Happy New Year! Please block off the dates May 5-6, 2026 on your new calendar.  Here’s why…
Now here is this week’s industry news & analysis…
News Digest
H2O M&A: Lane42 Investment Partners Announces the Acquisition of Aqua Terra Permian, LLC
"In Lane42, David Melton and I have found a partner that shares our vision for building a scaled, water-focused midstream company," commented Odely Sakazi, CEO of Karis. "We are excited to grow alongside our customers and to continue to deliver the high level of service they have come to expect from the Aqua Terra Permian team."
H2O M&A: HydrEra Water Services Acquires ThinkTank Products Inc. and Minion Tanks in Strategic Fluid Storage Deal
"As we begin a new year, it is with great pride that we announce the strategic acquisition of ThinkTank Products Inc.," said Brad Wanchulak, Managing Director of HydrEra Water Services. "This acquisition significantly strengthens HydrEra's leadership position in modular and vertical fluid storage across North America by bringing together two best-in-class technologies under a single operating platform, expanding scale, execution capability, and customer choice."
WSJ WATER DEEP DIVE: America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there
WATER TALENT POOL: A Key Hire At Permian Oilfield Partners
Zach McCain has joined Permian Oilfield Partners as Chief Commercial Officer. Previously, Zach served as Vice President of Permian for Extract Production Services, where he led all facets of the business.
WATER TALENT POOL: WTX Water Solutions Hiring
Openings for Director of Sales And Business Development and Director of Operations...
WATER TALENT POOL: New Vacancies
A recruiter is looking for FIVE Vice Presidents of Business Development in water/wastewater across North America...
B3 Expands Data Capabilities
The Permian now has basin-scale surface deformation monitoring—and fully integrated with B3’s water, pressure, seismicity, and infrastructure datasets inside OilfieldH2O.
Zombie Wells, Water, and the Permian’s Next Reckoning
The always thoughtful Kirk Edwards weighs in...
Injection wells discussed at commission
The continuing issue of injection wells was discussed Wednesday during the final meeting of the year by the Washington County Commission.
Tank battery explodes, 4,000 barrels of produced water released
The tank battery explosion that was reported Tuesday morning happened December 29 at a Select Water Solutions LLC site about 15 miles east of Watford City.
A Relevant NMPWRC Technical Study...
The latest study published by the New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium models the use of bipolar membrane electrodialysis for acid and base production from a high salinity desalination brine. Zac Hildenbrand muses if this will lead to a similar initiative with hypersaline produced water and/or the resulting salt slurry from produced water desalination...
Raymond James upgrades WaterBridge Infrastructure (WBI)
Fintel reports that on January 5, 2026, Raymond James upgraded their outlook for WaterBridge Infrastructure (NYSE:WBI) from Outperform to Strong Buy.
Earthquakes in unlikely places: What's triggering them?
In 2023, Texas and California were nearly tied for the number of magnitude 3 and larger earthquakes, which is honestly kind of wild when you think about it. Texas isn't supposed to be earthquake country.
New Mexico lawmakers to tackle reduced spending in the new year’s budget, + More
A coalition of cities and towns said water infrastructure projects are underfunded by $200 million; rural prosecutors asked for help with internet connections and high-mileage cars; the state Public Education Department secretary disclosed a $35 million shortfall after a debacle that involved paying multiple school districts to serve the same students virtually.
Ector County approves $17 million water infrastructure agreement
Ector County commissioners unanimously approved a $17 million agreement Tuesday with Kimley-Horn and Associates to improve water infrastructure in West Odessa and other rural areas of the county.
A private water company is leading a $150 million rush for northern Colorado groundwater
The fast moving Front Range H2O hopes to deliver its first water to the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District by early 2029
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
