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Program is part of $1 billion in funding allocated by the federal government to help provide jobs to Albertans during the pandemic. An oil well pumpjack turns in a field south of Black Diamond. (BRENT CALVER/Western Wheel) Alberta and the federal government are rolling out another round of funding to help clean up inactive oil and gas wells across the province, creating some jobs in the process. The funds are part of a federal program, totalling $1 billion, to clean up the 94,000 orphan wells in Alberta. In total, the program is expected to create nearly 5,300 jobs. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said Friday this round of funding includes $400 million, $100 million of which will go toward First Nations and Métis Settlements, while the remaining $300 million will go to oil and gas producers who paid for closure work in 2019 or 2020. First Nations will receive $85 million while Métis Settlements will get $15 million. "We are both supportive of responsible resource development, which of course necessitates stringent environmental cleanup, and the reclamation of oil and gas sites," Savage said. Federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan Jr. said the oil industry has been hit by a […]
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