Relax, Mother Nature’s Got This

If the number of conferences and money spent on technology research is an indication, then stopping climate change is a priority. Some shrug it off; some are impassioned about it. But we don’t have to give more grants or fund more technology. We only have to let Mother Nature do what Mother Nature knows how to do – she’s pretty smart actually.

A major task for climate change researchers is how to get rid of the carbon in the air. They tell us that too many cars and other carbon emitting objects and systems, have put too much of Carbon into the air. 

But relax, Mother Nature’s got this.

You see if you were to grow more vegetation and trees, then those living things do what they inherently do: They give off Oxygen (which is handy for us humans) and they absorb Carbon. They pull the carbon into the plant and then lock it away in the root system and surrounding soil. They get rid of Carbon for us.

What’s our job? We only have to grow more things. And conveniently (don’t you love it when a plan comes together?), just where you have lots of arid land that can’t grow things, you have billions of gallons of water nearby. And one of Mother Nature’s principles is that if you add water to dirt, you can start growing things. And getting Carbon out of our air.

Mother Nature has this covered. Using Conservation By-Design, we can take this oilfield by-product water, clean it up, and apply to the arid land and start growing things, creating carbon cleaners. 

Let’s quit re-inventing the wheel and, instead, use the principles that Nature already has in place.

Give us a call. Let us design a solution for you. 

Soil is the Answer – What’s the Question?

When it comes to figuring out what to do with oilfield by-product water, there’s lots of questions. The answer to all of them is soil – which is dirt that has found a purpose in life. You see, dirt is all around us, and in most areas where oil is being pumped, the dirt is not encumbered with buildings and concrete. But in the major oil-producing states, that land is arid.  So, you have dry dirt that can’t do much. 

But since you have millions of gallons of by-product water coming out of these oil wells, the obvious solution is to clean that water and put it on the ground to make that dirt do what it’s made to do: grow things.

We say the solution is obvious, but it historically has been anything but that. Marvin Nash, the creator of Conservation By-Design, which is the method to transform industrial by-product water for agriculture and conservation, worked for over three years with an E&P company, fulfilling the usual method of “disposing” of by-product water, which is a nice way to say throwing the water away.

It was only a passing comment from someone about wishing there was a way to re-use this water, that Marvin’s thoughts went to alternate solutions. After he left the oil company, he realized the answer was right in front of him – or, actually, beneath his feet. 

Soil is the answer. Put water on it and you grow things. You heal the dirt. You stop erosion. You grow productive things. You get rid of CO2 in the air. And you don’t inject dirty water back into the ground.  All these benefits are because you add some water to the soil.

The answer is soil. Let us design a solution for you. Give a call. 818.470.0285.

Why Not Soil Carbon?

At Encore Green Environmental, we have been collecting white papers and scientific data that shows how carbon sequestration – which is just saying we remove carbon from the air – can be accomplished best through Nature’s own “technology,” photosynthesis. If you like to read scientific papers, here’s a link where you can read “Why Not Soil Carbon?” and others. If you don’t like scientific papers, stay tuned. We’ll be having resources for you as well!

Who You Calling Wastewater?

In the oilfield and manufacturing business, you often hear people talk about by-product water as “wastewater.” Really? We don’t think that’s accurate. If you ask a plumber, he’ll have a pretty clear definition of “wastewater” for you. And even THAT water is treated and eventually put back to good use.

Water that is a by-product of industry, like oil wells, is NOT wastewater. In fact, no water should be considered a waste because it’s too precious of a resource.

So, why don’t we call things what they are? 

The water from the oil well that comes up with the crude oil is NOT waste. It’s not even “produced” water, because you didn’t set out to drill for water – you were aiming for oil. So, let’s call it what it is, by-product water.

Why does it matter what we call it? Because if it’s wastewater, we want to get rid of it right away.  Just ask a plumber who answers a 2 a.m. service call. 

But if it’s by-product water, why don’t we clean it up and use it for conservation or ag? Heck, we could even turn an arid land into a grassland, grow something useful, get rid of carbon dioxide, and make sure the aquifers aren’t being drained for things this cleaned up by-product water can do. 

So, let’s call it what it can become – clean water that’s precious.

Got some “wastewater”? We’ll help you learn just what it could do for you

Rescuing Water – Who Thought It’d Come To This?

If you made a list of all the places in the United States that would “dispose” of water by throwing it away, you might think of rainy Seattle or the wet Southeast – places where there’s an abundance of water. You’d never think the desperate-for-water arid lands of the Western U.S. would just toss away billions of gallons of water. That’d be crazy, right?

But that’s what’s going on.

In just one year, over 70 billion gallons of industrial water was injected back into the ground – instead of being cleaned up and used to water the very thirsty surrounding land. AND THAT WAS JUST IN WYOMING! This is the practice in other arid states like New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and many others.

