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Well, Well, Well
Urban wells are business as usual in the place known as "Gas City"
There is a good reason why Medicine Hat is affectionately known as "The Gas City." Just 58 kilometres from the first natural gas discovery in the province, this southern Alberta city is home to 63… Read more
This is Gonna be a Gas
A first-timer’s journey into the world of sour gas preparedness
On any given workday, you'll find me in the comfort of my cubicle, researching best regulatory practices and sharing what I learn with decision makers at the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). This work… Read more
Throwback Thursday: Steely Determination
The Alberta Energy Regulator throws back to construction in the days before machines
In 1912, labour crews relied on muscle power alone for 86 days to build Alberta’s first natural gas delivery service: the Bow Island Pipeline.
Snakes on the Plains
Those working around Medicine Hat face a very unique, slithery hazard
They slither, they slide, they hiss, they rattle, they bite, and, for many people, they are scary.
The Tide is High
The AER releases its annual industry water use report
Like aquatic plants, splish-splashy fish, and the human body, Alberta industries rely on water to survive. The oil and gas sector is no exception. It is allocated a portion of the province’s water,… Read more
Where There’s Always an Answer
The AER’s Customer Contact Centre responds to thousands of questions from Albertans each year
Jayden Skibsted counts down the days until he can crack open another regulatory directive, like a good book, and devour it whole.
Going Big
The AER’s Conversations that Matter video series explains what really goes on in the oil sands
Things are bigger in Alberta’s oil sands: from the giant trucks that are dwarfed only by the impressive size of the mines themselves, everything about the oil sands hap
Rock Talk
The AER’s Alberta Geological Survey speaks for the stones
If the rocks could talk, what would they say?
Throwback Thursday: Rough-and-ready Rangers
Remembering the rough-and-ready, no-frills inspectors of the explorer era
Back in the “explorer era” between the Leduc discovery in 1947 and the sour-gas blowout in 1982, ERCB inspectors were rough-and-ready rangers who roamed the Alberta plains to keep up with the… Read more
