How will an eligible companys payers sliding scale be determined?
For production subject to payment of royalties under the Petroleum Royalty Regulation, 2009, or the Natural Gas Royalty Regulation, 2009, and non-project oils sands wells subject to payment of royalties under the Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009, each eligible company will be categorized using the Credit Drawdown and Maximum Percentage scale below to determine both the rate of payment of credits established by drilling from royalties and the maximum credit obtainable by eligible companies under the DRC program. The Alberta Department of Energy will categorize each eligible company subject to Alberta Crown production in 2008 according to the records of the Department. Each eligible company will be provided their categorization by the Alberta Department of Energy (once processes are in place). This categorization will be determined by the Alberta Department of Energy at its sole discretion. Eligible companies with no 2008 production subject to Alberta royalties will initially be classi