I have not heard of any talk about recycling waste water into potable water instead of disposing it down salt water disposal wells, but I said I would post the question, just in case I'm missing something.
Has anyone heard of any talk about recycling waste water following fracking?
research the casper Trib. there was a article about this approx a month ago..as a company was building/expanding on this type of service..
ReplyDeleteif i remeber correctly it was to be used for more oil work. fraccing/injecting after the water was cleaned.. not neccassarily for potable water use.
Potable I would dought.Some areas in gas reservoirs they are cleaning it up and using it again.I think the cost to purify it enough to use it again in the Bakken would be cost prohibitive. Remember if the NFC wins the superbowl the markets perform better for the year.
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Overview
Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) was created to buy and build companies in the water sector. On January 30, 2010, we completed our 50-mile water disposal pipeline in the Haynesville Shale which can treat and dispose up to 100,000 barrels of water per day. The new pipeline and our network of disposal wells are operated as wholly-owned subsidiary, Heckmann Water Resources Corporation. The completion of the pipeline makes us one of the largest handlers of produced water in North America. On February 9, 2010, we announced our joint venture with Energy Transfer (NYSE: ETP) to provide turnkey water infrastructure, gathering and treatment solutions for complicated water flows in the Marcellus and Haynesville oil and natural gas fields. In October of 2008, we acquired China Water & Drinks, Inc., and now operate seven bottled water facilities in China with Coca Cola as our largest customer. We also make strategic minority interest investments, such as our recent investment in water infrastructure solutions and pipeline supplier Underground Solutions, Inc. (OTC: UGSI). We have a strong balance sheet and seek additional acquisition opportunities as we build a worldwide enterprise. As of June 30, 2010, we had $235 million dollars in invested cash and cash equivalents. We intend to make additional investments and acquisitions as we find attractive long-term opportunities for our stockholders.
Very, very interesting. Thank you. American ingenuity (and investment opportunities) never cease to amaze me. Amazing what I've learned at this site. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
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ReplyDeleteMy friend has an ecosphere there great but there expensive and the require replacing annually. I have here of services used in the oil sectors been able to do this but it rarely done cause of the cost.
ReplyDeleteThank you. All I can say is this: time will tell whether any of this pans out. The cost seems to be the common denominator as the problem.
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