Water & Wastewater Treatment News For The Petroleum & Refining Industry

  1. From Sludge To Fuel: Researchers Are Getting Ready To Produce Green Oil In Denmark 10/10/2023

    Very soon the first green fuel will be made from the sludge in our wastewater. This is the culmination of many years of research and the first oil is planned for delivery to a refinery in Fredericia early next year.

  2. EPA Settlement With XTO Energy Resolves Safe Drinking Water Act Injection Well Violations In Utah 10/3/2023

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Texas-based XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Exxon-Mobil, resolving alleged violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control program (UIC) at three injection wells within the Uintah & Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah’s Uinta Basin.

  3. RRC Proposes Major Overhaul For Water Protection And Oil & Gas Waste Management Rules 10/2/2023

    For the first time in nearly 40 years, the Railroad Commission’s Statewide Rule 8 will undergo a substantial overhaul to better reflect modern waste management practices and recent advancements in production methods.

  4. De Nora Wins Contract For Major Natural Gas Expansion Project In Persian Gulf 8/31/2023

    De Nora, an Italian multinational company listed on the Euronext Milan, specialized in sustainable electrochemical technologies and in the emerging green hydrogen industry, in partnership with SAIPEM through its subsidiary Servizi Energia Italia S.p.A., has been selected to provide its on-site hypochlorite generation technology for biofouling control at a major offshore gas production compression complex in the Persian Gulf.

  5. Produced Water Spill In Williams County 8/29/2023

    Henry Hill Oil Services, LLC notified state agencies on Monday, Aug. 28, of a produced water release from a pipeline they operate in Williams County, located approximately 26 miles northeast of Williston.

  6. Bechtel And Five Point Energy Bring Desalination Technology To Permian Basin 8/14/2023

    Bechtel Energy Inc. (“Bechtel”) and Five Point Energy LLC (“Five Point”) today announced an agreement that enables Five Point to utilize Bechtel’s proprietary Low Energy Ejector Desalination System (“LEEDS”) technology to provide produced water desalination services to customers across the Permian Basin.

  7. WaterBridge NDB And Devon Energy Form Strategic Delaware Basin Produced Water Partnership 8/9/2023

    WaterBridge NDB LLC (together with its subsidiaries, "WaterBridge NDB"), a portfolio company of Five Point Energy LLC ("Five Point"), announced today the formation of NDB Midstream LLC, a strategic partnership with WPX Energy Permian, LLC ("Devon"), a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN).

  8. Industry Builds Circular Water Economy As It Leans Into Recycling And Reuse 7/21/2023

    XRI, a full-cycle water management and produced water midstream company founded in 2013, began installing its first long-distance buried pipeline infrastructure in 2014. In the years since, the company has seen broad growth within the water management sector, said Vice Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer John Durand.

  9. Volt Lithium Corp. Announces Strategic Collaborations With Nanotechnology Labs To Accelerate North American Lithium Production & Environmentally Conscious Water Management 7/19/2023

    Volt Lithium Corp. (TSX-V: VLT, OTCQB: VLTLF, FSE: I2D) (“Volt” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has secured strategic technology collaborations with two research labs located at the University of Alberta (“U of A”) campus in Edmonton, Alberta (collectively, the “Collaborations”).

  10. Sustainable Projects Group Signs Letter Of Intent With A Leading Midstream Water Management Company 6/22/2023

    Sustainable Projects Group Inc. (OTC US: SPGX) ("Sustainable Projects Group" or the "Company"), a green technology mining company focused on sustainable lithium projects in the United States, today announced the signing of a nonbinding letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") with a leading midstream water management company (together with Sustainable Projects Group, the "JV Parties") to form a joint venture company (the "Joint Venture Company").