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well sites certified cleaned up — from space

Oil and gas companies certify well sites as cleaned up — from space

Imperial Oil was the first to receive reclamation certificates based on remote sensing technologies and algorithms in 2021.

Report ‘buried’ by Alberta government reveals ‘mounting evidence’ that oil and gas wells aren’t reclaimed in the long run
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Report ‘buried’ by Alberta government reveals ‘mounting evidence’ that oil and gas wells aren’t reclaimed in the long run

A previously unreleased report shows a soon-to-be-scrapped government division raised red flags about the province's failing system for wellsite cleanup.

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