Water management
Article
March 2022
Last month's column discussed the impact of the Railroad Commission鈥檚 (RRC) development of Seismic Response Areas (SRA) and the impact that these actions were having on produced water management in the Permian basin. Since the writing of that column, a third SRA has entered the mix.
News
January 31, 2022
Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright notes seismologists have determined the injection of water into the deeper formations that is likely responsible for the recent earthquakes in the Permian Basin.
Article
January 2022
Shaky ground: Railroad Commission takes much-needed stand on oil field earthquakes
Article
January 2022
Whole lotta shaking going on
Article
December 2021
ESG and the New Vocabulary
Article
December 2021
Wild Well Control says operators should consider environmental concerns during well planning, including location, access points, proximity to water, and other issues that can make a difference between an expedited, efficient and safe blowout scenario and one that is complicated, costly and dangerous.
Article
November 2021
Seismic Response Areas (SRAs) enter the picture
Article
November 2021
How to implement an effective microbial control program to safeguard oilfield operations, optimize hydrocarbons and strengthen productivity.
Article
September 2021
Regulatory update
News
September 21, 2021
Lagoon Water Midstream has closed on the acquisition of Double Drop Resources, a water management company located in the Permian basin.
Article
July 2021
Automation and oil field water management
Article
May 2021
Houston, we have a problem!
Article
March 2021
What is the future of oilfield water management?
Article
January 2021
What will 2021 bring?
Article
November 2020
The U.S. DOE鈥檚 National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is funding four projects for cost-shared R&D in produced water treatment.
News
October 19, 2020
The acquired assets include approximately 65 miles of pipeline and 100,000 barrels per day of installed and permitted disposal capacity. As part of the sale, Cimarex has agreed to a 15-year acreage dedication in the Whites City area, which encompasses more than 40,000 acres, for the gathering, disposal and recycling of its produced water.
Article
September 2020
Effective management of reservoir sweep, with regard to wellbore influx, is an inherent issue affecting horizontal well lengths. As an active, self-regulating technology, autonomous inflow control devices respond to viscosity changes to choke water and gas more effectively, increasing production and sustainability.
Article
July 2020
What is WOTUS, and other threats to produced water
Article
July 2020
Formation water reduction technology improves oil/water ratio in multiple basins.