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injection wells

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

Fluids traveled 12 miles underground before reaching an abandoned oil well and shooting to the surface. It’s the first scientific proof of a phenomenon local landowners have long warned was occurring.

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune

 Brandon Horton, a driver for Allied Eagle Transports, monitors the transfer of a load of salt water, a byproduct of fracking, to a disposal site south of Midland, Texas, on June 25. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune
An injection well pumps oilfield wastewater into the ground in Coyle, Oklahoma. Credit: J Pat Carter/Getty Images

Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste

By Kiley Bense
A tugboat tows a semi-submersible drilling platform into the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas, Texas. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Texas Opens More Coastal Waters for Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

By Dylan Baddour
Storage tanks for wastewater and crude oil in Midland, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply

By Martha Pskowski
An injection well in Western Pennsylvania. Credit: FracTracker.org

Answers About Old Gas Sites Repurposed as Injection Wells for Fracking’s Toxic Wastewater May Never Be Fully Unearthed

By Jake Bolster
Fracking protestors

Ohio Injection Wells Suspended Over ‘Imminent Danger’ to Drinking Water

By Dani Kington, Athens County Independent
A natural gas compressor station sits on a hillside in Penn Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

New Pennsylvania Legislation Aims to Classify ‘Produced Water’ From Fracking as Hazardous Waste

By Jake Bolster
Two 18-wheel tractor trailers carry fresh water to natural gas wells being fracked in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale. After injection into the wells at high pressure, wastewater returns to the surface and is either recycled and used to frack other wells, stored above ground, or injected in storage wells below ground. The wastewater typically contains numerous toxic chemicals used in the fracking process as well as natural contaminants, such as arsenic, radium and salts. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

A Pennsylvania Community Wins a Reprieve on Toxic Fracking Wastewater

By Jon Hurdle

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