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Throwback Thursday: Great Explorations
Early explorer and geologist George Dawson gave Canada insight into it…
George Mercer Dawson is as unlikely an explorer as one might find in Canadian history. As a child, he contracted Pott’s Disease, a form of tuberculosis that infects the spine. Although he recovered, h… Read more
A Chance to Be Heard
A closer look at an AER hearing in action
AER hearings are formal, court-like proceedings used to gather information before deciding on some energy project applications – from a single well to major oil sands projects. Hearings are conducted… Read more
Art of the Agreement
AER can investigate if companies fail to honour registered private sur…
Before they can turn a drill bit or drive a shovel into the ground, oil and gas companies need permission to use private land.
REEs Rock, but Not Ready to Roll
Alberta may be a producer of rare earth elements one day
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been part of our planet since the beginning.
Throwback Thursday: Queen of Canadian Rock
Canada’s first female geologist to work in the field was a true rock s…
Editor's Note: October is Women’s History Month in Canada. Since 1992, Canadians have been celebrating the outstanding achievements of women throughout Canada’s history.
Throwback Thursday: Steely Determination
The Alberta Energy Regulator throws back to construction in the days b…
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.
Where There’s Always an Answer
The AER’s Customer Contact Centre responds to thousands of questions f…
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…
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…
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 industry… Read more
