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Alberta rural leaders on oil well cleanup plan: ‘How a fox would design a henhouse’RStar has been widely criticized by energy economists, who say it would transfer money to companies who don't need it to do work that most are doing anyway.PoliticsNov 10, 2022
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New Alberta rules hope to address issue of abandoned oil and gas wellsThe new rules will require the energy industry to spend $422 million next year and slightly more in 2023 on cleanup and remediation.CanadaDec 1, 2021
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Alberta energy minister says oil price spike won’t increase industry cleanup spendingSonya Savage says the province's recently adopted plan to fix the problem, which requires industry to spend $422 million next year and slightly more after that, is a fair approach.EconomyOct 8, 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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Alberta officials warned oilpatch faced ‘landslide’ of failures. Then coronavirus struckThe provincial regulator warned in April that some companies were walking away from contaminated sites without properly shutting down.InvestigationsDec 16, 2020
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Funding to clean up Saskatchewan’s orphan wells a ‘positive first-step’ says Premier MoeAccording to the Ministry of Energy and Resources, there are 159 orphan wells in Saskatchewan that require abandonment.PoliticsApr 17, 2020
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Alberta test case: Planned sale of gas wells, pipelines raises cleanup concernsThe possible transfer of hundreds of sour gas wells, pipelines and other facilities from energy giant Shell to a much smaller company has raised concerns about Alberta's efforts to ensure taxpayers don't get stuck with the cleanup bill.EconomyNov 14, 2019
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Alberta oil and gas producer cleanup cost estimates set too low, coalition saysThe Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project said the province's largest oil and gas companies are underestimating how much it will cost to clean up thousands of oil and gas wells drilled over past decades.EnvironmentJul 18, 2019
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Bankrupt energy companies can’t abandon old oil wells, Supreme Court rulesThe Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up.CanadaJan 31, 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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