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
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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
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, flexible lay-flat hoses) that are placedRead more
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 in prolific oil and gas regions like theRead more
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 misperceptions related to Seismicity, Disposal well Health,Read more
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 formations by rapidly decreasing permeability. The Saudi Aramco authors of this paper offer general guidelinesRead more
Sometimes last is best! Because our analysis of New Mexico Underground Injection Disposal Well and Formation Health Risk was the last region for us to profile in our Industry Report, we have the benefit of capturing the latest insights through year-end 2017 in our New Mexico chapter. Although the majority of Class II injected wellRead more