The involvement of Indigenous monitors from the Indigenous advisory and monitoring committee (IAMC) for the Trans Mountain expansion project was valuable during the recent oil spill on the Trans Mountain LLC pipeline in Abbotsford, British Columbia, says the regulator.
June 25, 2020, 11:37 AM MDT
Environmental reporting temporarily paused by government during the provincial public health emergency will resume on July 15, four weeks earlier than planned, the Alberta government announced this morning.
June 23, 2020, 11:18 AM MDT
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is investigating the June 13, 2020, above ground crude oil release at the Sumas pump station in Abbotsford, B.C. The pump station is part of the existing facilities of the Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC line.
June 19, 2020, 2:57 PM MDT
The British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission has designated 401 wells and three facilities previously owned by Ranch Energy Corporation as orphans, following Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta approval of the sale of company assets.
June 18, 2020, 9:25 AM MDT
June 17, 2020, 11:09 AM MDT
June 16, 2020, 8:22 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), rather than the cabinet, under legislation introduced Thursday in the legislature, would have the final say on the approval and terms and conditions of any oilsands projects.
June 12, 2020, 11:33 AM MDT
Through its various service providers, Medicine Hat is hoping to access money from Alberta’s and Saskatchewan’s federally-funded wellsite abandonment and reclamation programs.
June 11, 2020, 8:03 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) says it will be reviewing updated public health information and assessing how to adjust temporary suspensions on environmental monitoring and reporting requirements to align with Stage 2 of the relaunch of the economy to begin June 12.
June 10, 2020, 8:48 AM MDT
Total Alberta capital expenditures in oil, natural gas and oilsands fell by 31 per cent in 2019 to $18.9 billion from $27.5 billion in 2018 although global capital spending was up, says the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in its annual energy outlook.
June 9, 2020, 6:39 AM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in its annual energy outlook is forecasting a 57 per cent drop in its base case price for Western Canadian Select (WCS) to US$19/bbl in 2020 from $44.28 bbl in 2019.
June 9, 2020, 6:54 AM MDT
June 9, 2020, 8:29 AM MDT
Freehold Royalties Ltd. has received notices of reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in which the agency has denied the deduction of certain non-capital losses and other tax attributes in computing the company's income for taxation years ending in 2015 to 2018.
June 8, 2020, 3:30 PM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has now approved more than 86 per cent of the detailed route of the Trans Mountain expansion project.
June 5, 2020, 3:59 AM MDT
Exploratory drilling projects in the offshore area east of Newfoundland and Labrador that were included in a regional assessment will not have to undergo a project-specific federal impact assessment, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has announced.
June 4, 2020, 9:26 AM MDT
June 4, 2020, 8:29 AM MDT
Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 replacement project faces a further permitting delay with a decision by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), following a public comment period, to conduct a contested case hearing regarding the company’s 401 water quality certificate permit.
June 3, 2020, 3:20 PM MDT
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has cancelled a public hearing on an application from Peyto Exploration and Development Corp. for a pooling order in the Sundance area in northwest Alberta
June 3, 2020, 9:02 AM MDT
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) is seeking Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approval for the West Path delivery 2022 project with a targeted in-service date of November 2022 for the entire project.
June 2, 2020, 9:53 AM MDT
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has granted a notice of motion from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC that the detailed route hearing in central British Columbia be limited to the portion of the expansion route that overlaps with the Sema:th First Nation core territory.
June 1, 2020, 9:22 AM MDT
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has accepted an initial project description for the proposed Tilbury Phase 2 LNG expansion project, located on Tilbury Island, in Delta, British Columbia.
June 1, 2020, 2:34 PM MDT
The new B.C. COVID-19 emergency continuation provision provides the minister with discretionary authority to grant a one-time, one-year continuation of drilling licences and leases with terms ending in the year beginning on June 1, 2020.
May 29, 2020, 9:08 AM MDT
Pieridae Energy Limited’s chief executive says Shell Canada Limited remains committed to the transfer of its South Foothills licences to Pieridae and that Shell will be working with the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to complete the process.
May 28, 2020, 2:45 PM MDT
May 28, 2020, 7:53 AM MDT
The BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) will be implementing an industry natural gas production levy decrease to 77 cents from 85 cents per 1,000 cubic metres of marketable gas produced, to compensate for an increase in the liability levy for orphan site restoration.
May 28, 2020, 12 AM MDT