Oil Sands Acts and Regulations
The following acts and regulations are applicable to oil sands issues and are available from the Alberta Queen's Printer website.
The 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.
Acts and Regulations
| Name | Number | Comments |
| Mines and Minerals Act | Chapter M-17 | This act governs the management and disposition of rights in Crown-owned minerals, including the levying and collecting of bonuses, rental and royalties (Administration of portions of this act is shared with the Department of Sustainable Resource Development) |
| Oil Sands Tenure Regulation, 2010 | A.R. 196/2010 | |
| Mines and Minerals Administration Regulation | A.R. 262/97 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1984 | A.R.166/84 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1997 | A.R. 185/97 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 | A.R. 223/2008 | |
| Oil Sands Allowed Costs (Ministerial) Regulation | A.R. 231/2008 | |
| Bitumen Valuation Methodology (Ministerial) Regulation | A.R. 232/2008 | |
| Oil Sands Dispute Resolution Regulation | A.R. 247/2007 | |
| Experimental Oil Sands Royalty Regulation | A.R. 347/92 | |
| Petroleum Royalty Regulation | A.R. 248/90 | |
| Petroleum Royalty Regulation, 2009 | A.R. 248/90 | |
| Oil Sands Conservation Act | Chapter O-7 | This act establishes a regulatory regime and scheme of approvals administered by the ERCB for the development of oil sands resources and related facilities in Alberta. |
| Oil Sands Conservation Regulation | A.R. 76/88 | |
| Government Organization Act | A.R. 44/2001 | Under this act, the responsibility for certain enactments was transferred to the Minister of Energy. See the complete list here. |
| Exploration Regulation | A.R. 284/2006 | |
| Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act | Chapter F-25 | |
| Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulation | A.R. 186/2008 | |
| Natural Gas Royalty Regulation 2009 | Section 1(1)(zz) and Section 13 | Portions of this regulation apply to oil sands solution gas. Administered by the ERCB. |
