AER General Knowledge
In-Situ
Common Projects and Facts
RIA/CPAT
What we learned
100

The year the AER was formed

What is 2013?

100

"SAGD" stands for:

What is Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage?

100

The President and CEO of the AER

Who is Jim Ellis?


100

The CLP stands for:

What is the Climate Leadership Plan?

100

The number of years energy has been regulated in Alberta

What is 80 years?

200

The former main entity of the AER (pre-2013)

What is the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB)?

200

The Latin meaning for In-Situ

What is "in place"?

200

A data visualization computer program commonly used at the AER

What is Tableau?


200

The CLP aims to reduce methane emissions by __% by 2025

What is 45?

200

This document helps standardize the process for conducting regulatory impact assessments.

What is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for RIA?

300

The address of the Calgary Head office

What is 250 5 St SW?

300

The Vice President of Industry Operations

Who is Tristan Goodman?

300

The Executive Vice President of Operations (In Situ and CPAT fall under Operations)

Who is Mark Taylor?

300

Methane has a ___ X greater impact on the climate than carbon dioxide

What is 25?

300

The main source of methane emissions

What is pneumatic venting (40%)?

400

The six divisions of the AER

What is Operations, Strategy and Regulatory, Stakeholder and Government Engagement, Law, Corporate Services, and International Centre of Regulatory Excellence (ICORE)?

400

The proportion of steam injected into a well resulting in the effective oil recovered

What is the Steam to Oil Ratio (SOR)?

400

The Chief Engineer of the AER

Who is Helen Chang?

400

The Vice President of Strategic Management 

Who is Tiffany Novotny?

400

To forcibly pump fluids into a formation during a well control event

What is bullheading?

500

The AER's four core values

What is Alberta-first views, integrity, enterprise thinking and accountability?

500

The directive number which is defined as: Performance Presentations, Auditing, and Surveillance of In Situ Oil Sands Schemes

What is Directive 54?

500

The GoA (Government of Alberta) deals with policy, while the Alberta Energy Regulator deals with _____

What is regulation?

500

The Regulatory Impact Assessment team uses _______ modelling to assess the potential impact of proposed regulations

What is Economic?

500

The four steps in the bitumen SAGD recovery process

What is:

1. Start-up operations

2. Ramp-up

3. Conventional SAGD operations

4. Blowdown Operations