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
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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
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
EnergyMakers is now in the Salt Water Disposal and Underground Injection Data-on-Demand business! If you are hungry to understand the big picture but frustrated with the lack of minable data, this offering is for you. EnergyMakers has expanded its consulting and analytic offerings to include comprehensive and current SWD data for leading basins, including bothRead more