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Transcript of Produced Water | Keynote lunch - John Tintera
Produced Water: Boiling Down The IssuesSebree & Tintera, LLC.1611 West Ave, Austin, Texas 78701Suite 300
John Tintera P.G. #[email protected]
Conundrum: A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma
How do you determine the Cost vs. Benefit ...
When the Perception and Facts are in dispute?
Perception vs Fact
Let’s look at the Perception, or Conventional Wisdom of the main
three groups regarding PW:
Public Industry Regulators
God Bless America
Texas
Texas Production 400,000,000 BO per year 8 TCF Gas per year 450,000 existing wellbores Over 1,000,000 wells drilled since early
1900’s. 20,000 directional wells hydrofractured No “proven” groundwater
contamination from hydrofracturing
PW: The Issues & Arguments
Science – Legal - Policy
Hydrologic Cycle/Climate Change Infrastructure Seismic Risk Sinkholes and subsidence Cleanup/Toxicity Eminent Domain State vs. Federal vs. Local Authority RCRA and the Regulatory Framework Surface Estate vs. Mineral Ownership Over -regulation vs. Under- regulation Politics
Hydrologic CyclePerception: once fresh water is converted to frac fluid, flowed back as produced water, and disposed of, it is gone forever.
Climate Changeperception : produced water is a by-product of dirty energy
Infrastructure; Roads & Haulers (perception: PW is poorly managed)
Seismic
Sinkholes and Subsidenceperception: removing fluids like produced water from under the ground causes subsidence, pumping fluids back underground causes sinkholes
Cleanup: How Toxic is Produced Water & Who Pays?
Eminent Domain: politicians and regulators can’t ignore this...
Federal vs. State vs. Local Authority
“Can’t we all just get along?”
RCRA & and the Regulatory Framework
The Holy Grail
Surface Estate vs. Mineral OwnershipHard boiled issue #1, serious disconnect between groups. This is a global concern.
Over -regulation vs. Under- regulation:Hard boiled issue #2, “to kill or not to kill, that is the question”
Politics & Polarization:Hard boiled issue #3, A World-wide phenomenon that can not be solved solely by science.
1 + 2 = 3 If you don’t solve #1 (surface vs. mineral, or
“who benefits?”), And you can’t solve #2 (the “over-under” of
good regulation), You get problem #3 (political problems that
require a political solution).
Produced Water: Boiling Down The IssuesSebree & Tintera, LLC.1611 West Ave, Austin, Texas 78701Suite 300
John Tintera P.G. #[email protected]
