School For Public Policy authors examine what they call a “massive policy failure” in dealing with environmental liability
Academics at the University of Calgary are calling for a public review of the Alberta Energy Regulator, describing it as secretive and too close to industry.
A spokeswoman for the regulator said recent programs funded by industry and government have improved spending on reclamation.Thanks for signing up!The next issue of Calgary Sun Headline News will soon be in your inbox.Alberta has about 230,000 drilled wells that need to be abandoned and reclaimed. Another 90,000 have been abandoned but not reclaimed.The university report concludes that liability is the result of years of regulatory cosiness with industry.
Alberta once had a requirement that all wells inactive for more than 10 years be abandoned, placed back into production or have financial security posted for their abandonment. That program was cancelled in 2000. That requirement has grown to $700 million in 2024, from $422 million in 2022. In 2022, 4,461 sites received reclamation certificates, an increase of a third over the previous year.
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