Drill Cuttings Recycling Facility Breaks Ground in Eagle Ford
Drill Cuttings Recycling Facility Breaks Ground in Eagle Ford
Polk Operating Leads Effort to Protect Roads, Community
BOWIE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Polk Operating, LLC, ("Polk") an oilfield waste management company headquartered in North Texas, announced today it broke ground on its permitted Polk Karnes R3 Facility in Karnes County, Texas. This commercial stationary recycling facility in the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale Play will remediate oil-based drilling fluid and cuttings into a road base for commercial use, with no waste material. This will be Polk's second oilfield waste recycling location, as the company currently operates a similar facility in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
Polk said that its 200-acre site will also include a full-service saltwater disposal facility that received its permit in January from the Railroad Commission of Texas. Once completed, the Polk Karnes R3 Facility will provide remediation and beneficial reuse of oil-based cuttings, saltwater handling and injection, as well as the recycling of produced and frac flowback water prior to injection utilizing Polk's patent-pending Hydro-Cat™ technology. The facility will be in an optimal position to service and reduce the carbon footprint of more than 140 rigs in Karnes and surrounding counties, reducing the need to haul oil-based drill cuttings roughly 100 miles south or east for disposal.
"Vertical integration is becoming more common in the industry, in regards to waste hauling and saltwater disposal," said Polk Managing Member Mickey Polk. "What differentiates Polk is its ability to cost-effectively dispose of and recycle oil-based drilling fluid and cuttings, frac sand, tank bottoms and contaminated soil," he added.
Polk explained that the state-of-the-art facility will further the company's business model of providing proven, environmentally friendly oilfield waste management solutions to the company's customers in major shale plays. The company has a successful track record of recycling drill cuttings into a road base utilizing a proprietary method that Polk has developed and refined in Oklahoma since 2010.
The Polk Karnes R3 Facility is expected to be open in the second quarter of this year.
About Polk Operating, LLC
Founded in 2005, Polk Operating, LLC ("Polk") is an oilfield waste management company with operations in North Texas, Southern Oklahoma and expanding into the Eagle Ford Shale. Polk's core services of oilfield waste recycling, saltwater disposal and waste hauling have a specific focus in managing all waste products generated from the drilling and production of hydrocarbons. With an experienced management team, combined with strategically located facilities, Polk's goal is to be the best practices leader for major energy clients in the delivery of turnkey, environmentally friendly, oilfield waste recycling and disposal solutions.
Polk Operating, LLC
Christopher Saenz, 281-435-6382
csaenz@polkoperating.com
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