https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/a-limbo-situation-b-c-landowners-owed-more-than-half-a-million-dollars-after-oil-and-gas-company-goes-bankrupt/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:31:27 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17344 Three dozen landowners in the Peace region are left with orphan oil and gas wells on their properties from bankrupt Calgary-based Ranch Energy — a problem that could worsen as more companies become insolvent due to the economic fallout from novel coronavirus COVID-19 Sarah Cox In-Depth B.C. Oil and Gas Commission coronavirus fracking LNG orphan wells B.C. oil and gas infrastructure Garth Lenz https://thenarwhal.ca/ten-per-cent-of-northeast-b-c-oil-and-gas-wells-leak-more-than-double-the-reported-rate-in-alberta-new-study/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:29:42 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17146 A survey of the province's database shows wellbores releasing 14,000 cubic metres of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — every single day amid weak regulations and inconsistent monitoring Romain Chesnaux Opinion B.C. Oil and Gas Commission climate change fracking Gas well Farmington B.C. https://thenarwhal.ca/a-massive-liability-b-c-s-orphan-fracking-wells-set-to-double-this-year/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:16:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17099 Since 2016 the number of orphaned wells increased by a staggering 770 per cent. Now, as the tally grows, the province is left with contaminated sites, a leaking wastewater pond and an escalating cleanup bill estimated to be in the hundreds of millions Sarah Cox News B.C. Oil and Gas Commission fracking orphan wells Oil and Gas Development. Farmington Area. 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. https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-government-suppressed-details-about-potentially-dangerous-unregulated-fracking-dams/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:48:21 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/03/30/b-c-government-suppressed-details-about-potentially-dangerous-unregulated-fracking-dams/ Ben Parfitt Investigation B.C. Oil and Gas Commission Ben Parfitt fracking fracking dams In-Depth unlicensed dams unregulated dams