Five years ago today I posted this. It’s still relevant.

It will take more than a report called Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy to tackle the massive problem of hundreds of insolvent oil companies holding over 35,000 well, facility, and pipeline licenses. Where’s the Regulator? www.lakelandtoday.ca/the-latest/s....

I applaud this from Alberta’s chief justices. 👏 The principles they remind us of also apply to quasi-judicial decision making. Example: Separation from government and the Alberta Energy Regulator, and between hearing commissioners and other AER decision makers, are required.

Request to investigate David Yager for conflict of interest rejected by Alberta ethics commissioner. Correction: Yager’s Mature Asset Strategy is not about “abandoned” wells. It’s, inter alia, about unprofitable oil & gas wells & who will pay to retire them). medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

This man David Yager told me in a phone message he is a “Minister Without Portfolio” of the Alberta government. The Ethics Commissioner found he is not. He is on the board of directors of the Alberta Energy Regulator. www.readtheorchard.org/p/ethics-com...

Which illegality should prevail? Gas venting at oil wells is illegal in Alberta but the Regulator refuses to enforce the law. Shutting in someone else’s well is also illegal. I’m experienced. I can shut down the offending wells safely. Should I? How low can it go? 😢 youtu.be/RsYgWAqmqms?...

My public service video: How to Avoid an Alberta Orphan Well Crisis. youtu.be/d1yqOxubTc4?...

My Saturday public education project on an important subject Albertans are poorly informed about. I recently gave a seminar in Calgary on "Alberta's Orphan Well Crisis" (not my title). I made a video of that presentation. Today I am preparing it for upload to YouTube.

I agree, the Alberta Energy Regulator is a joke. Been calling for AER reform for years. All of industry and AER staff know how bad it is. Municipalities know. Most landowners know. So why can’t we achieve any progress on reform?

🚨 Another new report criticizing the Alberta government's Mature Asset Strategy 🚨 -- Clean up the MAS: How Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy allows a profitable industry to offload oil and gas cleanup to the public www.redwaterinsights.org/newsandresea... #ABLeg #ABPoli

This is NEFARIOUS levels of negligence. - "Data shows an oil company owed 10 times the government’s limit on unpaid taxes when the Alberta Energy Regulator let it take over more wells and pipelines. Critics says it’s the tip of the iceberg" thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta. 12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing. That never happened. Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories #OrphanWells

“When it comes to the oil patch, it seems like there is no rules for them”. Please watch Ron’s story. Alberta landowner hosting bankrupt Long Run Energy. (I reported the pipeline break issue in the area to the AER, no reply. youtu.be/bE0gXHmJUJU?...

Rural Albertans are speaking up about their mistreatment by oil & gas companies and our govt's failure to address the cleanup crisis. This problem will only get worse if we don't stop the Mature Asset Strategy & force companies to clean up their mess! ecojustice.ca/news/landown... #ABLeg #ABPoli

BEWARE: When landowner and stock producer groups are ringing alarm bells - saying proceed with ⚠️ caution ⚠️ on Alberta’s “Mature Asset Strategy” (plan for spent wells that are liabilities nobody wants) - you should listen! www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/recomme...

I was happy to support fellow @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social coalition member Keeper of the Water in opposition to Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage proposed by Pathway’s Alliance,

Full interview from Bill Heidecker here - A renewed push to hold industry accountable for cleaning up oil wells: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #ABLeg #ABPoli

Major projects, major problems: anger at Carney’s unclear plans is the real shared national interest, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...

Bill Heidecker president of Alberta Surface Rights Federation on CBC radio this morning. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

New Poll: Supermajority of Albertans want oil and gas companies to cover costs of well cleanup, unpaid municipal taxes and landowner rents | Coalition For Responsible Energy (C4RE) responsibleenergyab.ca/new-poll-sup...

Here’s a specific example of the lawlessness of MAGA Energy Ltd. filmedthe day before @drewanderson.bsky.social spoke about it on RealRalk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social Flaring sour gas in City of Edmonton contrary to licence and AER Directive 060 with no permit. Causes fugitive gas emissions.

Short video. @drewanderson.bsky.social nailing it. Many Alberta oil & gas companies aren’t paying landowners or municipal taxes. The Regulator is opaque. MAGA Energy Ltd. Is one of hundreds of bad actors allowed to run wild at everyone else’s expense. youtube.com/shorts/GfSGO...

The question arises: did Alberta govt. officials actions - interfering in an @AER_news quasi-judicial tribunal hearing - rise to the crime of obstructing justice under S. 139(2) of the Criminal Code (below)? Note the definition of “judicial proceeding” describes an AER hearing.

Highly informed @drewanderson.bsky.social of the @narwhal.bsky.social was on RealTalk hosted by @ryanjespersen.bsky.social this morning. Discussed are news stories by Drew on the current sad state of conventional oil and gas in Alberta Must watch interview! www.youtube.com/live/2u2sR4K...

The question arises: did Alberta govt. officials actions - interfering in an @AER_news quasi-judicial tribunal hearing - rise to the crime of obstructing justice under S. 139(2) of the Criminal Code (below)? Note the definition of “judicial proceeding” describes an AER hearing.

