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Alberta’s battered natural gas producers, languishing in the shadows of the oilsands, can now take their grievances to Dale Nally — and they have plenty to complain about.

Nally is Alberta’s first-ever Associate Minister of Natural Gas, working alongside Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, in Premier Jason Kenney’s new government. He is tasked with helping the beleaguered energy sub-sector recover after being stunted by persistently low prices, scrapped export projects and a lack of market access — issues that have been overlooked as larger industry players and governments have fixated on resolving the oilsands’ pipeline issues.

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If we can get natural gas to global markets, it’s a game changer for Alberta Alberta’s first Associate Minister of Natural Gas Dale Nally

“They absolutely have felt like the second cousins to Big Oil. And here’s the reality, if we can get natural gas to global markets, it’s a game changer for Alberta,” said Nally.

To gas producers, the appointment is a welcome signal the government grasps the extent of their struggles, which have been exacerbated by volatile prices and resulted in many bankruptcies and, in some cases, the liability for thousands of wells and facilities being transferred to the province’s Orphan Well Association for clean up.