Oil Sands Information Bulletins
The purpose of an Information Bulletin is to notify industry regarding items such as proposed changes to legislation, regulations or operating procedures with the intent of soliciting feedback; new programs or changes to existing programs, projects, services, strategies or organizational structures; and industry participation in department initiatives.
Reference pricing and royalty rates can be found in Information Letters.
Mineral Rights Information Bulletins
For specific oil sands information announcements, there are two Oil Sands subscription lists available to notify subscribers specifically for:
- Oil Sands Royalty information announcements (OSRBUL) and
- Oil Sands Tenure information announcements (OSTIBUL).
To subscribe or unsubscribe to either list, please visit e-subscriptions.
*T - Tenure, R - Royalty, M - Mineral Rights, A - All
| IB Number | Type* | Description |
 2012-01 |
R |  Return Allowance and Revenue Valuation at End of Period |
| 2011-15 |
R | Methodology for Monthly Floor Price Calculations |
| 2011-14 |
R | Registration for OASIS Discussion Forum #2 |
| 2011-13 |
R | Business Interruption Insurance Premiums as Allowed Costs of Oil Sands Royalty Projects |
| 2011-12 |
R | Operator's Forecast Report Submission Deadline |
| 2011-11 |
R | Registration for Royalty Template Review and OASIS Discussion Forum |
| 2011-10 |
R | The Alberta Oil Sands Royalty Principles and Procedures |
| 2011-09 |
R | Criteria for Inclusion of Wells Completed Prior to the Project Effective Date in an Oil Sands Royalty Project |
| 2011-08 |
T | Oil Sands Tenure Regulation, 2010 - Minimum Level of Evaluation – Interim Approach |
| 2011-07 |
R | Updated PNCB form for OSR Project Applications through ETS |
| 2011-06 |
R | Revised Economics and PNCB forms for ETS submission |
| 2011-05 |
R | Horizontal Oil New Well Royalty Rate and New Conventional Oil Sands Royalty Reporting Form (PSR) Effective May 1, 2010 Production - Retroactive Eligibility |
| 2011-04 |
R | Cost Analysis & Reporting Enhancements (CARE) Reporting – Implementation Follow-up |
| 2011-03 |
R |
Oil Sands Administrative and Strategic Information System (OASIS) Royalty Development Update |
| 2011-02 |
M | Release of Mineral Rights Not Required for the Bigstone Treaty Land Entitlements (TLE) Settlement |
| 2011-02 |
R | New Conventional Oil Sands Royalty Reporting Form (PSR) Effective January 1, 2011 Production |
| 2011-01 |
R | Application of Drilling Royalty Credits (DRC) to Wells in an OSR Application and Project |
| 2010-13 |
R | Pre-Screening Process and Timeline for Oil Sands Royalty Applications |
| 2010-12 |
T | Minimum Level of Evaluation Work Performed on Oil Sands Agreements prior to or during the 2010/2011 Drilling Season (Rescinded and replaced by Information Bulletin 2011-08) |
| 2010-11 |
T | Acquisition and Submission of Evaluation Data for Oil Sands Agreements |
| 2010-10 |
R | Operator's Forecast Report Update |
| 2010-09 |
R | Statutory Requirements and Recalculation of “2006” Oil Sands Royalty |
| 2010-08 |
R |
Cost Analysis & Reporting Enhancements (CARE) Reporting – Implementation Follow-up |
| 2010-07 |
R | Assessment of Filing Penalties and Electronic Transfer System (ETS) Filings |
| 2010-06 |
R | Dispute Review Committee - Minister's Decision |
| 2010-05 |
R | Learning Session on Mapping Tool Upgrade in OASIS |
| 2010-04 |
T | New Oil Sands Tenure Information Bulletin Subscription List |
| 2010-03 |
R | Update: Oil Sands Administrative and Strategic Information System (OASIS) |
| 2010-02 |
R | ETS Submission of Monthly and Annual Royalty Reports, New Templates for Royalty Reporting in 2010 |
| 2010-01 |
R | Update: Oil Sands Administrative and Strategic Information System |
| 2009-18 |
R | Royalty Report Updates, Pre 2009 Inventory, & Electronic Transfer System (ETS) filing for Royalty Reports |
| 2009-17 |
R | Operator’s Forecast Report Update |
| 2009-16 |
R | Cost Analysis & Reporting Enhancements (CARE) Update and Statutory Requirements and Recalculation of “2005” Oil Sands Royalty |
| 2009-15 |
R | Oil Sands Administrative and Strategic Information System (OASIS) Update |
| 2009-14 |
R | Update: Oil Sands Administrative and Strategic Information System |
| 2009-13 |
R | Cost Analysis & Reporting Enhancements (CARE) |
| 2009-12 |
A | Department of Energy Oil Sands Website Revisions |
| 2009-11 |
T | The Alberta Oil Sands Tenure Guidelines Principles and Procedures |
| 2009-10 |
R | Incentive Programs Information Session |
| 2009-09 |
R | New Well Royalty Reduction (NWRR) Program Impact on Non-Project Oil Sands Wells |
| 2009-08 |
R | Cost Analysis & Reporting Enhancements (CARE) |
| 2009-07 |
T | The Alberta Oil Sands Tenure Guidelines Principles and Procedures |
| 2009-06 |
R | Application for Oil Sands Royalty Projects (New or Amendments) under the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 |
| 2009-05 |
A | Oil Sands Industry-Government Groups, Tenure and Royalty |
| 2009-04 |
A | A Plan for Alberta's Oil Sands |
| 2009-03 |
R | Statements of Approval - Sections 38(5) and 39(3), Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 |
| 2009-02 |
R | Reporting and Payment of Royalty on Pre-2009 Inventory Volumes |
| 2009-01 |
R | Oil Sands Royalty Framework Information Sessions |
| 2008-02 |
R | Royalty Calculation and Reporting for the New Royalty Framework |
| 2008-01 |
R | Operator's Forecast Report Update |
| 2007-02 |
R | Operator's Forecast Report Update |
| 2007-01 |
R | End of Period (EOP) Post-Payout Statement Update |
| 2006-07 |
R | The Alberta Oil Sands Royalty Principles and Procedures |
| 2006-06 |
R | Application for Approval of Oil Sands Royalty Projects and Amendments to Oil Sands Royalty Projects |
| 2006-05 |
R | New Oil Sands Royalty Information Bulletin Subscription List |
| 2006-04 |
R | Oilsands Administration and Strategic Information System (OASIS Project) |
| 2006-03 |
T | Proposed Amendments to the Oil Sands Tenure Regulation (A.R. 50/2000) |
| 2006-02 |
T | The Alberta Oil Sands Tenure Principles and Procedures |
| 2006-01 |
R | Oil Sands Royalty Guidelines |
| 2005-01 |
R | The Alberta Oil Sands Royalty Guidelines |
| 2004-01 |
T | Changes to Posting Request and Direct Purchase Application Submissions for both PNG and Oil Sands Rights |
| 2003-02 |
R | Oil Sands Royalty Steering Committee - Call for Issue Proposals |
| 2003-01 |
T | Monthly Statement Process for Continued/Validated Agreements |
| 2001-02 |
T | Oil Sands Tenure Regulation – Guideline Development |
| 2001-01 |
R | Oil Sands Royalty Guidelines |
| 1999-03 |
T | Solution Gas in Oil Sands Areas |
| 1999-01 |
T | Proposed Oil Sands Tenure Changes |
| 1998-03 |
T | Association Gas with Bitumen |
| 1998-02 |
T | Oil Sands Tenure Review |