These guys are too broke to get a new gas compressor for Armisie Field operations in urban Edmonton. They flare and vent sour gas without a permit because of it. Alberta let an oil and gas company ‘in survival mode’ take over 170 wells. Now it’s not paying its bills: thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...

If high level Alberta Dept. of Energy and Minerals officials have intervened in one quasi-judicial case (they have see attached), it means they can do it to any landowner for example. Heads must roll. We can’t have this. Full stop. #AERReform www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Calgary Town Hall. Clean up your mess coal and oil & gas. Close to full house. 3 TV networks. Still 1/2 hour to go!

I know everyone on the panel on this podcast - one panelist I know very well!

Landowners asked to host oil & gas activities including pipelines need to counter lobby. 👂 NO CLEANUP = NO PIPELINE 👂 Listen up premiers and the prime minister! thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...

Documents & presentations show Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Energy Minister Brian Jean, and his chief of staff Vitor Marciano are not on the same page related to Yager’s Mature “Asset” (unprofitable well) strategy. Next C4RE Town Hall is Vegreville Social Centre Oct 22 7PM CleanupYourMess.ca

Albertans, government officials and organizations from across the province attended to hear Bill Heidecker, president of Alberta Surface Rights Federation condemn the province’s strategy for dealing with unprofitable wells (some 88% of oil and gas wells in Alberta).

Our C4RE coalition Town Halls - pushbacks on Alberta unprofitable well strategy - are finally getting some coverage. Oct 16 Fahler, Oct 22 Vegreville, No 5 Calgary + more. Also tonight in Warburg Bill Heidecker of our provincial surface rights federation speaks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who produces food from the land. This year increased awareness was created amongst urban Albertans that irresponsible oil and gas is not just a rural problem. I’m thankful for that and to those who joined together to help make it happen. 🙏

How big of a drain on society is Alberta’s Mature Oil & Gas activity crisis? Find out on online or attend one of these Town Halls or meetings 1. Online Oct. 2 CleanUpYourMess.ca 2. Warburg Oct. 14 3. Falher Oct. 16 4. Vegreville Oct. 22

The final speaker in our fascinating and controversial series on Dave Yager’s Alberta Mature Asset Strategy Report is Bill Heidecker of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation(front right below). The @thenarwhalca attended and accurately reported on two of these meetings. Pls help spread the word!

It didn’t take long for an oil company to rely on the flawed decision of the CEO of Alberta Energy Regulator to cancel a hearing on coal applications, commented on by Prof. @nigelb.bsky.social, to argue landowner associations should be denied (intervenor) status in AER Proceeding ID 462. #AERReform

Author David Yager of Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy calls the oil & gas issues facing Alberta “a stinking pile of shit” at the Warburg landowner meeting I arranged. Story below. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...

This Tuesday I welcomed this Chief of Staff to speak to landowners, colleagues & others who trust me as to very important matters. I wonder: Is this true? Alberta energy minister’s chief of staff runs political third party with oil and gas lobbyist. theijf.org/alberta-ener...

One of the most ill-conceived and uninformed regulatory decisions of all time. But does it rise to the level of obstructing justice? 🚨CEO of Alberta Energy Regulator Rob Morgan used powers I believe he does not possess to cancel a rare hearing🚨 #AERReform www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...

I’m proud to belong to Warburg Pembina Surface Rights Group, educating Alberta landowners & the public monthly (except in winter) for half a century. I usually arrange for speakers (sometimes me). @nagwanyyc.bsky.social spoke recently, covered her substack. ✅. open.substack.com/pub/nagwanyyc/…

If you are interested in keeping Alberta from going bankrupt because we let oil & gas run wild, you might want to attend this Mature Asset Strategy event on September 9th at 7PM. It’s shaping up to be quite a night with important attendees.

Holy! This X post by a very rude dude who has me blocked explains a lot. If you don’t know who (broke) Pieridae is, or aren’t aware of their regulatory struggles, you won’t get it.

Wakey wakey slumbering Alberta citizens. A huge portion of Alberta’s spent conventional oil & gas wells are owned by small broke producers. This is the tip of the iceberg that could cost you big $. Regulator orders oil and gas company to abandon 36 sites | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ALARMING: Press release issued by parties granted full participatory status in an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) hearing (coal mining issues). 🚨The CEO of the AER reconsidered a decision of the quasi-judicial hearing panel, Hearing cancelled!🚨 albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...

In this piece ⬇️ Jody MacPherson does a great job explaining the risks of, and Alberta govt. spin put on, the controversial Mature Asset Strategy by the “war room”. jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/the-war-ro...

Some people are just nice! @nagwanyyc.bsky.social

If you are between Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta and have concerns about who will bear the cost of oil & gas industry and regulatory gambles, come to a Town Hall tonight in Didsbury (7 PM Elks Hall):

Last night (Warburg) we had a lively, informative, respectful discussion, on Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy. @NagwanYYC.bluesky.social, shadow Energy & Mines minister, opposition NDP, spoke to landowners. She was warmly welcomed. 👏 A govt. official was in the audience making it interesting!