Good 2 Know
A Numbers Game
A look at the AER purely from numbers perspective
This year has already brought us a whirlwind of bizarre, startling, and heartfelt moments for everyone—and 2020 is only half over!
Predicting the Future in an Unpredictable Present
The AER releases its annual Alberta Energy Outlook report amidst an un…
How can you take aim effectively at a constantly moving target when everything around you is shifting faster than you can say “unprecedented times?”
One Act, Two Perspectives
The Natural Resources Transfer Act of 1930 meant different things to d…
Imagine yourself in 1905, when the population for all of Alberta was 250 000, before skyscrapers, grain elevators and pumpjacks lined the landscape, and just as the pro
Oil Sands: What’s the Dirt?
Dipping into the three-layer dip of an oil sands mine
As the weather gets nicer, the sun shines a little hotter, and the country’s public health restrictions slowly begin to relax, one can’t help but have thoughts of barbecues and picnics—burgers, salads… Read more
The Glory Days
Step back in time and experience Alberta during its first oil boom at…
Long before Fort McMurray, Turner Valley was the heart of Alberta’s energy development industry. Natural gas was discovered in Turner Valley in 1914, and the Turner Valley Gas Plant was built to proce… Read more
Throwback Thursday: The Fate of East Coulee and th…
Taking a look back at Alberta's coal boom in the badlands
During its peak years around 1930 and again later in the mid-1940s, the East Coulee coal mining town near Drumheller in Alberta’s Red Deer River Valley was home to over 3000 residents and dozens of th… Read more
Who You Gonna Call?
Need information on energy development? The AER can help, so can some…
If you’re among the tens of thousands of Albertans who live near oil and gas development, you likely know that sometimes you need help getting to the bottom of things. What you may not know is who to… Read more
Throwback Thursday: A Night at the Energeum
It wasn’t the Royal Tyrrell Museum, but the regulator’s Energeum used…
Perhaps you remember the little museum the regulator used to run. You know, the Energeum? Simone Marler sure does.
You Got Questions? We Got Answers!
AER EnerFAQs respond to queries on energy resource development and how…
If you don’t work in the industry, steering through the complexities of oil and gas development can be like using a GPS device in another language as you drive through the twisty streets of a foreign… Read more
Well, What’s the Difference?
Orphaned, abandoned, reclaimed: understanding how wells are classed
Wells have been on the tip of many Albertans’ tongues as of late. That’s because Alberta has a lot of them—over a century of oil and gas development in the province has given us hundreds of thousands… Read more
