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Chat directly with produced water industry executives about how higher oil prices are driving growth.
The agenda is looking stronger than ever—top speakers, great topics, plus plenty of fun and networking time. Have you looked at the agenda lately? It’s really coming together nicely now!
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News Digest
Five Point Strengthens San Mateo Midstream Platform to Support Next Phase of Growth and Value Creation
San Mateo, formed by Five Point and Matador in 2017, will continue to grow its midstream platform (including produced water) under this new deal. They will both be at the May 6th Oilfield Water Markets Conference In Irving - come talk to them about this exciting news!
WTI Oil INSANE VOLATILITY!!
Crude almost reached $120 a barrel on Monday over fears that the conflict would cause lengthy disruption to energy supplies from the Middle East, but dropped back to below $90 following Trump's comments.
What Does $100 Oil Mean For Produced Water?
Sudden change are happening in produced water. Today, SWD volume is surging as artificial lift wells are throttled up. Tomorrow, synthetic disposal might surge...
Rising Oil Prices, Finite Disposal
In practical terms, the basin is discovering that disposal pore space is not infinite. It is a finite geological resource that must be managed carefully. In effect, pore space has become a commodity. This reality breaks the traditional relationship between oil prices and production growth.
Crude prices are higher after IEA announces historic oil reserve release
Oil prices were higher Wednesday as the market weighed a historic release of emergency reserves from the International Energy Agency.
Keystone Growth!
Keystone Clearwater Solutions is proud to continue expanding our Water Transfer Division in the Permian Basin, Texas.
WATER TALENT POOL: Concept Tanks Opening
This site-based role will oversee Concept Tank construction activities on large-scale produced water storage projects.
WATER TALENT POOL: Infinity Co-Founder Announces Departure
Jordan Kramer writes: "today marks my final day as Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Infinity Water Solutions."
WATER TALENT POOL: Direct Midstream Ownership Change
Direct Midstream now solely owned by Chris Early...
Devon–Coterra: Scale, Water, and the Next Constraint in the Northern Delaware
The proposed merger brings together two distinct produced water systems inside one of the most pressure-sensitive and regulatorily scrutinized regions of the Permian, writes B3 Insight.
What About The Salt?
What are we going to do with all of the salt? Produced water desalination will transform 16-20% TDS Permian brine into a viable source of non-toxic freshwater, but it will also produce a highly concentrated slurry of dissolved constituents (metals, minerals, scaling agents, etc.)
Huge US Oil Industry Development
Trump touts ‘historic’ $300B Texas refinery as first new US plant in nearly 50 years...
IEA agrees to release record 400 million barrels of oil to address Iran war supply disruption
The International Energy Agency’s 32 member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to address the Iran war supply disruption.
FALL PRODUCED WATER EVENT LAUNCH: Pittsburgh 10/20/26
Today Oilfield Water Connection launched the event website with details and online registration for the October 20th Marcellus/Utica water conference to be held in Pittsburgh at the David Lawrence Convention Center. The event launches with strong industry backing and sponsors that have already signed up include: Keystone Clearwater Solutions, O'Melveny, Permian Oilfield Partners, RWI, Core Linepipe, B3 Insight, and TETRA. It will be co-located with a new data center energy event we are launching that will be held the day before and packages are available to join both!
FALL PRODUCED WATER EVENT LAUNCH: Houston 10/20/26
Today Oilfield Water Connection launched the event website with details and online registration for the November 3rd Oilfield Water Update conference to be held at the Houstonian. The event launches with strong industry backing: Keystone Clearwater Solutions is presenting sponsor, TETRA is VIP Dinner Sponsor, Select is lanyard sponsor, and Core Linepipe is a case study sponsor. It will be co-located with a new electric power event that will be held for 2 days after the 1 day water conference!
B3 Insight’s 2H-2025 Permian Water Market Trends and Forecast Report
B3 Insight reframes water management as what it has become: long-lived, capital-intensive infrastructure governed by pressure, regulation, and pore space.
PA DEP Signals Recommendation on Shale Drilling Setbacks by Year End
It's time to make a LOT of noise with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) if you care about Marcellus drilling continuing in the Keystone State...
3 New PA Water Pipelines Coming to Support More Shale Drilling
Thanks to the work of David Hess at the PA Environment Digest Blog in tracking Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) notices published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, we spotted three new water pipeline projects related to drilling new shale wells in three different northeastern PA counties: Lycoming, Bradford, and Wyoming.
Texas Railroad Commission chairman discusses oil and gas regulation, produced water, oilfield theft
The chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission visited central Texas Tuesday to discuss the oil and gas industry’s economic impact and how regulators are responding to emerging challenges.
Texas spent $7M to plug a toxic well. Now it's demanding a Houston company foot the bill.
The Texas Railroad Commission spent $6.95 million to plug a Ward County well in September 2024.
Overseas War Angle On Water, But Interesting None-The-Less
Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both...
Oilfield environmental progress underreported
Water reuse rates in the region continue to rise, reducing reliance on freshwater sources.
A nuclear approach to produced water treatment
The brine-laden water produced during oil and gas extraction operations in the U.S. Permian Basin poses an operational constraint.
Permian operators turn to biosurfactants as test lifts oil output 20%
“We’ve seen an uptick in interest in surfactants,” Martin Shumway, senior vice president at Locus Bio-Energy, told the Reporter-Telegram.
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