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An abandoned oil well awaiting removal. Critics say the number of orphaned and abandoned wells is growing faster than resources to clean them up. (Orphan Well Association) The provincial and federal governments have announced the next round of project funding to kick start a nearly year-old program to clean up Alberta’s abandoned and orphaned oil and gas sites. But some of the money will be used to pay back oil and gas companies for work that was done two years ago. The $400-million funding commitment announced Friday is part of Ottawa’s $1.7 billion reclamation and remediation plan , which was announced last year for old oil and gas sites in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Alberta was promised $1 billion of that and has since created what it calls the Site Rehabilitation Program. Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced Friday that $300 million will be given to oil and gas producers for work that has already been completed, some of it last year — and some dating back to 2019, before the program was even announced. Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says that while she is pleased with the rollout, improvements were made after her department put together an advisory committee […]
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