Houston-based Apache Corp. recently announced a partnership with Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University in Alpine for a well-pad restoration research project. Researchers at BRI and Texas Native Seeds, a project of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Institute at Texas A&M-Kingsville, will investigate methods to improve habitat restoration in Permian Basin. The partnership plans to publish a best-practices reclamation document to be shared with Permian operators.
Jessica Jackson, vice president at Apache, said Dec. 11, “For many years Apache has worked to restore well pads to their habitat potential. To further our efforts to continuously improve, Apache is supporting scientific research at sites in the Permian Basin to study the efficacy of methods for habitat restoration.”