Category Archives: Oil & Gas

The 2024 Industry-Wide Closure Spend Lowered Without Explanation

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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Conflict in Paradise

By: Nigel Bankes Decisions Commented On:  (1) AUC Decision 27589-D01-2023, Nova Solar G.P. Inc. and AltaLink Management Ltd., Nova Solar Power Plant and Transmission Connection, July 19, 2023; and (2) AUC letter decision on standing, October 31, 2022 (AUC’s Standing … Continue reading

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Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2022/2023

By: Drew Yewchuk Annual Report Commented On: Orphan Well Association, Annual Report 2022/23  PDF Version: Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2022/2023 The 2022/2023 Orphan Well Association (OWA) annual report was posted to the OWA website on July 7, 2023. OWA … Continue reading

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Investigating the Orphan Fund Levy Using Freedom of Information Requests

By: Drew Yewchuk Decision Commented on: Freedom of Information Request to the Alberta Energy Regulator 2021-G-0025  PDF Version: Investigating the Orphan Fund Levy Using Freedom of Information Requests This is a follow-up on an earlier ABlawg post from March 2022: … Continue reading

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Environmental Obligations Enforced Between Private Parties: The Extension of Redwater

By: Jassmine Girgis Case commented on: Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2023 ABKB 109 (CanLII) PDF Version: Environmental Obligations Enforced Between Private Parties: The Extension of Redwater The Qualex-Landmark Towers Inc v 12-10 Capital Corp, 2023 ABKB 109 … Continue reading

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