Two new regulatory courses will prepare oil and gas operators for potential changes in Alberta and British Columbia in 2025.

The conversational and informal sessions, led by Mark Taylor, Alanda Allum and Rob Cruickshank, will offer key insights into changes in areas such as liability management, licensing and compliance that may impact operations in the coming years.

“We’ll draw on our extensive experience as regulators and insights from our clients, as well as our discussions with regulators in Alberta and B.C.,” said Cruickshank. “We’ll also take a forward-looking approach to anticipate potential developments in 2025.”

Taylor said the sessions are for those who have assets in Alberta and/or British Columbia or are looking to work in either province.   

“All the regulators in Western Canada pay attention to what each other's doing,” he said. “Nobody just copies and pastes from the next-door regulator because it doesn’t make sense for your jurisdiction but

Alberta – What’s new in 2025? December 10, 2024 live via ZOOM

The Alberta Energy Regulator is continuing to roll out changes to directives governing nearly every aspect of the industry.

Among the most-recent anticipated changes to four directives, the AER hopes to provide greater clarity on estimating liability and liability management programs. Cruickshank said they will touch on these directives and others during the session.

“You don’t want to be blindsided when things come into action at the AER,” he said. “We will help the organization prepare for potential outcomes that are going to be coming up with these new directives. We want to help companies be proactive than reactive for March next year when the new regulations come into play.”

As former senior leaders at the Alberta Energy Regulator, the teaching team has over 35 years of regulatory expertise and experience within the energy industry.

Taylor said they will highlight key changes, potential challenges, and opportunities for adaptation to ensure your organization remains at the forefront of regulatory compliance and environmental stewardship.

Register here for Alberta Regulatory: What’s new in 2025?

British Columbia – What’s new in 2025? December 11, 2024 live via ZOOM

The oil and gas landscape in British Columbia has changed in recent years, highlighted by historical agreements with First Nations to protect wildlife, forest and land while sharing revenue from resource development. A newly-elected government may also impact regulations in the province. 

“Significant developments over the past two years on the First Nations side have affected regulations for the oil and gas sector,” said Taylor. “As well, the B.C. Liability management regulations are relatively new and continuing to evolve and it's a pressing high priority topic for the government of B.C. and the B.C. energy regulator.”

The course will explore new and emerging regulatory considerations focusing on upcoming changes in application processes, criteria, and compliance standards.

“We'll give our experiences to what we've dealt with in B.C. and what we're hearing is going to be changing there as well,” said Cruickshank. “We'll have our insights because we have all dealt with the with the B.C. regulator. We will give them our opinion as to what we think the crystal ball is going to look like for B.C.  for the next one to three years.”

Register here for British Columbia Regulatory: What’s new in 2025?

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