Oil Well Cleanup
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Alberta premier addresses possibility of $130M refund of unspent oilwell cleanup fundsDanielle Smith said Saturday that only $870 million of $1 billion in federal funding was spent by the province on oil well cleanup.EnvironmentMar 25, 2023
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Alberta premier addresses rural municipalities’ concerns over back taxes, oil well cleanupPremier 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.PoliticsMar 22, 2023
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Smiths denies NDP claim oil well cleanup pilot linked to leadership campaignThe 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.PoliticsFeb 12, 2023
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‘Government boondoggle’: Opposition mounting for plan to clean up Alberta oil wellsThe 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.CanadaFeb 9, 2023
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Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanupThe idea has been widely panned by economists, environmentalists, rural municipalities and analysts within Alberta Energy.CanadaFeb 8, 2023
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Alberta landowners fear repeat of orphan well crisis as renewable energy boomsLandowners who experienced the first fast wave of renewable energy infrastructure in Alberta are still waiting for the cleanup.EconomyJan 29, 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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