So, Encore Green Environmental finds itself in the water rescue business. We’re trying to keep ourselves from continuing the wasteful and dangerous practice of injecting industrial water into the ground.

It’s wasteful because, well, it’s sticking the water in the ground instead of putting it to good use.

It’s potentially dangerous because we aren’t sure of the industrial water’s makeup that we’re putting into the ground and, industry ain’t telling. In fact, once it’s in the ground we aren’t 100% sure it stays put or starts to travel.

So, what should we do instead? We should rescue that water.

Let’s take it and evaluate it. Clean it up to match the surrounding soil. Then, apply it on the ground – telling anyone who wants to know what that water is made up of. There. Water is rescued. Green things grow. Carbon is sequestered. 

Let’s get in the rescue business. Give us a call. 

You Say “Dirt” – I Hear “Soil”

So, what’s the difference between soil and dirt? Well, you probably think that the two words mean the same thing.  

But they don’t.

One way to think of it is that dirt is dead soil. Dirt is good for filling in potholes and not much else. But soil is the stuff of magic that makes a seed turn into a gigantic oak or grows vegetables for us to eat or creates grassland to help put more oxygen in the air and take out the carbon we seem to have too much of lately.

If you ate breakfast this morning, it was because of soil – whether it was a power smoothie or a Denny’s Grand Slam. Soil gives us so many things and we take it for granted. That’s why at Encore Green Environmental we’re all about the soil. Because our patent-pending method, called Conservation By-Design, takes that soil and adds water. And when you do that, the dirt becomes soil. And then the magic happens.

Give a call. Let’s talk dirt – and soil.  

We’re on the land’s side.

RANCH FOR SALE – It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

Is it just us or does it seem like the oil companies are buying up huge ranches throughout the western states? Did they suddenly get the urge to raise cattle? No, it looks like that the environmental pressure has backed them in a corner. And so they came up with Plan B.

Plan B is to buy land. Then, they’re not worried about the landowner,  because they become the landowners. Regulators have less to say about private property. In effect, they buy their way out of the environmental pressure.

And who loses? The rancher who may have been tempted to sell the family legacy? Perhaps. The regulators who have less influence? Maybe.

But here’s what we do know:

The biggest loser is the land. And at Encore Green Environmental, we are on the side of the land. And now the land will not be used for what land is designed for. It will be a place where water of questionable content is injected into the ground.

We don’t blame the oil company, they have been playing chicken with the environmentalists for decades. We don’t blame the environmentalists, because their intentions were good, but they just weren’t that wise in how they went about it.

Here’s the part we’re writing about. It didn’t have to be this way. Our methodology cleans up that by-product water and puts it on the land to grow grassland. This gets rid of the water and benefits the environment by pulling CO2 out of the air. Oil wins. Environmentalists win. And most importantly, the land wins. 

It’s not too late to do it differently. We can work with the oil company turned ranch owner to make sure the land is taken care of. We can work with the environmentalists to make sure that carbon gets sequestered. 

Give a call. We’re not on your side – we’re on the land’s side. But we can figure out a plan so that you can win also.

Are you an E&P or an E&P?

Well, which are you? Are you part of the oil industry’s Exploration & Production? Or are you an Environmentalist & Protestor? 

Either way, we have good news for you. 

At Encore Green Environmental, we can help both of you meet your goals. The first E&P needs to safely and efficiently move the oil and water from the well. The second E&P needs to make sure that the environment is treated well, and our efforts are stopping climate change.

The two of you have spent decades fighting each other. It’s probably hard to hear that not only do you have the same name, you could actually work together. 

Encore Green Environmental can take that water from the oil well, clean it up, and apply it to the ground, which then grows all sorts of things. And what do growing things do? They clean up the air. Every plant and tree goes through photosynthesis and puts O2in the air and takes out CO2.

The E&P wins and the E&P wins. Give us a call. We’ll tell you how both of you E&Ps can meet your needs. 

Who You For?

The Superbowl is upon us and everyone asks you – “Who you for?”  At BUWA and Encore Green, we have a question for you – “Who you for?”

Are you for the land? Because, that’s who we’re for. We think that all of our decisions about what we do with our land should be based on, well, what’s best for the land.

Some of you reading this want to see drilling for oil not only continue, but thrive. And in the near future, we can’t do without oil. And if we in the U.S. get our own darn oil, we don’t have to be counting on other nations for it. We’re with you, but we’re not for you.

Some of you reading this want to keep our planet healthy and you want to make sure we can get more carbon dioxide out of the air. We’re with you, but we’re not for you.

We’re for the land.

We get that most of you see the world in one of two ways. There’s actually a third way.

Let’s be for the land.