The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 11 things you need to know as Trudeau announces $1.7 billion to clean up ‘festering’ orphan and inactive wells https://thenarwhal.ca/11-things-trudeau-1-7-billion-clean-up-festering-orphan-inactive-wells/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:31:38 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=18075 Federal funding will create jobs during the coronavirus crisis and help clean up environmental liabilities, but puts taxpayers on the hook for costs that were supposed to be paid by the oil and gas industry Sharon J. Riley Explainer abandoned wells Corporate Influence oil and gas orphaned wells well reclamation A Sequoia well site near Ponoka, Alta Rural Alberta coping with $81-million shortfall in oil and gas taxes. How did we get here? https://thenarwhal.ca/rural-alberta-coping-with-81-million-shortfall-in-oil-and-gas-taxes-how-did-we-get-here/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:52:17 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14150 An analysis by The Narwhal found many rural municipalities are deeply reliant on oil and gas payments for their tax revenue — some as much as 96 per cent. A new UCP government proposal to cover for industry is controversial among some rural officials who say they’re forced to cut services while companies are ‘flouting the process’ Sharon J. Riley Investigation Alberta fracking oil and gas orphaned wells Oil and gas industry pumpjack B.C. left holding massive bill for hundreds of orphan gas wells as frack companies go belly-up https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-left-holding-massive-bill-for-hundreds-of-orphan-gas-wells-as-frack-companies-go-belly-up/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:23:42 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10381 On the cusp of a major fracking boom, B.C.’s Oil and Gas Commission is already struggling to keep up with the ballooning cost of cleaning up inactive and, at times, contaminated sites that have grown by 48 per cent in the last two years Sarah Cox In-Depth B.C. Oil and Gas Commission fracking orphaned wells Fracking Farmington B.C. Oil and gas companies owe Albertans $20 million in unpaid land rents https://thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-companies-owe-albertans-20-million-in-unpaid-land-rents/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:53:19 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9942 Payments to landowners made by government on behalf of delinquent companies up 840 per cent since 2010 Sharon J. Riley Investigation abandoned wells Alberta Corporate Influence oil and gas wells orphaned wells Oil and gas wells Alberta Alberta’s Abandoned Wells Quadrupled in Last 12 Months. Who Will Clean Them Up? https://thenarwhal.ca/albertas-abandoned-wells-quadruple-last-12-months-who-will-clean-them/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:14:21 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/04/22/albertas-abandoned-wells-quadruple-last-12-months-who-will-clean-them/ Samantha Power In-Depth abandoned wells Alberta Alberta Surface Rights Group Barry Robinson Brad Herald Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Don Bester Ecojustice Energy In-Depth Orphan Well Association orphaned wells Petroleum Services Association of Canada PSAC Should Taxpayers Be On The Hook For Cleaning Up Saskatchewan’s Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells? https://thenarwhal.ca/should-taxpayers-be-on-hook-cleanup-saskatchewan-abandoned-oil-gas-wells/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 20:52:19 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/02/10/should-taxpayers-be-on-hook-cleanup-saskatchewan-abandoned-oil-gas-wells/ Jimmy Thomson In-Depth Alberta NDP Brad Wall Center Second Government In-Depth Kathy Young orphaned wells Petroleum Services Association of Canada Saskatchewan