ReallyCanadianFlyJan 1, 2025

Written from the US perspective, but Alberta companies use the exact same playbook with the same orphaned wells and no cleanup plan. It's another example of just how heavily subsidized oil and gas is.

#oilandgascompanies #subsidies #environmentalcleanup #weakgovernments #lackofregulations #lackofresponsibility #Regulations

How Oil Companies Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-orphan-wells-cleanup-playbook-siana-tom-ragsdale?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

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