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.
Canada’s first female geologist to work in the field was a true rock star
It makes sense that the career paths followed by many women in today’s oil and gas sector were carved out by a geologist: Helen Belyea.
The Alberta Energy Regulator throws back to construction in the days before machines
In 1912, labour crews relied on muscle power alone for 86 days to build Alberta’s first natural gas delivery service: the Bow Island Pipeline.
The AER’s Customer Contact Centre responds to thousands of questions from Albertans each year
Like aquatic plants, splish-splashy fish, and the human body, Alberta industries rely on water to survive. The oil and gas sector is no exception. It is allocated a portion…
The AER’s Conversations that Matter video series explains what really goes on in the oil sands
Alberta’s oil sands continue to attract attention across Canada and around the world, and with it debate and confusion. But there are many facts among the fiction, and…
The AER’s Alberta Geological Survey speaks for the stones
If the rocks could talk, what would they say?