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The Orphan Well Association has been monitoring three different oil wells in Alberta, including one on the northwestern edge of Turner Valley, Alta. (File) Work crews preparing to work on an old Alberta oil well to clean up an issue that was discovered after the equipment was originally decommissioned 25 years ago. The Orphan Well Association (OWA), which has been managing the Katana Resources British Dominion Well #3 since 1997, is scheduled to begin work in a few weeks at the site located on the northwestern edge of Turner Valley. The well was shut down in 1996, OWA says, but trace amounts of methane were found at the site after that work was completed. While it was expected to send crews to the site earlier this year, it chose to delay operations until now. RELATED STORIES "The decommissioning activities will now take place between Nov. 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023," the OWA said on its website . "Two factors contributed to this decision. The first is that the OWA wants to minimize disruption to the site. Delaying until the ground is frozen will result in the least impact to the field." The OWA also says it lacked an […]
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