flowback
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“There is this nervousness about flowback to the banks,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
"And if you wait for sufficient time, the emission flux will be the same as emission observed from flowback operations."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
But the second kind, called “produced water”, has “chemistry which is significantly different than flowback water … In particular, the produced water contains a host of components which are potentially problematic”.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2017
Excluding outlays for its homegrown recycling system, Apache says it costs 29 cents a barrel to treat flowback water.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2013
But oil and gas companies are increasingly treating and reusing flowback water from wells, which unlike freshwater is very high in salt, with good results.
From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2013
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