Sustainable Resource Development

Electronic Assignments

The Lands Division is responsible for the management of approximately 220,000 surface dispositions in accordance with the Public Lands Act, Mines and Minerals Act and related legislation, regulations and policies. The Lands Division receives and approves the assignment of approximately 15,000 oil and gas dispositions annually.

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, in cooperation with Alberta Energy, has developed an online service that will enable clients to request the assignment of surface dispositions electronically. The initial implementation allows for full assignment of disposition types LOC, MSL, EZE, PLA, PIL and VCE.
The service extends the functionality of the existing Electronic Transfer System, developed by Alberta Energy, for oil and gas agreement transfers. The electronic assignment service will benefit industry and Sustainable Resource Development by allowing the administration process to be significantly reduced due to online entry and verification. Industry will have all information available to them online to complete a request for an assignment.

Clients must have an ETS Account to participate in the electronic assignment process. For information regarding how to acquire an ETS account go to http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OurBusiness/1076.asp

Further information regarding electronic assignments is available in the Electronic Assignments Procedures Guide.