3 thoughts on “Capping Orphan Oil/Gas Wells a Mammoth Challenge”


  1. So they never put any effort or money or planning into capping their old wells.

    How completely…. unsurprising.


    1. They’ve been too busy drilling new ones to worry about the old ones. Read recently that Kern County CA plans to drill 40,000 (that is NOT a typo) new gas and oil wells by 2030. We are losing this war.

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