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We work collaboratively with government and companies to develop and implement liability management programs for all energy sectors, which help to protect Albertans from significant potential environmental issues and costs associated with the closure of energy projects.

We use a liability management rating (LMR) to help us assess a company’s ability to address its abandonment, remediation, and reclamation obligations. The LMR is calculated as a ratio of a company’s deemed assets (production) to its deemed liabilities (abandonment and reclamation costs). The LMR is used to assess liability in three of our liability management programs:

Our holistic assessment will replace the use of the liability management rating (LMR) over time. While we know that LMR is not an accurate measure of whether a company will be able to address its regulatory and liability obligations, it currently plays an important role in calculating the deemed liability in the oil and gas sector. The LMR is also integrated in several of our directives, as well as the Oil and Gas Conservation Rules, and cannot be easily or quickly removed without careful thought and consideration to impacts it could cause in other areas. As our first step towards removing LMR, the holistic assessment has replaced the use of the LMR for licence transfers and security collection for licence transfers. 

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A company can view the full breakdown of their estimated liability through the OneStop Liability Assessment Report. The Liability Rating Report in the Digital Data Submission (DDS) system is no longer supported and will eventually be removed as part of the continued implementation of the liability management framework.

We are currently assessing what closure and liability information and performance metrics we can provide externally. In the meantime, refer to the industry LMR summary reports below.
 

Current report PDF CSV
January PDF CSV
February PDF CSV
March PDF CSV
April PDF CSV
May PDF CSV
June PDF CSV
July PDF CSV
August PDF CSV
September PDF CSV
October PDF CSV
November PDF CSV
December PDF CSV

Disclaimer: This information is provided without warranty of any kind, and, while it is believed to be accurate, the AER, comprising its agents, employees, and contractors, hereby disclaims any liability for losses or damages that might result or arise from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this site.

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For questions about the LMR or our liability management programs, please contact our Customer Contact Centre or email @email.