Environmental
Engineering
Fairchild and Wells Inc. (FAW)
environmental services personnel and associates offer experience in all phases
of injection well services. This includes permit preparation, subsurface
geological evaluation, reservoir engineering, and expert witness testimony. In
addition, FAW's environmental group provides well design and field supervision
for complete project management. FAW's environmental staff has experience with
all types of injection wells, including Class I, hazardous and non-hazardous
industrial injection wells, and Class II, petroleum related injection wells.
FAW environmental services
personnel routinely review regulatory publications to keep current with the
rapidly changing field of environmental regulatory affairs. Our staff
communicates with personnel at State and Federal regulatory agencies to provide
guidance, regulatory interpretation, industry applicability and specific client
problem resolution.
FAW environmental personnel have
prepared and obtained approval for numerous injection well permits in Texas,
Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Our group has prepared and submitted to
the USEPA nine petitions for exemption from the land disposal restrictions.
Eight of these have been approved by the USEPA and one is currently under
review. Three petitions for exemption have also been prepared and submitted in
response to the Louisiana land disposal restriction requirements. Preparation
of a petition typically includes detailed subsurface geological mapping and
reservoir computer simulation of waste movement using the SWIFT code. In the
continuing effort to provide services for our clients changing needs, we have
obtained approval on four modifications to existing petitions to include newly
listed waste codes or to change previously modeled wastestream parameters.
FAW's environmental group is
experienced in providing an assessment of waste compatibility with subsurface
formations. Waste evaluation can also be performed to determine the
classification status with the regulatory framework for waste disposal. We also
provide our clients with appropriate waste management alternatives and
recommendations.
FAW's environmental group is
experienced in the performance and analysis of annual mechanical integrity
testing, and ambient monitoring requirements (pressure falloff testing). FAW
personnel are experienced in the use of state-of-the-art computerized well test
analysis techniques.
FAW's environmental group has
industry experience providing injection well consulting services on an
international basis. Projects include development of an engineering feasibility
study for the disposal of waste water for two coal mines in Poland, and well
design, drilling, completion, testing and logging program for an industrial
injection well in Austria.
1011 Highway 6 South,
Suite 304
Houston, Texas 77077
Phone (281) 497-8990 - Fax (281) 497-8368
E-mail - faw@fawinc.com