Roywell Services, a company that services oil wells in six locations in Texas dumped "xylene acid and other chemicals down a manhole cover on its property. The manhole connects to the Odessa city sewer." Well, you just have to listen to the news … [Read more...]
Radioactive oilfield waste dumped illegally.
It's not hard to understand why oilfield workers might illegally dump waste. Oilfield workers are told by their employers that the waste and chemicals used are harmless and that's what they want to believe. These workers work long hours at hard … [Read more...]
If illegal dumping is legitimate your body has ways to try to shut that whole pollution thing down
In Texas you can get caught "red-handed" intentionally--as in not at all an accident--and illegally dumping drilling waste into our waterways and get off Scott free. This is not the first time Denton has been dumped on. In this case, an Eagleridge … [Read more...]
Texas Railroad Commission ignores Illegal dumping in Robertson County
A local citizen sent me a newspaper clipping about water dumping in Robertson County aka Booger County with this comment. The RRC seems to be protecting the oil company, as usual. So the constable catches a subcontractor of Anadarko Drilling … [Read more...]
Caught on video! Illegal dumping of drilling waste
This is in Arkansas. The polluters, at first, claimed it was molasses. Later they claimed they had never heard of Donna, the woman who took the video which is bizarre and scary because they knew she was taking the video.Molasses dumping in … [Read more...]
Drilling waste dumped illegally in Freestone County
I blogged about the woman in Freestone County who chained herself to a tree trying to keep XTO from further damaging her land and releasing H2S gas.Now drilling waste has been dumped illegally on her land. LINK to article (thanks to David, reader … [Read more...]
EPA: RAM Energy Resources, Inc. Ordered to Stop Discharging drilling waste into Long Creek
EPA Orders RAM Energy Resources, Inc. to Stop Discharging (Dallas, Texas – June 28, 2010) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to RAM Energy Resources, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for … [Read more...]
Denton Creek foam from Barnett Shale waste
Back in February, I posted that I was getting reports about illegal dumping of produced water in the Denton Creek Watershed.Today I received this message and photo:This right at the intersection on the side of the road where Gilbow dumped the … [Read more...]
Dumping Barnett Shale waste illegally
Some call them mudfarms and some call them landfarms. Either way, they stink.Railroad commission investigating 'mud farm'By BRIAN PORTERjoshuastar@thestargroup.comThe state railroad commission has been called in to investigate an illegal dump by a … [Read more...]
Illegal dumping of Barnett Shale drilling waste in Wise County
I received another email from a Wise County resident who saw a waste water hauler parked on the side of the road dumping his load. This time they got the license number. … [Read more...]
NOTICE: Stop dumping Barnett Shale drilling waste illegally
WE AREWATCHINGWe saw you on the corner of CR 2513 and CR 2514 with a hose hooked up illegally dumping drilling waste.I've even seen the damage done by illegal dumping.We're banding together and we WILL be watching you! … [Read more...]