Alberta Oil Sands Royalty Data Under Modernized Framework

Royalty data for Alberta oil sands projects, published following the 2015 Royalty Review Advisory Panel. Industry is legislated to supply this project data under the Modernized Royalty Framework that came into force on January 1, 2017. The dataset is published by the Government of Alberta.

Use Cases

• Analyze royalty revenue trends based on legislated industry data submission
• Model economic impacts of the Modernized Royalty Framework based on its implementation date
• Benchmark project performance based on published royalty data

Strengths

• Data is legislated to be supplied by industry, suggesting a formal collection process
• Published following a formal 2015 Royalty Review Advisory Panel recommendation

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Legislated industry data submission

Time Range

Data relates to the Modernized Royalty Framework effective January 1, 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:49:36.857371; freshness should be verified

Geography

Alberta, Canada