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Prospecting licenses for coal, petroleum, and natural gas

  • GR-0086
  • Series
  • 1883-1946

The series consists of 45 volumes of prospecting licence stubs for coal, petroleum, and natural gas created by the Dept. of Mines, and its predecessor the Bureau of Mines between 1883 and 1946. The licence stubs are arranged in numerical order and include coal prospecting licenses 1-404, coal and petroleum prospecting licenses 405-9500 and coal, petroleum and natural gas prospecting licenses 9501-13000.

British Columbia. Dept. of Mines

Record book of coal, petroleum, and natural gas licences

  • GR-1409
  • Series
  • 1907-1944

This series contains a record book of coal, petroleum, and natural gas licences (1 vol.), with nominal index. The book lists licencee, licence number,. locations, assignments, and file number.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands

Records relating to the history of oil and gas exploration

  • GR-3042
  • Series
  • 1929-1972

The series consists of records from the Dept. of Mines assembled by J.D. Lineham around 1972, in the course of writing a brief history of oil and gas exploration and drilling in British Columbia.

British Columbia. Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources

Utilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972)

  • GR-1390
  • Series
  • 1929 - 1979

This series contains tuilities regulation files and staff reports of the Public Utilities Commission (1929-1972) pertaining to the regulation of private and municipal gas, water, and electric utilities pursuant to the Public Utilities Act. Includes petroleum regulation subject files of the B.C. Energy Commission, Westcoast Transmission Company's rate hearings and pipeline applications (1977-1979), Kitimat pipeline application (1976), records relating to natural gas pipeline applications (1959-1968) and to water power development projects on the Columbia and Peace Rivers (1953-1963), and records of the Puntledge River inquiry (1962).

British Columbia. Public Utilities Commission

Clipping books

  • GR-2590
  • Series
  • 1941-1951

Two volumes of news clipping books, the first from 1941-1943 arranged chronologically; the second, from 1947-1951 arranged alphabetically, mainly by settlement or location, but occasionally by subject. The clippings cover most aspects of mining, including petroleum and coal, such as exploration, operation, demand, labour relations, taxation, war effort and production.

British Columbia. Mineralogical Branch

Public Utilities Commission Engineering Dept. records

  • GR-1160
  • Series
  • 1943-1972

This series contains the records of the Engineering Department. Included are correspondence, memoranda, reports, appraisals and investigations of the Chief Engineer and the Investigations Auditor. The records relate to applications for public utilities (water, gas, and electric) and their construction, expansion and operation, including applications for rate revisions, extension of natural gas and electric distribution lines, and improvements in sub-station transmission systems and municipal water supplies. There is a 1943 report on rates and service of the B.C. Electric Railway Company and miscellaneous files on cemeteries. This unit includes records relating to the application of B.C. Hydro and Power Authority, Gulf of Georgia Transmission Co., and others for a natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island and Powell River, consisting of correspondence, briefs and exhibits presented at the 1972 hearings, and supplementary data.

British Columbia. Public Utilities Commission

Public Utilities Commission records

  • GR-1158
  • Series
  • 1956

This series contains a transcript of proceedings regarding the application of Inland Natural Gas Co. to supply natural gas to a number of points in the interior of British Columbia and the application of Prince George Gas Co. to supply natural gas to Prince George. These proceeding were held at Vancouver, B.C., on 10, 11, and 12 April 1956 (5 vols.). The series also includes one volume (pp. 1-145) of hearings held at Vancouver, B.C., 25 July 1956. The Exhibits referenced in the proceedings are not part of GR-1158.

British Columbia. Public Utilities Commission

Energy Board records

  • GR-0442
  • Series
  • 1960-1972

This series consists of Energy Board records, 1960-1972. Records include administrative files, published Provincial Power Study and related files, reference library files, studies, and reports. This series has been organized into sub-series A to D with the following sub-sub-series:

A: BC Energy Board administrative files - A1. general alphabetical files (19 boxes); A2. Personnel files (3 boxes)
B: Provincial Power Study - B1. Provincial Power Study administrative and organizational files including the following file subjects: Power supply system - existing, under construction and committed, the power market, power resources - general, special studies, power planning, correspondence outward (14 boxes); B2. Provincial Power Study. Montreal Engineering Company Limited. April 1972 10 Volumes plus index (6 boxes); B3. "New Files" Generated After Completion Of Power Study (1 box).
C: Library: a detailed list of this material is appended to the hardcopy of this finding aid. A list of the articles is in of each box (Boxes 45-70)
D: Miscellaneous - D1. Studies; D2. Reports; D3. Ottawa (one box each)

British Columbia. Energy Board

Mineral tax appeal files and ledgers

  • GR-3989
  • Series
  • 1974-1986

This series consists of records regarding the assessment and taxation of mineral and gas resources across the province from 1974-1986. These records were created by the Mineral Revenue Division and its successors. Records include mineral tax assessment appeal files, and gas field production ledgers.

Mineral tax assessment appeal files document significant mineral tax appeals and interpretations. Under the Mineral Tax Act, taxpayers had the right to appeal notices of assessment to the Mineral Tax Review Board. If unsatisfied with the Board’s decision, taxpayers could appeal it in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and further appeal it to the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. This changed in 2003, when legislation eliminated the Mineral Tax Review Board, and provided a new appeal process to the minister. Records include correspondence; decisions and notices of appeal from the Mineral Land Tax Review Board; land records; submissions from the Assessor of Mineral land tax, including maps, lists of claims, and tax records; Orders-in-Council designating lands as mineral production areas; reports; and court records.

