April 30

Two companies in Oklahoma are facing administrative orders to stop polluting nearby waterways with oil field brine, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA said unauthorized oil field brine and wastewater discharges were found at oil fields operated by the Territory Resources company of Stillwater, Okla., and the Garry Davis Oil company of Tonkawa, Okla.

Brine and wastewater discharges from Territory Resources´ facilities in Noble County and Kay County were discharging into the Birds Nest Creek, while the Kay County facility operated by the Garry Davis Oil company was found to be discharging pollutants into the Chikaskia River.

Both companies were given 30 days to provide certification that the polluting discharges had ceased and the brine and contaminated soils had been removed.

For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/region6.

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporter Amanda Smith-Teutsch at 330-865-6166 or asmith-teutsch@crain.com

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