marketbiggy The royalties are all approved and legislated by the government. They will be in efect starting Jan 2009.
In 2008 CLL will pay 1% rate on total POD1 revenue. In 2009 we will pay 6% rate on gross revenue . Assuming successful 10.000 bbl/d POD1 production of bitumen ($220M annually) cumulative NET revenue ($122M annually) from 2008 to 2010 ,CLL will exceed its cumulative cost of POD1 project and we will jumped in 2010/11 to 35% royalty's rate. Cumulative payout cost is apply project by project.
http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/Org/pdfs/RoyaltyTerms_OilSands.pdf