Petroleum and Natural Gas Agreements in Alberta

Provincial extent polygon features represent applications, agreements, leases, and licences for petroleum and natural gas exploration. The data includes varying term dates and conditions for these rights. It is maintained by the Government of Alberta and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of active petroleum leases using polygon features.
• Track the temporal validity of exploration agreements using term date fields.
• Identify overlapping or adjacent resource extraction rights by comparing agreement polygons.
• Assess the density of exploration activity in specific regions based on application locations.

Strengths

• Data is updated with a future timestamp indicating planned maintenance (March 2026).
• Features represent legally binding agreements, leases, and licences for resource exploration.

Limitations

• The specific number of records (rows) and data volume (size) are unknown.
• The available file formats (XML, HTML) are not standard for direct geospatial analysis without conversion.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04, indicating a future update schedule.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada