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Poor Reporting of Oil and Gas Decommissioning Costs Creates New Risks for Investors

January 12, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2026. By Chris Bonasia Key oil and gas-producing countries including Canada are doing a poor job of reporting shutdown costs for fossil fuel infrastructure, [Read more]

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Waves of Abandonment: The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells

November 14, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist   By Clayton Aldern, Christopher Collins, and Naveena Sadasivam When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in West Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil [Read more]

Alberta

Supreme Court Redwater decision: cleaning up orphan wells takes precedence over paying creditors

January 31, 2019 Energi Staff

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a 5-2 decision ruling bankrupt oil companies have a responsibility first to clean up their non-working wells.  The decision overturns a 2016 Alberta Appeal Court judgement [Read more]

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Trump Sought Canadian Submission, Not Just a Trade Deal

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]

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