About Us

The ministry assesses, collects, verifies and reports Crown royalties and freehold production taxes payable by the petroleum industry. We also provide advice and interpretation of pertinent statutes, regulations and orders, and distribute the prescribed reporting forms with instructions on how to complete them.

We provide current and historical information on these revenues and respond to general enquiries related to them.

British Columbia's royalty on oil and gas produced from Crown land and production tax on oil and gas produced from freehold land are provided for in the same legislation. The only differences are in the royalty or tax rates.

Two sources of information are available to assist producers in interpreting the requirements of the legislation and in meeting their reporting and payment obligations: the Oil and Gas Royalty Handbook and the bulletins issued by the Mineral, Oil and Gas Revenue Branch.

Reference codes for clients (royalty payers), facilities, pools, fields and production entities are required for reporting oil and gas production and royalties or taxes.
Up-to-date listings of these codes are available on this website.