We could spend a lot of time debating numbers, but let\u0027s assume it’s in the \u0027public interest\u0027 to figure out how this messy legacy isn’t inherited by next…
Everyone knows that Alberta has thousands of no-longer-active wells, facilities and pipelines that need attention. I wanted to know more and came up with one man: Jim Reid, a retired rig hand in Edmonton who knows precisely what’s required to not only drill and operate wells, but to motivate industry to abandon infrastructure and reclaim sites.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
This guy knows exactly what’s at stake in an oilfield. The 67-day blowout of Amoco’s Lodgepole sour gas well happened under his watch as regulator, and he and other ERCB staff stationed nearby at Drayton Valley had to act decisively that entire time, to save lives. Forty years on, Jim’s voice still quivers recounting the crisis.“There are shut-in wells and there are orphan wells, and not a lot of people understand the difference between them,” Jim explains.
Recognizing we could spend a lot of time debating numbers, Jim and I agree to just assume it’s in the “public interest” to figure out how this messy legacy isn’t inherited by next generations. Jim has kids and grandkids living in the province, as do I, and that fact gives us skin in this game. What solvent company wouldn’t like being rewarded for compliance with their legal obligations? Dollars spent to clean up well sites translate to credits the companies can use against future well royalty obligations. No government money is required to grease the wheels, proponents pitch; the only hit would be to Albertans’ royalty revenues.
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