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Alberta Energy Information Exchange
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Agenda
1. e-Bidding
2. Break
3. Introduction of Continuation Application Form
4. Automation of Exhibit A’s
5. Freehold Mineral Tax
8:30-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:20
11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00
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e-Bidding
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Outcome
• At the end of this session you will be familiar with e-Bidding, have had your questions answered and know what your company needs to do to be prepared for bidding starting with the June 28, 2006 sale
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e-Bidding Topics
• Background
• Process
• ETS System
• e-Bidding Screens
• Being Prepared
• Conclusion
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Change
• Change has been a constant in the sales process
– The location of the sale has moved
– The type of payment allowed has changed
– The number of bid types has gone from three to one
• e-Bidding is one more step in the process
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• Manual process has some problems both for government and for industry
• e-Bidding will decrease human transcription errors, time to prepare and process the sale, speed up delivery time of bids, results availability and allow for file upload and download capability
Why Change?
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Paper World
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What is Included in e-Bidding?
• e-Bidding includes:
– Mandatory use of web-based system to bid on all public auctions
– Both oil sands and petroleum and natural gas parcels and
– Creation and pick-up of an electronic document
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Process to Change
• We created the e-Bidding Working group through an open invitation to industry
• Department staff were also on the working group
• We set five go/no go dates for the project and all were successfully met
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Process to Change
• We asked the working group how they currently bid and how they want to bid in e-bidding
• The department created the requirements for the system and the Working Group approved the document
• The system was built and tested
– The working group tested the system for business functionality
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Process to Change
• A four-stage pilot program was completed
– Two internal pilots
– One external pilot in a controlled environment
– One external pilot in industry’s environment
– Parallel runs for both oil sands and P&NG
• All were successful
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ETS Site Administrator
• The site administrator maintains the company account and creates client accounts
• The site administrator controls who is doing business in the system in your company
• The same site administrator you have for e-transfers and e-postings will be for e-bidding
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Roles for e-Bidding
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e-Bidding Roles
• There are four roles in e-bidding and they are the same as e-posting, with one small exception*
• Creator
• Submitter
• Viewer
• Coordinator *
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Creator Role
• The creator role allows you to access e-bidding and prepare a bid request
• The creator must attach a submitter to the bid request and may attach a viewer
• The creator also chooses the sale to bid on, decides how to bid (batch or single), decides what submitter to use, if a viewer is needed
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Submitter Role
• The submitter role allows you to submit the bid request to the department
• The only bids a submitter will see are those assigned to him or her by a creator
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Greyed Out Submit Button
• The submit button will show after you have successfully saved your bid request but won’t be active unless you have the submitter role
• To add a submitter go to the roles tab, add a submitter then save again
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Viewer Role
• A viewer can see only those bid requests that they have been attached to by a creator
• A viewer is not required for a bid request; it is entirely your choice
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Coordinator Role
• The coordinator role can view all bid requests made by creators that are within their assigned group
• A coordinator can assign a bid request to another creator
• In e-bidding, there can be more than one coordinator
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Assign Group
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Created By
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Who Can See My Bid?
• Any company client account with the appropriate role will be able to see a bid prior to the close of the sale
• After the sale closes, both P&NG and Oil Sands Sales Groups will be able to access the bids
• There will be no release of data other than the winning bid amount and lessee
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Timing
• The sale will close at 12 noon department time
• There is a snapshot view on the system of exactly what time it is at the department.
• The time you submit your bid will be noted on your submitted report
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What is the Same?
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What is the Same?
• You choose what parcels to bid on
• The highest bidder wins the parcel
• The designated representative and the lessees will be public information
• The annual rental payor will be confidential
• Failure to bid on a parcel you posted will result in a penalty
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What is the Same?
• Your money will be withdrawn from your EFT account
• You can bid on the sale for the eight weeks between the public offering notice being published and the close of the sale
• If you submit two bid requests for the same parcel the department will take the highest bid
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What is Different?
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What is Different?
• You will use the e-bidding system to bid
• You will be able to withdraw a bid prior to the close of the sale using the system
• You will pick up your agreement documents electronically
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Submitted Bid Request
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NOT Submitted Bid Request
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What is Different?
• Bids can be entered as price per hectare or bonus amount
– Rent and issuance fee will be added by system
• You will be able to batch bids – mixing commodity type and agreement type as you choose
• Sales results will normally be available at 3:30 p.m. on sale day
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What is Different?
• Amended parcels will show as red on the system
• You can create a file in your land system and upload it to the e-bidding system
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What is Different?
