A big piece of the operating cost synergies is water disposal and water disposal is going to be more of a little longer lead time, finding the optimal SWD disposal or recycling process and kind of working through some small contracts along the way.

U.S. crude prices tumbled Wednesday after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries delayed a pivotal meeting on production cuts that was scheduled for the weekend. The West Texas Intermediate contract for January fell about 5% to $73.85 a barrel in the morning, but clawed back some of those losses throughout the day.

So far this year, Midstream companies have eschewed spending cash flow on capex or M&A, but that’s likely to change as Permian players expanded out of core areas, a Tailwater Capital partner Stephen Lipscomb said.

When geoscientists and engineers evaluate the capacity of subsurface formations to accommodate fluids for storage or disposal, what they are generally considering is the influence of the injected fluids on formation pressure. Understanding how much and how quickly fluids can be injected into the ground is dictated by a determination of maximum allowable pressure, be it a natural pressure threshold (e.g., the pressure at which rocks fracture) or an operationally defined limit (e.g., maximum wellhead pressure). And knowledge of how pressure changes due to past fluid injection provides insight into the remaining capacity for future fluid storage or disposal. This applies to any fluid injection activity, be it for water disposal, natural gas or hydrogen storage, or carbon dioxide sequestration. Being responsible stewards of the subsurface involves properly managing this pressure to ensure one’s actions do not lead to adverse environmental impacts, wastage of natural resources, or infringement upon other’s ownership and operational rights.

Oilfield service companies that cater to U.S. shale oil and gas producers are turning sour on fourth quarter demand, with clients keeping a tight grip on their wallets after largely exhausting their 2023 budgets.

For example, one of Endpoint’s customers operates more than a dozen geographically dispersed water recycling facilities and pipelines, managing 1.2 million barrels of produced water per day. That makes flexibility a priority, with permanent facilities and mobile units engineered on a project-by-project basis.

The pipeline leak occurred on Sunday, Nov. 19, about six miles northwest of Medora

"With respect to the removal of PFAS/PFOA from produced water, not all pretreatment and desalination modalities demonstrate the same efficacy. I will break this down further, but there are considerable differences in the effects that chemical treatments have compared to the use of oxidizing agents during pretreatment. The same is true for thermal vs. membrane-based desalination modalities..."