Oil Well

• $33B liability estimate called too low, Alberta releases first report on well cleanup

  Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2024
  
• Alberta premier addresses possibility of $130M refund of unspent oilwell cleanup funds

  Danielle Smith said Saturday that only $870 million of $1 billion in federal funding was spent by the province on oil well cleanup.

  Environment

  Mar 25, 2023
  
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• The small Alberta oil company behind Saskatchewan’s latest and largest-ever case of orphaned wells

  Calgary-based Bow River Energy Ltd., which sought bankruptcy protection in late 2020, has 671 orphaned oil and gas sites in the west-central part of the province.

  Investigations

  Jun 28, 2021
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• BP Canada scales back gas and oil exploration plans off Nova Scotia

  The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board says the energy giant is surrendering 50 per cent of the area included in its licence - a consolidation of four offshore parcels roughly 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax.

  Environment

  Jan 15, 2019