When the Oil Stops
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INTERACTIVE: The hidden cost of abandoned oil and gas wells in AlbertaThere are over 50,000 abandoned well sites in Alberta, no longer in production, that need to be restored and cleaned up according to 2014 numbers provided by Alberta Environment and Parks.CanadaOct 30, 2015
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INFOGRAPHIC: Alberta’s inactive, abandoned oil and gas well problem16x9 calculated there are approximately 22 million metres of inactive well infrastructure buried in Alberta. That’s nearly enough to stretch all the way to the other side of the Earth and back.Oct 29, 2015
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Map: Alberta littered with inactive oil and gas wellsOver 400,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled across Alberta. 16x9 mapped out all the wells using data from the Alberta Energy Regulator.CanadaOct 28, 2015
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When the oil stops: 16×9 takes a closer look at old wells in CanadaThe relationship between landowner and oil company is an old one. But what happens when an oil company goes bankrupt?CanadaOct 27, 2015
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