Sunday, April 20, 2008

"San Juan's producers unhappy with latest pit rule delays"

Something unexpected for some readers of the article, "San Juan's producers unhappy with latest pit rule delays, " "The issue of reclaiming and reusing produced and "frac" water is drawing attention in Texas. Reporter Mella McEwen, of the Midland Reporter-Telegram, recently covered an announcement by a local oil and gas company, Stan Weiner of Weiner Oil & Gas, that he planned to partner with General Electric to enter into the "emerging market" of reusing the liquid by-product.

The article was an outgrowth of a Barnett Shale symposium held at Midland College in December.


The state of Texas deals with 6 billion barrels of produced water annually. The amount of produced water brought up by New Mexico's oil and gas producers was not immediately available." (
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Is the future of oil and gas producers to become water producers?

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