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.
Remembering the rough-and-ready, no-frills inspectors of the explorer era
Back in the “explorer era” between the Leduc discovery in 1947 and the sour-gas blowout in 1982, ERCB inspectors were rough-and-ready rangers who roamed the Alberta plains to…
Our home through the lenses of some talented AER employees
Alberta is as diverse as it is lovely. With its grassy prairies, boreal forests, rugged mountains, and the creatures that live here, it’s no surprise that many who work at…
The Alberta Energy Regulator throws back to the earliest days of field inspection
From the moment of the ERCB’s launch in 1938, inspectors checked well metres and gauges to make sure industry production complied with the ERCB’s rules against wasteful…
The AER releases its annual supply/demand report
AER staff pour over hundreds of data sources and use economic and reserve models to crunch the numbers in Alberta Energy Outlook: highlights from 2017-18 and projections up…
Resource takes a break as Albertans go to the polls
As one of the Government of Alberta’s many agencies, boards, and commissions, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is limiting communications during the provincial election…