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A file photo of an oil well. Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Article content As Saskatchewan’s inactive oil well clean-up program soon comes to a close, producer Scott Owens has certainly taken note of the heavy reclamation activity. Article content The farmer has seen more clean-ups in the last 18 months than the previous 10 years combined in the Maidstone area — a reflection of the $280 million in work that’s already been spent to restore and reclaim thousands of sites. Article content “For a sector that’s struggled here for the last five or six years, it’s really put everyone back to work. And in the short term, it’s good for the local economy,” said Owens, who’s the vice-president with the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. “It’s a positive development.” The reclamation work on Owens’ farm, as well as his neighbours’, is part of a $400 million program funded by the federal government and administered by the Saskatchewan government. Since it was launched in 2020, the province has issued $380 million in contracts, aiming to clean up 8,000 inactive wells by 2023. Article content Of the total dollars, $280 million has been spent to complete 6,119 well […]
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