Event12 June 2018Action

Alberta Energy Regulator approves Prosper Petroleum's Rigel oil sands project near Fort McKay's Moose Lake reserves

The AER approved the Rigel in-situ project (2018 ABAER 005) inside the area of the Moose Lake Access Management Plan, which Alberta and Fort McKay First Nation had been negotiating since 2003 to address cumulative effects on the Nation's Treaty 8 rights; the plan was not yet in place. Fort McKay, which had objected, appealed the decision to the Alberta Court of Appeal (2020 ABCA 163, para. 1).

Date

12 June 2018

Kind

Permit

Where

Canada / Alberta

Evidence

Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed

Who

Alberta Energy Regulator (acted); Fort McKay First Nation (subject); Prosper Petroleum (subject)

Sources

• Alberta Energy Regulator, “Decision 2018 ABAER 005: Prosper Petroleum Ltd., Rigel Project” (external site), 12 June 2018. source record
• Court of Appeal of Alberta (copy hosted by ABlawg), “Fort McKay First Nation v Prosper Petroleum Ltd, 2020 ABCA 163” (external site), 24 April 2020. source record

Projects

• Prosper Petroleum Rigel oil sands project