water management

Permian Basin oil wells produce a lot of water. Much of it is injected into disposal zones above and below the basin’s primary oil- and gas-producing zone. When water is injected into these disposal zones, the pressure increases, mainly because no fluid is concurrently removed. Is this increase in pressure a concern? The data would suggest yes.

A town in the oil industry’s shadow grapples with health fears as the state fails to limit companies’ use of fresh water.

The produced water conundrum in the Permian Basin will be solved by a mix of recycling, disposal, and future breakthroughs in technology currently being studied.

The companies will leverage each other’s experience and assets to offer full-cycle water-handling services in West Texas.

Acquisitive oilfield contractor has been bolstering its water and waste assets for the past half year.

Lagoon becomes a multibasin player in water management while WES locks down assets that could drive future deals.

Signed into law last month, the Texas Produced Water Consortium will be hosted by Texas Tech and bring together stakeholders, key experts, and industry to address produced water challenges.

Acknowledging the necessity to better understand treatment needs, economic challenges, and public health and environmental risks of industry’s waste water, the Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 601, establishing a Texas Produced Water Consortium.

Sourcing water, flowback water services threatened as D&Cs decline.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality recently concluded that hydraulic fracturing operations were not the likely cause of well water contamination in a small town.