By: Nigel Bankes
Decision commented on: PrairieSky Royalty Ltd v Yangarra Resources Ltd, 2023 ABKB 11
PDF Version: The Legal Status of a Gross Overriding Royalty Carved out of a Crown Lease
By: Admin
PDF Version: ABlawg Year in Review 2022
ABlawg is pleased to provide this compilation of highlights from 2022, consisting of some statistics, some examples of ABlawg’s impact, and a synthesis of our bloggers’ contributions in substantive areas of law.
By: Nigel Bankes
Case commented on: IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc v EnCana Midstream and Marketing, 2022 ABKB 807 (CanLII).
PDF Version: A Complex Oil and Gas Accounting Decision
Several years ago, I commented on both the original trial judgment in this case (2014 ABQB 470 (CanLII),following a six-week trial going back to 2011) and the Court of Appeal’s decision (2017 ABCA 157 (CanLII)). The posts are here and here. The Court of Appeal ultimately found in favour of IFP and ordered an accounting as the principal remedy but referred certain questions back to a trial judge to be assigned to hear the matter. This is that decision rendered by Justice Charlene Anderson.
By: David Laidlaw
Matter Commented on: Lower Athabasca Regional Plan
PDF Version: Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 10-Year Review Part 3: LARP’s Management Frameworks
This is the third and final post related to the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan’s 10-year review, which was required pursuant to section 6 of the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, […]. Part 1 set out the background necessary to understand Alberta’s land use framework, while Part 2 got into the details of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). This part focuses on LARP’s various environmental management frameworks.
By: Nigel Bankes
Decisions Commented On: Bilodeau v Her Majesty The Queen in the Right of Ontario, 2022 ONSC 1742 (CanLII) and 2022 ONSC 4275 (Costs Endorsement).
PDF Version: Well Abandonment and Reclamation in Ontario
Over the years ABlawg has published numerous comments on the law pertaining to reclamation and abandonment obligations and the associated orphan well fund in Alberta. See, for example, Drew Yewchuk’s many excellent posts on these issues. This comment deals with a recent decision in Ontario which, while in itself a successful enforcement action, does highlight deficiencies in the law and practice pertaining to the abandonment and reclamation of old oil and gas wells in that province.