Where can I file a complaint regarding access to a wellsite?
Most land in Alberta has two titles. The owner of the surface title has control of the land’s surface and the right to work it. The owner of the mineral title has the right to explore for and produce oil, gas and other minerals from under that land surface. The surface owner’s Certificate of Title is subject to the mineral owner’s right to enter the land in order to work and remove the minerals. This approach to land rights is based on the assumption that obtaining oil, gas and other minerals is in the general public’s interest. Several important responsibilities apply to an oil and gas company’s right to develop a well site on your land: • The company must offer information to you about the development (e.g. the reason for selecting a particular location for the well site, the types of equipment to be used at the site). • The company must follow regulations for environmentally and technically acceptable drilling and production. • The company must operate in ways that cause the least p
