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Stories With Energy

Regulating energy development in Alberta is multifaceted and complex. We are passionate about telling the stories of how our work is done, how far we’ve come, and where we’re going in the future to ensure responsible resource development across the province. This is a selection of a few of these stories – with more to come. 

Recent carbon capture and storage applications have sparked an interest in how the AER regulates CCS
In the News
AER issues care and custody order to protect public safety and the environment
With this order, the AER is escalating enforcement against Mojek after it failed to clean up multiple spills, comply with multiple orders, and demonstrate that they can…
In the News
Land Petroleum International Inc. has been ordered to pay an $80 000 fine for failing to allow AER staff access to a natural gas facility to inspect it in August 2018.
In the News
AER acts to protect the public and the environment, hopes to minimize financial risk
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has suspended the licences for all of SanLing Energy Ltd.’s wells, facilities, and pipelines through a reasonable care and measures order.
Environment
How the AER is supporting methane emissions reduction
Reducing methane emissions is a provincial, national, and global priority, and the AER is doing its part to get the job done. In 2020, the AER updated its methane emissions…
Technology
Expanding drone technology took flight at the Western Regulators Forum.
The AER and over 50 counterparts from the Western Regulators Forum in B.C., S.K., and N.T, including the Canadian Energy Regulator, gathered virtually to share how Remotely…