Orphan Wells: A Cautionary Tale For Oil Producing States

Canadian Oil Driller Abruptly Shuts Down, Abandons 4,700 Wells

By Irina Slav - May 02, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT

A junior Canadian gas E&P company has shut down abruptly, leaving as many as 4,700 wells behind, CBC reports, quoting the Alberta Energy Regulator, which said it had sent Trident Exploration Corp. an order to manage its wells, to which the company did not respond.

Trident closed two days ago and announced it would not be returning any money to shareholders or holders of unsecured bonds, adding it had well abandonment and reclamation liabilities of US$244.78 million (C$329 million) to deal with.

According to the Alberta Energy Regulator, these 4,700 wells add to more than 3,000 abandoned wells in Canada’s oil heartland that are currently awaiting remediation. The regulator also said it had been working with the company to smooth its exit from the industry and had ordered it to decommission the wells or transfer them to another company. Trident failed to comply with the order, the AER said.

"Trident does not have the funds to operate its infrastructure or enter into creditor protection. As a result, they have decided to walk away, leaving more than 4,400 licensed sites, many of them active, without an operator," the watchdog told CBC.

Data from the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are some 170,000 abandoned wells in the province, most of these sealed and taken out of service or reclaimed. The number represents more than a third of the total well count in Alberta, with the watchdog noting in its overview on the topic that even their abandonment, the wells remain the responsibility of the company that owns them.

Two years ago, think tank C. D. Howe warned Alberta was facing a well cleanup and reclamation bill of US$5.95 billion (C$8 billion) and needed to change the way it made companies take financial charge of the abandonment and reclamation of their wells. Since then, this figure has grown.

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Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 2, 2019 at 14:25

Recall this:

Bill Text: LA SB377 | 2018 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Bill Title: Establishes procedures for review of future utility of well sites that have been inactive for more than ten years. (8/1/18) (RE INCREASE SD EX See Note)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-11 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment. [SB377 Detail]
Permalink Reply by CV on May 18, 2019 at 7:38

Looks like some sort of mandatory insurance regulation will come to the table.

Permalink Reply by CV on May 18, 2019 at 8:10

Looks like Hilcorp transferring or offloading leases (debts) to alternates who then take them into bankruptcy. 
http://hdlegisuite.brgov.com/attachments/2017/Falcon%20V%20LLC%20-%...

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 19, 2019 at 5:15

Considering Hilcorp"s track record, no amount of insurance is enough. They have the longest list of enforcement actions that I have seen in eleven years of digging through the database.

Organization Red Flags

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06/24/2008 06/27/2008 F FINE-CIVIL PENALTY HAS BEEN ISSUED
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Permalink Reply by CV on May 19, 2019 at 14:03

   Received bankruptcy papers on our micro$copic lease past Friday.  Just curious Skip, if you don't mind; what's typical from here, does court sell lease to pay creditors or what?  Iran's puff and China tariffs don't seem to matter here at all.  Regards, CV

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 19, 2019 at 14:12

CV, that's above my paygrade.  Only an experienced O&G law firm could give you an opinion regarding bankruptcy.  I don't think any of the politics you mention impact largely depleted reserves represented by these wells.

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 19, 2019 at 15:09

I suggest those members interested in the subject view this investigation report video.  From what I know this is a typical industry response to questions concerning their obligation for orphaned wells.

https://www.fox8live.com/story/36750057/zurik-orphan-wells-and-the-...

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 20, 2019 at 3:49

The "industry" knows that these operators will pull this when the time comes.  Jay, as far as you know, do original operators that are major or mid-major companies, or whatever size cutoff you find appropriate, place any abandonment conditions in the sales contract when they assign the wells?

Permalink Reply by Skip Peel - Mineral Consultant on May 20, 2019 at 4:03

So, if this was a practice required by law, the predecessor operators, who control the escrowed funds, would step in and P&A these wells when the last operator refuses to do so?

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