Orphan 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
  
• 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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• Saskatchewan-based companies receive first chunk of federal funding for inactive well cleanup

  The work will be spread out across the Lloydminster, Kindersley, Swift Current and Estevan areas.

  Environment

  Jul 16, 2020
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• Oil site cleanup program sees 18,000 applications in 4 days, ‘significantly’ over expectations

  Natural Resource Minister Seamus O'Regan called uptake "significantly higher" than expected.

  Canada

  May 5, 2020
• Alberta landowners and legal experts criticize well cleanup bill

  Landowners and legal experts say Alberta's hastily passed bill to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities harms property rights without addressing why the problem exists in the first place.

  Environment

  Apr 8, 2020
• Tongue-in-cheek Edmonton art exhibit explores orphaned oil wells adoption

  A new exhibition in Edmonton is raising awareness about the issue of orphaned oil and gas wells through a tongue-in-cheek art show.

  Politics

  Jan 5, 2019