Thread by @mark_dorin

#KrisKinnear is said by @DonBraid to be working on flarepit and abandoned well policy in the Premier's Calgary office.

He's unqualified & potentially dangerous - a lobbyist.

Illegal and unsafe use of plunger lifts in oil wells impressed him greatly:
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In an Alberta Enterprise Group video, Danielle Smith interviews Kinnear on the #RStarScam. Kinnear feels small companies are able to do what large companies cannot. He talks about a welder (Tim Reeves) purchasing wells and using plunger lift (17:50)
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Tim Reeves purchased numerous wells in the Olds/Didsbury area for $1.00 each because they were shut in due to high oil gas ratio rules - produced too much oil well solution (natural) gas that needed to be conserved (by pipeline) instead of being flared on site. List below:
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I've been to all of the sites, but have intimate knowledge of site #19 because it is on family lands in the Town of Didsbury. That's how I came to report these matters to the AER - Appendix 18 above is from my twice-filed, twice-discarded application to the AER for relief.
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Reeves blew down his oil wells, lifting plungers & oil liquids, to tanks (to atmosphere) - without burning produced gas as required by law for safety or explosion/asphyxiation mitigation reasons. This was reported on June 11, 1999. Site #19 was subject to a shut in order.
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Only because of luck there were no serious explosions or immediate deaths. However, Reeves' actions may have caused disease that will eventually result in death. My mother and I explain in this short video.
@NathanCooperAB
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Today many including @NathanCooperAB appropriately acknowledged two Edmonton police officers killed on duty. We recognize risks first responders face, but we refuse to recognize risks that landowners, FORCED to host illegal, unsafe oil & gas operations on their land. face.
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Reeves knew better.

The Premier did not know Reeves' background, whose story Kris Kinnear told on video impressed her greatly. She can nevertheless acknowledge that she does not support illegal oil and gas as can the local MLA Nathan Cooper pictured with Kinnear below:
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Kinnear should have known better than to discuss illegal and unsafe oil and gas operations in an #RStar video. I submit that this poor judgment disqualifies him from holding a policy consideration or recommendation job within the Alberta government.
#FireKrisKinnear
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