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Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought
13 May 2025 09:11 GMT
… increasing water scarcity, oil and gas companies use billions … oil and gas operations since 2016.
Numerous Texas oil and gas … extraction process for oil or gas.
Inside Climate News … when, she says, recycled ”produced water” from fracking was available. …
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Lawmakers urge water board to reconsider produced water rule
09 May 2025 17:45 GMT
… meeting its recent decisions regarding oil and gas wastewater.
Last month, the … Gas Association and even NMED, which requested the rule change, that produced water … disagrees with the characterization of oil and gas wastewater.
“My biggest concern …
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Texas struggles to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells
09 May 2025 18:11 GMT
… of unplugged orphaned oil and gas wells scattered across … know.
Orphan wells are oil, gas, or injection wells with … oil, gas, drilling fluids, and fracking wastewater, also known as “produced water” … zones that once produced oil or gas — known as perforations. …
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Texas has thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells. Who is responsible for cleaning them up?
08 May 2025 16:14 GMT
… of unplugged orphaned oil and gas wells scattered across … Tribune
Orphan wells are oil, gas, or injection wells with … oil, gas, drilling fluids, and fracking wastewater, also known as “produced water” … zones that once produced oil or gas — known as perforations …
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Dangerous incidents increase as Michigan drills for oil and gas
08 May 2025 15:47 GMT
… storage tank containing "produced water," oil well waste that contains petroleum … through rubble of Westland gas explosionOil and gas producers take safety seriously … , where excess natural gas is burned off. Oil and gas surface facilities are …
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WildEarth Guardians: Oil and gas spills in New Mexico amount to a “deluge”
01 May 2025 18:08 GMT
… spills were of produced water — the wastewater from oil and gas fracking — which can … or toxic chemicals, heavy metals. Produced water also contains unknown chemicals used … , and a byproduct of oil and natural gas production, which contains benzene …
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ReAqua Solutions to place its produced water recycling units on offshore GoM platforms
18 Apr 2025 18:57 GMT
… ;s largest oil companies" to place its produced water recycling units on … is designed to significantly reduce produced water disposal costs.
The technology is …
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New Mexico nears decision on produced water reuse projects amid controversy
14 Apr 2025 23:02 GMT
… of “produced water”, the highly saline wastewater generated during oil and gas extraction. … Environment Department found treated produced water could conserve fresh water … federal initiative aimed at increasing produced water reuse nationwide. Last month, …
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Regulators set to vote on rules allowing pilot projects permits to discharge produced water
11 Apr 2025 00:04 GMT
… discharge permits for produced water — a byproduct of oil and gas extraction. Under the … prohibition on discharge permits for produced water. The commission considered a full … a full ban on produced water discharge permits.
“Produced water is a toxic soup …
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Stopping the deliberate and systemic destruction of the Niger Delta
13 May 2025 11:22 GMT
… because the gas flaring, the oil spills and the discharge of produced water into … today being exploited for oil and gas.
Ororo 1 well at … Oil Mining Lease (OML) 95 … payment of direct reparations by oil companies before their attempts …