Mixtures of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping them into thin channels between semipermeable membranes, paving the way to cheaper and cleaner ways to deal with industrial waste.

The agency wants to make it easier to treat and reuse wastewater at drilling sites. Research is advancing, but some skeptics abound. Oil and gas companies are running out of options for disposing of ...

In New Mexico—one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the country—researchers are trying to grow hemp, sunflowers and trees with purified fracking wastewater. For now, using such “produced ...

Attorneys for the city of Midland, the oil capital of Texas, made an unusual request to regulators this year: Could they please be allowed to challenge drilling permits? Midland isn’t contesting ...

WES is accelerating growth through the $1.5B acquisition of Aris Water Solutions, expanding its water business and customer base in the Delaware Basin. Organic growth continues with the sanctioning of ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for the ICN newsletter here. PECOS, ...

SEATTLE — On the 30th of January, the crew at Ballard Oil sold the last 9,572 gallons of the company’s diesel to a 100-foot Alaska-bound trawler, switched off the pumps and officially shut down one of ...

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