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News Digest
Energy Department Announces New Federal Funding Of $150mm For Produced Water Among Other Things...
DOE this week announced up to $150 million in federal funding for cost-shared projects aimed at advancing three critical priorities for the U.S. oil and natural gas industry—recovery efficiency, frac, and produced water management.
Milestone Environmental Acquired
Investment expands I Squared’s environmental infrastructure portfolio with an essential energy and industrial waste management platform serving the most active U.S. energy basins...
Vital Produced a Wall of Water Before Exiting to Crescent—Analysis
Crescent Energy’s work in the Midland Basin includes overcoming Vital Energy’s high water cut, which grew in 2025 to as much as 9.2 bbl per barrel of oil, according to a KeyBanc Capital Markets analysis.
From Waste Stream to Water Strategy: How the Permian Rewrote the Rules on Produced Water
A decade ago, produced water was an expensive liability. Today, it powers nearly two-thirds of all frac demand in the Permian Basin and we're just getting started.
TECHNICAL STUFF: Produced Water Management in the Permian Basin -- Production, Forecast, and Water Composition
The Permian Basin has been the US largest producing basin since 2018, contributing to 28% of the US hydrocarbon energy ever since. Large volumes of produced water (PW) are left to be managed as a result. If not used in oilfield applications, PW is injected into saltwater disposal (SWD) wells.
AI data centers use far more water than most tech giants report
In some regions, they are using far more water than they report, depending on how data centers are powered. And their water consumption is projected to grow rapidly in coming years.
Matador Resources Company Announces Expansion of San Mateo’s Delaware Basin Footprint Through the Acquisition of Cardinal Midstream
The Cardinal Acquisition is expected to increase San Mateo’s designed natural gas processing capacity to more than one billion cubic feet per day and expand San Mateo’s gathering systems to over 800 miles of pipeline.
Permian Resources inks Delaware basin deal with Occidental
Permian Resources Corp. agreed to acquire certain Delaware basin assets in Texas and New Mexico from Occidental for about $818 million through a combination of equity and debt.
Water, Water Everywhere—or Maybe Not
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Ogallala Aquifer, which provides about 30 percent of the groundwater used for irrigation in the United States, is being drained faster than it can recharge.
28 New Shale Well Permits Reported for PA-OH-WV Jun 29 – Jul 5
New permits included: Antero Resources (6), CNX Resources (10), EOG Resources (4), EQT (1), Expand Energy (3), and Range Resources (4).
Dry New Mexico Actually Has Lots of Water. Unfortunately, It’s Toxic — So Far.
The glut of wastewater is so massive industry execs fear it will soon throttle production in the nation’s largest oil field.
Avant Natural Resources Closes Oversubscribed Fundraise With Over $1 Billion of Aggregate Commitments
Avant Natural Resources ("Avant") today announced the final close of Avant Natural Resources Fund II, LP and related vehicles ("Fund II") at their respective hard caps with more than $1 billion in total equity capital commitments.
Chevron signs deal to deploy enhanced oil recovery tech far and wide
US supermajor enlists ZL Chemicals to spread use of proprietary chemicals for enhanced oil recovery
TECHINICAL STUFF: PW Desal Paper
Construction of high-temperature resistant graphene oxide framework membranes via interlayer chemical microenvironment engineering for enhanced desalination of oilfield produced water
TECHNICAL STUFF: Chinese tech makes desalinated seawater cheaper than bottled water
A new solar power breakthrough in China has improved the efficiency of desalination using sunlight, an advance that could lead to the drinking water production from seawater becoming cheaper than bottled water.
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