A junior oil and gas company in Calgary is blaming an order aimed at protecting a rare Prairie bird for its insolvency.
LGX Oil + Gas says its daily operations and drilling plans were significantly disrupted when an emergency order under the federal Species at Risk Act took effect in February 2014 that protects the greater sage grouse.
The company’s Manyberries oilfields in Alberta were subject to that order.
In its order, Environment Canada restricts noise on 1,700 square kilometres of provincial and federal lands in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan during April and May the spring mating season for the grouse.
It also places limits on the construction of roads and fences.
In December, LGX announced it had filed a l…
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