EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED PROJECTS

Radioactive Waste Issues

Geochemical Issues

LITIGATION/EXPERT WITNESS

Gas Well Contamination of Ground Water      

Plaintiff’s in a Texas case alleged ground water contamination from oil and gas wells by an independent oil producer.  As an expert witness, depositions and trial testimony were given as a part of a 200 million dollar award.  Decision was reversed in the Texas Supreme Court on a technicality.

Isotopic Geochemistry as a Forensic Tool in Water Rights Disputes   

Expert testimony was provided in regards to the validity of using isotopic interpretations to support a water rights dispute regarding a request to increase pumping in the desert near Las Vegas.  Hearings were held before the State Engineer in Nevada.

Geochemical Evidence of Aquifer Connection    

Data review, hearing preparation and pretrial reports were given as an expert witness for the U.S. National Park Service with respect to ground water rights near a national park in Oklahoma.

Acid Water Contamination by a Copper Company    

  As an expert witness, support was provided for data review, and trial preparation with respect to litigation by a copper company in Arizona seeking a several hundred million dollar insurance claim for reclamation of acid mine water contamination.

Oil Field Salt Water Leakage into Shallow Ground Water      

Document review and expert witness reports were prepared for multi-million dollar settlement discussions between a major oil company and plaintiffs in ground water contamination case in Mississippi .

Oil and Gas Ground Water Contamination Issues    

As an expert witness, depositions and trial preparation have been supplied for litigation with respect of ground water contamination by oil companies in Texas and Oklahoma.  In some cases the litigation by plaintiffs is shown to be unfounded, in others the producers consent to settlement.