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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Interested in how the Alberta Energy Regulator conducts its business, in particular extremely rare hearings? Want to find out what happens when the AER, which understandably is not infallible, makes a reviewable error? Follow AERcProceeding ID 470. How to follow next post.⬇️. 1/n

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Question for Albertans: ❓Would you give the Alberta government or an oil company full access to your bank accounts❓ If you condone underfunding of the orphan levy, that’s what you have effectively done. That’s why friends, colleagues I took action and went public:

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In what I do, the following question constantly arises: ❓Has there been tortious deliberate misconduct by a public official (usually an employee of the Alberta Energy Regulator or one of its oversight ministries)❓ Lawyers pls weigh in. The court: test for the tort of abuse of public office:

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Find out what our court action challenging the Alberta Energy Regulator’s orphan levy decision is all about and why it affects every Albertan by visiting the Ecojustice (our lawyers’) website. Please donate if you can! share.google/OHQeubBN4Ou2...

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Landowners in court over orphan well cleanup failure

Ecojustice is representing Albertan landowners who are taking the Alberta Energy Regulator to court for failing to properly fund orphan well cleanup

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

An informative discussion about Alberta’s low oil & gas royalty rates and how 60% of benefits from royalties since 1970 could be wiped out if we fail to make Polluters Pay for cleanup (their plan possibly shared by governments): cjsw.com/program/the-pa…

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If the Alberta Energy Regulator does not properly capitalize the orphan fund (with industry dollars) the massive bill, hundreds of billions of $, will fall to you Albertans. So we took action.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s possible to responsibly develop oil and gas without harming other landowners and stakeholders. When they are actually harmed, the oil company must compensate. Simple concepts increasingly ignored in lawless Alberta. #AERReform youtu.be/e8VFqQXxvwE?si… via @YouTube

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The Smiths’ Story: Alberta Ranchers Speak Out About Losing Farm After Fracking Company Moves In

YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This a teaser for a longer video to be released on Monday - the Smiths near Rimbey, Alberta (I represented them in failed attempts to have the Regulator and their county mitigate their massive losses. One of several landowner stories being told by Ecojustice. youtu.be/Vn4ODpwKKU4

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TEASER: The Smiths’ Story: Albertans Speak Out About Losing Farm After Fracking Company Moves In

YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“There is a real sense that landowners have been abandoned in favour of oil and gas.” “The problem with the Alberta Energy Regulator is there’s very little oversight right now,” Accurate statements by @drewanderson.bsky.social for the @thenarwhal.ca share.google/z1zmfxOtsleD...

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Alberta landowners fight fracking’s water use | The Narwhal

Landowners near Rimbey, Alta., are ringing alarm bells about oil and gas companies using billions of litres of fresh water for fracking

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Thinking about Redwater oilfield this morning. These logos impacted my life. Serious landowner problems to solve in one of Alberta’s foremost and richest oilfields. If we can’t clean up at operator expense where the big $ were made, landowners and taxpayers are doomed.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Some knowledgeable Albertans on Alberta’s so-called Mature Asst Strategy. Unprofitable wells are no longer assets - they are liabilities that the licensee or the industry as a whole (via the orphan fund), not the public, is responsible for.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Rob Morgan of the Alberta Energy Regulator should either 1. identify statements of concern he believes were filed for nefarious purposes; or, 2 resign (or be fired) if he can’t back up his claim.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Well explained, fun way to understand Alberta’s biggest financial, health and environmental crises. youtu.be/37qKJLuOcKY?...

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Alberta's $320 Billion Time Bomb 💣 | The Goose Media 🇨🇦

YouTube video by The Goose

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Statement from the Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE): AB-CAD Agreement Increases Taxpayer Risk, Ignores Cleanup Problem drive.google.com/file/d/1Xpny... @cuym-alberta.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We had a great time at the Public Interest Alberta Conference this weekend, sharing our campaign's story and how we're building a broad coalition across the political spectrum to stop the runaway unreclaimed well issue 💪

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

As per Alberta Energy Regulator Suspension Order 202604-009 MAGA Energy was to safely shut in all its wells, facilities & pipelines. As at May 9 after the deadline Edmonton Armisie Field wells are shut down, but are not yet left in safe or legally condition. Now what I ask of our regulator?

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Another Clean Up Your Mess Presentation in Edmonton at the Public Interest Conference today. Say no to the Alberta Mature Asset Strategy. @CUYM-alberta.bluesky.social

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Clean Up Your Mess Town Hall in Provost on April 22 (I hosted) made the front page of the Provost News! We explained the negative health aspects of regulatory non-compliant oil & gas operations and the drawbacks and dangers of the “Mature Asset Strategy”.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

⬇️Armisie No. 2 oil well drilled in 1951. Armise Field & Oil Company named after the mineral/surface owner wife of Edmonton Mayor George S.S. Armstrong (Jessie Armstrong). These wells had many owners that paid royalties to Armstrongs, but did MAGA? share.google/tmvMQIY3BnuI...

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Alberta Energy Regulator orders MAGA Energy to suspend operations over ‘failure to meet its commitments’ | CBC News

The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered oil and gas firm MAGA Energy Ltd. to suspend its operations over unresolved environmental concerns and non-compliance issues, including unpaid taxes.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

When the @AER_news belatedly orders a rare suspension (shut down) of the entirety of a company’s operations, you can safely bet the company has been VERY bad for a LONG time as reported by the @thenarwhalca and others. share.google/a6xYEgRJEbLY...

