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Waste Mangement Subsidiary Opens Injection Facility for Oilfield Waste in Texas

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.

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