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Stories With Energy

Regulating energy development in Alberta is multifaceted and complex. We are passionate about telling the stories of how our work is done, how far we’ve come, and where we’re going in the future to ensure responsible resource development across the province. This is a selection of a few of these stories – with more to come. 

Those working around Medicine Hat face a very unique, slithery hazard
Community
Helping ensure that the land remains safe and beautiful for all Albertans
The Bonnyville field centre is the hub of a local AER team that oversees the regulatory compliance and environmental and public safety of energy production on a chunk of land…
Community
An AER employee shares her traditions around trapping
Today, trapping is a highly regulated activity in Alberta. Traps must adhere to stringent guidelines that are set out in the Agreement on International Humane Trapping…
Good 2 Know
Uncovering Rare Finds at the AER’s Core Research Centre (CRC)
While this may not be King Tut’s tomb or an 18th-century Spanish ship at the bottom of the ocean, but in some ways, the AER’s Core Research Centre (CRC) is close. Over the…
Safety & Enforcement
Recent carbon capture and storage applications have sparked an interest in how the AER regulates CCS
Recent applications for carbon capture and storage (CCS), such as the Shell Atlas or Pathways Alliance projects, have sparked an interest in how the AER regulates CCS in…
Safety & Enforcement
Prosecution is one option when companies skirt the AER’s rules
With over 156 000 operating wells, 440 000 kilometres of pipeline, 8 operating oil sands mines, 5 operating coal mines, more than 180 in situ oil projects, and over 45 000…