Bulletin – Seismicity – Licensee Responsibilities
On February 3, 2015, the AER released Bulletin 2015-03 confirming a seismic event that took place on January 22, 2015 in the vicinity of Fox Creek, Alberta. The seismic event, measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, was part of a sequence of lower level seismic events near Crooked Lake. The bulletin notes that there were no impacts to the public or the environment.
The bulletin reminds licensees of their responsibility to ensure well control and subsurface integrity in accordance with AER Directive 083: Hydraulic Fracturing – Subsurface Integrity, for all stages of drilling, completions, and injection operations.
