Thank you, Mr. Chair. The well owner is responsible for anything that goes wrong with any sort of work on a well, well suspension, or well abandonment, and that continues beyond any period of time in which the proof of financial responsibility is held. If a well owner is proven at fault after the proof of financial responsibility is returned, if there is a problem with a well 10, 15, 20 years down the road, then that well owner is liable for cleaning up that well and for any damages associated with it, and there is no limit to that liability.
Dr. Mceachern on Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Clause 6, Defeated
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Committee Motion 168-18(3): Bill 37: An Act to Amend the Oil and Gas Operations Act - Clause 6, Defeated
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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