America's biggest oil field is turning into a pressure cooker
Shale drillers have turned the biggest oil field in the U.S. into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
Producers in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico extract roughly half of the U.S.’s crude. They also produce copious amounts of toxic, salty water, which they pump back into the ground. Now, some of the reservoirs that collect the fluids are overflowing—and the producers keep injecting more.
It is creating a huge mess.
A buildup in pressure across the region is propelling wastewater up ancient wellbores, birthing geysers that can cost millions of dollars to clean up. Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs. Communities friendly to oil and gas are growing worried about injection.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/america-s-biggest-oil-field-is-turning-into-a-pressure-cooker/ar-AA1T34Y1
They made their money. WTF do they care?
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