Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are developing a new way to clean fracking wastewater for reuse. The post Engineers use membrane distillation technology to recycle fracking wastewater appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) partially dismissed a challenge brought by Philly-area State Senator Katie Muth. She seeks to… Continue reading The post PA EHB Dismisses Senator’s Request to Block Dimock Wastewater Plant first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Muth Dismissed, Her Legal Counsel Sanctioned! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Katie Muth, the State Senator from Southeast PA who wants to speak for Dimock, lost out at the Environmental Hearing Board and her attorney was sanctioned. Back in March of this year, I wrote a lengthy post suggesting why no one
Read More...Eureka Resources LLC, an environmental services company that operates water treatment facilities in the Marcellus Shale region, has entered phase II construction of its warehousing and distribution facility in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, according to NorthcentralPA.com. “This high-tech job creation project will allow Eureka Resources to continue to return fresh water to the hydrological cycle, from
Read More...A new attack against the Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania comes from fossil fuel haters attempting to dispute permits reissued for existing (NOT new) shale wastewater storage and recycling facilities scattered across the state. Antis seek to shut down pipelines, rail shipments, recycling facilities, injection wells–anything they can to stop to prevent drillers from extracting
Read More...Zenith Energy, based in Houston, TX and Metuchen, NJ, announced yesterday it has purchased the bulk terminal storage operations of Guttman Energy in three locations: Aurora, Ohio, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, and Star City, West Virginia. Zenith says the reason for buying the terminals is to support customers in the Marcellus/Utica. What, exactly, is Zenith selling to
Read More...Every now and again we happen across information we think is kind of cool–things that others miss. This is one of those times. In many areas of shale drilling in Pennsylvania the drillers recycle 100% (or near 100%) of shale wastewater, both flowback (from fracking) and brine (naturally-occurring water from the depths comes out long
Read More...Like 99% of Hail Mary passes, the effort by environmental radicals in southwestern PA to block a forthcoming shale wastewater injection well has failed. As we told you last week, a group of antis, in a desperate final attempt to block an injection well in Plum (Allegheny County), PA, threw a Hail Mary pass by
Read More...Anti-fossil fuel zealots sent a letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf two days ago asking him to use dictatorial powers to overturn a permit issued by the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) that allows a wastewater injection well to be built in Penn Township. The radical group ProtectPT (funded by Heinz Endowments and Google’s former
Read More...We have some super-exciting news to share–what we believe is an MDN exclusive. DeepRock Disposal Solutions has secured all of the necessary permits and authorizations it needs (over 30!), including authorization from the U.S. Coast Guard, to begin transporting shale (produced) wastewater via barge on the Ohio River. DeepRock will begin its barge service in
Read More...Nuverra Environmental Solutions (formerly Heckmann) is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling (drill cuttings). The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. Yesterday Nuverra announced its board of directors has approved the adoption of a
Read More...The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) over the weekend published a final (revised) version of its Waste General Permit which governs how wastewater from shale fracking and produced water can be processed and reused for more drilling and fracking.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Injection well process (click for larger version) Last year Bobcat Energy Resources finished work on a Class II wastewater injection well in Coitsville Township, near Youngstown, OH, and began operating the well (see New Mahoning Injection Well Online Soon; OEPA Issues Violation). Bobcat has filed an application with the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR)
Read More...Washington County, OH Officials with the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) are investigating a claim that shale wastewater pumped into an injection well in Washington County, OH is migrating and coming out of producing conventional natural gas wells some five miles away. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded Eureka Resources, LLC a patent for its approach to cleansing and recycling wastewater from oil and gas operations, according to Pennsylvania Business Report. Eureka’s proprietary technology can remove hundreds of types of impurities from oil and gas wastewater, isolate recyclable minerals and generate clean water so
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