Update on Action Plans for the Historic Well and Open House Notification
Update on Action Plans for the Historic Well and Open House Notification - May 29, 2025
Background
The Orphan Well Association (OWA) has been directed by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to address concerns with a leaking historic gas well located in the 4500 block between 45th and 46th Avenue within the Town of Bonnyville. The well was drilled by the now defunct licensee Trican Petro-Chemical Corporation in 1954. As the company has not been in existence since the 1960’s, the AER designated the well as an “orphan” and directed the OWA to decommission the well. The OWA wants to ensure nearby residents and other stakeholders are informed of our ongoing safety efforts, and the pending repair and decommissioning plans for the well.
In June 2024, the well, which was previously decommissioned to the standard of the day, was found to be leaking minor volumes of sweet natural gas (mostly methane). In response, the wellbore was located and excavated, and a monitoring and mitigation program was implemented to regularly check gas levels in the vicinity of the wellbore.
For a complete copy and update of the newsletter, please select the following link: Trican Bonnyville Newsletter - May 29, 2025
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2025 Prime Contractor Surface Decommissioning RFI - Questionnaire - General Assessment
***NOW CLOSED***
The OWA is conducting an RFI to identify potential prime contractors capable of planning, managing, and executing large-scale surface decommissioning programs that include pipeline abandonment, equipment and facility decommissioning, and wellhead cut and capping operations.
Successful applicants will be experienced, knowledgeable, and responsible contractors able to execute Surface Decommissioning work on behalf of the OWA in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The contractor shall have an exemplary safety record and possess the expertise, capability, and capacity to manage work sites as prime contractor and representative of the OWA.
Submissions to the RFI are due by Friday, December 13, 2024, 11:59 p.m. MT(Mountain Time).
Questions or inquiries relating to this RFI can be sent to supplychain@orphanwell.ca
2025 Prime Contractor Environmental RFI - Questionnaire - General Assessment
***NOW CLOSED***
The OWA is searching for experienced, knowledgeable, and responsible prime contractors to execute environmental work on behalf of the OWA in the Province of Alberta, Canada.
The prime contractors shall have an exemplary safety record, expertise, capability, and the capacity to perform assigned work for the OWA.
RFI Questionnaire -General Assessment, is designed as a stage gate process to pre-qualify proponents to advance to the Technical RFI #2 Questionnaire..
Submissions to the RFI are due by Monday, December 2, 2024, 11:59 p.m. MT(Mountain Time).
Questions or inquiries relating to this RFI can be sent to supplychain@orphanwell.ca
