Do The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulations and The Oil and Gas Conservation Regulations apply to NGC?
Yes. Based on a study of these regulations by Saskatchewan Justice, it has been determined that they apply to NGC as they would any other natural gas in the subsurface. However, addition of the term “NGC” into these regulations may be necessary in the future to avoid any ambiguity. Is the ownership and development of NGC included in any other provincial regulations aside from The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulations, 1969? A study of: • The Coal Disposition Regulations, 1988; • The Mineral Disposition Regulations, 1986; • The Subsurface Mineral Regulations, 1960; and • The Oil Shale Regulations, 1964, has indicated that none of these regulations, and their associated dispositions, create a conflict with the definition of “gas” that appears in The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulations, 1969. In their present form, these regulations cannot be used to acquire rights from the Crown to NGC nor do they create an ambiguity in relation to the ownership of NGC where a petroleum and natural gas
