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As an example, CNRL recently submitted a list of some of their own inactive wells In BC to receive federal funding for remediation. It was declined as they are legally required to clean up their own mess on their dime. https://www.pipelinenewsnorth.ca/prr...nup-1.24199233 I don’t think I’m being too pessimistic to believe that schmo taxpayers like myself will be the ones footing the bill in the end, and leaving a significantly more damaged environment for my kids. I like the letter in the original post. Once these things are gone, they are gone. |
Some development is relatively benign. Some can be made so and some should never be allowed.
Where the big problems come in is when government sells out to industry which is what has been happening over the past few decades. There are still benign developments and some that are made so but those that should never be allowed are now getting approved. And some industry players are being given a pass on their environmental impact. But I don't blame government entirely. We all hold some responsibility for what is happening. In part because too many vote for the likes of Rachel Notley and Jason Kenny and in part because many buy products they don't really need, and more then they need of others. Many also don't do the research to learn who the bad actors are. So long as we take our direction from the news media, nothing will change. People need to realize that the news media is big business. They are as motivated by profit as is Monsanto or SNC-Lavalin. |
Coal mines are releasing lots of selenium, and there is no way at present to effectively stop it. There is no way to collect all the run off water leaching down off a mountain-side of disturbed land. Selenium affects reproductive outcomes and interferes with muscle performance. There will be consequences.
The Oldman river is home to Species at Risk (Cutthroat and Bull trout). The federal government is required by law to look out for them. https://nationalpost.com/news/coal-m...columbia-mines https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-relea...lake-koocanusa https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa...ampling-effort I wonder if the people in Lethbridge and all the irrigators using Oldman Res water are excited about a future with lots of Selenium coming down the stream |
Attended a Env/ Conf in Red Deer few years back. Kleiken was env minister,did his usual cattle farts speech. Then Imperial oil gave talk on how many $millions it was going to cost to clean up their Leduc oilfield. They solved the problem, sold Leduc field to small oil company that lost their shirt. Problem solved! Alberta tax payers clean up the mess.
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Sounds like CNRL is just trying to be a smart business and leverage Federal Government stimulus money to their benefit. I sure know of a lot of businesses that have done just that and are not oil and gas. CNRL also most assuredly abandoned and reclaims a significant number of wells annually. Quote:
I don't mean to be argumentative all of the time, but I'm not going to sit quiet anymore while misinformation suggests that oil and gas development has left Alberta a mess. The reality is that oil and gas has been an overwhelming blessing to the prosperity of our Province and will continue to be provided we can maintain and establish Provincial and Federal Governments that support investment. The opportunities presented through oil and gas and other resource extraction are not even close to being over, not by a damned sight. |
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I agree, from a business point of view it is smart. From an ethical point of view, however, it’s awful. These companies are paying out big dividends to wealthy investors… and waiting for regular joe blow taxpayers to foot the bill for cleaning up their mess. And meanwhile, the environment takes another hit. I’m not against oil and gas... or resource development in general. I just wish that they would simply clean up after themselves, and do the job right. |
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Honestly, from my experience the biggest nuisance of abandoned legacy pipeline is often inconvenience to the farmers in cultivated fields due to subsidence resulting from historically poor soil handling processes. That's about it. From the well perspective we would agree that more can be done through the GOA and the AER to incentivize abandonment and reclamation, particularly when the commodity is up and revenue is good. A careful balance is needed though as new development helps fund annual reclamation programs. From a forward looking perspective, a cause of this 8 decade issue has already been partially solved. Historically vertical wells required significantly more infrastructure and leases. Technology has advanced directional drilling allowing 4, 8 and beyond wells from a single large lease. This optimization helps ensure we have less infrastructure to reclaim and more revenue associated with a single site to allocate for future abandonment and reclamation. Sorry, just realized we're on quite a tangent from the original thread... |
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