Orphan Well Association

• Panel upholds Alberta regulator’s orders against embattled energy company

  An order issued in March 2023 called for AlphaBow to demonstrate reasonable care and measures at its sites.

  Canada

  Feb 29
  
• Alberta energy company fights regulator over seizure of thousands of wells

  AlphaBow is pushing back over the Alberta Energy Regulator transferring control of more than 6,000 wells, pipeline segments and other facilities to the Orphan Well Association.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
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• Regulator yanks thousands of wells from troubled Calgary oil company, transfers for cleanup

  AER has transferred thousands of wells held by a troubled Calgary company to the group that's responsible for cleaning up poorly maintained or abandoned sites.

  Environment

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite energy industry boom, say rural Alberta municipalities

  The Rural Municipalities of Alberta said energy companies now owe towns and villages in which they operate a total of $268 million — up 261 per cent since 2018.

  Economy

  Mar 7, 2023
• Alberta court asked to step in as SanLing Energy warns it intends to stop operating by April 30

  The 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.

  Environment

  Apr 21, 2021
• Alberta Energy Regulator orders takeover of Mojek Resources’ wells, pipelines, facilities

  The 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,

  Environment

  Mar 17, 2021
• Alberta officials warned oilpatch faced ‘landslide’ of failures. Then coronavirus struck

  The provincial regulator warned in April that some companies were walking away from contaminated sites without properly shutting down.

  Investigations

  Dec 16, 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
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• Alberta needs better rules to ensure polluters clean up wells: Orphan Well Association

  A 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.

  Environment

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Bankrupt energy companies can’t abandon old oil wells, Supreme Court rules

  The 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.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2019