A company whose oil and gas wastewater injection was linked to earthquakes in Northern Colorado did nothing wrong, according to an investigation by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
The in late May 2014. Another 23, triggering an investigation by the COGCC into whether NGL Water Solutions DJ LLC violated its permit. The company was allowed to three weeks after the second earthquake, but at lower volumes and lower pressures.
The investigation cleared NGL of any wrongdoing, and the COGCC also granted their request to boost the amount of wastewater the company can inject into its well to 12,000 barrels per day.
Steve Lynn has been reporting on the story for . He found that the COGCC decision follows low-level quake activity captured by a state monitoring program.
鈥淭he Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said that NGL and the University of Colorado both continue to have earthquake monitors near this injection well to monitor activity. And the oil commission said that it鈥檚 communicating with both of those entities,鈥� Lynn said.
Hydraulic fracturing uses millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals. After extracting natural gas and oil, the wastewater is routinely pumped into injection wells to dispose of it.
