Oil Acts and Regulations

The following Acts and Regulations are available from the Alberta Queen's Printer website. A complete listing of Statutes (Acts) and Regulations are also available from the Alberta Queen's Printer.

New iconThe Government of Alberta upstream Oil and Gas Authorizations and Consultation requirements guide  is an overview of approvals, licences, dispositions, permits and registrations required from Alberta Energy, the ERCB, Alberta Environment and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development for upstream oil and gas activities.   

Mines and Minerals Act
This Act governs the management and disposition of rights in Crown owned mines and minerals, including the levying and collecting of bonuses, rental and royalties.  (Administration of portions of this Act shared with Sustainable Resource Development Department)

CO2 Projects Royalty Credit Regulation

Deep Oil Exploratory Well Regulation

Drilling Royalty Credit Regulation 

Enhanced Recovery of Oil Royalty Reduction Regulation

Experimental Project Petroleum Royalty Regulation

Horizontal Re-entry Well Royalty Reduction Regulation

Low Productivity Well Royalty Reduction Regulation

New Well Royalty Reduction Regulation

New Well Royalty Regulation

Petroleum Marketing Regulation

Petroleum Royalty Regulation

Petroleum Royalty Regulation, 2009

Reactivated Well Royalty Exemption Regulation

Third Tier Exploratory Well Royalty Exemption Regulation