The AER is evolving as the industry we regulate grows and changes alongside us. Here are some historical and future-looking stories to show how we continue to grow with the times.
Colourful adventurer was among the first to report oil in Alberta
Sit back and listen to the tale of John George “Kootenai” Brown. It was the mid-1870s, long before Alberta was a glint in the Dominion’s eye, when Brown first noted oil seeps…
The AER makes sure that coal mining happens safely in Alberta
Coal has also been a part of Alberta’s past and continues to play a role in its present. Before oil and gas, coal powered our province’s economy by heating homes, generating…
Early explorer and geologist George Dawson gave Canada insight into its geology and resources
George Mercer Dawson is as unlikely an explorer as one might find in Canadian history. As a child, he contracted Pott’s Disease, a form of tuberculosis that infects the spine…
AER can investigate if companies fail to honour registered private surface agreements
Before they can turn a drill bit or drive a shovel into the ground, oil and gas companies need permission to use private land. This often means signing a private surface…
Alberta may be a producer of rare earth elements one day
Alberta's only known REE deposit was found northwest of Fort McMurray in the Birch Mountain area, discovered in the 1990s by a company pursuing other minerals. But based…