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Waste Disposal

[glacierman]

For those of you that don't toggle between the IFR and MGX boards,  Geodude has posted some interesting facts from 2004.   I didn't realize that Husky and others have been long-hauling waste to Alberta for the last 8 years or more.    I'm flabbergasted that the industy has made  zero progress on the "made-in-the-NWT" solution that Henry Sykes keeps talking about.    I sure hope Geodude is right in his timelines for finding a disposal site that ALL parties can agree on.

[OilEng]

I am not sure it makes sense to have a waste disposal site right now.  There really is not very much waste as there is no production.  The primary waste from oil wells is produced water and fracturing fluid.  There is also camp waste.  The normal way of disposing of water is to drill a water disposal well, install tanks and pumps.  There would have to be a road to it as

[glacierman]

One more follow-up question Oileng.     I'm sure glad you're semi-retired and able to make yourself available!!!! Please forgive my ignorance but what is happening to the existing waste at Norman Wells?  I'm assuming that conventional fields would produce waste of some kind. 

[OilEng]

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

[geodude13]

First of all I'm very pleased with the share price today.  We could only hope to have another day like today, tomorrow. Cheer to alls. The waste discussion is a downer; but OilEng asked for my thoughts so these comments are provided without prejudice: Produced water for the 2013 drilling program won't be a problem for the current program and I agree with OilEng that in the near term

[OilEng]

Thank you Geodude for the update on Waste Disposal.  Very comprehensive. Waterflood has been successully used in shale oil to improve recoveries.  As a result, the simpliest solution  may be to re-inject the produced water into the Canol rather than another formation.  Maintaining the pressure helps force out the oil  As you have zone integrity will be important. I