Orphan oil and gas wells adopted by rookie Alberta energy company founder

Oil pump jack machinery at an oil field, used for extracting crude oil from underground reservoirs. The equipment is rusty and enclosed by a metal fence, set against a rural landscape with trees and a cloudy sky.

CALGARY — Where some see only a jumble of rusted pipes and black tanks jutting from a weed-infested yard in a prairie grain field, Tyler Visscher sees opportunity. Article content The 31-year-old Red Deer, Alta., electrician is trying to build an oil and gas company the hard way, by scouring the Orphan Well Association’s list […]