by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 21, 2021 at 4:25 pm ADT CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator says troubled oil and gas producer SanLing Energy Ltd. has warned it will cease operations as of April 30. It says the Orphan Well Association has therefore applied to the Court of Queen’s Bench to have a receiver assume control of SanLing’s assets. In March, the AER said it was suspending licences for thousands of wells and pipelines after private Calgary-based SanLing failed to bring its operations into regulatory compliance. It ordered the company to suspend its 2,266 wells, 227 facilities and 2,170 pipelines, which were producing about 4,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day, primarily dry natural gas.