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Registry Allocation Filing Examples

From February 5, 2003, Registry Q&A session at the Conoco Auditorium

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REGISTRY FILING EXAMPLE


SAF-OAF/CASCADES

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Well data
ABWI100160802705W500

Example Schematic
Gas Gathering
ABGS0002421 Operator 0T03 ABGP0001131 Operator 0T03

Meter Station
ABMS0002032 Gas = 1200.0

Battery
ABBT0060963 Operator 0246

Gas Gathering
ABGS0006315 Operator 0R46

ABGP0001141 Operator 0R46 ABMS0001135 Gas = 1000.0

Well data
ABWI100111602705W500

The first example displays the SAF/OAF reporting when cascades are involved. In the scenario above, the battery (ABBT0060963) delivers gas to two separate gathering systems (ABGS0002421 and ABGS0006315). Gathering system ABGS0002421 then delivers the gas to facility ABGP0001131 while ABGS0006315 delivers to both ABGP0001131 and ABGP0001141. Each gas plant then delivers gas to a single meter station. The activity of DISP to a meter stations, as reported at each gas plant, is a DOE Gas crown royalty trigger and requires an allocation (SAF/OAF) to be filed.

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The above query illustrates the volumetric activities that are reported for ABGP0001131. There are two REC transactions one for the each of the volumes received from the two sending gathering systems. The DISP transaction is a royalty trigger and will require an SAF/OAF to be filed.

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The above query illustrates the volumetric activities that are reported for ABGP0001141. In this scenario, the gas plant only had one receipt from ABGS0006315. The DISP transaction is a royalty trigger and will require an SAF/OAF to be filed.

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The slide above shows the allocation submitted by the operator of ABGP0001131, creating two cascades one to ABBT0060963 and one to ABGS0006315. Even though the battery (ABBT0060963) does not deliver directly to the gas plant, the GP operator can cascade to the battery. The plant operator would know the allocation to the battery because the gathering system (ABGS0002421) is also operated by the gas plant operator (0T03). In this example, the total volume and energy that is submitted equals the calculated volumes, so, the submission is accepted successfully without any errors or warnings. The gas plant operators obligation to file the required allocations has now been met and they would not be subject to any provisional assessments for a missing SAF/OAF.

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In response to the cascade allocation filed by the gas plant (ABGP0001131), the battery operator must file an allocation, naming the streams (wells) and owners. The header information (GAS-DISP-ABMS0002032) must match the filing made by the downstream facility (ABGP0001131). In addition, the Cascade From field must be populated with the facility that named this reporting facility in the stream ID. ABGP0001131 created the cascade by naming ABBT0060963 in the stream ID of their submission; therefore, ABGP0001131 must be named in the Cascade From field. This allows the Registry to find the applicable volume and energy that needs to be accounted for in this allocation. The total volume of 545.5 and energy of 20400 matches the calculated volume and energy for this battery (ABBT0060963) that is displayed on the previous allocation submitted for ABGP0001131.

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In this allocation, the gathering system (ABGS0006315) is filing the required allocation to respond to the cascade that was created by the submission from ABGP0001131. The header information of GAS-DISP-ABMS0002032 matches that which was filed by ABGP0001131 and the Cascade From field is populated with the gas plant ID (ABGP0001131). This allows the Registry to match the volume and energy from the submission at ABGP0001131. In this allocation, the operator is creating another cascade to allocate the entire volume and energy further upstream to another facility. Since they are only naming another facility in the stream ID, no owner ID is entered.

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This SAF/OAF illustrates the required allocation submitted by ABBT0060963 to respond to the cascade created by ABGS0006315. The header data of GAS-DISP-ABMS002032 must match that of the facility that created the cascade (ABGS0006315) and the Cascade From field must reflect that same facility ID. Once that data is entered, the Registry can bring forward the volume and energy that needs to be allocated. In this scenario, the allocation is submitted successfully, but with a warning message. Since the submitted energy does not equal the calculated energy, the submitter is given a warning. The submitted volume and energy are used to calculate the appropriate stream allocation factors and owner allocation factors that are sent to the DOE.

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Similar to the other gas plant, the operator of this gas plant must submit an allocation for the gas disposition to a meter station (GASDISP-ABMS0001135). In this submission, they have allocated all of the volume and energy to the upstream battery (ABBT0060963).

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The operator of ABBT0060963 must file a response to the cascade created by ABGP0001141. The header information of GAS-DISP-ABMS0001135 matches the allocation submitted by the gas plant and the Cascade From field is populated with the cascading facility ID (ABGP0001141) in order for the Registry to populate the volume and energy fields. While this reporting facility ID (ABBT0060963) is the same as that reported in the earlier slides, the key data (product-activity-from/tocascade from) is not the same, making this allocation unique. This allocation has been successfully submitted with no errors and all volume and energy allocated to streams and owners.

