Oil And Gas Wells
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Regulator yanks thousands of wells from troubled Calgary oil company, transfers for cleanupAER has transferred thousands of wells held by a troubled Calgary company to the group that's responsible for cleaning up poorly maintained or abandoned sites.EnvironmentSep 8, 2023
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‘Government boondoggle’: Opposition mounting for plan to clean up Alberta oil wellsThe provincial government is planning a pilot project that would give $100 million in royalty breaks to companies that fulfil their legal obligations to restore old oil wells.CanadaFeb 9, 2023
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Report calls for public takeover of old Alberta oil and gas wells to fund their cleanupThe report by the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project recommends a public agency be formed to step in to operate those wells and use the revenues to fund reclamation.EnvironmentJun 29, 2021
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Drilling forecast calls for 14% rebound in 2021 from depths of 2020 activityThe organization that represents Canadian drilling contractors is forecasting a 14 per cent increase in the number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2021 compared with the historic lows this year.CanadaNov 18, 2020
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Drilling forecast calls for even fewer Canadian oil and gas wells in ‘bleak’ 2021The Petroleum Services Association of Canada cut its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast three times over the past 10 months.EconomyOct 29, 2020
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B.C. lacking tools to force companies to clean up inactive oil and gas wellsB.C.'s Auditor General has found nearly 7,500 inactive oil and gas wells have not been decommissioned in province, nearly double the number compared to 2007.PoliticsMar 14, 2019
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Farmers to address Supreme Court in fight against abandoned wellsThousands of farmers in Western Canada have been granted the right to appear before the Supreme Court of Canada to oppose a legal decision they say allows energy companies to walk away from unprofitable wells on their land.CrimeJan 18, 2018
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Downtown Hinton could soon be heated by abandoned oil and gas wellsA town in Alberta hopes to pull a different kind of energy from the abandoned oil and gas wells that surround it.EnvironmentSep 27, 2017
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Alberta aims to speed up orphan well cleanup with $235M loanLegislation has been introduced to allow the province to lend $235 million to the Orphan Well Association.CanadaMay 18, 2017
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Fracking fluids cause ‘significant’ harm to fish: University of Alberta studyThe study says chemicals damage the gills and liver of fish and disrupt the endocrine system, which controls the flow of hormones.EnvironmentJan 24, 2017
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