3 Ways Oil & Gas Is Reducing Water Use

Conoco Phillips says that water-management improvements led to cost of supply reductions by about $8 a barrel in some areas. How are they doing it?

• using brackish water or effluent instead of fresh water,
• using pipelines and various treatment systems to more efficiently move & clean water
• reusing the vast quantities of water that flow through their operations.​

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