NGL Eyes Mini Nuclear Reactors to Power Oil Wastewater Cleanup

NGL Energy Partners LP, an Oklahoma-based pipeline operator, is evaluating ways to power some of its water-treatment operations using small nuclear reactors under development by Natura Resources LLC.

NGL handles more than 3 million barrels of toxic wastewater from Permian Basin oil and natural gas wells daily and has agreed to pursue efforts to incorporate Natura’s 100-megawatt reactor into its treatment operations, according to a statement Tuesday.

Oil and gas wells in the Permian, the largest US shale basin, generate more than 20 million barrels per day of water laden with salt, chemicals and heavy metals, a growing ...