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Senate minerals panel approves bill allowing produced‑water reservoirs beyond lease units
Summary
The Senate Minerals Committee approved Senate File 15 to let the Oil and Gas Commission permit produced‑water reservoirs outside a lease unit or communitized area; the bill keeps surface‑owner permission and retains a ‘‘noncommercial’’ limit for single‑operator use.
At a meeting of the Senate Minerals Committee, legislators unanimously approved Senate File 15 to allow the state Oil and Gas Commission to permit produced‑water reservoirs outside the limits of a lease unit or communitized area.
The bill strikes language in Wyoming Statute 30‑5‑104 that limited commission permitting for certain pits and reservoirs to a lease unit or communitized area, a change supporters said would let operators centralize produced‑water storage and reuse water for drilling and completion operations.
Tom Kropatch, state oil and gas supervisor for the Oil and Gas Commission, told the committee the change would not alter permitting,…
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