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Prairie Mines & Royalty fined $95,000
September 01, 2017 12:00 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC will pay $ 109,250, including a $95,000 fine and a $14,250 provincial surcharge, after pleading guilty to one...
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Syncrude Charged With Blue Heron Deaths
August 03, 2017 16:00 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The AER has charged Syncrude Canada Ltd. for the deaths of 31 great blue herons found at a sump at the company’s Mildred Lake oil sands mine north...
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Nexen charged for July 2015 Long Lake pipeline spill
July 06, 2017 15:54 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, July 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has laid charges against Nexen related to a pipeline spill in July 2015. The five charges under the...
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AER Issues Order to Journey Energy Inc. Following Two Crude Oil Emulsion Spills
June 30, 2017 19:43 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, June 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has issued an order to Journey Energy Inc. (Journey) in response to two releases of an unknown amount of crude...
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The Year That Was: Five Things About the AER’s 2016/17 Annual Report
June 27, 2017 12:30 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, June 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Like many corporate entities, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) gives a yearly account of its activities. Today we did just that, releasing our...
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Lexin agrees to cooperate with receivership, director pays $175 000
June 13, 2017 17:05 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, June 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexin Resources Ltd. (Lexin) has agreed to voluntarily include its related entities into the receivership process and cooperate in addressing...
AER: Guilty plea leads to $925,000 penalty for Obed Mountain Coal Mine spill
June 09, 2017 17:13 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, June 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC will be required to pay a total penalty of $925,000 as a result of a spill from a wastewater containment pond at...
AER releases industry water use report to drive improved performance
May 31, 2017 12:51 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, May 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has released a new report on how the province’s energy industry uses water, all in an effort to drive improved...
AER to appeal Redwater decision to Supreme Court of Canada
April 28, 2017 12:40 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, Alberta, April 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) will be seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision. In...
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC and Westmoreland Coal Company face charges
March 22, 2017 12:30 ET | Alberta Energy Regulator
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 22, 2017) - The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has laid three charges against Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC and Westmoreland Coal Company for...