New Manual on the Decommissioning, Closure, and Abandonment of Dams at Energy Projects Today (Jan 16, 2020)we released Manual 019: Decommissioning, Closure, and Abandonment of […]
Release Date: Jan. 16, 2020 EFFECTIVE DATE: Jan. 30, 2020 The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) releases regular updates to the Application Management […]
EFFECTIVE DATE: Jan. 13, 2020 The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) is enhancing the Liability Management Rating (LMR) Program to more closely track […]
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately (Jan. 10, 2020) The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) has made changes to pipeline Notice of Intent (NOI) submission requirements […]
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately (Jan. 8, 2020) As part of B.C.’s efforts to achieve equivalency with federal methane emission reduction regulations, the BC Oil and Gas […]
The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) is providing further clarity on Section 19 of the Environmental Protection and Management Regulation, which requires restoration of […]
Jan. 3, 2020 EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately The BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) has modified databases to include a more accurate location for facilities in […]
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 […]
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As a result of our continual review of requirements and processes, we rescinded Informational Letter 94-04: Storage of Hydrocarbons in Underground Formations.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 […]