Oil Sands Forms
All forms relevant to both Oil Sands Tenure and Oil Sands Royalty can be found below. Forms will be periodically updated as required.
Tenure Forms
Electronic Transfer System (ETS)
| ETS Client Account Set Up | ||
| Posting Request and Direct Purchase Application Forms | ||
| Bidding Request |
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Escalating Rent (Registering and Applying Credits)
Administrative (Other)
Oil Sands Reporting Calendar
Oil Sands Division (OSD) has developed a reporting calendar
that encompasses OSR (Project and non-Project) reporting timelines for the following:
- Monthly and annual royalty reporting and payment deadlines.
- Annual forecast reporting.
- Oil Sands Monthly Royalty Rates, published Bank of Canada long term bond rates and Bitumen Valuation Methodology (BVM) component publication.
- CARE quarterly and annual reporting deadlines.
The purpose of the calendar is to provide a quick reference to Oil Sands filing deadline information. Please note that inadvertent omissions of OSD deadlines (from the calendar) do not consitute acceptable reasons for non-compliance with filing deadlines.
Note: The calendar has incorporated filing deadlines that fall on weekends and / or holidays by moving the affected deadlines to the next first business day.
Royalty Project Application Forms
Project Application: Lessees who have, or are pursuing, an oil sands project may apply for royalty treatment under the provisions of the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009. Projects that do not make an application under the Regulation and are not covered by an existing individual agreement or the Experimental Oil Sands Royalty Regulation will be subject to conventional royalty rates under the Petroleum Royalty Regulation.
Non Project Well Royalty Reporting Forms (NPR)
Previously Conventional Oil Sands Royalty Reporting Forms (PSR)Effective February 1, 2013, this section will be renamed Non Project Well Royalty Submission (NPR). Please refer to IB 2012-13 for the new royalty reporting process for non project wells. Starting February 1, 2013, all NPR submissions have to be reported either in the xml file format or in the excel alternative.
| Oil Sands Royalty Calculation Current Par Price/R Multiplier Letter | |
| Non Project Royalty Submission in XML Format | |
| Non Project Royalty Submission XML Schema | |
| Non Project Royalty Submission in Excel Format |
Oil Sands Project Royalty Reporting Forms (OSR & CSR)
Sections 38 and 39 of the Regulation set out the parameters for the reporting required of projects approved under the Regulation.
Reminder: Sample figures are provided in the pdf version. Fields open for user entry are indicated in blue. Fields protected from entry are indicated in black; these formulas should not be changed. Queries regarding these forms can be sent to Oil Sands Royalty Reporting.
For all Oil Sands Royalty Projects other than Transitional Agreements (OSR Projects, excluding Transitional OSR):
| MRC (OSRR 2009)* | Monthly royalty reporting template for Pre Payout OSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| GFE (OSRR 2009) | Monthly royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| Pre Payout EOPS (OSRR 1997) | Annual royalty reporting template for Pre Payout OSR Projects for 2008 and prior periods. | |
| Post Payout EOPS (OSRR 1997) | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR Projects for 2008 and prior periods. | |
| Pre Payout EOPS (OSRR 2009) | Annual royalty reporting template for Pre Payout OSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| Post Payout EOPS (OSRR 2009) UPDATED | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. |
*Note: MRC amendments after the end of the period can be reported directly in schedule 6 of the Pre Payout End of Period Statement royalty template. Separate MRC filings are no longer required with the new royalty templates.
For all Crown Agreements (CSR Projects):
| CA MRC (2009 and later)* | Monthly royalty reporting template for Pre Payout CSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| CA GFE (2009 and later) | Monthly royalty reporting template for Post Payout CSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| CA Pre Payout EOPS (2008 and prior) UPDATED | Annual royalty reporting template for Pre Payout CSR Projects for 2008 and prior periods. | |
| CA Post Payout EOPS (2008 and prior) | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout CSR Projects for 2008 and prior periods. | |
| CA Pre Payout EOPS (2009 and later) | Annual royalty reporting template for Pre Payout CSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| CA Post Payout EOPS (2009 and later) | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout CSR Projects for 2009 and later periods. |
*Note: MRC amendments after the end of the period can be reported directly in schedule 6 of the Pre Payout End of Period Statement royalty template. Separate MRC filings are no longer required with the new royalty templates.
For Transitional OSR Project - OSR045:
| OSR045 GFE (2009 and later) UPDATED | Monthly royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR045 Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| OSR045 EOPS (2009 and later) UPDATED | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR045 Projects for 2009 and later periods. |
For Transitional OSR Project - OSR047:
| OSR047 GFE | Monthly royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR047 Projects for 2009 and later periods. | |
| OSR047 EOPS UPDATED | Annual royalty reporting template for Post Payout OSR047 Projects for 2009 and later periods. |
Statement of Crown Royalty Inventory Volumes
One-time only filing for applicable Oil Sands Royalty (OSR) Projects due January 31, 2009.
Cost Analysis and Reporting Enhancement (CARE)
Effective 2011 Reporting Periods and Forward
Oil Sands Division (OSD) has re-designed the CARE forms format. Rather than individual files for each form type, an Excel workbook has been designed for CARE - Costs, Project and Revenue reporting which encompasses all the forms respectively.
| CARE Project Workbook | |
| CARE Costs - InSitu Workbook | |
| CARE Costs - Mining Workbook | |
| CARE Revenue Workbook | |
| Western Canadian Select (WCS) Sales |
Effective 2009 and 2010 Reporting Periods
Any amendments to CARE forms for the Periods 2009 and 2010 must be completed in the original form's format.
CARE Online Training is now available. Please refer to the CARE training presentation
and the CARE FAQ for more details.
CARE Volumetric, Operations, Reserves, Deposit and Reservoir Data Reports: Please refer to Information Bulletin
2009-08 for details.
CARE Operating Cost by Function Reports
| Operating Costs - Mining | |
| Operating Costs - In Situ |
CARE Capital Cost by Function Report
| Capital Costs - Mining | |
| Capital Costs - In Situ |
CARE Revenues
CARE Forms Filing Timetable and Glossary of Terms
| Timetable | |
| Glossary |
Operator's Forecast Report
This report must be submitted for projects in both pre-payout periods and post-payout periods, due November 30. For more information, see Section 37 of the Regulation.
Operator's Forecast Report |





Introduction to the OSR Application Process