Dossier
Grandfalls
Coverage of Grandfalls in the Nexus archive.
- An old well began gushing oilfield wastewater in a West Texas church parking lot, sparking a costly cleanup
An old well in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church in Grandfalls, Texas, gushed thousands of gallons of oilfield wastewater, prompting the Railroad Commission to plug the wellbore. The incident occurred in a location southwest of Odessa, between Monahans and Fort Stockton.
- An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town
An old oil well in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls leaked 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater despite efforts by the Railroad Commission of Texas to shut down injection wells. The spill occurred in April.