https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-left-holding-massive-bill-for-hundreds-of-orphan-gas-wells-as-frack-companies-go-belly-up/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:23:42 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10381 On the cusp of a major fracking boom, B.C.’s Oil and Gas Commission is already struggling to keep up with the ballooning cost of cleaning up inactive and, at times, contaminated sites that have grown by 48 per cent in the last two years Sarah Cox In-Depth B.C. Oil and Gas Commission fracking orphaned wells Fracking Farmington B.C.