Rawlins, Wyo. – A gathering of Wyoming business leaders and environmental groups officially opened the new 100-acre Red Desert Water Reclamation center today. Focused on treating water from the oil and gas industry, this facility will save water and bring a new level of environmental sustainability to Wyoming’s oil and gas industry.
With the opening of this multi-million dollar plant, Red Desert has the capacity to treat approximately 20,000 barrels of “produced water” from Wyoming oil and gas drilling daily. Produced water is the term used to describe water that is produced in oil and gas drilling operations.
The 24-hour facility is the first in the country to use Clean Runner’s proprietary PetroCleanse processing equipment: a chemical-free, low-cost technology that cleans large quantities of produced water to meet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) regulatory standards. The water, which is generally not reused but currently lost through the controversial use of injection wells or deposited into evaporation ponds, can be cleaned inexpensively and without chemicals for reuse in irrigation or subsequent oil and gas projects.
In addition to the Clean Runner PetroCleanse processing equipment, the new facility features computerized inventory equipment, three holding ponds and a presentation/technical training building.
Located within two hours of multiple oil and gas producing basins, Red Desert has an efficient system for cleaning produced water. When drivers arrive, the water is quickly offloaded, reducing wait and travel times.
“It’s our mission to bring environmentally sensitive and sustainable businesses to life and Red Desert promises to make more water available to Wyoming that would have otherwise been disposed of,” said Richard M. Cyr, senior vice-president of Cate Street Capital, which owns the Red Desert project.
Wyoming’s oil and gas companies will be the first in the industry to make this water reusable in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Red Desert plans to open additional facilities in Wyoming over the next 18 months.
The construction of Red Desert created more than 50 jobs, and the company has created six jobs that will support facility operations. Wyoming companies Uinta Engineering, Alta Construction and Nations Construction helped build the reclamation center.
Red Desert Water Reclamation is owned and operated by Cate Street Capital, Inc., an investment company that specializes in bringing to commercial operation green technologies and environmentally sustainable development projects.
Rawlins, Wyo. – A gathering of Wyoming business leaders and environmental groups officially opened the new 100-acre Red Desert Water Reclamation center today. Focused on treating water from the oil and gas industry, this facility will save water and bring a new level of environmental sustainability to Wyoming’s oil and gas industry.
With the opening of this multi-million dollar plant, Red Desert has the capacity to treat approximately 20,000 barrels of “produced water” from Wyoming oil and gas drilling daily. Produced water is the term used to describe water that is produced in oil and gas drilling operations.
The 24-hour facility is the first in the country to use Clean Runner’s proprietary PetroCleanse processing equipment: a chemical-free, low-cost technology that cleans large quantities of produced water to meet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) regulatory standards. The water, which is generally not reused but currently lost through the controversial use of injection wells or deposited into evaporation ponds, can be cleaned inexpensively and without chemicals for reuse in irrigation or subsequent oil and gas projects.
In addition to the Clean Runner PetroCleanse processing equipment, the new facility features computerized inventory equipment, three holding ponds and a presentation/technical training building.
Located within two hours of multiple oil and gas producing basins, Red Desert has an efficient system for cleaning produced water. When drivers arrive, the water is quickly offloaded, reducing wait and travel times.
“It’s our mission to bring environmentally sensitive and sustainable businesses to life and Red Desert promises to make more water available to Wyoming that would have otherwise been disposed of,” said Richard M. Cyr, senior vice-president of Cate Street Capital, which owns the Red Desert project.
Wyoming’s oil and gas companies will be the first in the industry to make this water reusable in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Red Desert plans to open additional facilities in Wyoming over the next 18 months.
The construction of Red Desert created more than 50 jobs, and the company has created six jobs that will support facility operations. Wyoming companies Uinta Engineering, Alta Construction and Nations Construction helped build the reclamation center.
Red Desert Water Reclamation is owned and operated by Cate Street Capital, Inc., an investment company that specializes in bringing to commercial operation green technologies and environmentally sustainable development projects.
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