Mark Dorin
@markdorin.bsky.social
Alberta land rights advocate. I specialize in oil and gas regulatory, public safety and surface rights issues, including urban land. Orphan well and unfunded liabilities dude. Vice Chair Polluter Pay Federation. New C4RE Coalition member.
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Mark Dorin
@markdorin.bsky.social
· Nov 22
What would you do if the operator of an oil well & related equipment could not produce a “surface lease” granting a right to be on the land & stopped paying compensation to you three years ago?
It’s a growing Alberta problem you’re bearing the cost of.
canlii.ca/t/827r#sec36
It’s a growing Alberta problem you’re bearing the cost of.
canlii.ca/t/827r#sec36
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.
Note the definition of “judicial proceeding” describes an AER hearing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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.
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-...
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-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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-...
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...
Heads must roll. We can’t have this. Full stop.
#AERReform
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Documents related to Summit coal decision raise more questions about Alberta Energy Regulator’s independence
Regulator’s CEO sought ‘input’ from Energy Minister’s chief of staff on a motion to cancel hearings about a proposed mine
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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...
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!
Close to full house. 3 TV networks.
Still 1/2 hour to go!
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Calgary Town Hall. Clean up your mess coal and oil & gas.
Close to full house. 3 TV networks.
Still 1/2 hour to go!
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!
A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
Make Polluters Pay
The Alberta government's dirty deal with Big Oil
www.podcastics.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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...
👂 NO CLEANUP =
NO PIPELINE 👂
Listen up premiers and the prime minister!
thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal
Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out
thenarwhal.ca
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...
👂 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
Next C4RE Town Hall is Vegreville Social Centre Oct 22 7PM
CleanupYourMess.ca
CleanUpYourMess.ca — Exposing Alberta's $60 billion aging well cleanup crisis
Rural Albertans are being left to pay for oil companies' $60 billion cleanup bill. Share your story and help stop the Mature Asset Strategy.
CleanupYourMess.ca
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
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).
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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/...
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/...
Groups push back on Alberta’s strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells as plan moves forward | CBC Accessibility
A band of advocate groups are pushing back on the province's current plan to manage its inactive and aging oil and gas infrastructure.
www.cbc.ca
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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/...
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. 🙏
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. 🙏
October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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. 🙏
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
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
September 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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
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!
The @thenarwhalca attended and accurately reported on two of these meetings.
Pls help spread the word!
September 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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!
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
#AERReform
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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
#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-...
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...
Alberta’s oil and gas legacy is a ‘gigantic problem’: top political staffer | The Narwhal
Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy aims to deal with the oil and gas industry’s unpaid taxes and orphaned wells. A pitch in Warburg didn’t go as planned
thenarwhal.ca
September 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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-...
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...
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...
Alberta energy minister’s chief of staff runs political third party with oil and gas lobbyist
The chief of staff to Alberta’s minister of energy and minerals is also the head of the political third-party advertiser Alberta Resource Advocacy Foundation
theijf.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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...
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...
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...
Alberta Regulator CEO Overrules Own Panel, Scraps Coal Hearing After Company Complains to Minister
After a coal company wrote to Alberta Energy and Minerals Minister Brian Jean demanding a public hearing be cancelled, the head of the province’s energy regulator Rob Morgan took the unprecedented ste...
www.theenergymix.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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...
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/…
I usually arrange for speakers (sometimes me).
@nagwanyyc.bsky.social
spoke recently, covered her substack. ✅.
open.substack.com/pub/nagwanyyc/…
https://open.substack.com/pub/nagwanyyc/…
September 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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/…
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.
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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.
If you don’t know who (broke) Pieridae is, or aren’t aware of their regulatory struggles, you won’t get it.
August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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.
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/...
Regulator orders oil and gas company to abandon 36 sites | CBC News
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta Energy Regulator orders oil and gas company to abandon 36 sites | CBC News
An Albertan oil and gas company has been ordered by the provincial regulator to abandon 36 sites across the province, leaving the company, which says it's "financially broke," saddled with more than $...
www.cbc.ca
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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/...
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...
🚨The CEO of the AER reconsidered a decision of the quasi-judicial hearing panel, Hearing cancelled!🚨
albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...
Joint News Release: AER CEO claims unprecedented power to cancel public hearing for coal mine - Alberta Wilderness Association
On August 21, 2025, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) cancelled the public hearing for Mine 14, an underground metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, proposed by Summit Coal Inc.
albertawilderness.ca
August 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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...
🚨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...
jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/the-war-ro...
The war room defends Yager's report, orphan levy appeal stalled, and a chief of staff road trip
The Summer's Almost Over Edition from Alberta under United Conservative Party rule
jodymacpherson.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/the-war-ro...
August 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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):
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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!
@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!
August 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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!
@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!