What is
slurry fracture
injection?
Slurry Fracture Injection is the process of combining solid waste including, TENORM, NORM, and other E&P waste streams with produced water to make a slurry that is then injected into a suitable geological formation through hydraulic fracturing process.
Slurry Fracture Advantages
- Future Liability Mitigated
- Reduces Waste Management Costs
- TENORM Disposed Deep within the Earth's Strata
The
Process
- Reduce solid material to an acceptable particle size.
- Combine solids with other liquid wastes or make up fluid, to form an injectable slurry.
- The slurry is then pumped into a preselected formation at a rate and pressure that exceeds fracture initiation pressure of that geologic interval.
Advantages of
Slurry Fracture Injection
- SFI is an emerging disruptive technology that prevents long term liability of storing waste in landfill cells at the surface.
- Slurry Fracture Technology has been utilized successfully to store the most challenging wastes since 1980.
- Slurry Fracture Injection has the ability to safely dispose of waste for the long term when executed properly.
- SFI disposes of Waste at approximately 7,500 feet within the Earth's strata.
