Texas Agency Warns Toxic Shale Drilling Wastewater Threatens Top Oil Fields
The Texas General Land Office warns that wastewater injection wells risk contaminating oil reserves and highlights that five barrels of wastewater are produced per barrel of oil in the Permian Basin.
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Texas Warns Wastewater Injection Threatens Key Permian Oil Reserves
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has formally objected to a plan by Pilot Water Solutions LLC to drill three new saltwater disposal wells in the Permian Basin, warning the project could contaminate state-owned crude reserves in North America’s top oil field, according to the Dallas Morning News. Founded in 1836, the GLO manages 13 million acres of state land and generates billions of dollars for Texas public schools through oil and gas leasin…
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