REGISTRY FILING EXAMPLE


Use of ALL Function

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Well data

Example Schematic
Fuel=100.0

ABWI100131004302W500 ABWI100112004302w500

Gas Gathering Battery


ABBT9430005 Operator 0NL2 Fuel=200.0 ABGS0003560 Operator 0NL2 ABGP0001004 Operator 0YD9

ABMS001949 Gas=1000.0

Gas Gathering
ABGS0003793 Operator 0FW6

ABMS0501856 Gas=200.0

Battery
ABBT9410001 Operator 0FW6

Well data
ABWI100050304628W400 ABWI100083304528W400

The allocation reporting for the above schematic will demonstrate the use of ALL in the from/to field and how that relates to the Registrys calculation of volumes and energy when there are several dispositions from a reporting facility. In this example, the gas plant (ABGP0001004) has 4 separate dispositions one to ABMS0001949, one to ABMS0501856, one to ABGS0003560 (fuel) and one to ABBT9410001 (fuel). Of these four, the two dispositions to the meter stations are royalty triggers and must have an allocation submitted (SAF/OAF). The dispositions to the gathering system and to the battery are not royalty triggers so the submission of an allocation is optional for those transactions.

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A query of the volumetric submission for the gas plant (ABGP0001004) shows the four DISPs, with the energy and ISCs being reported for the dispositions to the meter stations. It should be noted that the volumes sent to ABGS0003560 and ABBT9410001 for fuel are shown as a DISP from the gas plant. This has been auto populated by the Registry. The receiving facilities would have reported a REC from the gas plant for this volume. These receiving facilities would also then report a FUEL activity to illustrate that the volume was then consumed at that location.

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The allocation submission displayed here shows that the gas plant ABGP0001004 has chosen to report the allocation for ALL dispositions. The volume and energy that the Registry will return and use for the Calculated Volume and Calculated Energy fields is the sum of all dispositions reported at ABGP0001004. This includes the deliveries to the meter stations as well as those volumes delivered to the gathering system and battery. The gas plant operator has submitted an allocation totalling 1200.0 103m3. This is the total volume that went to the two meter stations (ABMS0001949 = 1000.0 and ABMS0501856 = 200.0). The Registry has returned a warning message that the volume submitted does not equal the total. This is due to the fact that the total volume includes ALL disposition activities, not just those to the meter stations. The energy allocation is in balance since there were no energy amounts reported for the dispositions to the gathering system and battery. It is important to note that, while the volume did not balance, the factor calculated is the same for the submitted and calculated volume. This factor is then sent to DOE and they apply it to each specific royalty trigger volume.

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This allocation displays the cascade response from the upstream facility (ABGS0003560) named on the SAF/OAF submitted by the gas plant (ABGP0001004). The facility operator could respond with an allocation for each disposition or, as shown in this case, use the ALL option. It is important to note that, while the gas plant submitted an allocation volume of 400.0, the Registrys calculated volume on the SAF/OAF for ABGP0001004 shows 500.0 because it includes the total DISPs at the gas plant. This volume of 500.0 is then the total that is cascaded to ABGS0003560 and is displayed in the volume field and the total Calculated Volume. In this case, the operator of the reporting facility (ABGS0003560) has submitted the allocation to wells and owners for the volume of gas that was disposed of at the two meter stations. This generates the warning message that they do not match the total volume to be allocated (500.0).

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In order for the allocation submitted by the gas plant (ABGP0001004) for ALL to only reflect the volume and energy of the total dispositions to the two meter stations, the plant operator must submit allocations for each of the dispositions to the gathering system and battery. The allocation above shows the submission for the disposition to the gathering system. When the operator inputs a specific facility in the From/To field (ABGS0003560), the Registry will return a warning that an allocation of ALL already exists. This is for the operators information only. The allocation details on this SAFOAF simply show the facility that supplied the volume of gas that is now being delivered to the gathering system. Since this transaction is not a royalty trigger, there is no DOE requirement for the upstream operator (ABBT9430005) to respond to this cascade.

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The operator of the gas plant (ABGP0001004) has also submitted the specific allocation for the gas volume delivered to ABBT9410001.

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This slide shows the change that has occurred in the volume/energy for the allocation using ALL because other allocations exist with specific From/To IDs. Once the previous two SAF/OAFs were submitted, reporting the allocations to the specific From/tos of ABGS0003560 and ABBT9410001, the volumes and energy associated with those allocations are then excluded from the volume/energy to be allocated on the SAF/OAF using ALL. When the Registry determines the volume/energy associated with the header information on an allocation, it first looks to see if any SAF/OAFs with specific From/To IDs exist for that product and activity. These are then excluded from any allocation that uses ALL in the From/To field.

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Once the gas plant operator has submitted the SAF/OAFs with the specific From/To IDs for the volumes sent to the gathering system (ABGS0003560) and battery (ABBT9410001), the volumes/energy associated with the use of ALL only reflect the amounts sent to the two meter stations. As a result, the volume and energy allocated to ABGS0003560 now matches to the amounts submitted by that facility operator.

Volume = 1000.0 * 800.0/1200.0 = 666.7


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This allocation for ABGS0003783 illustrates the cascade response using a specific From/To ID when the cascading facility (ABGP0001004) has used ALL. In choosing to respond with a specific From/To ID, ABGS0003783 must submit an allocation for each destination id that the ALL relates to, namely one for ABMS0001949 and one for ABMS0501856. The specific allocation above demonstrates how the volume applicable to this gathering systems share of the disposition to ABMS0001949 is derived.

Volume = 200.0 * 800.0/1200.0 = 133.3


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Since the operator of ABGS0003793 has chosen to report the allocations to each specific delivery location, this SAF/OAF applies to the destination of ABMS0501856.

For more information on this topic, please contact the Registry Service Desk at:
(403) 297-6111 (in Calgary) 1-800-992-1144 (other locations) petroleumregistry.energy@gov.ab.ca

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