Time for careful evaluation of impact on McClelland Lake’s two fens and their 60 kilometres of sensitive peat-producing wetlands? Critics call it the “Alberta Energy Facilitator.” A spat emerging over Suncor’s proposed McClelland Lake oil [Read more]
On Wednesday, the Alberta Energy Regulator announced three executive vice presidents are no longer with the organization. Carol Crowfoot, executive vice-president, strategy and regulatory division, Stacey Schorr, executive vice-president, stakeholder and government engagement and Mark [Read more]
Last week, the Alberta government announced it has approved MEG Energy’s Surmont development plan. The proposed Alberta oil sands project is located about 80 kilometres south of Fort McMurray and is forecast to produce about [Read more]
The Board of Directors of the Alberta Energy Regulator announced on Friday that Gordon Lambert has been named interim president and CEO of the AER following the retirement of Jim Ellis. AER photo. Gordon Lambert [Read more] [Read more]
Alberta Energy Regulator recently announced regulatory efficiency initiatives, allowing it to better respond to new technology and changing stakeholder expectations One day after the Alberta Energy Regulator had to publicly apologize for using unvalidated figures for [Read more]
Aerial photo of Cenovus’ Foster Creek oil sands project in Northern Alberta. Source: NEB. Concerns remain that upcoming federal regulations will negate benefits of substantial provincial reforms The Alberta government has responded to a persistent [Read more]
Nexen Energy announced it will go ahead with the $400 million Long Lake Southwest expansion project located southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Nexen photo. Long Lake Southwest expansion project will add 26,000 b/d production Nexen [Read more]
Since Redwater ruling, about 1800 AER-licensed sites disclaimed with estimated liabilities of more than $110 million By Jim Ellis, Alberta Energy Regulator president and CEO It’s a disturbing picture: oil and gas companies incentivized to [Read more]
Alberta Energy Regulator ensures damages caused by pipeline, well leaks are remediated Alberta has over 400,000 kilometres of pipelines and 180,000 active wells. Not surprisingly, they sometimes leak. What’s leaking and how are the leaks [Read more]
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