Bill 72 — First Session, 16Th Legislature, 1F '1~Uidti~Thl Ti the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 72 An Act To Amend the Mines and Minerals Act, 1962 (Legislature 16, Session 1)

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Alberta — Bills

1968 Bill 72 First Session, 16th Legislature, 1f '1~Uidti~thl tI THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 72

An Act to amend The Mines and Minerals Act, 1962 THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS First Reading ............................................................. . Second Reading ......................................................... . Thlrd Reading ........................................................... . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 72 1968

An Act to amend The Mines and Minerals Act, 1962 (Assented to , 1968) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Mines and Minerals Act, 1962, is hereby amended.

Section 2, subsection (1) is amended (

a) as to clause (

b) by striking out the words "and all other mineral substances in association there with", (

b) by adding the following clause after clause (d): ( d1) "crude bitumen" means a naturally occurring viscous mixture, mainly of hydrocarbons heavier than pentane, that may contain sul phur compounds, and that in its naturally occurring- viscous state is not recoverable at a commercial rate through a well ; (

c) by adding the following clause after clause (r): (r1) "oil sands" means sands and other rock ma terials which contain crude bitumen and in cludes all other mineral substances in associa tion therewith;

Section 44 is amended by adding the following sub section:

(3) No university or other educational institution shall acquire an agreement in whole or in part by application or transfer in the name of the institution unless it is approved by the Minister as an institution that may hold an agree ment.

Section 136 is amended by striking out clause (

b) and by substituting the following: (

b) where any portion of the spacing unit for the offset well overlies or underlies (

i) any portion of the spacing unit for a producing well, or

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill amends

chapter 49 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1962. 2. Consequential ,to the amendment of The Oil and Gas Con servation Act.

Section 20), clause (

b) presently reads: 2.

(1) In this Act, (b) "bituminous sands" means the oil sands and all other mineral substances in association therewith being within townships 84 to 104 inclusive in ranges 4 to 18 inclusive, west of the 4th meri dian and occurring in the McMurray formation, being the strati- graphic formation lying above the upper DevonIan carbonate sediments and below the Clearwater formation; 3. Universities or other educational institutions may be per mitted ,to hold Crown mineral agreements. 4. ,For clarification.

Section 136, -clause (·

b) presently reads: 136. Before the expIry of the perIod for drilling an offset well, the lessee may surrender (

b) where any portion of the spacing unit for the otfset well overlies or underlies any portion of the spacing unIt for a producing well, the strata to which the uffset well requirement relates within its spacing unit.

(ii) any formatiQn that is subject to' a unit QperatiQn, the strata to' which the Qffset well requirement relates within its spacing unit. 5. SectiQn 171, subsectiQn (2) is amended by striking Qut clauses (

b) and (

c) and by substituting the fQllQwing: (b) "Qil sands rights" means (

i) the right to' mine, quarry, wQrk, remQve, treat Qr prQcess Qil sands that Qccur in a zone desig nated by the Oil and Gas CQnservatiQn BQard, including the reCQvery Qf any prQducts there frQm whether abQve Qr belQw the surface, and (ii) the right to' dispose of the Qil sands and any prQducts recQvered therefrQm. 6. This Act CQmes intO' fQrce on the day upon which it is assented to'. 2

2 5. ,gee note to clause 2 above. ,gection 171 (2), clauses (

b) and (

c) presently read:

(2) In this Part, (b) "oil sands" means the sands (

i) that contain a highly viscous crude hydrocarbon material, (ii) that occur in a zone designated by the Oil and Gas Con serva tion Board, and (iii) that in the .opinion of the Minister are the correlative or equivalent of bituminous sands: (c) "oil sands rights" means (

i) the right to mine, quarry, work, remove, treat or process oil sands, including the recovery of any products therefrom whether ab.ove or below the surface, and (

U) the riglit t.o dispose of oil sands and any products rec.overed therefrom. Title: 1968 (16th, 1st) Bill 72,

An Act to amend The Mines and Minerals Act, 1962

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