Dive Brief:

• GGH Wyoming LLC plans to open a waste management facility in Bill, WY. The plant will be used for waste produced by the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry.
• The facility will feature a pull-through commercial oilfield wastewater disposal facility, an industrial landfill, a potable water supply well, and two injection wells.
• The plant, named Grasslands Environmental, will accept industrial waste and produced plowback water. It will also offer services such as disposing of contaminated soil.

Dive Insight:

Grasslands Environmental will start accepting wastewater in late October. GGH Wyoming is a subsidiary of Green Group Holdings LLC, a development firm specializing in large-scale infrastructure projects. The company is based in Canton, GA. 

In 2013, Waste Management shifted gears as it sought to enter into the fracking waste market, citing an opportunity to access a sector not previously served by the company. The firm acquired two fracking waste disposal companies in North Dakota. Oil field waste removal is viewed as a growth industry; analysts predict fracking waste management services will be off the charts, reaching an estimated market size of $30 billion a year.