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.Despiteinconclusive resea
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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
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When it rains, it pours! By now you have likely heard of the 5.0earthquake detected in Culberson county, 175 miles W of El Paso, about26 miles West of Mentone, Texas. I checked on the population ofMentone -  the last update was in 2010 with a reported population of 19,which at the tim
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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. F
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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 bi
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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 pr
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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
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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 P
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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
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