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For Immediate Release
December 18, 2009

Canadian Securities Regulators Take Steps to Improve Oil and Gas Disclosure


Calgary – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities, its Forms and Companion Policy, as well as consequential amendments. The proposed amendments are designed to provide increased guidance around the disclosure of resources other than reserves, clarify and streamline existing requirements, and respond to developments in the oil and gas industry.

The primary features of the proposed amendments include:
  • a prohibition against addition across resource classes (e.g. adding reserves with prospective resources);
  • a requirement that low and best estimates be provided when a high estimate is disclosed;
  • a requirement for the annual disclosure of significant factors and uncertainties pertaining to the development of and production from properties with no attributed reserves; and
  • the removal of definitions, requirements and guidance solely related to financial reporting.
Copies of the proposed rule amendments and additional background information are available on the websites of CSA members. The CSA is seeking input from all stakeholders on the proposals. The comment period is open until March 19, 2010.

The CSA, the council of securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories, coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets.

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For more information:
Mark Dickey
Alberta Securities Commission
403-297-4481

Sylvain Théberge
Autorité des marchés financiers
514-940-2176
Theresa Ebden
Ontario Securities Commission
416-593-2361

 Ken Gracey
British Columbia Securities Commission
604-899-6577
Ainsley Cunningham
Manitoba Securities Commission
204-945-4733

 Wendy Connors-Beckett
New Brunswick Securities Commission
506-643-7745
Natalie MacLellan
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
902-424-8586

 Barbara Shourounis
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission
306-787-5842

Janice Callbeck
PEI Securities Office
Office of the Attorney General
902-368-6288

 Doug Connolly
Financial Services Regulation Div.
Newfoundland and Labrador
709-729-2594
Fred Pretorius
Yukon Securities Registry
867-667-5225

 Louis Arki
Nunavut Securities Office
867-975-6587
Donn MacDougall
Northwest Territories
Securities Office
867-920-8984