Water management
Added assets raise its Delaware Basin daily disposal capacity to more than half a million barrels.
Expansion of operations in the Permian Basin has spawned a midstream water segment – one that uses data and analysis to enhance efficiency as well as manage produced water volumes.
Shell and Tomson Technologies completed field trials in the Gulf of Mexico using new nanoparticle-enabled phosphonate and polymer inhibitors that improve the treatment lifetime of scale squeezes.
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The New Mexico State Land Office announced that it will be halting the practice of allowing fresh water to be pumped from state trust land and sold for use in oil and gas development. -
While it is one of the top producers of liquid hydrocarbons in the US, New Mexico is also among the driest. The issue has culminated in a restriction on new freshwater leases issued by the state and a push for more recycling of produced water.
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The last growing market of US land services, water disposal, is set for an all-time high in the Permian.
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The complete paper focuses on sources of produced water from conventional and unconventional onshore oil and gas operations and addresses the challenges and opportunities associated with reusing the produced water.
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A global trend has developed toward the application of risk-based assessment (RBA) techniques for managing environmental risks and considering potential effects of produced-water (PW) discharge.
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Sustainable water management should encompass current management of water resources as well as its potential effect on the future. Sustainable water management in oil and gas is a journey that will need approaches from many perspectives.
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The complete paper discusses the steps taken by Repsol in Peru in accordance with its environmental strategy to become certified for the Blue Certificate granted by ANA to companies that efficiently manage water in their operations and manage shared-value projects with their stakeholders.
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Operators of unconventional plays face a conundrum—how to dispose of produced water economically without risking seismicity or aquifer contamination. A recent paper and virtual forum offer ideas for optimizing saltwater disposal.
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The Eddy State Complex adds 300,000 B/D of recycled produced-water treatment capacity in the northern Delaware Basin. The company said it is on track to recycle 25 million bbl of produced water this year.
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Breakwater’s produced-water-recycling facility has the flexibility to recycle, store, or dispose of water. It has already recycled nearly 5 million bbl of produced water in the third quarter of 2020.
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