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Notice of Adjournment of Hearing
Proceeding ID 379
Ridgeback Resources Inc. and Westbrick Energy Ltd.
Near Brazeau Dam

The public hearing for applications filed by Ridgeback Resources Inc. (Ridgeback) and Westbrick Energy Ltd. (Westbrick) to drill wells near the Brazeau hydroelectric dam and associated facilities, scheduled to start on September 20, 2021, is adjourned until further notice.

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), recieved a request from Alberta Environment and Parks to place the hearing in abeyance pending the province's policy response to the Brazeau Development-Induced Seismicity Assessment and Risk Mitigation Report. The AER granted the abeyance request on September 16, 2021,  adjourning the hearing.

For information on AER procedures, contact the hearing coordinator, Tara Wheaton, by phone at 403-297-6288 or by email to @email

Issued at Calgary, Alberta, on September 17 2021.
ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR