The Mesquite acquisition makes NGL the largest water transportation and disposal company in the Delaware Basin, providing multiple transportation, disposal and recycling options to E&P customers.

This map shows the combined company's constellation of pipeline and SWD assets. Their infrastructure blankets Lea and Eddy Counties on down to Reeves and Loving.

"For the first time in history, the biggest business uncertainties facing the U.S. oil industry relate to a liquid other than crude," said Oilfield Water Connection co-founder Joseph Triepke. Oilfield Water Connection co-founder Pete Cook said: "Industry leaders have reacted enthusiastically to how the event examines the procurement, financial and business model options in midstream water today."

The road show is on! On May 13, Rattler Midstream LP, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, and Diamondback announced the launch of Rattler’s initial public offering of 33,333,333 common units representing limited partner interests at an anticipated initial offering price between $16-$19 per common unit.

Spur Energy Partners LLC and KKR said May 14 that they formed a partnership to buy the Permian Northwest Shelf assets of Percussion Petroleum. The deal includes interests in about 380 gross producing wells and 22,000 net acres situated in the core of the Yeso formation in Eddy & Lea Counties, New Mexico, as well as associated water and midstream assets. Spur intends to apply its proven expertise to acquire and enhance assets across the Lower 48 by combining strong commercial capabilities with a focus on operational efficiency and technical execution.

This June 21st in Downtown Houston, US oil industry leaders will gather to discuss oilfield water’s evolving business model, market structure, and finance trends.

Some interesting water midstream deals have come to pass over the past six months – deals that have been hard for all operators who handle their own water to ignore. Here’s a look at what Pioneer said this week vs. six months ago. They’ve clearly thought alot about what to do with water between November 2018 and May 2019 given the robustness of last week’s discussion vs. limited discussion in the past.

Pioneer Natural Resources said on Tuesday it has asked nearly a third of its executives to leave as the U.S. shale producer continues to trim costs and considers selling more assets.

The multiple tracts of land are one of the first stages that will help bring the district’s master water plan to life. The master water plan has been approved by TCEQ to adequately serve Odessa’s current population and projected rate of growth for the next 25 years. The estimated cost to revamp ECUD’s system is $47 million.

Oasis Petroleum Inc., a newcomer to the Permian Basin, plans to dedicate acreage in the Delaware sub-basin to its midstream subsidiary for crude oil and produced water infrastructure development, but is holding firm on drilling and completion activity despite improving commodity prices. The Houston-based independent said Oasis Midstream Partners LP (OMP) expects to spend an additional $53-57 million in 2019 on building out additional infrastructure, which includes purchases from Oasis for existing midstream assets in the Delaware.

Texas Farm Bureau hosted Gabe Collins in Franklin on 7 May 2019 for a groundwater valuation town hall and Bob Harden shared his hydrological expertise.

The new scoring system takes multiple factors into consideration to generate an A, B or C rating which will determine the maximum daily injection capacity of a particular well to be developed. See attached SOG.

As the vote on the vacant Texas Pacific Land Trust Trustee seat approaches, there are no holds-barred in this proxy contest. The big news since our last update a week ago is that the shareholder vote has been delayed to June 6 from May 22. This article summarizes the jabs thrown by each side so far.

Oilfield companies have been helping with dust control all along, Nelson told the Williston Herald after the meeting, and will continue to do so. The donated water will be in addition to those efforts. It will be spread by county workers using county equipment. That should help increase the area where dust is being controlled, but it will be limited by the availability of county workers and equipment.

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been notified of a produced water spill resulting from a pipeline leak in McKenzie County. The pipeline is owned and operated by Caliber Midstream North Dakota LLC. The incident occurred about 8 miles north of Alexander on May 10, and it was reported the same day.

Canbriam is focused on applying technology to enhance its environmental performance including significant investments in water sourcing, distribution and recycling infrastructure that has minimized trucking requirements across its operations. Canbriam's investments in technology, which include vapor recovery, waste heat recovery, solar power for electricity and utilizing recycled water, demonstrate the responsible approach to development that Canbriam has taken to minimize GHG and fugitive emissions across its operations.

The two companies have entered into a formal partnership to provide supply chain management solutions (SCM) for the management of all produced water at the wellsite, as well as fresh and wastewater during drilling and fracking operations.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002004, Low Cost, Efficient Treatment Technologies for Produced Water.

Electrocoagulation has grown in its recognition for its efficient and cost-effective treatment of waste water in many industries, but the oil and gas industry, in particular, is a prime example. EC has many qualities that make it part of an economical solution for oil and gas companies looking to lower their capital and operational costs while increasing the efficiency of their extraction operations.

"Our technology has the potential to enhance the ability to manage challenging waste streams," he said, pointing to the brackish wastewater generated by the oil and gas industry and inland desalination plants.

Banning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the development of the country’s vast shale resources could defeat Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy aims of limiting natural gas imports, according to an issue brief put together by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

A 2015 report from the California Council on Science and Technology found fracking in California happens at dangerously shallow depths that are close to underground drinking water reservoirs, leaching chemicals into water supplies that are dangerous to human health and the environment.

The solar facility uses an enclosed trough technology, with large mirrors set up within a self-cleaning, greenhouse-style structure, which focus the sun’s rays on boiling oilfield water to create steam.