Category Archives: Natural Resources

The sky is falling, let’s blame the royalty review

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Nigel Bankes

PDF Version:  The sky is falling, let’s blame the royalty review I have lived in Alberta and this city for nearly thirty years. During the fall of 2007 I thought that we had the best public policy debate that I … Continue reading →

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Adjudicating on waterflood enhanced recovery schemes: is it time for compulsory unitization in Alberta?

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Nigel Bankes

Cases Considered: Hunt Oil Company of Canada Inc: Applications to amend enhanced recovery scheme approval No. 10848 and Pool Delineation Kleskun and Puskwaskau Fields, December 23, 2008, ERCB Decision 2008-130, December 23, 2008. PDF Version:  Adjudicating on waterflood enhanced recovery … Continue reading →

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Terminating a Long Term Gas Sales Contract on Account of a Material Adverse Change: The Continuing Fallout from the Collapse of the Enron Empire

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Nigel Bankes

Cases Considered: Marathon Canada Ltd v. Enron Canada Ltd, 2008 ABQB 408; Marathon Canada Ltd v. Enron Canada Ltd, 2009 ABCA 31. PDF Version: Terminating a long term gas sales contract on account of a material adverse change: the continuing … Continue reading →

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Obtaining leave to appeal an ERCB decision: Where is the justice?

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Shaun Fluker

Cases Considered: Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. v. Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, 2008 ABCA 405; Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. v. Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, 2009 ABCA 3. PDF Version: Obtaining leave to appeal an ERCB decision: Where is the justice? Section … Continue reading →

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An Important Development in the Kelly Appeal

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Nickie Nikolaou

Cases Considered: Kelly v. Alberta (Energy and Utilities Board), 2008 ABCA 410 PDF Version:  An Important Development in the Kelly Appeal Last March I posted a blog about a Court of Appeal decision which granted a group of landowners (Kelly … Continue reading →

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