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yet again, the AER is making decisions that put the profit margins of oil and gas companies before the interests of ordinary Albertans and the land that we depend on. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG @cuym-alberta.bsky.social

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Opinion: Public costs grow with latest cleanup fee for orphan wells

AER is making decisions that put profit margins of oil and gas companies before the interests of Albertans and the land we depend on.

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

More on Alberta's growing orphan well crisis: "Alberta Landowners Mad as H*ll About No Pipeline Reclamations" www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_0... @markhamhislop.bsky.social @markdorin.bsky.social @energimedia.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

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Alberta Landowners Mad as H*ll About No Pipeline Reclamations

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Perfect. Time. To. Top. Up. Alberta’s. Orphan. Fund. Levy. 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 It’s short by at least $1.6 billion. Industry can afford it and it’s the law. Taxpayers can’t afford not to insist on it. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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Canada oil and gas profits to surge on Iran war, but firms hold off new investment

Canadian oil and gas producers anticipate sharply higher profits in 2026 as prices surge due to the Iran war but will ‌channel those earnings back to shareholders rather than invest in major new capi...

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Drew Yewchuk @drewyewchuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Bankes and Tienhaara provide great coverage of both the specific local question of Northback's Grassy Mountain lawsuit against Canada, and a general summary of the problem with Investor-state Dispute Settlement processes. Albertans should be aware of both.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A Substack about the huge problem of Alberta pipeline right-of-ways not being cleaned up with full use of the land not being returned to the registered landowner certified as reclaimed. This applies to all pipelines not just those without a licensee. share.google/ih32anlOGPxfOO…

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

At Alberta Surface Rights Federation, issues of Land and Property Rights Tribunal members salary, quantity of decisions and impartiality arose. Govt. Rep Vitor Marciano announced the Tribunal will be remade in a controversial fashion. Supreme Court guidance: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-cs…

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Alberta Talks @albertatalks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Tell your MLA to stop the government’s billion dollar giveaway to the oil and gas industry and say no to the Mature Asset Strategy. albertatalks.ca/no-mas/

Image of Alberta's Premier in front of an image of money with text reading: "Oil & gas corporations in Alberta are raking in record profits. The government wants YOU to pay to clean up their mess."

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Let’s count the ways we are subsidizing a broke Alberta conventional oil industry. 1. Don’t have to pay municipal tax. 2. Citizens pay landowners for them. 3. C-Star royalty holiday (free oil) until well drilling and fracking costs recovered. 4. (Add by comment) www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...

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Landowner says it’s unfair Alberta taxpayers are ultimately on hook to pay for orphaned oil wells

A central Alberta landowner is frustrated with what he calls the province’s plans to dump unpaid oil-and-gas property taxes onto taxpayers.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Received help from friends last week including @ryanjespersen.bsky.social to bring attention to the fact that oil companies are trespassing - illegally using lands they don’t own to produce mere drops of oil. Turns out the well site this rig is on probably isn’t leased either. Where’s the AER?

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Problems related to deadbeat oil and gas companies result many from the fact that, contrary to what some say, we don’t have a “world class regulator” administering Alberta oil and gas / coal laws.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I’ve had enough of deadbeat oil companies, Alberta Energy Minister chirping me and his wayward Alberta Energy Regulator youtu.be/QMo1a9huZCo?...

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Mark Dorin Has Had Enough of Deadbeat Oil Company, Brian Jean, Alberta Regulator

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

When I terminated the right for an “oil company” to unsafely & illegally operate on Edmonton land, Alberta’s Energy Minister said we should apply to Land & Property Rights Tribunal for “recovery of rental”. Here’s the $ you’ve 🫵 paid landowners for deadbeat operators under Tribunal directions ⬇️.

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Attending the first meeting of 2026 for the Warburg-Pembina Surface Rights Group tonight. Landowner representative Mark Dorin is presenting on: "Land Rights: Do Alberta Government Agencies Support Law Abiding Landowners or Law Breaking Oil Companies?" @markdorin.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli 🧵 [1/N]

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Two days on from going public with this action there are virtually no negative comments. The public is simply not behind Minister @BrianJeanAB’s inexplicable support of illegal, unsafe oil and gas not paying its way. nationalpost.com/video/835e6d...

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Alberta landowners erect blockade against oil company

Some Edmonton landowners are taking a stand by erecting a blockade against what they call a delinquent oil and gas company. Mark Dorin and Dale Braun say MAGA Energy hasn't paid for their lease agreem...

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

“Let’s have a reclamation boom”! Who said that?

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

When an oil company fails to pay a landowner in Alberta, the landowner can apply to the Land and Property Rights Tribunal (LPRT) under the Surface Rights Act (S. 36) for recovery of overdue amounts including from from govt (your $). What could go wrong? Lots. Read on. 1/6

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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....

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Alberta probes why firms in tax arrears got new well licences

Documents show some companies with large tax arrears were still approved to acquire new well licences, raising questions about how provincial rules are enforced.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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...

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Conflict of interest investigation into AER board member denied by ethics commissioner - Medicine Hat News

zmason@medicinehatnews.com The ethics commissioner has denied a request for investigation into an energy regulator board member and adviser to Premier Danielle Smith for possible conflicts of interest...

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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...

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Ethics complaint dismissed against Smith advisor who supports publicly funded well cleanup

In a Dec. 10 letter obtained by The Orchard, Ethics Commissioner (and UCP donor) Shawn McLeod says the Conflict of Interest Act doesn't apply to David Yager.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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?...

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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

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How to Avoid an Alberta Orphan Well Crisis

YouTube video by Mark Dorin

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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.

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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?

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🚨 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

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Clean up the MAS: How Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy allows a profitable industry to offload oil and gas cleanup to the public — Redwater Insights

By Rob Schuwerk Redwater Head of Research

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