We’re excited about the upcoming PWS conference next week in Houston at the Westin at Gessner (new location)! This conference promises to be highly technical with up-to-the-minute research. I am hosting an AWESOME panel of experts and we plan on covering a number of highly relevant topics. For example, we will have top legal expertiseRead more
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When it comes to regulations governing produced water disposal in the places like the Permian, “we need to stay flexible enough to dial it back if we get it wrong.” Laura Capper, founder and CEO of EnergyMakers Advisory Group, shared this opinion, and more, at the recent Produced Water Society Permian Basin 2019. Capper InRead more
Houston-based oilfield water treatment company H2O Midstream recently announced a deal to acquire all wastewater assets from E&P Sabalo Energy for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives H2O Midstream 37 miles of oilfield water pipelines, nine saltwater disposal wells and four permits for the development of additional disposal wells. The company will now be ableRead more
The number of seismic activities that can be physically felt—those which are magnitude 2.8 (M-2.8) or greater—fell from a monthly average of 162 in June 2015 to just 25 in June 2018. At the same time, oil production grew by 20 percent and injection rates into disposal wells dropped. Recent data from the USRead more
Constrained water disposal capacity in some key hydrocarbon producing areas of Oklahoma is making for some complicated water logistics, leading producers to get creative in how to reduce their disposal volumes. EnergyMakers Advisory Group’s Laura Capper shared this, and other, insights in the Feb 2019 issue of The Oil and Gas Investor. In a featureRead more
As the oil and gas industry faces mounting challenges about how and where to dispose of its growing volumes of wastewater in certain regions, the Trump administration is considering whether to ease regulations and make it easier for drillers to discharge appropriately treated wastewater directly into rivers and streams. This potential shift in policy comesRead more
If Permian oil and gas production is going to continue to thrive, operators need reliable and affordable access to more water management solutions. Oil executives from major Permian operators shared this common consensus at a recent energy summit at Rice University in Houston, calling water disposal from oilfield operations one of the biggest challenges theyRead more
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced a new study of current oil and gas wastewater management requirements to help determine if new regulations are necessary. EPA’s current guidelines cover E&P effluent onshore at the wellhead and at centralized wastewater treatment facilities. But as one EPA official told The Oil & GasRead more
Laura Capper of EnergyMakers Advisory Group will share findings of her firm’s report on Disposal Well Pressurization and Operational Risk Management in Upstream Oil and Gas with the San Antonio chapter of the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES). Her talk, entitled “The Formation Pressure Problem (and its Impact on the Permian and Beyond),”Read more
Promising chemistry from PureLine and Flotek appears to help manage disposal well plugging and fouling.* The companies claim the combination of Hydrochloric Acid, Chlorine Dioxide, and a proprietary Complex Nanofluid provides a 1-2-3 punch that addresses the more difficult bad actors. While acids and solvents do a decent job of clearing some blockages, the combinationRead more