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May 24, 2024 – National Fire Layers Now Available

• Users can now access national fire layers that are available from the Government of Canada website in addition to existing provincial layers including leading indicators like active fires, reporting weather stations, and fire weather index.

May 1, 2024 – OpenStreetMap

• Access OpenStreetMap, a global, continuously updated and community-driven geographic database to access accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date data including building foot prints, railroad lines, road features, hospitals, airports, and proximity to high and low voltage cables and how it affects rural/urban populations across Canada.

April 25, 2024 – Risk Consequence and Likelihood Custom Weightings

• Gives users the ability to adjust the weightings of risk scores by consequence and likelihood to meet internal pipeline integrity program requirements.

April 22, 2024 – New Converge Login Screen

• Converge has a new login screen that will highlight key features and enhancements so that all users can see what’s new before logging into Converge.

April 9, 2024 – Pipeline Elevation Report

• Users can create a report on a pipeline’s elevation for use in pipeline integrity management programs including planning inline inspection programs, and identifying areas of slope/geohazard risk, and risk of corrosion.

March 19, 2024 – Document Query

• Gives users the ability to add a filter for public documents when searching for pipelines, wells, and facilities, making it easy to identify assets with available regulatory documents.

February 14, 2024 – Parent Company Search

• Allows for querying the map by a parent company, making it easier to select and report on energy infrastructure of an operating company.

January 10, 2024 – Corporate Hierarchy

• Gives operators the power to control how risk is applied throughout their network by letting them select any pipeline attribute(s) from which to create a group of assets and define their risk considerations, for a better picture of how risk can impact their network.

December 14, 2023 – Proprietary Well Production Import

• Proprietary data is imported into Converge seamlessly, integrating your well production data into Converge for immediate access.

November 22, 2023 – Risk Manager Enhancements

• Create multiple risk profiles so you can adjust weightings for specific consequences and likelihoods rather than using the system default.
• De-escalate risk for inactive and abandoned assets to have a more accurate view of risk data and how it affects assets.

October 18, 2023 – Pipeline Selection Import

• This new enhancement gives users the ability to import pipeline selection from a spreadsheet that includes a list of approval and line numbers. 

August 31, 2023 – New Symbols for Flow Apportionment

• Flow apportionment schematic diagrams can now include more information via an expanded library of icons and symbols. 

August 8, 2023 – Field Review Manager

• Field Review Manager reduces exposure to incidents and regulatory audits with insights from  proprietary field verified data.

July 24, 2023 – Shapefile Export

• The Shapefile Export allows up to 300 records to be exported from the system for pipelines, facilities and wells, based on a selection from the map.

May 18, 2023 – Converge Wildfire Layers

• A new wildfire layer was released containing information for Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. They layer displays all active wildfires including those under control, being held, and those out of control (among other data points).

May 3, 2023 – Converge Dashboards

• The Converge Dashboard is now available and provide an overall visual and data-driven understanding of a company’s assets. Dashboards include GDM benchmark risk profiles including pipelines, facilities, wells, water crossings, and incidents.

March 23, 2023 – Landslide Susceptibility Layers

• Landslide susceptibility layers are now in Converge to help pipeline operators better understand their geotechnical risk, including Alberta Map 605, Alberta Map 627, and BC Energy Regulatory Landslide Susceptibility Map.

February 13, 2023 – Transportation Infrastructure Data

• GDM’s Transportation Infrastructure Data has been added to Converge which includes public roads with resource roads operated by the energy, forestry, mining, and recreational industries.

February 13, 2023 – Non Production Report

Generate a report of pipelines that have not had production flow for a customizable period of time to satisfy regulatory requirements.

December 13, 2022 – Search by SK Regulator ID 

• Accessible via Search by Asset ID quick search or through the Regulatory ID pipeline attribute search 

November 29, 2022 – Composite Pipeline Risk Scores Added 

• Visibility into pipeline materials and their risk scores to include composite pipelines

September 20, 2022 – Flow Apportionment Enhancement Added 

• Trace the path of production throughout the entire network 

September 14, 2022 – New Low Pressure Gas Map Layer Added

• Alberta Low Pressure Gas map layer now available in Converge and visible when zoomed in, leveraging the info tool, display labels and print.

May 12, 2022 – GDM Brand Refresh 

• Changes to the UI to reflect the new GDM brand 

March 8, 2022 – Water Crossing Proximity Factors 

• Add proximity factors to pipeline water crossings to get a more accurate picture of potential downstream impacts of pipeline releases

January 24, 2022 – Improved infrastructure for score calculations 

• Updated Kafka infrastructure and framework along with queueApp used for score calculations

Asset Overview 

• View the locations of your entire asset inventory on the map at any zoom level 

Connectivity Manager – Labels and Diagram Locking 

• Label your pipelines with Status, Substance, Outer Diameter, Material Type, Length, H2S content, or MOP 
• Label wells with the well name, instead of the UWI 

• Lock diagrams so they can not be updated by other users while they are in use 

Connectivity Manager – Standalone Sites and Object Ordering 

• Add unlicensed assets such as satellites to system diagrams 

• Change the position of assets on the diagram using “To Front” or “To Back” tools 

Connectivity Manager –  Feature Updates 

• New subtypes, properties and visual differences for Risers 

• New features for Lift Types, Vessels, and Water Crossings 

Shapefile Exports 

• Export pipeline, facility, or well features in shapefile format  

Saskatchewan MER Attribute Export 

• Create pipeline exports designed to simplify data updates related to Saskatchewan Flowline Licensing 

Spatial Data Selection 

• Draw polygons in the map to select custom groups of assets

Connectivity Manager Module 

• Create diagrams to connect assets or groups of assets 

Facility Production Data 

• Each facility card now includes a Production Data tab that shows historical production municipal Boundary Layer
• Baseline Risk Consequence Layer 
• Crossings and Land Features 
• Incident Export 
• Search for Location using Lat/Long value
• Expanded regulatory document collection

Expanded Well Information 

• New well attributes added to the Well Card and data panel 
• Well production information tab added to the Well Card 

Risk and Consequence Layers 

• View pipelines according to risk profiles 
• View high consequence areas that impact risk scores