Applying a Synergistic Approach to Sustainable Energy Development

Energy demands worldwide are growing and outpacing supply in many areas. The growing disparity between supply and demand for fossil fuels, combined with oil and gas production levels that are estimated to peak and begin a decline, perhaps as much as 5-7 percent annually, has also lead to the development of a growing number of alternative energy plants worldwide. Furthermore, in many areas of the United States, the development of oil and gas resources is impeded due to the lack of economic and reasonable water management alternatives, while a lack of sustainable water is also limiting or impeding several types of industrial developments, including alternative energy plants. Upon analyzing the many issues involving water throughout many of the western states, the idea of creating a sustainable approach to energy development is clearly on the horizon. This paper addresses sustainable approaches of leveraging the technologies of the oil and gas industry to explore new beneficial alternatives for produced water management while also providing solutions to key issues facing the alternative energy industry, especially in the area of Biofuels. Details in this paper stem from research conducted by ALL Consultin