Orphan Well Association
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Alberta court asked to step in as SanLing Energy warns it intends to stop operating by April 30The Orphan Well Association has applied to have a receiver assume control of the assets of energy producer SanLing Energy, which has warned it will cease operations this month.EnvironmentApr 21, 2021
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Alberta Energy Regulator orders takeover of Mojek Resources’ wells, pipelines, facilitiesThe AER is directing the Orphan Well Association and working interest partners of Mojek Resources to take over its wells and facilities after the company failed to clean up spills,EnvironmentMar 17, 2021
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Alberta officials warned oilpatch faced ‘landslide’ of failures. Then coronavirus struckThe provincial regulator warned in April that some companies were walking away from contaminated sites without properly shutting down.InvestigationsDec 16, 2020
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Alberta landowners and legal experts criticize well cleanup billLandowners 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.EnvironmentApr 8, 2020
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Alberta needs better rules to ensure polluters clean up wells: Orphan Well AssociationA 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.EnvironmentJan 14, 2020
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Bankrupt energy companies can’t abandon old oil wells, Supreme Court rulesThe Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up.CanadaJan 31, 2019
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Orphan Well Association called in to clean up spill at oil and gas facilityThe 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.CanadaApr 3, 2018
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Supreme Court to decide how abandoned oil wells to be handledThe Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from Alberta's energy regulator that seeks to overturn a ruling that could allow bankrupt energy companies to walk away from cleaning up abandoned oil wells.CanadaNov 9, 2017
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Cleanup underway on 2 orphaned sour gas wells near Calgary community just tip of the icebergThere are a startling number of wells that are now orphaned after a Calgary company was forced into receivership.EnvironmentSep 25, 2017
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Alberta aims to speed up orphan well cleanup with $235M loanLegislation has been introduced to allow the province to lend $235 million to the Orphan Well Association.CanadaMay 18, 2017
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