produced water

Effective management of produced water in mature oil fields is essential to reducing environmental risks and operational costs, with subsurface disposal emerging as the most efficient and responsible method.

With water management poised to be the defining challenge of the next decade for the Permian Basin, companies that fail to adapt may find their production growth throttled not by a lack of oil, but by an excess of water.

The grant from the US Department of Energy will fund the project through 2027 as two researchers focus on developing a two-step approach to treating produced water.

Explore the importance of customized approaches for managing produced water from unconventional reservoirs, focusing on extraction methods like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, and modern treatment techniques such as advanced filtration, electrocoagulation, and biological processes.

ESG has become an important aspect of water resource management in oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin.

As the Permian Basin has boomed again, recent conversations focused on how pipeline takeaway capacity limits the ability of operators to develop the basin to its full potential. In addition to solving the takeaway problem, water management is another bugbear waiting to be addressed.