Tag: wells

EPA Issues Class VI Wells Permits in Texas

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Oct 21, 2024 Construction

Updated: Oct 21, 2024

On September 4, 2024, the EPA announced it issued draft Class VI permits to Oxy Low Carbon Ventures LLC for three proposed wells to be dug for the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Ector County, Texas. These are the first draft permits the EPA has issued in Texas for Class VI wells under […]

Zero Pretreatment Effluent Limits for O&G Fracking

By Clare Condon Jul 5, 2016 Energy

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

A U.S. district judge in Wyoming has “set aside” the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule imposing environmentally protective requirements on hydraulically fractured oil and gas (O&G) wells on federal and Indian lands.