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[5] [9] AER regulations based on PPP, require energy companies to safely retire their inactive wells following provincial guidelines as a legal asset retirement obligation (ARO). [5] [6] [9] This includes the proper plugging of inactive wells as well as performing remediation to return the site to the condition it was in prior to extraction ...
Alberta Research and Innovation Advisory Committee Advisory Provides strategic advice and recommendations regarding innovation and research. Technology and Innovation: Travel Alberta: Service Delivery Acts as a marketing agency for Alberta's tourism sector and tourism industry companies in domestic, national, and international markets. Tourism ...
Orphan wells in Alberta, Canada are inactive oil or gas well sites that have no solvent owner that can be held legally or financially accountable for the decommissioning and reclamation obligations to ensure public safety and to address environmental liabilities. [15] [16] [17]
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is a quasi-judicial, independent agency regulating the development of energy resources in Alberta. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the AER's mandate under the Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA) is "to provide for the efficient, safe, orderly and environmentally responsible development of energy resources and mineral resources in Alberta.” [1]
Land rehabilitation as a part of environmental remediation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters, etc.) has resulted in its damage.
The process of identifying sustainable remediation is defined by The UK Sustainable remediation Forum [2] as “the practice of demonstrating, in terms of environmental, economic and social indicators, that the benefit of undertaking remediation is greater than its impact, and that the optimum remediation solution is selected through the use of a balanced decision-making process.”
Soil reclamation is also known as soil improvement, rehabilitation, remediation, recuperation, or amelioration. The primary man-made cause of salinization is irrigation . River water or groundwater used in irrigation contains salts, which remain in the soil after the water has evaporated .
By 1948, electrification was a highly charged issue in Alberta as the installation of new electricity lines was slower and more costly in rural areas than in the denser cities. Alberta's governing party, the Social Credit, added a electrification plebiscite to the ballot in the 1948 Alberta general election. The two referendum choices were the ...