For clarity, “abandoned” is not the same as “orphaned”. Abandoned wells have a thorough engineered multilayer subsurface plug with no remaining surface installation. They have negligible risk with no reasonable or necessary further mitigation required. Whereas orphaned are left in operable condition but with no current owner, maintenance, or monitoring. Orphaned wells are a very real risk.
Yeah -- I should have stuck with "orphaned" because we seem to use the terms specifically but the American side got tricky because they seem to interchange them and I don't quite understand why. https://oerb.com/well-cleanup/
For clarity, “abandoned” is not the same as “orphaned”. Abandoned wells have a thorough engineered multilayer subsurface plug with no remaining surface installation. They have negligible risk with no reasonable or necessary further mitigation required. Whereas orphaned are left in operable condition but with no current owner, maintenance, or monitoring. Orphaned wells are a very real risk.
Yeah -- I should have stuck with "orphaned" because we seem to use the terms specifically but the American side got tricky because they seem to interchange them and I don't quite understand why. https://oerb.com/well-cleanup/
But I updated that part to include “orphaned” anyway :) thank you!
According to the Constitution, provincial (and federal) elections happen when one of three things happen:
1) Government loses a confidence motion
2) Premier asks the Lt. Governor to call an election
3) Its been five years since the previous election.
Fixed election laws that don't amend the Constitution are a polite little fiction.