Oil Sands Guidelines - Tenure

The Principles, Procedures and Appendices (collectively referred to as the Guidelines) interpret the relevant legislation (statutes and regulations), and communicate policy with respect to application of the legislation.
Application of the Oil Sands Tenure Regulation in specific situations may vary, and implementation and practice of either regulation may change without amending the Guidelines.

Other Guidelines - Go to: Royalty Guidelines



Oil Sands Tenure Guidelines [updated: June 15, 2006]
 
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Complete set - Appendix - [Guidelines available separately] - images updated March 20, 2008
   
99 KB Table of Contents
   
102 KB Notice / About this document
   
119 KB Chapter 1 - A Brief History
   
283 KB Chapter 2 - Acquiring Oil Sands Rights
   
294 KB Chapter 3 - Oil Sands Agreements
   
275 KB Chapter 4 - Evaluating Leases and Permits
   
120 KB Chapter 5 - Assessing Production
   
366 KB Chapter 6 - Escalating Rent
   
301 KB List of Figures / Diagrams


List of Changes
Oil Sands Tenure Guidelines -June 15, 2006
Global changes Reason for change
   
Department of Energy Web site links Replaced broken web links with web site navigation instructions.
Legislation references Moved legislative references out of the paragraph.
Oil Sands Tenure forms Inserted navigation instructions to Oil Sands Tenure related forms.
Examples Updated examples to more current dates
Information Letters References Replaced Information Letter references with web site navigation instructions.
In this document Updated to provide navigation instructions to the Oil Sands home page.
Contacts Moved contacts to the appendix.
   
Tenure Guideline Description Reason for change
   
Chapter 1  
Alberta Oil Sands Updated with current information and removed forecasting.
   
Chapter 2  
Public Offerings (Sales) Information Letter 2006-12
Bidding Requirements Information Letter 2006-12
Bid Request Information Letter 2006-12
Payment Information Letter 2006-12
Timelines Information Letter 2006-12
Sales Results Information Letter 2006-12
Direct Purchases of Crown Rights Information Letter 2006-12
Direct Purchase of Portions Information Letter 2006-12
Direct Purchase of Complementing Rights Information Letter 2006-12
Applying for a Direct Purchase Information Letter 2006-12
Acceptance and Processing House keeping
Payment Information Letter 2006-12
Transfer of Ownership in Oil Sands Agreements Information Letter 2006-12
Requesting a Transfer Information Letter 2006-12
Requesting a Partial Transfer House keeping
   
Chapter 3  
Agreement Types House keeping
Lease Types House keeping
Leases House keeping
Permits House keeping
Annual Rent Updated Monthly Statement Process as identified in Information Letter 2006-10.
Designated Representative House keeping
Applying for Leases Continuation House keeping
The Review Process for Lease Continuation House keeping
Applying for Primary Lease Out of a First-Term Lease House keeping
Applying for Lease Selection House keeping
The Review Process for Lease Selection House keeping
Consolidation House keeping
Cancellation House keeping
   
Chapter 4  
Figure 2 House keeping
Figure 3 House keeping
Coring and Coring Equivalent Data House keeping
Seismic Data House keeping
   
Chapter 5  
Minimum levels of Production House keeping
Solution Gas Updated definition of Solution Gas as identified in Information Letter 2005-25.
   
Appendix Description  
Appendix A: Forms and Reporting Replaced "samples" with navigation instructions to Oil Sands related forms.
Appendix B: Information Letters and Bulletins Replaced list of Information Letters and Bulletins with navigation instructions.
Appendix C: e-Subscription Added information regarding subscriptions and navigation instructions.
Appendix D: Glossary Amended some definitions for clarification.
Appendix E: Abbreviations Updated abbreviations.
Appendix F: Contact Information Updated contact information and included mailing address, Department of Energy website, and navigation instructions.
Appendix G: Electronic System and Services Added information regarding systems and services giving a brief description of the services required for Oil Sands Tenure related business.
Electronic Transfer System (ETS):  
Posting Requests  
Bidding  
Crown Oil Sands Agreement Documents  
Transfer Ownership  
   
Information Letter (IL)  
IL 2006-12 Electronic Bidding and Posting of Rights for the Public Offering of Oil Sands and Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights.
IL 2006-10 Monthly Statement Process will be Mandatory July 1, 2006 For All Department of Energy Rental Activity
IL 2005-25 Proclamation of Sections 10, 14, and 19 Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003

Relevant Tenure References:

Escalating Rent Map
Forms - Tenure
Glossary
Regulations - Oil Sands Tenure (Queens Printers )
How to Subscribe for electronic Information Letters & Bulletins

Last reviewed/revised: 2008-03-26