Category Archives: Energy

Now 40% Worse: The Mine Financial Security Program in 2023

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Drew Yewchuk

By: Drew Yewchuk and Martin Olszynski Documents Commented on: Mine Financial Security Program – Security and Liability (2023); Annual Mine Financial Security Program Submissions 2023 Submissions for 2022 Reporting Year PDF Version: Now 40% Worse: The Mine Financial Security Program … Continue reading →

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The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Documents commented on: The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement PDF Version: The Crown Pore Space Lease and Pore Space Unit Agreement As I discussed in my last ABlawg post the Government of Alberta … Continue reading →

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Alberta Rolls Out Yet Another Form of Sequestration Agreement

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Document commented on: Mineral Rights Information Bulletin, 2023-01, Small-Scale and Remote (SSR) Carbon Sequestration Tenure, September 14, 2023 PDF Version: Alberta Rolls Out Yet Another Form of Sequestration Agreement The Government of Alberta (GoA) is experimenting with … Continue reading →

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The 2024 Industry-Wide Closure Spend Lowered Without Explanation

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Drew Yewchuk

By: Drew Yewchuk Regulatory Bulletin Commented on: AER Bulletin 2023-31, Industry-Wide Closure Spend Requirement for 2024 PDF Version: The 2024 Industry-Wide Closure Spend Lowered Without Explanation The Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) Bulletin 2023-31 sets the industry-wide closure spend requirement for … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it is Completely Irrelevant Whether or not a Royalty Interest Amounts to an Interest in Land

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Nigel Bankes

By: Nigel Bankes Case commented on: Enerplus Corporation v Harvest Operations Corp, 2021 ABQB 634 (CanLII), appeal dismissed, 2023 ABKB 482 (CanLII) PDF Version: Sometimes it is Completely Irrelevant Whether or not a Royalty Interest Amounts to an Interest in … Continue reading →

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