The Surface Rights Board assists with disputes about:

• Terms of entry onto land: the board may authorize entry to private land to explore for, produce or develop subsurface resources.
• Compensation: the amount to be paid to the landowner for a company’s entry, occupation and use of private land.
• Damages: the compensation that should be paid for damage to the land or adjacent land, or loss caused by an entry.
• Rent renegotiation: new rental provisions in a surface lease.
• Compliance: whether the terms of a surface lease or right of entry have been complied with or whether the proposed oil and gas activity in a surface lease is different from what was approved.