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Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. promised to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a special deal with B.C.’s energy regulator. Internal emails show the company failed to meet its targets.

Zak Vescera

7 Jul 2025 5 min read

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B.C.'s energy regulator says Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. broke a deal it struck to gradually clean up its inactive pipelines throughout the province. (CNRL)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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