Municipalities Criticize Alberta Well Report

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'So many concerns': RMA says new report on abandoned wells does not address concerns raised

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Government-commissioned report on what to do about the long-standing issue of inactive oil and gas wells released on Thursday .

Rural Municipalities of Alberta says the report does nothing to address concerns it has brought to the table.

Rural Alberta accounts for 88 per cent of inactive wells, with nearly 70,000 of the 80,000 total.

There are nearly 275,000 well bores and unreclaimed surface locations, which carry more than $1 billion annually in estimated fixed costs.

Feds rebuff Alberta 's request to reallocate pandemic-era well cleanup funds.

Alberta won’t use public money to clean up abandoned wells: energy minister.

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