On April 17, 2020, the federal government announced $1.7 billion
in funding to clean up oil and gas sites in Alberta, British
Columbia, and Saskatchewan. The goal of the federal funding was to
create immediate jobs in the three provinces while helping
companies avoid bankruptcy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All three provinces were quick to announce programs in the hopes
of creating jobs and getting people back to work. This article
provides an update on the programs in each province.
Alberta
Alberta received $1.2 billion, the bulk of the federal funding.
On April 24, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced its
“Site Rehabilitation Program,” which provides up to $1
billion in grants to oil field service contractors to perform well,
pipeline, and oil and gas site closure and reclamation work.
