B.C. finally has rules to enforce clean up of oil and gas wells. But will they be enough to protect taxpayers?
Energy minister Bruce Ralston is confident his government’s new timelines and penalties will address the...
Alberta picked up $8 million tab for land rent left unpaid by oil and gas companies in 2019
Data obtained via a freedom of information request shows taxpayers are footing the bill for...
‘An environmental stain’: B.C. announces plan to clean up 2,000 oil and gas wells
Federal COVID-19 relief funds will aid in the clean up of dormant and orphan oil...
Alberta delays $65 million in oil and gas company payments for orphan well cleanup
The Orphan Well Association has received $535 million in government loans in recent years, raising...
B.C. suspends $11 million in oil and gas company payments for orphan well clean-up due to coronavirus
The province is granting companies reprieve from contributions to a financially strapped orphan well reclamation...
‘A limbo situation’: B.C. landowners owed more than half a million dollars after oil and gas company goes bankrupt
Three dozen landowners in the Peace region are left with orphan oil and gas wells...
Alberta loans industry-funded association $100 million to ‘increase the pace’ of orphan well cleanup
As oil and gas companies are increasingly unable or unwilling to properly close down and...
‘A massive liability’: B.C.’s orphan fracking wells set to double this year
Since 2016 the number of orphaned wells increased by a staggering 770 per cent. Now,...
15-minute approvals: Alberta plans to automate licences for new oil and gas drilling
Lobbying records obtained by The Narwhal show that as Alberta’s new government pledges a ‘rapid...
