Commercial and centralized drilling-fluid disposal (CCDD) sites receive a portion of spent drilling fluids for disposal from oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) operations. Many older and some abandoned sites may have operated under less stringent regulations than are currently enforced. This study provides a census, compilation, and summary of information on active, inactive, and abandoned CCDD sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, intended as a basis for supporting State-funded assessment and remediation of abandoned sites. Closure of abandoned CCDD sites is within the jurisdiction of State regulatory agencies. Sources of data used in this study on abandoned CCDD sites mainly are permit files at State regulatory agencies. Active and inactive sites were included because data on abandoned sites are sparse. Onsite reserve pits at individual wells for disposal of spent drilling fluid are not part of this study. Of 287 CCDD sites in the four States for which we compiled data, 34 had been abandoned whereas 54 were active and 199 were inactive as of January 2002. Most were disposal-pit facilities; five percent were land treatment facilities. A typical disposal-pit facility has fewer than 3 disposal pits or cells, which have a median size of approximately …

Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

Semi-monthly newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2002.

Weekly newspaper from Tulsa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Tulsa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Interview with Jess Williams, a pilot at the inception of the US Air Force. He answers questions about his life prior to joining the service and describes his missions while he was in the Air Force.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene on the Lake of the Arbuckles.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene on the Lake of the Arbuckles.

Photograph of a scene at the Gene Autry Museum.

Photograph of a scene in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.

Photograph of a scene on the Lake of the Arbuckles.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene on Interstate 35, in the Arbuckle Mountains.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.

Photograph of a scene at Turner Falls.

Photograph of a scene at the Gene Autry Museum.

Photograph of a scene on the Lake of the Arbuckles.

Photograph of a scene at Turner Falls.

Photograph of a scene from a Pawnee Bill Wild West Show.