Save the date: October 30, 2025 for the next big industry event in produced water. Held at the prestigious Houstonian Resort each fall (and now in our 7th year), this one-day conference is the one where the top executives get together to plan the next calendar year in produced water management.
The exhibit hall is filling up fast… we only have 3 tables left. You can also still become the lanyard, lunch, coffee, or notebook sponsor for this event – check out remaining options here.
Here is this week’s industry news & analysis…
News Digest
Five Point-backed WaterBridge files for US IPO as listings market heats up
The listing will come more than a year after the successful New York flotation of LandBridge (LB.N), opens new tab, another Five Point-backed company. LandBridge's shares have more than tripled since going public last year.
WaterBridge S-1 Filing
350 pages full of great oilfield water management industry information, primers, and data. Kudos to the WaterBridge team who probably spent some late nights working on this!
Marietta Officials Ask ODNR O&G Chief To Deny Permit On New Injection Well
An August 8 letter signed by Marietta officials including the city’s mayor, law director, water superintendent, and a majority of city council members asks Ohio Department of Natural Resources Oil and Gas Chief Eric Vendel to deny a permit application from DeepRock Disposal Solutions for what would be called the Stephan #1 injection well.
Produced Water Earth Quake Implications – A New Paper From Peter Hennings And Mark Zoback
“Every case of large-scale SWD in the mid-continent in deep saline aquifers in hydrologic communication with basement has caused significant induced seismicity.”
Permian Water Market Trends & Forecast
B3 Insight is out with a 2025 mid-year summary you don't want to miss... You can hear directly from their own Kelly Bennett at the upcoming water conference we are putting on at the Houstonian 10/30 as well!
OP-Ed In Taos: "Protect NM From Produced Water"
A reminder of the rhetoric in NM around produced water reuse...
WATER TALENT POOL: Keystone Is Hiring For Their WaterForce team
Opportunity to join a great team!
Governor Abbott announces Brazos Midstream expansion in Martin County
The project is part of the state’s Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation program, which will double the company’s capacity in the Midland Basin.
Preview Of Things To Come In The Permian? AZ Data Center Causes Crackdown On Water Users
Until this week, a company with zoning approval in Tucson could have relatively unlimited access to Tucson’s water system, even if it was going to use millions of gallons of water.
Pacifico Energy unveils 5GW offgrid natural gas project in Texas slated to serve a hyperscale data center
Will span 8,000 acres with the first 1GW of capacity expected to come online in 2028
SNF Acquires Texas-based Obsidian Chemical Solutions
Based in Midland, Texas, Obsidian has grown rapidly to become a trusted solution provider to the Permian Basin. It provides one of the largest bulk storage capacities in the basin and a substantial manufacturing footprint.
Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
For years Big Oil producers chased U.S. shale profits with big spending hikes while seeking something even more elusive than the next big gusher: steady, sustained profitability. Now Chevron, long the industry’s No. 2 player, believes it hit upon a formula for just that.
Longview Native Hopes To Protect Texas Water If Elected To Railroad Commission
“I’m definitely not anti-oil and gas. It’s provided a heck of a living for me,” Dunlap said. “But we see things that need to be handled differently and done the correct way. We’ve been getting away with a lot of things for so long, and we really can’t afford to keep going down this path of not recognizing our faults.”
SRBC Approved 57 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use Permits in June/July
The highly functional and responsible Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), unlike its highly dysfunctional and irresponsible counterpart, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), continues to support the shale energy industry by approving water withdrawals and consumptive use for responsible and safe shale drilling.
Texas asks voters to pour more money into water projects
Texas went big this year in a quest to boost the state's water supply and infrastructure by placing a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 4 ballot that could generate $1 billion annually over 20 years for projects.
Oil Steadies As Investors Eye Ukraine War, U.S. Inventories
Brent crude futures were down 4 cents at $67.18 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 3 cents at $63.22.
Driveless trucks delivering sand to oil wells in Permian Basin... Water Next?
Kodiack is based in California and has operations in Dallas and in the Permian Basin. They operate a fleet of driveless trucks with partners at Atlas Energy Solutions. There are currently five driveless trucks going through the Permian Basin as of the end of July, delivering freight to oil wells.
Texas Sierra Club Meets with TCEQ Chair Brooke Paup to Discuss Air and Water Protections
"We also raised the need for regulations focused on pre-production plastics pollution, as well as protections around treated produced water (oil and gas wastewater) discharges into Texas rivers and streams."
Subscribe
Looking to stay connected in the rapidly evolving oilfield water management business? Look no further than the Oilfield Water Connection’s Weekly News Digest.
Subscribe to get our carefully curated summary of relevant water news and analysis delivered to your inbox each Wednesday morning
Share Your News
Send us your press releases and any other news articles which you believe would be of interest to our readers. Email submissions to hello@oilfieldwater.com
Advertising
Do you provide oilfield water technology, or service? Advertise in the Oilfield Water Weekly.
LEARN MORE
