Underground injection of produced water & carbon capture issues will be highlighted
The Sheriff of Bienville Parish and citizens in Northwest Louisiana will host a public meeting on the topic of Earthquakes on Thursday April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Ringgold High School Cafeteria in Ringgold, LA. This meeting follows one last month by Red River Parish Emergency officials, and will address prevention and policy issues as well as Pipeline Protocol.
The 4.95 magnitude earthquake last month was a first for the Bienville Parish area. Citizens there strongly opposed the produced water injection permit for the Brickyard Trucking, LLC facility at Jamestown, believing what scientists have now confirmed: that fracking and underground injection contribute to seismic activity in the area. Multiple active faults have been identified in the Haynesville Shale, and a State Task Force is addressing the issues.
At the meeting Thursday, Bill Berger of Berger Geosciences (based in Houston), will explain how earthquakes can be predicted and prevented using Artificial Intelligence to analyze seismic monitoring and injection well information from oil and gas exploration and production operations.
Charles Maley, a rancher from the South Texas Property Owners Assn. will speak on Texas’ efforts promoting the Beneficial Use of Purified Produced Water, including for prairie restoration and agriculture. Louisiana-based companies are also able to clean produced water to “better than bottled water standards” and are operating all over the world.
In addition to Bienville Parish area citizen concern regarding produced water injection, now Carbon Capture pipelines are coming, toward an undisclosed location, for compressed CO2 (toxic) injection. Capture Point, LLC is contacting area landowners for rights-of-way to allow a pipeline from Colombia County, Arkansas, south to Fryeburg, then towards Ringgold, according to Richard Garrett of Fryeburg. The November 2025 resolution of Bienville Parish Police Jury opposing Carbon Capture reflected citizen concern about additional sources of injection through the drinking water aquifers.
Mike Nichols of PItkin, LA (a District 4 Congressional candidate) will address the evolving laws on Eminent Domain (allowing pipeline companies to take private property) and the various health and environmental problems posed by Carbon Capture pipelines and injection. Also speaking will be Charles Kingrey of Kinder, LA, a leader in Allen Parish’s opposition to Carbon Capture, who has a background in oil and gas, and currently raises cattle & is a local business owner.