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Announcement - December 2, 2024

Welcome to Refreshed AER and AGS Websites

After months of gathering feedback from Albertans, planning, and updating, new and improved versions of the AER and AGS websites are now live! &nbsp...

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Who You Gonna Call?

Have a question on energy development? The AER can help, so can some others

Who you gonna call? Not Ghostbusters, unless it’s a pesky poltergeist you have a problem with. But if you’re among the Albertans who live near oil and...

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Step into Slave Lake

Overseeing energy development in this region is a significant responsibility

Field centre staff, from engagement specialists to field inspectors, are part of local communities and play a key role in regulating energy development throughout Alberta.

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New and Enhanced Functionality Moving to OneStop
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Helping ensure that the land remains safe and beautiful for all Albertans
Annette sharing her trapping knowledge with a student.
An AER employee shares her traditions around trapping
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Uncovering Rare Finds at the AER’s Core Research Centre (CRC)
Carbon Capture
Recent carbon capture and storage applications have sparked an interest in how the AER regulates CCS
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Sometimes the solution to a problem is right in front of you — it just takes a spark to see it.
Greg Jones, manager of investigations
Prosecution is one option when companies skirt the AER’s rules
Into the Heat
How geothermal resources are developed, used, and regulated and the role Albertans had in developing Directive 089
Women on the go looking at the map
Five things to know about where companies drill for oil and gas
A few members of the AER’s flowback project team
AER staff slog in the muck to collect samples for study