Oil Well Cleanup

• Observers criticize Alberta energy minister’s oil well cleanup possibilities

  Observers are criticizing Alberta's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells, saying they favour industry and lack input from the public.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 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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• 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
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• Smiths denies NDP claim oil well cleanup pilot linked to leadership campaign

  The Liability Management Incentive Program proposes to give $100 million in royalty breaks to companies that fulfil their legal obligations to restore old oil and gas wells.

  Politics

  Feb 12, 2023
• ‘Government boondoggle’: Opposition mounting for plan to clean up Alberta oil wells

  The 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.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2023
• Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup

  The idea has been widely panned by economists, environmentalists, rural municipalities and analysts within Alberta Energy.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
• Alberta landowners fear repeat of orphan well crisis as renewable energy booms

  Landowners who experienced the first fast wave of renewable energy infrastructure in Alberta are still waiting for the cleanup.

  Economy

  Jan 29, 2023
• Auditor general gives qualified approval to how Alberta spent oil well cleanup money

  Doug 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.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2022
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• Oil and gas well cleanup efforts hampered by labour shortage

  The 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.

  Environment

  Oct 15, 2021
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• Public funds didn’t increase oil well cleanups, study suggests

  Much 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.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2021