Alberta Energy Regulator stands in the way of orphan well clean up: report

A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., on October 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Report authors Drew Yewchuk, Shaun Fluker and Martin Olszynski say, “It is time for an independent and transparent public inquiry to examine Alberta’s mishandling of the inactive and orphan well problem and to recommend a regime that will effectively meet this challenge." "Without any form of timeline, yearly, quotas or penalties for noncompliance, closure obligations, became a mirage constantly receding into the distance," says the report.

The report authors reserve their most harsh criticism for the agency's relationship with the oil and gas industry.

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