Janice Buckingham, KC

Alberta Energy Regulator’s New Directive 067 increases scrutiny on licence eligibility

In July 2020, the Alberta government issued its new Liability Management Framework , aimed at reducing the province’s inventory of orphan and...

Implementation of Alberta’s new liability framework for oil and gas reclamation

In July 2020, the Alberta government issued its new Liability Management Framework (the Framework), aimed at reducing the province’s inventory of...

Supreme Court of Canada decision in Redwater: Early implications

On January 31, 2019, in a 5-2 split decision, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal of the AER and the Orphan Well...

Redwater revisited – should the buck stop here?

On April 24, 2017, the Alberta Court of Appeal affirmed the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench's decision in Redwater Energy Corporation (Re), 2016 ABQB...

Alberta’s energy regulator imposes further restrictions on embattled energy industry in response to Redwater

One month after the May 19, 2016 Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench’s decision in Redwater Energy Corporation (Re), 2016 ABQB 278 (“Redwater”),...

Implications of the Redwater decision – Where does the buck stop?

The Court held that the provisions of the BIA permitting a Trustee to renounce assets it deemed uneconomic was paramount to any obligations of the...

Alberta’s New Royalty Framework

On January 29, 2016, the Alberta government released the results of its Royalty Review Advisory Panel. Learn what it means for your business.