Hearing on wastewater well application set for Tuesday

Next week, the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will consider an application by a Colorado company to operate a saltwater disposal well in southwest Nebraska.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the commission office in Sidney, 922 Illinois St.

Terex Energy is seeking permission to inject wastewater produced through the hydraulic fracturing process into a well about 14 miles north of Mitchell.

According to its application, the proposed saltwater disposal well would be located on an 11-acre fenced and gated site.

Terex projects initially injecting 10,000 barrels per d...