British Columbia Oil and Gas Tenure Registry, Non-Confidential Records

A multi-file snapshot of provincial Crown petroleum and natural gas tenure in British Columbia. The data is provided by the Government of British Columbia in a relational format for data vendors and other users. The extract includes both active and cancelled titles, with records updated as of April 2022 and later.

Use Cases

• Tracking the status of oil and gas tenures based on the inclusion of active and cancelled titles.
• Analyzing historical tenure patterns based on attributes recorded at the date of cancellation.
• Integrating tenure data into relational databases based on the provided multi-file, relational format.

Strengths

• Includes both active and cancelled titles for internal consistency and greater transparency.
• Data is structured for relational database use, as stated in the description.
• Updated to reflect a format change implemented in April 2022.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• For tenures cancelled before digitization, attributes may not be fully transcribed into the digital record.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Extract from provincial Crown petroleum and natural gas tenure registry.

Time Range

Includes records up to the date of the extract.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 17 15:27:46.132125; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada