A plan to clean up Alberta’s abandoned oil wells
A plan to clean up Alberta’s abandoned oil wells

A plan to clean up Alberta’s abandoned oil wells

Maria Nsue

24 min
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A pilot project called the Liability Management Incentive program is attempting to clean up abandoned oil wells by giving oil and gas companies a break on royalties in return for clean up; but not everyone is convinced it will work. For more, host Matt Galloway speaks with Daryl Bennett, the director of the Action Surface Rights Association; and Andrew Leach, an energy and environmental economist at the University of Alberta.

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