When it rains, it pours! By now you have likely heard of the 5.0 earthquake detected in Culberson county, 175 miles W of El Paso, about 26 miles West of Mentone, Texas. I checked on the population of Mentone – the last update was in 2010 with a reported population of 19, which at the time wasRead more
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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
Congratulations to DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) on the closure of their successful acquisition of Indigo Natural Resources’ interest in a gathering and disposal well system and gathering pipeline in the Haynesville shale formation of Louisiana. The transaction includes a total purchase price of $2.25 billion in cash, plus a $400 million milestone payment upon completionRead more
Operators appear to be getting bolder as they go deeper, with the Texas RRC’s approval. BHP Billiton successfully permitted three (3) 90,000-bpd saltwater disposal wells recently in the Devonian/Silurian in Reeves county, at depths between 15,000 and 17,000 ft. Only time will tell how much produced water these high-dollar wells will really take; today, fewRead more
Midland-based XRI Holdings, LLC recently completed its Northern Delaware Basin Supersystem, a water pipeline system crossing core oil and gas development areas in New Mexico. The new infrastructure, which spans 125+ miles of Lee and Eddy counties, will be supplied in part by recycled produced water volumes from the company’s own water terminals and treatedRead more
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
Independent operator Surge Energy US Holdings was recently selected as an honoree for Houston Business Journal’s (HBJ’s) inaugural Innovation Awards. The award, which recognizes companies who demonstrate a culture of innovation and unconventional approaches to solving complex challenges, goes to Surge the same year the company drilled a record-setting lateral in the Permian basin. 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
According to a recent report by the Houston Chronicle, the third week of July saw a drilling permit bonanza in the Lone Star State, with 286 drilling permits filed. Of these, nearly one third (95) were filed for the development of new saltwater disposal (SWD) wells, giving new meaning to the term “drill baby drill”.Read more
The ongoing surge in domestic oil and gas production continues to outpace gains made by wind and solar-based energy developments, despite calls from certain factions to break America’s oil addiction and build a fossil fuel-free economy. These were the findings of Robert Bryce, senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute in a recent Wall Street JournalRead more