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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Right, and I don't know how the Orphan well program is run, but to me it would have made sense for the funds to go to them, they choose which wells get cleaned up, and hire it out to the service companies. None of the companies currently operating functional wells should have gotten anything.
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The OWA is not a government department nor do they have any regulatory approval. They don't provide input or make decisions on which wells get cleaned up across the spectrum unless the wells are specifically turned over to the OWA. The also received $200M as part of that federal spending. Wells becoming the responsibility of the OWA is the last thing that we want to happen, not because they are bad at what they do but because that indicates issues with the regulatory system.