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Orphan wells in Alberta Canada refer to oil or gas well sites that have been permanently taken out of production that does not have any party legally or financially responsible to deal with decommissioning and reclamation obligations. By February 2018, there were 1,800 orphan wells that had been licensed by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with combined liabilities of over $110 million. Oil and gas industry companies have asset retirement obligations (ARO), a legal obligation associated with the retirement of its operations. According to the National Observer, by January 2019, there were about "80,000 inactive wells around Alberta".

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  • Orphan wells in Alberta Canada refer to oil or gas well sites that have been permanently taken out of production that does not have any party legally or financially responsible to deal with decommissioning and reclamation obligations. By February 2018, there were 1,800 orphan wells that had been licensed by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with combined liabilities of over $110 million. Oil and gas industry companies have asset retirement obligations (ARO), a legal obligation associated with the retirement of its operations. According to the National Observer, by January 2019, there were about "80,000 inactive wells around Alberta". According to a 2018 collaborative investigation by journalists from major media outlets and universities, entitled The Price of Oil, the clean-up cost for "oil sands mining operations facilities" is about $130 billion. The Orphan Wells Associated reported that in Alberta as of May 1, 2020, there were "2963 orphan wells for abandonment, 297 orphan facilities for decommissioning, 3781 orphan pipeline segments for abandonment, 3116 orphan sites for reclamation, and 939 orphan reclaimed sites." (en)
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  • Orphan wells in Alberta Canada refer to oil or gas well sites that have been permanently taken out of production that does not have any party legally or financially responsible to deal with decommissioning and reclamation obligations. By February 2018, there were 1,800 orphan wells that had been licensed by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) with combined liabilities of over $110 million. Oil and gas industry companies have asset retirement obligations (ARO), a legal obligation associated with the retirement of its operations. According to the National Observer, by January 2019, there were about "80,000 inactive wells around Alberta". (en)
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  • Orphan wells in Alberta, Canada (en)
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