by Ellie Cabell | November 30, 2020 | Location, O & G Produced Wastewater, Water
New Mexico is now requiring oil and gas operators to report a bit of information regarding water use. Companies will have to report how much water is used to complete a well. Between two and eight million gallons of water is used to frack a well. The New Mexico Bureau...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 23, 2020 | O & G Produced Wastewater, Water
The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Unanimously Adopts New Rules. COGCC announced today it has completed the rulemaking hearings addressing Mission Change, Alternative Location Analysis, Cumulative Impacts, and Compensatory Mitigation for Wildlife, as...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 20, 2020 | Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Press
NOVEMBER 23, 2020, GOLDEN, CO – NASA’S Kennedy Space Center today licensed its new patented Ammonia Recovery System to Colorado-based IX Water Treatment, a division of IX Power Clean Water for commercial development. “We are looking forward to bringing this amazing...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 19, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Wastewater
What’s holding parched California back from treating and reusing its produced water (wastewater) from oil & gas drilling? The Bakersfield Californian reported recently that it’s money. John Cox reports that “treating oilfield produced water can be expensive, not...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 17, 2020 | O & G Produced Wastewater, Wastewater, Water
Beautiful, aren’t they? They are the blossoms of almond trees! Almonds are native to Iran and surrounding countries. The U.S. grows them mainly in California. Tasty and nutritious, almond trees require a LOT of water, which is in short supply in CA. But CA does...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 12, 2020 | Drinking Water, Industrial Wastewater, O & G Produced Wastewater, Wastewater
State regulators approved an energy company’s request to inject millions of gallons of oil and gas wastewater into a freshwater aquifer in central Wyoming!!! Whaaaaat? O&G wastewater (aka produced water) has heavy metals, organic hydrocarbons, chemicals, salt and...
