In Texas, Waste Management has fully opened the new Reeves County Solids and Liquids Injection Facility, designed for the safe disposal of oilfield wastes.
An in-direct subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), Waste Management Energy Services of Texas, LLC, explained that the Permian Basin, where the facaility is located, contains more than half of US oil rigs.
The plant is located on a 230-acre site in Balmorhea, Texas. As an injection disposal operation, it is said to require substantially less surface footprint than a more traditional landfill. The operation currently has 15 employees.