Accelerated Site Closure Program

Province allocates $200 million for Saskatchewan oil and gas workers

Dec 11, 2020 | 10:36am

The Government of Saskatchewan announced $200 million for the second phase of the province’s Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP). The money will support more than 2,000 full-time equivalent jobs and reclaim up to 8,000 inactive wells and facilities over two years. Phase Two of the program will run from January 2021 to March 2022. The […]

SK gov’t program to reclaim abandoned oil wells is working as planned

Sep 22, 2020 | 11:28am

  A program aimed at undertaking abandonment and reclamation work on inactive wells, facilities and flowlines is working smoothly. A release from the Saskatchewan government on Tuesday says $34 million worth of work packages have been approved on the “Accelerated Site Closure Program” since it was launched in May with the first projects being approved […]

Province approves $12 million in work packages to start on Sask’s well abandonment program

Jul 16, 2020 | 1:31pm

The Saskatchewan government has approved the first parcel of work packages to be completed through the province’s Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP) A total of 22 packages will engage up to 50 service companies and spread out work across the province in the Lloydminster, Kindersley, Swift Current and Estevan areas. The work will include 300 […]