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70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge
Sidney Hill, the public information officer at the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, which oversees the Oil Conservation Division, said that NGL collected samples from the ditch and “We expect to receive them sometime this week.”
Are You Underwriting Permian Permitted Capacity — or Permian Deliverable Capacity?
Water handling is now a structural cost driver, and it’s showing up in valuations. What 2H 2025 basin data tells us about SWD capacity, pore pressure, and long-run development economics.
Cost to prevent a Texas water crisis has more than doubled to $174B, state says
Texas officials released a draft of their next state water plan in April, projecting that state and local governments will need to spend $174 billion in the next 50 years to prevent a water crisis.
In the Permian Basin, AI takes on big oil’s dirty water problem
Underneath the Permian Basin, the state’s largest oil field, lies an ocean of toxic, unusable wastewater that bursts out of rock formations when oil companies extract fossil fuels from the ground. For years, companies have struggled with how to dispose of it.
America’s Answer to China’s Lithium Stranglehold Is Hiding in the Permian Basin
Permian Basin innovator LibertyStream is betting big that the “drill baby drill” era may have an unexpected side effect: a surge in lithium feedstock flowing through America’s existing oil infrastructure network.
Select & LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners Milestone
Proud to celebrate this moment with LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners— the first tonne of battery-grade lithium carbonate produced under our Permian Basin agreement. A milestone for the project and a step forward for American mineral independence.
WATER TALENT POOL: Dustin Phillips Joins Keystone Clearwater Solutions
He'll be Director of Sales & Business Development.
WATER TALENT POOL: Jennifer McIntyre Joins Spirit Energy Services LLC
She'll be serving as Vice President of Business Development.
WATER TALENT POOL: Jordan Hess Parts Ways With Ovintiv
Heading to New Height Energy as Senior Reservoir Engineer...
Fewer Colorado wells means less total emissions, but each new well is getting dirtier
The 48 approved plans are expected to require 321 million barrels of fresh water.
Interior’s $4 Billion Permian Oil Lease Sale Shatters Record (2)
A $4 billion federal oil and gas lease sale last Wednesday in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas was the largest onshore lease sale in US history in terms of revenue generated, more than quadrupling the previous record, the Interior Department said.
Coupling Data Center Waste Heat with Produced Water Treatment for Energy-Efficient Water Reuse and Resource Recovery
he proposed integration offers a scalable and energy-efficient pathway to link data center energy systems with produced water management, advancing sustainable water reuse and resource recovery from industrial brines.
Aquatech Update
"With the acquisition of FTS H2O, we have introduced RecovOAR™, an osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) technology that focuses on energy-efficient concentration of high-salinity brines exceeding 230 g/L."
Texas is running out of cheap water, and will need to make salty water sweet
Texas faces a costly water crisis as growth, drought and industry outpace freshwater supplies statewide, writes columnist Chris Tomlinson.
Fracking and geologic hazards: Does fracking cause earthquakes or sinkholes?
Hydraulic fracturing is a short-duration stimulation process in a production well in which operators pump fluid and proppant at high pressure to create or extend fractures in a target reservoir. The process routinely generates microseismicity...
AI, Energy & Water... Interesting Thoughts...
AI energy and water needs are increasingly intertwined, particularly in the Permian Basin. Collaboration among the oil and gas industry, the AI sector, and power generation companies is essential for effective power generation in this region.
2 Water Pipes (and Frac'ing) Coming to Susq. County’s Auburn Twp
If you live in Auburn Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe bet that either there is or soon will be shale well drilling going on near you.
Infinity Scanning Ohio Utica M&A Tape as Neighbors Rumored Targets
Infinity Natural Resources (INR) is remaining on top of the Appalachian M&A market, while recently completing a $1.2 billion deal in Ohio with Antero Resources.
SRBC Approved 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use Permits in April
The SRBC published a notice in the May 23rd Pennsylvania Bulletin that the SRBC approved and/or renewed 33 general water use permits in April for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Cameron, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, and Wyoming counties.
Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win
Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen
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