Underground Injection 

Subsurface's reputation as the world's largest and most experienced underground injection consulting and engineering firm is well documented. Improved methods, materials and equipment pioneered by Subsurface to enhance the installation and operation of deep wells have become standards of the industry and reason for the firm's involvement in the design, engineering and installation of the world's deepest injection well.

As a result of our ongoing commitment to research and development, Subsurface has become recognized as the preferred provider of injection services for many major chemical and refining companies. These services encompass all facets of injection well technology from feasibility studies to installation and operation, closure to post-closure

The Injection Well Services we offer include:

• Feasibility Studies
• Permitting and Compliance
• Project Management and Procurement
• Well Design and Construction / Installation
• Treatment and Injection Facility Design
• Well Completion
• Mechanical Integrity Testing
• Workovers and Maintenance
• Design and Technical Training
• Computer Modeling and Simulation
• Consulting and Special Studies
• Environmental Compliance Audits
• Litigation Support
• Well Closures (Plugging and Abandonment)

Underground Storage & Specialty Well Systems

Subsurface is a total service company with respect to all types of well systems.  Our expertise includes wells used for disposal, underground storage, exploration, production, monitoring, injection, recharge, recovery, and in-situ mining.  We are qualified in the permitting, design, installation, maintenance, and closure of all types of specialty wells.

The underground storage of natural gas and other products in leached salt domes and bedded salts is widespread in the geographic regions where Subsurface operates, the Gulf Coast and Midwest. For over 20 years Subsurface has applied its specialty well systems expertise in supporting storage well clients in the natural gas and chemical industries with feasibility studies, permit applications, mechanical integrity testing, well maintenance and repair, corrosion studies, and special diagnostic testing. The extensive underground waste disposal experience of the Suburface Group is also being applied to pursue opportunities related to the disposal of waste in abandoned storage caverns.

The Underground Storage and Specialty Well Services we offer include:

• Feasibility Studies
• Geology
• Permitting and Compliance
• Project Management and Procurement
• Well Design and Construction / Installation
• Facility Design
• Cavern Development
• Well Completion
• Mechanical Integrity Testing
• Workovers and Maintenance
• Design and Technical Training
• Computer Modeling and Simulation
• Reservoir Engineering
• Consulting and Special Studies
• Environmental Studies and Compliance
• Litigation Support
• Well Closures (Plugging and Abandonment)

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Petroleum & Natural Resources

The complex and diversified needs of the petroleum, gas and natural resource industries require highly specialized services.  Subsurface addresses these needs with a range of services built upon the firm's extensive background and experience in exploration and production.

This experience includes federally funded research, industrial consortium funded research in primary and secondary recovery, underground injection, NORM management, and environmental compliance for the natural resource industry. Within the mining industry, Subsurface has engineered and implemented numerous operations ranging from impact assessments to dewatering/depressuring projects all the way through to construction and operation.

Subsurface's expanded capabilities provide the client the option of supplementing their technical staff or contracting turnkey services.

The Petroleum & Natural Resources Services we offer include:

• Reservoir Evaluation and Modeling
• Geological Evaluations
• Economic Evaluations
• Research Project Management
• Drilling, Completion, and Workovers
• Plugging and Abandonment
• Field Operations and Supervision
• Environmental Compliance
• Custom Training

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Environmental

Through our environmental service subsidiary, Envirocorp, Inc., the Subsurface Group meets the needs of industry and government with a full range of service options in the field of environmental management. From compliance consulting to site remediation, Envirocorp evaluates environmental problems, defines possible solutions and their associated costs, then designs and implements the most practical alternative. The firm's experience in the field includes projects involving groundwater investigation, waste cleanup and decontamination, development of waste management plans, and site assessments, to name only a few.

Over the years we have not only stayed current with the multitude of changes in environmental regulations and technology, but we have been active in the development of new technology and methodology.

At the request of the client, Envirocorp will staff and manage major projects or provide advisory assistance in specialized areas.

Our Environmental Service areas include:

• Compliance Consulting
• Assessments and Investigations
• Risk Assessments
• Permitting and Auditing
• Remediation
• UST Management
• Hydrogeology

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Specialty Laboratory Services

Subsurface offers Specialty Laboratory Services to provide technical and scientific support to underground injection, specialty well, and natural resource projects.

This support has included geological core investigations, testing and analysis relating to surface and subsurface conditions, and associated technical issues. The role of these services has expanded to include cooperative studies with various universities and independent research facilities. This combination of capabilities has enabled Subsurface to provide the client with a single source of comprehensive underground injection, specialty well, and natural resource services.

Our Specialty Laboratory  Services include:

• Core Studies
• Compatibility and Treatability Studies
• Filterability Tests
• Corrosion Tests
• Formation Damage Evaluation
• Waste Characterization

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Special Project Ventures

Subsurface understands the pivotal role played by research and development in the search for innovative solutions to technical problems.

This emphasis on research and application development has led to the pursuit of special projects and ventures where new and existing technologies are combined to meet the challenges facing the industrial community. New technologies pioneered by Subsurface include innovative treatment processes to remove various constituents from aqueous waste streams, the application of well technology to specialized hazardous waste management problems, and various collaborative efforts involving application research in the gas industry.

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