Link to Bulletin Summarized Download Summary in PDF Oil and Gas – Abandonment The Government of Alberta approved a levy of $135 million to fund the Orphan Well Association’s (“OWA”) operating budget for the fiscal year 2024/25. As a result, the AER prescribed an...
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NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Application to Abandon the Etzikom Pipelines, CER Decision MHW-006-2019
Link to Decision SummarizedGas - Pipeline Abandonment In this decision, the CER considered whether to approve an application (the “Application”) from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (“NGTL”) to abandon part of the NGTL System. The CER denied NGTL’s...
New Manual on the Decommissioning, Closure, and Abandonment of Dams at Energy Projects (AER Bulletin 2020-01)
Link to Bulletin SummarizedAbandonment - Dams On January 16, 2020, the AER released Manual 019: Decommissioning, Closure, and Abandonment of Dams at Energy Projects. The manual explains how the AER assesses and processes dam decommissioning, closure, and abandonment...
Abandonment Hearing NOVA Gas Transmission Limited 2018 Meter Stations and Laterals Abandonment Program (MHW-003-2019)
Link to Decision SummarizedPipeline Abandonment In this decision, the CER considered an application by NOVA Gas Transmission Limited (“NGTL”) for the abandonment of 15 meter stations and 22 associated lateral pipelines, one stand-alone meter station and four...
Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Ltd., 2019 SCC 5
The appeal was allowed. The majority of the SCC held that there was no conflict between Alberta’s regulatory regime and the BIA requiring portions of the former to be rendered inoperative in the context of bankruptcy.