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To: thackney

What do you do with the waste water from a well producing say 10 bpd ?

I assume you must collect it somehow and have it taken away?


8 posted on 09/09/2015 5:52:29 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

Typically after separating from the oil/gas, the producer pays to have it hauled and pays to have it injected into deep levels , well below drinking water.

This water will have a significant salt content, and is injected into a brine water reservoir.

Sometimes, in a larger field, it can be injected on the edges of an older producing oil field and the fluid flow helps sweep more oil to the producing well.


13 posted on 09/09/2015 5:58:54 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: woodbutcher1963

“What do you do with the waste water from a well producing say 10 bpd ?

I assume you must collect it somehow and have it taken away?

Yes, it goes into tanks on the lease, then is periodically hauled away, to be disposed underground in salt water disposal wells. a few places have their own disposal system.


26 posted on 09/09/2015 6:46:11 AM PDT by bestintxas (every time a RINO loses, a founding father gets his wings.)
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