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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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Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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