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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 what is happening.  (Keep in minds theRead more

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 constraining factors than volumetric limits in theRead more

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 true vertical depth) at the endRead more

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 require the operator to use fresh water, if more suitable recycledRead more

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 ownership and liabilities in Texas in 2015, OklahomaRead more

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.”  This eases regulations for operators looking to permit a storage well, technically aRead more

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 seismic eventsRead more

Curious about what the future holds?  We’ve run some quick scenarios to frame out what the future might hold for the water business in oil and gas. EnergyMakers has long advised clients to mitigate price swings and drilling fall-off by maintaining a production-related foundation to the business. The benefit of this strategy is about toRead more

The Produced Water Society recently reached out to Laura Capper, founder and CEO of EnergyMakers Advisory Group (EMAG), regarding the recent seismicity in the Delaware Basin, including a 5.0 M earthquake between Midland and El Paso. Below is the full text of the article. Despite inconclusive research on induced seismicity and saltwater disposal in theRead more

EnergyMakers Advisory Group has long been cautioning stakeholders not to be too quick to indict disposal wells for Delaware, Texas area seismicity.  Other factors may also be at play in the region.    While SWD disposal has proven to be causal to induced seismicity in many areas including Arkansas, Colorado, parts of Texas, and broadly inRead more