RE: RE: RE: Waste Disposal Norman Wells has a water flood project which increases the oil recovery rates. I believe that they are also re-injecting the associated gas. As for household etc waste, it would be disposed of in Norman Wells similar to what we do in our towns.
Here is how the process works in a producing oil field. You put the produced fluids - oil and water - through a treater and separate the oil from the water and re-inject the water. It is one option for MGM, Husky etc. to truck to Norman Wells if Esso will accept it. This was discussed by Husky in their presentation.
I am interested to hear what Geodude says, but I don't see water disposal as such a big deal. You hear about major disposal issues in the Eastern US. This is because it is gas not oil. With gas it is a big expense, not so with oil. It is a profit centre. With shale oil there is a huge incentive to develop water disposal facilities because it increase oil recoveries. If you believe Crescent Point and Petrobakken it dramatically increase recovery rates. In addition, Petrobakken says that gas injection can increase recovery rates to 15%. So the water and associated gas problem becomes a big money maker.
Sourcing water for fracturing may be an issue. Here is how the oil industry is dealing with sourcing and disposing water in NE B.C. Check out page 11. Pretty innovative.
https://www.muskwa-kechika.com/pdf/shalegas-nebc_2012.pdf