On to Part II: Business and Financial implications for shallow well operators and their users.First, we note that generally across the Midland basin, we see the clearest signs of pressurization amongst the really old EOR wells, which are generally shallow, and tend to be more concentrated near the f
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We’ve been asked to opine on the future implications of the Seismic Response Area (SRA) recently identified by the Texas RRC.  The area is located in the heart of the Midland basin, at the intersection of Andrews, Martin, Ector, and Midland counties. The intent behind the RRC’s �
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We have some great news to report on this auspicious day in 2021!We’ve long maintained “transparency” would be a great equalizer.  We’ve predicted a dramatic increase in recycling when New Mexico Operator Water Use reports for Completions made it into the public domain, and that is exactly
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This is the second of a series of observations from EnergyMakers’ New Mexico Deep SWD Report, where we explore the practical capacity of New Mexico’s growing Deep SWD infrastructure, and what we can expect going forward. We have long warned that pressure limits are more likely to be constra
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This is the first of a series of observations from EnergyMakers' New Mexico Deep SWD Report where we explore the practical capacity of New Mexico’s Deep SWD infrastructure and what operators and midstream players can expect going forward.We look back to peak performance of deep SWDs (> 8,000 ft
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For those of you in the water treatment and recycling business, the New Mexico legislature recently passed ground-breaking legislation for water conservation advocates.New Mexico House Bill HB546 cleared the path in 2019 for water recycling going forward, by voiding agreements or covenants which req
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On May 19, 2020, Governor Stitt of Oklahoma signed Senate Bill 1875, the Oil and Gas Produced Water and Waste Recycling and Reuse Act. This is important legislation that opens the door to recycling for operators and service providers, and anyone else.  As with legislation which clarified owners
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On May 5th, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) released a temporary exception for oil and gas storage wells:“16 Texas Administrative Code § 3.95: An exception authorizing underground hydrocarbon storage facility located in a geological formation other than an underground salt formation.” 
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Many of us jumped to attention with news of the recent high magnitude event near Mentone, Texas (see some of our earlier blogs on the March 26 M 4.6-5.0 earthquake in the Texas Delaware basin).  Interestingly, we failed to also point out there have been at least 3 series of recent U.S. based se
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