The conditions required for the petroleum extraction wastewater blowout described and analyzed in this paper are replicated at vast scale, far beyond the Permian Basin.

Meanwhile only a tiny period of time has passed before inadequate long term durability is already becoming obviously visible. There's every reason to believe the problem will become worse.

An industry that treats our planet like toilet paper.

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