Oil Patch Porn, Starring CNRL, Cenovus (Encana/Ovintiv spawn), Obsidian, Imperial, Sequoia, Long Run, Torxen, AlphaBow, Baytex, West Lake, TAQA, Whitecap, and many other smaller fuckers. Creator: Gov’t; Director: AER/ERCB/EUB; Bank: Albertans.

Instead of regulating derelict companies, AER regulates and violates the rights of harmed Albertans, and lies to the public.

Jay.e.en.en.a.a@JennaACunninham: And we are building an arena for #1?!

To the tune of $1.2B, mostly with public funds, for raping hockey players as Alberta goes up in Flames (pun intended), and to fatten and make richer, owner billionaire polluter earth-water-destroyer Murray Edwards. Albertans are the stupidest voters in Canada … but, you know … Trudeau.

2023: Frac Central Fox Creek Wall of WildFire, photo by Kyle Brittain

A Dave you know you know@NotJustDave:

Hey here’s an idea.

Let’s hold off on the new arena for the Flames until their freeloading owner cleans up his company’s 22,000 inactive wells.

Alberta You See Pee@youseepeeYYC:

The largest shareholder of CNRL is also the owner of the Calgary Flames, the single biggest benefactor of the arena deal, and Danielle Smith’s former boss.

And he’s leaving us with a massive oil well liability.

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12 major holders of inactive wells in Alberta, compiled unofficially by Drew Yewchuk, from AER excel well lists:

Canadian Natural Resources Limited: 21,768 inactive wells

Cenovus Energy Inc.: 5,346 inactive wells

Obsidian Energy Ltd.: 2,299 inactive wells

Imperial Oil Resources Limited: 2,046 inactive wells

Sequoia Resources Corp.: 1,942 inactive wells

Long Run Exploration Ltd.: 1,755 inactive wells

Torxen Energy Ltd.: 1,661 inactive wells

AlphaBow Energy Ltd.: 1,397 inactive wells

Baytex Energy Ltd.: 988 inactive wells

West Lake Energy Ltd.: 1,081 inactive wells

TAQA North Ltd.: 913 inactive wells

Whitecap Resources Inc.: 1,043 inactive wells

Nigel Bankes@NdbYyc1305:

Let me say this.Albertans should be grateful that we have a grad student at UBC (also associated with @ucalgaryclinic) who is posting this sort of information. Because we can’t depend on @BrianJeanAB or @aer_news to do it for us. Huge shout out to @DrewYewchuk #ableg

Refer also to:

2020:

2017: BNN Interviews Alberta Oil Patch Consultant Brent Nimeck on Lexin and AER’s Orphan Wells: “This problem is 30 years in the making. … I would call it a Ponzi Scheme…. This is an orchestrated fraud from multiple angles: Industry, CAPP and the Alberta Energy Regulator have enabled this to happen. … Through our independent analysis and we’ve confirmed this at multiple sources within the energy regulator, the liabilities are over $300 billion. That’s what’s on the hook for Alberta taxpayers right now – $300 billion.”

And how many hundreds of $billions in other species wiped out, land and water contamination liabilities, and damages caused by climate change chaos, past and future?

2007:

Above cartoon is the last page in Justice (retired) Perras’ report on the EUB (now AER) repulsive spying scandal.

Porn director through and through, gets in on the action too.