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Injection of waste water is a big issue, in a bad way..

DEC. 19, 2022
To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater
Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquake
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/19/texas-permian-basin-fracking-oil-wastewater-recycling/

In West Texas, Water Is Scarce For Fracking, Expensive For Recycling, Cheap For Disposal Wells, And It Causes M5 Earthquakes.
Jan 26, 2023,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianpalmer/2023/01/26/in-west-texas-water-is-scarce-for-fracking-expensive-for-recycling-cheap-for-disposal-wells-and-it-causes-m5-earthquakes/?sh=3b8f530b2c85

I had an article where it showed most of those brine properties where the mineral right are owned by many different people.

They spend years calling mineral right owners where half the people hang up on them. These oil brines are a big pain in the ass.

Arkansas brine leases
https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=414839

One Man One Man’s Trash Is His Community ash Is His Community’s Treasure: Ownership and e: Ownership and
Uses of Produced Brine
https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=onej

Compass minerals now has to go through a new permit process.

Compass Minerals to halt Great Salt Lake lithium project, at least for now
The company’s plans have come under intense scrutiny from Utah regulators and officials,
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/11/09/compass-minerals-halt-great-salt/

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Nearly half of Colorado’s 52,000 wells produce little or no oil. Who’ll pay to plug them?
Aug 22, 2021
https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/22/colorado-orphan-wells-cost-to-plug/

Looks like they are cleaning them up. Maybe check lithium content in waste water???

Chevron targets Colorado’s abandoned wells for cleanup
November 14, 2022
https://www.okenergytoday.com/2022/11/chevron-targets-colorados-abandoned-wells-for-cleanup/

it ends where it begins for wells
1 min read | april 20, 2023
the life cycle of a well

Chevron plans for the full life cycle of our wells, retiring them with the same emphasis on safety and the environment as when they were operational.

It’s up to Eliason and her team—as well as several other teams within Chevron—to properly restore the land surrounding decommissioned wells. By the time they’re through removing equipment and restoring the landscape, the land is prepared for its next chapter.

https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2023/q2/it-ends-where-it-begins-for-wells

Unlocking a lower carbon future in Colorado

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