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Lawmakers rush to stop 'catastrophic-level event' at Texas oil fields
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:07 pm
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There is increasing alarm about West Texas oil fields that continue to produce toxic water leaks.
The latest event was detected in Crane County in early December, when brine water poured out of the earth and over ranchland, Marfa Public Radio reported. The well wasn't plugged until Jan. 29, and the remediation project cost $2.5 million.
The water contained 154,000 chloride parts per million and at times flowed at 330 barrels, or 13,860 gallons, per hour, "creating a marsh-like scene," Mitch Borden reported. It was not always clear where it was coming from.
It took nine days to identify two wells and multiple other sources of the water. The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the oil and gas industry in the Lone Star State, dug and lined 20 containment pits and had vacuum trucks remove the water.
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"[TRC and Bureau of Economic Geology researchers] have what you call a war room to try to figure out what's going on in this area. It has unusual geology and unusual water flows," RRC deputy executive director Danny Sorrells said. "We want to get to the bottom of this and stop it."
Crane County is in the middle of the Permian Basin, which covers 75,000 square miles in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. The county is hundreds of miles from El Paso and San Antonio. Fourteen miles to the north in neighboring Ector County is Odessa, of "Friday Night Lights" fame.
"If we don't stop this now we are going to have complete and utter ecological devastation anywhere we've had historic oil and gas wells," Stogner said.
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Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:10 pm to Street Hawk
Get Gordon about to move to Texas.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:10 pm to Street Hawk
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If we don't stop this now we are going to have complete and utter ecological devastation anywhere we've had historic oil and gas wells," Stogner said.
Doubt it.
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:11 pm to Street Hawk
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154,000 chloride parts per million
15.4% chloride?
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:11 pm to Street Hawk
Sounds like hyperbole with an agenda
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:11 pm to Northshoretiger87
But this board loves oil and gas ACs sucks its dick at every level possible, no this is obviously fake news. Ban ?
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:12 pm to TutHillTiger
So 2 wells leaked brine water. How many wells are in the Permian?
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:20 pm to TutHillTiger
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But this board loves oil and gas ACs sucks its dick at every level possible, no this is obviously fake news. Ban ?
Are you having a stroke?
Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:25 pm to Street Hawk
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Sarah Stogner
This is the one that ran for a seat on the RRC and ran a campaign ad sitting naked on top of a pump jack.
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Posted on 3/30/24 at 10:49 pm to UpToPar
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This is the one that ran for a seat on the RRC and ran a campaign ad sitting naked on top of a pump jack.
Heard she also leaked a ton of brine water too
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:07 pm to boosiebadazz
The smart money has already bet on Oil and Gas destroying the Ogalalla aquifer in the near future and bought up ever water right they can get their hands on. It’s inevitable, and the die has already been cast
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:10 pm to TutHillTiger
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TutHillTiger
Take your medicine and go to sleep. You are a mess tonight
Posted on 3/30/24 at 11:11 pm to Street Hawk
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"creating a marsh-like scene,"
Stock it with redfish amirite?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:34 am to Cosmo
It might be.
But climate change doesn’t have to be real for us to still be called to be good stewards of the land. And we have certainly seen past examples of firms cutting corners for financial reasons. So we should probably withhold judgment on this one until we know more
But climate change doesn’t have to be real for us to still be called to be good stewards of the land. And we have certainly seen past examples of firms cutting corners for financial reasons. So we should probably withhold judgment on this one until we know more
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:54 am to Street Hawk
Hmmmm
Yeah somewhere below the surface somebody’s plug failed. Or they did a shitty job on location of the injection zone.
Yeah somewhere below the surface somebody’s plug failed. Or they did a shitty job on location of the injection zone.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:12 am to Street Hawk
I have never met an environmentalist who does not use some product produced from oil.
They are either extremely ignorant or hypocrites.
Every process has its downfalls. You have to weigh your options and choose the one that makes sense. Do you think that they are paying this much attention to environmental concerns in China?
They are either extremely ignorant or hypocrites.
Every process has its downfalls. You have to weigh your options and choose the one that makes sense. Do you think that they are paying this much attention to environmental concerns in China?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:38 am to Achilles Hill
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I have never met an environmentalist who does not use some product produced from oil.
I have never met an environmentalist that doesn't acknowledge that. That doesn't mean we should let big businesses off the hook for destroying our homes and homelands.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:44 am to Street Hawk
Whoever the operator is of that well gonna have to fork up millions of dollars. Watch it be a small mom and pop operator. They're gonna have to sell the house for it.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:46 am to Jester
I have 30+ years in the energy sector. I assure you we are very careful to not destroy anything. Especially the land and waterways that I live on.
We are also in competition on a global scale. If you place too much pressure on US businesses they will just relocate in another part of the world.
It’s all about balance.
We are also in competition on a global scale. If you place too much pressure on US businesses they will just relocate in another part of the world.
It’s all about balance.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 8:47 am to Oilfieldbiology
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So 2 wells leaked brine water. How many wells are in the Permian?
What a dumb comment. Do you realize how much 330 barrels of water is per hour. Saltwater kills any vegetation it comes in contact with which there's not much out there. But whatever animals eating out there may get screwed.
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