Listing of ETS Services

The Electronic Transfer System (ETS) provides the following list of services:

Correspondence

Correspondence allows Oil Sands Royalty clients to send and receive data from the Department through a secure connection.

Designated Representative can download Agreement documents created from the PNG and Oil Sands Public Offering.

Assignment of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) Public Lands Surface Dispositions

Assignment facilitates the electronic assignment of surface dispositions issued under the Public Lands Act within the province of Alberta. Assignments encompass all transactions, documents, and data exchanges associated with the assignment of the disposition holder's interest in the surface disposition to another party.

Bidding

Bidding enables clients the ability to acquire Oil Sands and/or Petroleum and Natural Gas rights through an electronic bidding process. Clients will be able to select the parcels being offered for a sale, and if interested in acquiring the rights submit bid requests for a Public Offering using this system. 

Freehold Mineral Tax

Freehold Mineral Tax enables clients to query their own freehold production entity data, add and delete Lessees, transfer Lessee roles, download unit values and submit unit values.

Monthly Statements
Monthly Statements (Surface and Mineral Rental) when available they are published into ETS. Mineral/Surface clients can print/save the monthly statement, change the payment method to auto debit and add additional charges to the automatic withdrawal.

NGL-100, APMC 600, APMC-700, APMC Third Party, and APMC Pipeline In-Stream Form Submissions

Clients can submit certain data files (i.e. Gas Transmission Reports, Straddle Plant Operators, etc.) into the department electronically using ETS. The submissions are verified by ETS and clients get confirmation email about processing status.

Posting

Posting enables clients to apply for Oil Sands and Petroleum and Natural Gas (P&NG) rights through an electronic disposition request. Clients are able to query mineral rights availability and also submit posting requests for a Public Offering and Direct Purchase.

Searches

Searches enables clients to request variety of reports that shows status information on Crown surface land and Crown minerals in the Province of Alberta.

Transfers Ownership and/ or Designated Representative

Transfer facilitates all transactions, documents and data exchanges associated with the Crown registration of the transfer of the owner's interest in the mineral rights to another party, and Designated Representative changes.  

ETS manuals are also available, for access to this system please contact, Client Registry Services.