allocation and Pipeline Split data available for download NEW – can download notifications and results directly into your system Possibilities Manage all facility activity from your system (“done” control panel). Your system has all the information from the Registry and can show the “status” of the facility. No “re-keying” of non-op data Your system becomes the sole interface with the Registry --- the Registry is “invisible” to the user

53. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Longer Term Opportunities 1)Align Registry and Your System Currently, updates are done in your system and in the Registry – potential for out of sync issues NEW – opportunity to automate the validation of infrastructure data and implement automatic monitoring for changes in monthly data

54. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Align Registry and Your System con’t a)Exception reporting Download from Registry and compare to your system Possibilities Exception report identifies anomalies for the user to analyze and resolve Reduces effort spent to determine why/where things are out of sync (i.e.. Crown royalty actuals versus your estimate could be different due to vintage in your system).

55. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Align Registry and Your System con’t b) Automatic Synchronization of Data Download from Registry and auto update your system to reflect Registry information and vice versa Possibilities Single source of data used for all systems c) Skeletal information resides in your system use details from Registry and supplement with your system (i.e. working interest owners) Possibilities No duplication of data in more than one spot

56. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Longer Term Opportunities con’t 2) Internal Control Tool Compare and generate exception reports NEW – use server to server to poll and download and identify changes compared to your system Possibilities Exceptions are automatically and immediately identified Minimize rework due to input/reporting errors Examples: final allocation in the Registry compared to pipeline split data in your system auto-analysis of volume variance report auto-analysis of non-compliance report

57. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Future Opportunities Potential future enhancements are being prioritised by IBC and RAC –Server to Server can be utilized in most of these enhancements.

58. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Wrap-Up Server to Server parallels to Deerfoot extension –It is built and ready for use –Will make commuting easier –Will take pressure off existing routes –Will open up options for entire new communities As users, identify priorities Work with vendors and internal IT staff Assure new product development considers all Possibilities IRT/ Registry Team available to help

59. The Petroleum Registry of Alberta Questions??