Lots of big industry news in today’s edition below – especially from Goodnight Midstream, B3 Insight/RRC, and discharge permit opposition… but you dive in, here’s a quick update on our fast approaching Fall produced water events. Our Houston and Pittsburgh conferences are now less than 2 months away! This week, we’ve added some awesome speakers to both events (including Devon and TPL speakers to Houston and INR speakers in Pittsburgh). We are also proud to welcome Texas Pacific as the Houston event kickoff sponsor! Only a few sponsorships are still available at each event, but there are some good ones you can still grab including the exclusive reception, notebook or break sponsorship in Houston! Make sure your firm well represented when all the top produced water execs gather before year-end.
Now here is this week’s industry news & analysis…
News Digest
Goodnight Drops A HUGE News Release...
Sometimes press releases don't say very much... other times they do. This is one of the times they do! Congrats to Goodnight on multiple BIG new developments communicated in yesterday's massive release, including an update on their Estacado pipeline construction project (90 mile out-of-basin disposal system), a new downhole solution to supply PW for EOR, record quarterly growth of 25%, bolt-on M&A in the Eagle Ford, and an expansion of their credit facility to execute growth. Whew - this team's been very busy and accomplishing a lot!
B3 Insight and SatSense Bring Satellite Ground-Motion Intelligence to the Railroad Commission of Texas
The agreement gives the state’s oil and gas regulator basin-wide visibility of surface movement in support of its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program.
Marcellus Logistics Group Returns To The Marcellus Shale Water Conference October 19-20 2026 In Pittsburgh
Oilfield Water Connection is pleased to welcome back an important E&P operator working group to the 5th Annual Marcellus Shale Water Business Update Conference coming up in Pittsburgh on October 20th. For a fourth year in a row, we are thrilled to have the Marcellus Logistics Group (MLG) co-locate their member meeting onsite with the conference... read about it here and make sure you are signed up - this is the biggest and best industry conference of the year dedicated to Appalachian produced water!
Pushback On Beneficial Reuse In Texas...
Luke Metzger writes an oped for the Houston Chron this week coming out in opposition to beneficial reuse of produced water. He writes "It's unclear whether treated water can be safely released into the environment... Texas should confidently have the answer to those questions before issuing permits to oil companies, not afterward."
Forum to be held on produced water and Pecos River On October 2 In Iraan Civic Center
Friends of the Pecos River and the Texas Produced Water Consortium are co-hosting a forum on proposals to discharge treated produced water into the Pecos River and onto land that drains into it.
Texas Oil At A Water Precipice
For a century the limit on Texas oil was the rock. Now it's a permit about water.
Chord Pipeline Leak Spills A Couple Hundred Barrels Of PW In Bakken
The produced water spilled following a pipeline leak in Williams County on Aug. 25, according to a report from the North Dakota Department
New State Budget Forces PA DEP To Take Money From 7 Other Environmental Programs To Keep The Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Running
On September 1, the Department of Environmental Protection told the DEP Citizens Advisory Council the new state budget forces DEP to take money from seven other DEP environmental programs to keep the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program running.
DEP Estimates 336,000 Gallons Of Fracking Flowback Water Released During An Uncontrolled Shale Gas Well Incident In Northeast
An August 17, 2026 inspection report posted by the Department of Environmental Protection documents how “copious quantities” of fracking water came “gushing” from an uncontrolled shale gas well at the INR OPR LLC Cooper well pad in Young Township, Indiana County contaminating an estimated 37 acres and polluting nearby Whiskey Run.
In Broader Midstream... ONEOK to expand Permian basin footprint with $4.425 billion deal with Brazos Midstream
The acquisition is expected to double the operator's Midland basin processing capacity to about 2.3 bcfd, while adding connectivity across natural gas and NGL systems, and supporting future growth.
In Broader Midstream... Enbridge Deepens Permian Footprint With $600M Salt Creek Acquisition
Enbridge Inc. ENB is strengthening its liquids pipeline business with a $600 million acquisition of Salt Creek Midstream's crude oil gathering assets.
U.S. crude near $90 as Iran retaliates with strikes on Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain
Oil prices were volatile on Wednesday, as Mideast tensions continue to escalate after the U.S. carried out its latest round of attacks on Iran and Tehran reportedly struck back at Washington’s regional allies.
What's This Mean For Flowback Constituents?
'Soap cocktails' help US shale boost oil production...
DOE backs $14 million geothermal pilot to convert a Pennsylvania shale gas well to power
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a $14 million enhanced geothermal systems demonstration project in Pennsylvania that will attempt to convert an existing horizontal shale gas well into a working geothermal power source, marking the first such pilot in the eastern United States.
Colorado River plan to cut water amid drought brings uncertainty for cities and farmers
On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado River has capped growth, revived old wells and struck water deals.
"Fracking triggers unnecessary earthquakes—scientists are figuring out how we could stop them"
A new study analyzing injection-induced earthquakes (IIEs) in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin found that of the 77 recorded earthquakes caused by fracking, 92 percent of them were preceded by foreshocks.
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