Tervita to Build Water Treatment Plant in Carroll
HOUSTON -- Tervita Corp. says its will build a water treatment facility in Carroll County to treat the produced and tophole drilling water Chesapeake Energy uses in its Utica shale production in Ohio.
The environmental and energy services company announced the contract award Thursday, noting that it will enable Chesapeake to “efficiently continue its Aqua Renew program by recycling water used in its drilling operations.
“This is a great opportunity for us to partner with one of the major players in the Utica by recycling and reusing a resource as vital as water,” said Phil Vogel, president, Tervita U.S., in a prepared statement.
Tervita U.S., an operating subsidiary, will provide Chesapeake Energy with a water treatment facility in Carroll County, with an option for mobile water treatment technology. Using its hybrid water recycling technology, Vogel explained, Tervita can remove hydrocarbons and suspended solids from produced water, top-hole drilling water and well pad rain water. Tervita also can provide hardness removal, well site sludge and ponds treatment, if necessary, he said. And Tervita can also deploy its proprietary mobile processing system to treat flowback and produced water by removing unwanted suspended solids, so water can be reused, he said.
“Chesapeake Energy is pleased to select Tervita as our Utica water treatment vendor,” said Tim Dugan, Chesapeake Energy district manager, Utica. “Tervita’s treatment process will provide clean water and decrease our process costs which will increase our efficiency with reusing water.”
In April 2011, Tervita said it would purchase the Youngstown & Southern Railroad, owned by the Columbiana County Port Authority, to haul water, sand and other materials used in hydraulic fracturing.
Following a full environmental review, the company decided against the purchase. Tervita explained it was concerned over environmental hazards undiscovered at the time it announced its intent to the 36-mile short line that runs from Youngstown to Darlington, Pa.
Tervita’s corporate headquarters is based in Calgary, Canada. The company employs 4,000 and operates 95 waste management facilities as well as a fleet of specialized equipment.
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