San Antonio, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- San Antonio-based Petro Waste Environmental LP (PWE) today announced the opening of its newest state-of-the-art non-hazardous oil and gas waste landfill facility in Howard County was September 5.
“We are very excited about the opening of the Howard County landfill, which now gives us two facilities operating in the Permian Basin,” said Petro Waste Founder and CEO George Wommack. “With its opening, we are positioned to better serve oil and gas operators in the Northern Midland Basin efficiently, cost-effectively and in an environmentally responsible manner.”
The 144-acre Howard County landfill will accept oil-based mud, water-based mud, oil-based drill cuttings, water-based drill cuttings, contaminated soil, and RCRA-exempt non-hazardous exploration and production (E&P) waste. The facility will provide washouts and other ancillary services, and is located between Stanton and Big Spring on the north side of the frontage road of Interstate 20 at exit 165. The Howard County landfill will be PWE’s second facility in the Permian Basin. The first facility, which opened April 3, is located in Reeves County at Orla, where Highway 285 and FM 62 intersect, and provides the same services as the Howard County facility. Petro Waste also holds permits to construct and operate similar facilities in Pecos, Reagan and DeWitt County to service future activity in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale.
Oil and gas exploration and production creates various forms of waste that must be processed and disposed of according to strict regulations set by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In recent years, technological advancements have helped E&P companies extract hydrocarbons from the earth more efficiently, but have increased the volume of non-hazardous solid wastes and high-solids-content waste fluids. However, the lack of infrastructure in the Permian and Eagle Ford plays capable of efficiently processing and disposing of these waste streams made it necessary to truck large quantities of the wastes over long distances.
Wommack founded Petro Waste Environmental LP in 2012 to address this infrastructure shortage. Since then, PWE has been constructing state-of-the-art, RRC-permitted waste-processing and disposal facilities strategically located throughout the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale. High standards of safety and compliance are Petro Waste’s top priority. The company works with the best engineering firms to create state-of-the-art facilities using world-class technology, including high-tech automation and monitoring systems that supplement the functions of onsite personnel.
Petro Waste has enjoyed tremendous success, despite declining oil prices over the past few years. The company is well capitalized, being backed by experienced energy investors, enabling it to excel in a depressed market. This solid financial base has afforded PWE the flexibility to maintain long-term growth priorities and focus on providing the best solutions to fulfill their customers’ needs.
The oil and gas waste-processing industry has progressed significantly in recent years, and Petro Waste is aligning itself to meet the new challenges. Looking ahead, Wommack expects more stringent regulation due to increasing public interest in the use and disposal of E&P waste. This will lead to an even higher level of engineering standards in facility design and the construction of more institutional-quality facilities, as environmental stewardship becomes more a focus in the industry.
“Petro Waste Environmental is building its facilities and training its personnel with that future in mind,” said Wommack. “Using innovative, forward-thinking operations, we are reducing environmental impacts of the oil and gas industry today, and those benefits will only multiply as the company expands operations to other plays throughout the United States.”
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ABOUT PETRO WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL LP
Petro Waste Environmental LP is building one of the largest networks of oilfield waste-processing and disposal facilities in the United States, strategically locating facilities throughout the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford plays. The company provides all forms of non-hazardous E&P waste-processing and disposal. Petro Waste is continually adding new facilities to ensure its customers have access to waste disposal facilities that meet federal and state guidelines as close as possible to their drilling sites. Its goal is to be no more than 30 miles from any E&P activity within its operating basins.
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