Milestone Environmental Services LLC has expanded its energy waste sequestration and cleanup efforts in the northern Delaware formation of the Permian Basin, with the opening of its first New Mexico-based liquid oilfield waste facility. 

“American oil and gas is critical to powering the nation and the world, and Milestone is committed to cleaning up energy by supporting our customers with responsible, environmentally friendly solutions for energy waste management and disposal,” said CEO Gabriel Rio. 

According to Houston-based Milestone, traditional methods of energy waste disposal often entail dumping waste into open reserve pits near the drilling site or spreading directly on nearby land to be tilled into soil. Conversely, Milestone uses slurry injection wells encased in...