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Oil and Gas Pre-Tenure Planning
The Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management supports
and encourages responsible development of oil and gas resources
across the province. In support of this, the Ministry is
mandated to complete oil and gas pre-tenure plans in the
Muskwa-Kechika Management
Area in a manner that stimulates exploration and development
consistent with the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act.
This Act requires that an oil and gas pre-tenure
be completed and approved by the Minister before new oil
and gas tenures can be issued. For areas outside of the
Muskwa-Kechika, the need for oil and gas pre-tenure planning
may be identified through strategic land use plans.
Muskwa-Kechika Pre-Tenure Plans
An oil and gas pre-tenure plan has been developed for the
Upper Sikanni area in the Muskwa-Kechika. This plan is referred
to as the Upper
Sikanni Management Plan and was approved in November
1995.
A second oil and gas pre-tenure plan for the Muskwa-Kechika,
known as the Besa-Prophet Pre-Tenure
Plan - Phase I, was approved (News
Release) by Minister Hagen in September, 2002. Industry
can now request that oil and gas tenures be posted for that
area. Phase II of the Besa-Prophet Pre-Tenure Plan is targeted
for completion by Spring 2003.
Oil and gas pre-tenure planning for another five areas
within the Muskwa-Kechika began in the Spring 2002. Stakeholder
workshops and First Nations' consultation are expected to
take place in the Fall 2002 and in the Spring 2003. These
five plans will be complete by March 2003. Two more plans
will be completed by December 2003. For a map of the pre-tenure
planning areas in the Muskwa-Kechika, click
here (640K PDF).
Other Pre-Tenure Plans
The Dunlevy Creek Management Plan in the Dawson
Creek Land and Resource Management Plan area was approved
in January 2002. This plan guides oil and gas development
and the disposition of petroleum and natural gas tenures
and also enables landscape level planning to guide forest
development in the plan area. For the purposes of oil and
gas planning, the Dunlevy Creek Management Plan is considered
a pre-tenure plan.
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Last Updated: 09/19/02
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