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Water and Oil Union Aided West Texas Recovery Efforts
The Colorado River Municipal Water District has partnered with oil firms since 1954, delivering about 9 billion gallons to assist secondary recovery across five counties. The program has expanded to major operators including SACROC, Sun Oil, Chevron Atlantic Richfield, and Exxon, with more than 53 billion gallons to SACROC alone by 1977. Water for drilling and processing, plus lake mounds and barges, enabled extended well operation while preserving reservoir pressures and reducing waste, despite rising non potable deliveries and maintenance costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry
Borden
CRMWD
Lake JB Thomas
Lake
E.V. Spence
Sacroc
Sharon Ridge
Monsanto
Chevron-Atlantic Richfield
Sun Oil
Chevron Northeast Iab
Walsh & Watts
Exxon
Pierson and Seibert
Kewanee
Mabee Oil
Borden, Scurry, Mitchell, Howard
Coke Counties
SACRE
Sun Oil Project
Kewanee and
Mabee
Coke County
Chevron Northeast
IAB
Perkins- Prothro
Colorado City
Colorado River
Lake Thomas
Santa Rosa
Lake JB. Thomas
Snyder
West Texas
J.B. Thomas
Lake E. Spence
Lake Spence