• Cheques will not be accepted
• If two identical bid requests are submitted for the same parcel by one company, the department will use the latest submitted request
– If for example you want to change the lessees, designated representative or confidential rent payor
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The e-Bidding System
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The Electronic Transfer System
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Set-up ETS Account• ETS provides secure access to electronically available information and services provided by the Department
• To apply for an authorized ETS account ID, you must complete the “ETS Account Set-up/Change Form” and provide an
authorization letter
• http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/1877.asp
• Fax to Client Registry: (780) 422-9522
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Change ETS Account
• Client Registry is accepting requests to add the new form types to your existing account
• Submit ETS Account Set-up/Change Form
• Add “Bid Request” and “Agreement Documents” in section B
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ETS Security
• An account and password are required to prepare a bid request using ETS
• Authorization is required for selection of a site administrator and again to make a
change
• Separate client accounts and passwords for every user within your company
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ETS Security
• New security measures have been implemented
• Passwords must be reset every 90 days
• The system will “time-out” in 1 hour
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The Bid Request
• Two options available to create a bid request
• Query by Map – select parcels from a map view
• PNG and Oil Sands – select from a complete list of parcels or load an in-house XML or CSV file
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Query By Map
• The user will enter an area of interest and view a map
• Two formats: Oil Sands and P&NG
• View all posted parcels in conjunction with parcels for a particular sale
• Alberta Crown/Alberta Non-Crown
• Select parcels by sale date for a bid
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Query By Map
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Query By Map
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Query By Map
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Create a Bid Request
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Create a Bid Request
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Selecting Parcels
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Client Information
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Save the Bid Request
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Current Department Time
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Submit the Bid Request
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Submit the Bid Request
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Edit the Bid Request
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Edit the Bid Request
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Work in Progress Screen
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Sale Results• Sale results will be released on the same day
as the sale
• Results will be posted on the department’s website at: http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/
• Look under: Our Business, the Business Unit (Tenure or Oil Sands), Sales, Public Offering
• To subscribe to results: Follow the instructions under either Tenure or Oil Sands, On-Line Services
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Agreement Documents• An ETS account and password are required to
pickup documents from the system
• Agreement documents will be released approximately 10 days following the sale
• An e-mail will be sent to users
• The designated representative for the parcel(s) can retrieve the agreement documents through the Request Status Screen.
• XML and PDF formats.
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Agreement Documents
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Now What?
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Training
• Hands-on training will be held in May and June
– Send your name, e-mail address and phone number to: [email protected]
• On-line training is being created
• e-bidding manual will be available
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Responsibilities
• The department is responsible:– to ensure e-Bidding is
working and available
– that the integrity of the sale is maintained and
– training is available for industry
• You are responsible:– for your computer
hardware
– for your internet access
– For who accesses e-Bidding for your company and
– to have sufficient people trained
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Risk Mitigation Plans
• The department has reviewed their risks and have plans in place to mitigate them
• For example, if ETS is down the anytime during 11:00-12:00 of the sale day, the closure of the sale will be delayed two hours
• Industry needs to review their risks and prepare plans
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What You Need To Begin
• Your company needs an active ETS (Electronic Transfer System) account
• Your site administrator needs to request access to e-Bidding and Agreements
• You need to have your site administrator set you up with a client account dependent on what access you will need (roles)
– Roles define the access you will have to the system
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Conclusion
• We are fundamentally automating the system, not changing the business.
• Defining roles is critical
• Adequate training will be provided
• Effective June 28, 2006 e-Bidding is the only method for bidding on oil sands or P&NG parcels
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Miscellaneous
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Helpful Hints for e-Bidding
• Click on the word All to sort the parcels you have chosen to the top
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• Click on the box under the word All to choose all the parcels of the sale
Helpful Hints for e-Bidding
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• Control + Home takes you to the top of the screen
• Control + End takes you to the bottom of the screen
• Error messages will stay on the screen even after correcting them, until you do another save
Helpful Hints for e-Bidding
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Save and Submit Buttons
• Save and Submit are two different functions
• Save will validate your request and you will get a bid request number with a successful save
• Submit sends the bid to the department, and it is only submitted bids that are considered
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Helpful Hints for e-Bidding
• The web navigation buttons are not to be used in e-bidding or you can lose all your data
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Overlapping Sales• Although the system is live May 3, it will
initially only show the sale for June 28
• May 3, 17 and 31 as well as the June 14 sale will all be manual sales
• June 28 and subsequent sales are electronic
• As the Public Offering Notices are published for subsequent sales, they will come on line
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Contacts
• Electronic Fund Transfer
– Oil Sands: Shamee Hoosein (780) 427-9076
– P&NG: Chris Fortner (780) 422-9110
• ETS Account
– Client Registry (780) 422-1395
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Contacts
• Questions on ETS
– Susan Haselgruber (780) 415-2126
• Questions on the Sales Process
– Oil Sands: Shamee Hoosein (780) 427-9076
– P&NG: Liz Crowe (780) 422-9431
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Question Period
QUESTIONS
• e-Bidding
(Brenda Allbright and Retha Purkis)
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Questions Period
QUESTIONS
• Continuation Application Form
(Susan Carlisle)
• Automated Exhibit A’s
(Grace Matias)
• e-Freehold Mineral Tax
(Brenda Curle)
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Closing Remarks
• You now know what e-bidding entails, have seen the revised Continuation application form, are aware of a new opportunity to help automate Exhibit A’s, and have caught up on the Freehold Mineral Tax project
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Monthly Statement Process
• As advised last year, the monthly statement process for mineral accounts will become mandatory effective July 1, 2006
• Please see Information Letter 2006-10 for more details.
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Thank You
• On behalf of the Department of Energy,
CAPL and CAPLA, thank-you for attending
this year’s Information Exchange