Sandridge Energy Reduces Disposal Of Oil, Gas Waste in Oklahoma Quake Area

摘要

A recent agreement between Oklahoma's oil and gas regulator and one of the state's largest energy companies to reduce wastewater disposal in response to increased seismicity heads off potential legal action over the company's lack of compliance with a state order. Under terms of the agreement announced Jan. 20 by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's Oil and Gas Conservation Division (OGCD), Oklahoma City-based Sandridge Energy will remove seven wells from disposal operations and reduce total saltwater disposal volume for the areas of concern by 40 percent, or an estimated 191,000 barrels daily, by April 30. An environmental advocate criticized the action. "What is most troubling about the agreement between Sandridge and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) is that the largest wastewater injector in Oklahoma (Sandridge Energy) can flagrantly ignore the Commission for weeks and then be thanked by OCC for reaching an agreement following their behavior," Oklahoma Sierra Club Director Johnson Bridgwater told Bloomberg BNA by e-mail Jan. 28.