Monthly gas field production ledgers are organized by battery and were part of the petroleum reporting system. The records are computer generated reports created in the process of calculating gas royalties and tax invoices. These records provide a concise history of volumes and values of oil and natural gas, as well as related royalties and freehold production taxes.

The Ministries responsible for the creation of these records and the dates they were responsible are:
Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources (1960-1976)
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources (1976-1978)
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (1978-1996)

Scheduled under the Mineral, Oil and Gas Revenue ORCS (schedule 159500) number 20315-30 and 30380-06.

British Columbia. Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources

Daily summaries of hearings

  • GR-1290
  • Series
  • 1975-1977

This series contains daily summaries of hearings of the National Energy Board on northern gas pipelines for the period 22 October 1975 to 4 July 1977, prepared by Capital Communications Ltd.

British Columbia. Environment and Land Use Committee. Secretariat

Oil, gas and water production reports

  • GR-3871
  • Series
  • 1979-1987

This series consists of statistical reports related to the production, operation, processing and disposition of oil, gas and water. The records were used by the Petroleum Resource Branch of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources from 1979-1987. They were created under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (RSBC 1979 c.323) to document the production of oil, natural gas, butane, propane, sulphur and water in British Columbia, and the disposition of each of those products. These reports were submitted, usually on a monthly basis, to the Ministry by the owners of the wells and drilling sites.

The reports record statistics on the volume of material extracted, processed or transported. Records may relate to particular wells, drill sites or pipelines. Many of the forms are copies of federal statistics Canada documents. The records provide production and transport trends overtime.

The records are arranged by the type of report, then in roughly reverse alphabetical order by the name of the well or drill site operator.

British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (1978-1996)

File disposition list

  • GR-1225
  • Series
  • 1982

The series consists of a photocopied file list of "O" series (O files) correspondence files, showing disposition of files. It was created by the Surveys and Land Records Branch in 1982 from a computer print-out.

It includes references indicating the following:(1) files still active with the Survey and Land Records Branch (2) files microfilmed (3) files in the Provincial Archives (4) files sent to a Regional Office of the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (5) Ministry of Forests files, partially renumbered to Forests filing system (6) Water Management Branch administration files and water rights applications (7) Parks Branch files renumbered to Parks Branch filing system (8) old Coal and Natural Gas files.

British Columbia. Surveys and Land Records Branch

Environmental fund project reports

  • GR-4012
  • Series
  • 2002 - 2009

The series consists of reports documenting oil and gas development research and studies funded primarily through the Science and Community Environmental Knowledge (SCEK) fund. The fund financially supported and facilitated research, technological innovations, and demonstrations of findings on environmental issues relating to oil and gas exploration and development in BC . The final project reports were created by the Oil and Gas Commission under the Oil and Gas Commission Act (SBC 1998, c. 39), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (RSBC 1996, c. 361), the Pipeline Act (RSBC 1996, c. 364), the Forest Act (RSBC 1996, c. 157, s. 51) and the Waste Management Act (RSBC 1996, c. 482) between 2002 and 2009.
The records are arranged by year and internal project number. They include correspondence, reports, and maps. In the 2005 version of the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS (schedule 163507), the final reports are classified as environmental fund projects – pending/approved (21300-20). In the 2019 Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS, this classification was closed because the funding program was replaced by an independent society external to the Oil and Gas Commission.

British Columbia. Oil and Gas Commission

Oil and Gas Commission dispute resolution records

  • GR-4013
  • Series
  • 2002 - 2010

The series documents the Oil and Gas Commission’s role in resolving oil and gas development issues and disputes between affected parties such as Indigenous groups, landowners or other energy companies. The purpose of dispute resolution is to explore and understand each other’s interests and develop acceptable solutions together. If the commission is unable to resolve the dispute, it must encourage the use of consensual alternative dispute resolution. Under the Oil and Gas Commission Act (SBC 1998, c. 39, s. 8), the commission may authorize one or more individuals to facilitate settlement, and make recommendations that must be considered by the commission before deciding the disputed matter. Under section 9 of the aforementioned Act, the advisory committee to the Oil and Gas Commission may request that the commission reconsider any original decision made on oil and gas development. The commission may grant or refuse this request for reconsideration. The records of the advisory committee provide evidence of the deliberations and advice of citizens to the Oil and Gas Commission. The series includes background documentation, decisions, recommendations, and related correspondence from the advisory committee concerning requests for reconsideration. The records of the Oil and Gas Commission were created between 2002 to 2010 in BC.

The records are arranged chronologically by year or meeting date. They include minutes, reports, briefing notes, recommendations, and decisions. The records are classified as either requests for reconsideration (20400-40) or Oil and Gas Commission advisory committee files (20400-25) under the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS (schedule 163507), 2005. The 2019 amendment to the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS removed these classifications because the commission stopped using the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) framework in 2010 when the Oil and Gas Activities Act (SBC 2008, c. 36) came into effect, and dispute facilitation was no longer regulated.

British Columbia. Oil and Gas Commission