Alberta Orphan Wells

• Levy charged to Alberta oil companies too low to cover orphan well costs: report

  A new report from the University of Calgary says the fund that's used to pay for the cleanup of orphan wells in Alberta is massively underfunded.

  Consumer

  May 27, 2025
  
• Why Germany is betting on Canadian clean energy tech

  Calgary's Eavor hopes its first commercial geothermal power plant can successfully fuel 20,000 German homes — showcasing the potential to drive a wider global energy revolution.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2024
  
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• No takers for Alberta program offering partial credit for partial oil and gas well cleanup

  Daryl Bennett of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation said the program could reduce payments to owners while leaving the worst environmental liabilities on their land untouched.

  Environment

  Sep 6, 2024
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• Alberta premier addresses rural municipalities’ concerns over back taxes, oil well cleanup

  Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday the province is looking into a program for dealing with oil well cleanup. The province is also demanding oil companies pay their back taxes.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
• Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite energy industry boom, say rural Alberta municipalities

  The 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.

  Economy

  Mar 7, 2023
• 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.

  Politics

  Nov 10, 2022
• Report calls for public takeover of old Alberta oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  The 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.

  Environment

  Jun 29, 2021
• Security payment burden for Alberta oilsands companies eased

  Companies, if they so choose, will have their 2020 payments assessed on a formula based on their revenue that doesn't consider the overall value of their assets.

  Canada

  May 7, 2021
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• Alberta needs better rules to ensure polluters clean up wells: Orphan Well Association

  A group tasked with cleaning up Alberta's thousands of abandoned energy facilities says the province's rules to make sure polluters clean up their wells before selling them off are inadequate.

  Environment

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Orphan Well Association called in to clean up spill at oil and gas facility

  The Alberta Energy Regulator says the province's Orphan Well Association (OWA) will look after an apparent leak at an oil and gas handling facility owned by Insch Commodity Ltd.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018