Oil Wells
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Alberta energy minister told to design incentives for industry to clean up oil wellsBrian Jean was tasked with "developing a strategy to effectively incentivize reclamation of inactive legacy oil and natural gas sites...''PoliticsJul 13, 2023
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Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite energy industry boom, say rural Alberta municipalitiesThe Rural Municipalities of Alberta said energy companies now owe towns and villages in which they operate a total of $268 million — up 261 per cent since 2018.EconomyMar 7, 2023
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Auditor general gives qualified approval to how Alberta spent oil well cleanup moneyDoug Wylie says in a report Tuesday that the program was well run, but the government wasn't ready for how quickly things in the energy industry change.CanadaMar 22, 2022
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Oil and gas well cleanup efforts hampered by labour shortageThe cleanup of oil and gas wells is hampered as many of the same companies that provide rigs for new drilling programs are also involved in industry cleanup efforts.EnvironmentOct 15, 2021
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Public funds didn’t increase oil well cleanups, study suggestsMuch of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis.CanadaJul 7, 2021
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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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Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulatorLaurie Pushor, now a year into his tenure at the helm of the Calgary-based Alberta Energy Regulator, says the office is gradually regaining the trust of Albertans.CanadaMay 27, 2021
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Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayersA report from the University of Calgary says the costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers.CanadaMay 20, 2021
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Easing rules on transfer of unreclaimed oil wells could speed cleanup, study findsThe Canada West Foundation says that could include allowing companies to sell off defunct energy infrastructure without completely cleaning it up.EconomyApr 26, 2021
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$400M available in next round of funding to clean up orphan oil wells in AlbertaThe cash is part of a federally funded site rehabilitation program announced last May to direct up to $1 billion toward reclamation projects in Alberta.CanadaFeb 12, 2021
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