Transcript Presentation - Railroad Commission

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Online Information and Completing
Groundwater (GAU) Applications
Norman Gearhart, P.G.
Manager Groundwater Advisory Unit
Groundwater Advisory Unit
Purpose
• Provide recommendations for groundwater to
be protected during oil and gas drilling and
production.
• Evaluate Saltwater Disposal Wells for geologic
isolation from the base of usable-quality water
and injection below the underground source of
drinking water.
• Hydrogeological evaluation concerning
groundwater contamination.
Protected Aquifers
For oil and gas wells
• Freshwater (less than 1,000 mg/l total dissolved
solids, TDS), and
• Usable-quality water (less than 3,000 mg/l TDS,
waters known to be used, and waters identified by
the Texas Water Development Board for use in
desalination)
For saltwater injection wells in addition to the above
• Underground source of drinking water (less than
10,000 mg/l TDS)
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Contact Information
Milton Rister, Executive Director
512/463-7068
[email protected]
Gil Bujano, Director, Oil & Gas
Division
512/463-4513
[email protected]
Ramon Fernandez, Deputy Director,
Field Operations, Oil & Gas Division
512/463-6827
[email protected]
Norman Gearhart, P.G., Manger
Groundwater Advisory Unit
512/463-2937
[email protected]
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