The rebound in oil prices has spurred a dramatic upswing in drilling activity in many parts of the country—and New Mexico is no exception. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), New Mexico’s side of the Permian basin is currently home to about 30,000 wells, with more wells
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In Kingfisher County, the heart of Oklahoma’s oil patch, the summer of 2018 has seen concerns about produced water handling turn into a heated fight between state regulators and oil and gas companies. The heart of the conflict centers on the use of water in temporary piping (most typically, flexib
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EnergyMakers is now in the Salt Water Disposal and Underground Injection Data-on-Demand business!  If you are hungry to understand the big picture but frustrated with the lack of minable data, this offering is for you. EnergyMakers has expanded its consulting and analytic offerings to include compr
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When earthquakes are discussed on the news, reporters always state the location of the quake’s epicenter with such certainty. But in fact, there is a large margin of error associated with earthquake locations derived from then-available seismic monitoring systems. As EnergyMakers Advisory Gro
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In the latest issue of Shale Play Water Management Magazine, EnergyMakers AG CEO Laura Capper reviews the necessary role of Underground Injection Control (UIC) wells for oil and gas production—and the capacity concerns that are emerging as a very real issue.As rig counts and production rates rise
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High Drive Network recently covered the upcoming release to our now-released Disposal Well Risk Report.  Join us as Phillip Jefferson (founder of UH Energy Coalition) and and the High Drive Network as we take a “sneak peak” into findings from our disposal well study and discuss: Common mi
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Check out the great summary article, Maintaining Injectivity of Disposal Wells: From Water Quality to Formation Permeability, in the JPT -  which dives into injectivity issues for Disposal Wells.Poor water quality characteristics in injectate can jeopardize injectivity in even high-quality formati
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It seems as if seismologists are drowning in data amidst an ocean of seismic noise. Now, researchers at Harvard, MIT, and Virginia’s Gram Labs are leveraging advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to quiet down the noise and help detect and more accurately locate induced earthquakes. Their new
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EnergyMakers AG’s Underground Injection and Seismicity Operational Risk Report does a deep dive into induced seismicity—and how fluid injection from oilfield activities and wastewater disposal activities might induce felt earthquakes in certain geologic conditions.According to Myths and Facts by
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