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Bulletin 2025-07Invitation for Feedback on the Proposed Specified Enactment Direction XXX: Rock-Hosted Mine Liability Process
Bulletin 2025-06New Edition of Manual 024 – Updated Requirements for the Mine Financial Security Program
Bulletin 2025-04Directive Updates Related to Liability Management Framework
Bulletin 2025-03New Direction for Coal Activity in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains
Bulletin 2025-01Release of Manual 030: Rock-Hosted Mineral Exploration
Bulletin 2024-33Directive 046 Rescinded and Release of Manual 029
Bulletin 2024-32Replacement Applications for Expired Public Lands Act Dispositions – New OneStop Functionality [Reissued]
Bulletin 2024-31Release of Manual 028: Buried Geothermal Heat Distribution Pipelines
Bulletin 2024-28New Edition of Directive 065
Bulletin 2024-29Subsurface Order 2A Issued
Application ReferenceNotice TypeCompany NameApplication Number(s)Date Sort ascending
Application 1959051Notice of Application - Chigwell Field - AER Pooling OrderParallax Energy Operating Inc.1959051
Applications 004-00457221, 33604100,and 33569898 Notice of Application – Renewal of two Water Act licences and extension of one Water Act Approval for the Horizon Oil Sands Processing plant and mine. Canadian Natural Resources Limited004-00457221, 33604100,and 33569898
Proceeding ID 461Notice of Hearing - Regulatory appeal of the Abandonment and Reclamation Order issued to RenergyRenergy Petroleum (Canada) Co Ltd.
Proceeding ID 462Notice of HearingB & G Bauer Farms Ltd.
Application 33550832Notice of Application – Limited Remediation Certificate Approximately 31 km west of Whitecourt, AlbertaTidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.33550832
Application 33611880Notice of Application – Limited Remediation Certificate Approximately 100 km northeast of Red Earth Creek, AlbertaCrimson Oil & Gas Ltd.33611880
Proceeding ID 458Notice of Hearing - Regulatory Appeal of OrderSunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Proceeding ID 460Notice of Hearing - Regulatory Appeal of Abandonment and Reclamation OrderSunshine Oilsands Ltd.
Application 33543357Notice of Application – Limited Remediation Certificate –  Within the boundaries of the Town of DevonImperial Oil Resources Limited33543357
Application 1958210Notice of Application - Joffre FieldParallax Energy Operating Inc.1958210
NumberCompany NameDescriptionDate Sort ascending
20200501CSyncrude Canada Ltd.

Unilateral Amendment to Approval Conditions regarding Monitoring in response to COVID-19

20200429BSuncor Energy Inc. & Fort Hills Energy Corporation

Unilateral Amendment to Approval Conditions regarding Monitoring in response to COVID-19

20200429AImperial Oil Resources Limited

Unilateral Amendment to Approval Conditions regarding Monitoring in response to COVID-19

20200429CSyncrude Canada Ltd.

Unilateral Amendment to Approval Conditions regarding Monitoring in response to COVID-19

20200429DCanadian Natural Resources Limited

Unilateral Amendment to Approval Conditions regarding Monitoring in response to COVID-19

2020 ABAER 006Canadian Coastal Resources Ltd.

Hearing Cancellation Decision - Proceeding 395

2020 ABAER 004Pure Environmental Waste Management Ltd.

Regulatory Appeal of Approval WM 211 for Pure’s Hangingstone Facility

2020 ABAER 005Pure Environmental Waste Management Ltd.

Applications for the Hangingstone Project

2020 ABAER 003AltaGas Ltd.

Hearing Cancellation Decision - Proceeding 389

2020 ABAER 002Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd.

Hearing Cancellation Decision - Proceeding 360

Name Sort descending DescriptionDate
Directive 078Regulatory Application Process for Modifications to Commercial In Situ Oil Sands Projects [Rescinded by Bulletin 2020-09]
Directive 079Surface Development in Proximity to Abandoned Wells
Directive 080Well Logging
Directive 081Water Disposal Limits and Reporting Requirements for Thermal In Situ Oil Sands Schemes
Directive 082Operating Criteria: Resource Recovery Requirements for Oil Sands Mine and Processing Plant Operations
Directive 083Hydraulic Fracturing – Subsurface Integrity
Directive 084Requirements for Hydrocarbon Emission Controls and Gas Conservation in the Peace River Area
Directive 085Fluid Tailings Management for Oil Sands Mining Projects
Directive 086Reservoir Containment Application Requirements for Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Projects in the Shallow Athabasca Oil Sands Area [rescinded by Directive 023: Oil Sands Project Applications]
Directive 087Well Integrity Management
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News Release 2019-05-01Alberta Energy Regulator responding to ceased operations at Trident ExplorationMay 1, 2019
Public Statement 2019-03-05Statement from Sheila O’Brien, Chair, AER Board of DirectorsMarch 5, 2019
Public Statement 2019-01-31Alberta Energy Regulator pleased with Supreme Court of Canada Redwater decisionJanuary 31, 2019
News Release 2019-01-02Syncrude pleads guilty to great blue heron deaths, ordered to pay $2.75 millionJanuary 2, 2019
News Release 2018-12-10Panel to address issues from production curtailmentDecember 10, 2018
News Release 2018-11-30Gordon Lambert to serve as Interim CEO of the Alberta Energy RegulatorNovember 30, 2018
News Release 2018-11-02Jim Ellis resigns as AER president and Chief Executive OfficerNovember 2, 2018
Public Statement 2018-11-01Statement from the Alberta Energy RegulatorNovember 1, 2018
Public Statement 2018-10-09Building a Competitive Energy Industry in Alberta: AER President and CEO Jim EllisOctober 9, 2018
Public Statement 2018-08-08Facing the liability challenge in Alberta: AER president and CEO Jim EllisAugust 8, 2018