Oil and gas activities on reserves are governed by the Indian Oil and Gas Act and regulated by the Indian Oil and Gas Regulations, 1995. This service administers the collection of royalties for oil and gas produced on Indian lands, reconciles and audits royalty funds, and tracks leases and commitments.

The Resource Access Negotiation (RAN) Program is also included in this service. RAN provides funding to First Nations and Inuit communities to negotiate access to management and harvesting opportunities for off-reserve resources, as well as to negotiate benefits from major projects near communities and from the sale of reserve resources.

The client groups benefiting from this on-line service include Aboriginal land administrators, Aboriginal economic development officers, financial officers, departmental staff, and operators on reserves where oil and gas production occurs.

Benefits to the clients include convenient on-line service for RAN funding application, and immediate access to financial and production records such as leases, audits and royalties related to oil and gas production on Indian lands.

For more information about this service, please contact Roger Daum (for oil and gas) at (403) 292-6096, Peter Wyse (for RAN) at ((819) 994-6630 or via e-mail at reference@inac.gc.ca.

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