Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library

The Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library is a resource center for the study of the subsurface geology and oil, gas, salt and underground hydrocarbon storage resources of Ontario. The Library is the public access point to information collected by the Ministry of Natural Resources from industry clients about the drilling and operation of wells licensed under the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act, and for study of drill core and drill cuttings samples collected during the drilling of petroleum wells. 

The Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library

Operations of the Library are funded by the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Trust (OGSRT) which is a joint Ministry and industry partnership established for the purposes of funding:

1. Information management relating to oil, gas and salt resources, and
2. Research, surveys and laboratory facilities and operations relating to:
      - oil or gas exploration, drilling or production
      - the storage of oil, gas and other hydrocarbons in geological formations
      - the disposal of oil field fluid in geological formations, and
      - solution mining;
3. Such other matters as may be specified by the Minister of Natural Resources

Diamond drill core samples stored at the OGSR library of bedrock salt formations in the Sarnia area from approximately 500 metres below the surface.

The Ontario Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ontario Petroleum Institute, is the appointed trustee of the OGSRT.

View Business Plans and Annual Reports on the Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Library Web site 

View the Indenture signed on the 16th day of February, 1998.

Funding for the Trust's operations and activities is derived from user fees, drill sample processing fees and from annual well licence levies shown on the table below.

Well licence fees are paid to the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Trust to support Trust purposes, including the operation of the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library.

Petroleum Well Annual Licence Fee Schedule