Their Title: "‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier."
Their Subtitle: "Giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock are threatening America’s fragile aquifers."

In this LinkedIn post, we point out some of the ways that the NY Times piece appears to ignore the positive impact of produced water recycling and overstate frac job reliance on fresh water. The two biggest problems with the article in our view are structure (start and end with fresh water problems while burying a brief mention of recycling in the middle where nobody reads), and bad data (claim that 15% of Permian frac source water comes from wastewater recycling without a clear source - we believe actual % is much much higher).

Mach Natural Resources, an Oklahoma E&P, filed an S-1 and in it they highlight their water assets as a competitive advantage driving their breakeven costs down. Their STACK water infrastructure consists of approximately 300 miles of owned gathering pipeline, and their water disposal assets consist of 20 disposal wells with approximately 377,000 BWPD permitted capacity. Their 50% owned Mississippi Lime water infrastructure, located in Alfalfa, Woods and Grant Counties, Oklahoma, aids in the disposal of produced water generated by our operations consisting of approximately 580 miles of pipeline and 35 disposal wells with approximately 300,000 BWPD permitted capacity. See link to S-1 Filing for more...

On September 14, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved eight shale gas drilling water withdrawals-- 1 in Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek.

The company announced Matthew Osborn will serve as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Laura Capper writes: "I'm looking for a company or individual with experience working with installing nitrogen gas blanket systems over large format PW storage. Would appreciate any recommendations!"