Landowners’ guide to oil and gas development

Alberta’s energy development landscape is a maze of regulations and complex relationships. The Landowners’ Guide to Oil and Gas Development provides advice on negotiating the best relationship possible between industry representatives who live and breathe this subject matter and property owners or communities that may be facing it for the first time. It also provides accessible advice on some of these complex questions:

If a permit agent knocks at your door and says a company wants to conduct seismic exploration on your land, how do you decide whether to grant permission?
If a land agent tells you a company plans to drill a well or put a pipeline on your land, what do you need to know before you start negotiations? How do you decide whether any special conditions are needed in a surface lease or right-of-entry agreement?
If there are plans to build a well or pipeline near your home, is the company obliged to tell you or consult with you?

In 2019, the Pembina Institute published the Landowners' Primer: what you need to know about unreclaimed oil and gas wells, an additional resource to help those who are most impacted by inactive and orphaned oil and gas infrastructure on their land. This primer was also supported by the Alberta Real Estate Foundation.

Receive a hard copy of the Landowners' Guide to Oil and Gas Development

Thanks to generous support of the Alberta Real Estate Foundation and the Edmonton Community Foundation, the guide is provided free of charge, except for the cost of shipping.

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