Companies may apply to use alternative storage devices to those set out in Directive 055: Storage Requirements for the Upstream Petroleum Industry to store produced […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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Today (December 9th, 2019) we released Subsurface Order No. 7 (attached) which establishes new monitoring, reporting, and setback requirements to manage the potential hazard of […]
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is currently 100 per cent funded by industry and is authorized to collect funds through an administrative fee levied on […]
As a result of our continual review of requirements and processes, we rescinded Informational Letter 94-04: Storage of Hydrocarbons in Underground Formations. IL 94-04 was […]
The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) releases regular updates to the Application Management System (AMS) to improve workflow and functionality. Changes for this release […]
AER has released the 2019/20 AER Administration Fees https://www.aer.ca/regulating-development/rules-and-directives/bulletins/bulletin-2019-31 The amount of each invoice depends on the AER’s revenue requirement, 2018 production volumes, the number of […]
On October 31, 2019, Alberta Energy released Information Letter 2019-37 (https://inform.energy.gov.ab.ca/Documents/Published/IL-2019-37.pdf). Effective immediately, we will no longer require proof of consent from overlapping Crown mineral […]
AER-COSIA Memorandum of Understanding 2019 The AER and Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). COSIA is an alliance […]
The EPA Help Line will be closed and not monitored for the upcoming holidays. As of December 16th, 2019, no emails sent to the EPA Help […]
Tracking and Manifesting Produced Water Release Date: Nov 12, 2019 On November 19, 2018, Alberta Transportation issued Permit 2018-4703 (Permit P) for transporting produced water […]
New Edition of Directive 081 Directive081 Release Date: November 5, 2019 Effective date: November 5, 2019 Replaces previous edition issued November 21, 2012 […]
Colleagues, Be advised that the October 2019 version of the Listing of Historic Resources is now available for download from our website at https://www.alberta.ca/listing-historic-resources.aspx. […]
EFFECTIVE DATE: Jan. 1, 2020 The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) has released a new Leak Detection and Repair Data Collection Template […]
Interim appointments, budget, and restructuring update For immediate release Calgary, Alberta (Oct 28, 2019)… The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has made two interim appointments […]
The OneStop Application tool will be unavailable from 8:00 am on November 6th to 8:00 am on November 7th while the AER performs maintenance and […]