Talk about this and produced water regs with the RRC reps who will be speaking and exhibiting at the upcoming Oilfield Water Markets Conference this May 6-7 at the Irving Convention Center!

In a blow to Pennsylvania landowners, a judge recently dismissed a lawsuit aiming to overturn the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)’s ban on natural gas development within the watershed that robs private property owners of their right to realize the benefits of the energy beneath their feet.

Scott Sheffield, the retired shale impresario who built a fortune drilling for Permian Basin oil, has grim advice for former rivals as President Donald Trump pushes for “drill baby drill” to bring down energy prices.

The push to bolster fossil fuel production is heightening concerns among oil field workers and first responders about the mounting dangers facing workers and Permian residents.

Select's Christina Williams and Rob Blake dive into what 2025 holds for the industry—covering efficiency gains, produced water recycling, regulatory shifts, and the evolving role of chemistry in completions.

Robert always brings interesting new material to the May Oilfield Water Markets Conference and this year's edition is no different! Check out this teaser...

Disposal companies dispute RRC authority and scientific backing.

The bill when first introduced included the treatment and reuse of produced water, or wastewater, from oil and gas operations. But legislators removed that provision and are only focusing on the saline water component to help appease some policymakers and environmentalists.

The administration has proposed shifting incentives toward private partnerships and deregulated frameworks, which emphasize economic returns.

For the project, the natural gas producer plans to either repurpose an existing Marcellus Shale well, which produced a subpar amount of natural gas years ago but revealed the high temperatures below; or drill a new deep well on the well pad to access geothermal.

He spoke in support of Senate Bill 1145, which will provide an alternative to disposing of produced water by allowing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to permit land application of treated produced water.

Updates the committee on the RRC’s seismic response areas and their work.

Company successfully extracted our own battery-grade lithium with a purity of 99.9% at Neptune’s laboratory in Lingen.

In regulatory terms, fossil fuel “investors have a friend in the White House,” Trey Cowan of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis told The Hill. But he added that markets, and not the White House, would determine whether there would be more drilling.

Texas senators advanced a resolution Monday that calls on the U.S. State Department to ensure Mexico meets its obligations to deliver water to the U.S. under a 1944 water treaty.

Oil prices edged up early on Wednesday, helped by a weaker dollar, but mounting fears of a U.S. economic slowdown and the impact of tariffs on global economic growth capped gains.