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Effective Sept. 1, 2023, the Energy Resources Activities Act (ERAA) will replace the Oil and Gas Activities Act and expand BCER’s responsibilities to include the regulation of hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol.

DATE ISSUED: Aug. 18, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE: Sept. 1, 2023

Effective Sept. 1, 2023, the Energy Resources Activities Act (ERAA) will replace the Oil and Gas Activities Act and expand BCER’s responsibilities to include the regulation of hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol.

As a result of the expanded responsibilities and additional enhancements required, the following changes have been made to the Application Management System (AMS):

  • Addition of the following facility types:
  • Hydrogen Manufacturing Facility
  • Ammonia Manufacturing Facility
  • Methanol Manufacturing Facility
  • Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility
  • Gas Conversion Facility
  • Petroleum Refinery
  • Addition of CO2 Capture (e3m3/day) as an equipment type for all facility types regulated by the BCER
  • Addition of Production Capacity (tonnes/year) for the following facility types:
    • Hydrogen Manufacturing Facility
    • Ammonia Manufacturing Facility
    • Methanol Manufacturing Facility
    • o LNG Facility
  • Addition of the following pipeline product types:
  • Hydrogen
  • Ammonia
  • Addition of CO2 as an objective fluid type for well bottom hole details
  • Updated RCNR and RHE Line list
    • Effective Sept. 1, 2023, applications submitted in AMS will require the upload of the new RCNR or RHE Line list. The new line list will be available under supporting documents in Chapter 6 of the Oil and Gas Activity Manual prior to Sept. 1, 2023.

Further guidance for application submissions for the new mandate activities through the BCER’s AMS, can be found in the AMS September Release Guide; the AMS User Guide; the Oil and Gas Activity Application Manual and the Spatial Data Submissions Standards Manual. Updates to these guidance documents will be published on the BCER website by Sept. 1, 2023.

For more information on technical guidance regarding the new mandate activities, contact Geoff Turner, Executive Director, Energy Transition & Inter-Governmental Relations at: energy.transition@bc-er.ca.

If you have any questions regarding this Technical Update or application submission in AMS, please contact:

servicedesk@bc-er.ca