Leased Land is an area of land that has been let out to an oil sands developer by the Government of Alberta on behalf of Albertans.  That developer holds the rights to develop and use oil sands resources in the area of the lease. Holding a lease does not automatically give an oil sands developer the ability to proceed with a project.  Each oil sands project must go through a formal approval process that is project or site specific.  In order to proceed, developers must receive approvals issued by the Government of Alberta which contain conditions that the Government determines appropriate.  These approvals grant the developer the right and responsibility to proceed with the project or activity under the authority of law.