Innovative Remediation Development
for Orphan Oil Producing Sites

ALL and research partners including the Kansas Corporation Commission and Kansas Biological Survey were selected by the Department of Energy to research new and innovative remediation technologies at abandoned oil & gas producing sites. For the project, research is being conducted at a 70 year old abandoned oil producing in Butler County, Kansas. The site is typical of many early oil & gas development sites throughout the central United States, having obvious land impacts from oilfield brines and hydrocarbons. ALL is researching phyto-remediation and micro-biological techniques for site restoration and preparation for potential future land uses.