Oil & Gas Wastewater Spills in the Piceance Basin Top 700k Gallons in 2019
Listen / About twice a week, oil and gas operators in Colorado’s Piceance Basin file “Form 19” also called a Spill/Release Report with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC). Nine times out of 10, the spilled substance is a form of hazardous waste byproduct called produced water. KDNK’s Lucas Turner has more on this waste water and its impact in the Piceance Basin in 2019. For Oil & Gas industry advocates on Colorado’s Western Slope, its well known that business just ain't what it used to be. BRIAN GALLAGHER: "Just the entire oil and gas economy in t...
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