Produced Water
What Is Produced Water, and Why Can't It Just Be Released?
Where the water comes up from, what is dissolved in it, and the specific reasons it cannot be put on the ground or into a creek.
Taber Water Disposal
Oilfield Water Disposal Guides
Every guide we have published on produced water, disposal and injection wells, oilfield waste handling and the Alberta regulatory framework that governs them.
This library is written for people who work around produced water rather than for a general audience: field operators, lease hands, small producers, landowners with a well on their quarter, and anyone trying to understand what happens to the water that comes up a wellbore alongside the oil. The guides are long because the subject rewards detail, and because most of what is online about it is either a vendor brochure or a regulatory document written for specialists.
If you are new to the subject, start with what produced water actually is, which covers where the volume comes from and why it cannot simply be discharged. From there, disposal wells explains where most of it ends up, and the Alberta regulatory guide covers the requirements that govern the whole chain.
Produced Water
Produced Water Volumes and What Disposal Actually Costs
Water-oil ratios over a well's life, how disposal pricing is actually structured, and the point at which water handling ends a well's economic life.
Produced Water
Produced Water Treatment: What Is Actually Used in the Field
Separation, skimming, flotation, filtration and chemical treatment: what gets installed on real leases, and which technologies get talked about more than they get built.
Disposal Wells
Disposal Well Classes in Alberta, and Why They Matter at the Gate
What the well classes mean, what each may legally receive, and why the class printed on a facility's approval decides whether your load gets taken.
Disposal Wells
Water Injection Versus Disposal: Two Different Jobs
Both push water down a wellbore. One is sweeping oil toward a producer, the other is getting rid of a waste stream, and they are licensed and reported differently.
Disposal Wells
The Alberta Regulatory Framework for Oilfield Water Disposal
Which directives apply to what, how the paperwork chain works from manifest to injection record, and where operators most often come unstuck.
Oilfield Waste
Waste Oil, Filters, Plastics and Glycol: Getting Collection Right
What an approved collector will and will not take, why mixing streams is the expensive mistake, and how to set up a lease so collection is straightforward.
Oilfield Waste
Tank Storage and Secondary Containment on a Lease
Tank types, how containment is sized and built, and the walk-around inspection that catches the problems that turn into reportable releases.
Oilfield Waste
Choosing a Disposal Facility: What to Verify Before the First Load
Approval class, what they will actually accept, turnaround, how rejections are handled, and the documentation you should expect back with every load.