As of April 21, 2021, AER’s Directive 60 has created environmentally friendly requirements on the petroleum industry for flaring, incinerating, and venting in Alberta wells and facilities.
These requirements have high consideration for public safety and environmental impacts, ensuring industry-leading companies meet future-forward standards and can be held accountable.
Read MoreHydrogen is the simplest, most abundant, and most common element. Almost three-quarters of all matter is made of this handy resource. Hydrogen easily attaches itself to other elements as building blocks to make atomic compounds. It consists of only one proton and one electron and is an odorless, colorless gas in its most stable state.
Hydrogen is a source, pathway, and carrier of useable energy. It stores and delivers highly efficient, clean, and powerful energy with zero emissions. Hydrogen's tendency towards combustion makes it a dangerous chemical element and a potent energy source.
Read MoreWith uses in advanced healthcare and science, helium is an increasingly valuable commodity. Recent helium supply shortages have led to a renewed interest in exploration and drilling for the rare inert gas.
Helium in economically-viable concentrations has been found in Cambrian- to Devonian-age formations that are common in Western Canada, resulting from predictable processes of generation and migration.
Read MoreThe Alberta Energy Regulator has developed the protocol in AER Directive 79 to provide a consistent approach to locating, testing, and confirming the integrity of abandoned wells. Licensees must follow this protocol when an abandoned well is identified in proximity to existing or planned surface developments.
Read MoreThe Alberta Government has released the details for Period 3 of the Alberta Site Rehabilitation Program. Applications are open until March 31, 2021. An additional $100 million in grant funding is available, limited to $139,000 per licensee.
Read MoreThe $400 million Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP) is expected fund the abandonment and reclamation of up to 8,000 wells and facilities and support approximately 2,100 full-time equivalent service industry jobs in Saskatchewan.
Read MoreThe Alberta government has released information on Period 2 of the Alberta Site Rehabilitation Program. Period 2 includes an additional $100 million in available grant funding, focused on Section 36 sites.
Read MoreOn April 17, 2020, the Government of Canada announced $120 million in funding to support the clean up of oil and gas sites in British Columbia. The Government of BC announced three separate programs to spend the $120 million and fund the restoration of more than 2,000 orphan and inactive wells.
Read MoreUntil the end of 2022 a total of $1 billion worth of grants will be available, focused on the abandonment and reclamation of Alberta oil and gas wells, pipelines, and associated facilities.
Read MoreLearn the basics of engineering and drilling an oil or gas well. From identifying a geological target and surface location, to developing a stick diagram and drilling program, estimating costs, selecting services, drilling surface and well sections, to logging and completions.
Read MoreLearn about well abandonment and suspension, starting from why we abandon and suspend wells, the abandonment and suspension process, possible complications, and how suspended wells can be safely and efficiently monitored.
Read MoreHere’s what you need to know to ensure long term profitability of your producing wells. We take a deep dive into the technical requirements to ensure compliance when planning and executing drilling or well conversions under AER’s Directive 51.
Read MoreLearn about the basics of well completion, including the completions engineering process, hydraulic fracturing and putting the well into production.
Read MoreLearn the basics of water disposal wells, from where they are required, why they differ from oil and gas wells, and how they are developed.
Read MoreLearn about salt cavern disposal wells, including their purpose, how they are developed, and why they are different from oil and gas wells.
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