Oilfield Restoration Commission
December mineral lease sale brings approximately $2.3 million
The state Mineral and Energy Board on Wednesday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
Oilfield Restoration Commission reports on latest projects and figures
Members of the state’s Oilfield Site Restoration Commission received fiscal year-end reports last Thursday, on projects in six parishes where orphaned wells have been closed through the Oilfield Site Restoration Program (OSRP). The commission meets quarterly in Baton Rouge at the La. Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Conservation.
Oilfield Site Restoration Commission staff reports on progress
The state Oilfield Site Restoration Commission met Thursday to hear the latest report from staff about the progress the program is making in cleaning up orphaned oilfield sites across the state – including more than two dozen wells plugged and sites cleaned in the last three months.
State Office of Conservation hosting media tour of recovered oilfield sites in St. Landry Parish
As part of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ series of events leading up to Earth Day 2009, the Office of Conservation’s Oilfield Site Restoration Program will host a media tour of two recently completed restoration sites in St. Landry parish on Thursday, April 2nd.
New Law Sets Up Dry Hole Well Program
The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will administer the Dry Hole Credit Well Program authorized by Act 298 of the 2005 Regular Legislative Session, and authored by state Sen. Reggie Dupre of Houma.
OILFIELD WASTE DISPOSAL SITE CLEANED UP
The site of an abandoned commercial oilfield-waste disposal facility near the community of Cankton in St. Landry Parish was transformed in 2003 to a vast stretch of freshly turned earth. This large-scale cleanup, implemented over a four-year period, came about because of the efforts of committed citizens, two major oil and gas exploration and production companies, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
STATE’S CONSERVATION OFFICE REPORTS ON OILFIELD SITES
The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has aggressively pursued oilfield site restoration since 1994. Several years ago as Act 404 was established by the legislature, both state government and the oil and gas industry moved into fast-gear to evaluate and identify orphaned or abandoned oilfield sites in Louisiana. It was determined then, that the oil and gas industry’s role would be to provide funding for restoration of such sites.
State's Oilfield Waste Testing Program Takes Effect
The state Department of Natural Resources's Office of Conservation announced today that major amendments to the state's oilfield waste storage, treatment and disposal rules are now in effect.
DNR RELEASES OILFIELD WASTE REPORT
Commissioner of Conservation Philip N. Asprodites today released a study and final report by LSU scientists, characterizing the state’s oilfield exploration and production (E&P) waste for both heavy metals and volatile organic constituents. The report entitled, “TCLP Characterization of Exploration and Production Wastes in Louisiana” was submitted to Department of Natural Resources and Office of Conservation officials to complete Phase 1 of evaluating E&P wastes.
ABANDONED OILFIELD SITE NEAR LSU NOW UNDER CLEANUP AND RESTORATION BY DNR
Orphaned and abandoned oilfield sites across the state are getting attention and being restored under the state’s Oilfield Site Restoration Program, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials revealed today in Baton Rouge. An orphaned oilfield site drilled in 1948, and located just south of LSU’s campus was visited this morning by news media, local and state officials, environmentalists, and others close to the project.