Shallow Rights Reversion

On April 14, 2011, Alberta Energy announced it is deferring serving shallow rights reversion notices as outlined in IL 2011-18.  This decision will be revisited in spring 2012.

Alberta’s New Royalty Framework announced on October 25, 2007 included the following: "The government will implement shallow rights reversion to maximize extraction of the resource. Under this policy, mineral rights to shallow gas geological formations that are not being developed would revert back to the government and be made available for resale."

Shallow rights reversion means that the rights above the top of the shallowest productive zone in an agreement will be severed from the agreement at continuation. This will be in addition to the existing deeper rights reversion. Rights between the top of the shallowest productive zone and the base of the deepest productive zone will remain in the agreement.

Shallow Rights Reversion FAQs

Shallow Rights Reversion Presentation  (excerpt from Tenure Information Exchange April 14, 2011)

Shallow Rights Reversion Information Session

Shallow Rights Reversion Information Session: Presentation  on Shallow Rights Reversion including process to date, application process, and next steps.

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