Policies and regulations

Value-Add Strategy

Alberta is focused on developing an integrated energy strategy that looks beyond extraction and maximizing the potential of our resources to enhance the growth of Alberta's refining and petrochemical industries. This is reerred to as our Value-add Strategy for Alberta.

Bitumen Royalty-in-Kind (BRIK)

As the resource owner, the Government of Alberta is entitled to take its royalty share of bitumen production as physical barrels rather than in cash payments. The Government’s bitumen royalty volumes will be a significant and growing source of reliable hydrocarbon feedstock for value-added processing in Alberta.

More information about bitumen royalty-in-kind is available at http://www.energy.alberta.ca/BRIK.asp

Incremental Ethane Extraction Policy (IEEP)

The Incremental Ethane Extraction Policy (IEEP) provides incentives through royalty credits to encourage greater production of ethane and to promote value-added petrochemical production.


For more information about key regulations, please refer to the Petrochemicals Tool Kit on the Alberta Energy website.

Date Updated:
RDP-2031