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News Digest
What Does Clean Mean?
NGL Water Solutions has waited 31 months for Texas to tell it what clean means. Its application to discharge 60 million gallons a day of treated produced water has sat at TCEQ since December 2023. Four more wait behind it. Texas Pacific, Western Midstream, Select, Pioneer. Zero approvals.
New PW Facility Coming To Northeast
Steel Valley Wastewater is an industrial pretreatment and commercial wastewater treatment facility under development to serve industrial and energy customers across the greater Pittsburgh, Weirton, and tri-state Appalachian region.
‘The precipice of an emergency.’ Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated.
Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water.
WTI Rebounds To $80 As War Drums Beat Again
Oil prices rose after U.S. forces struck Iranian targets and Washington reinstated its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
Permian Produced Water Volumes Compound
The outlet is becoming more constrained as formation pressure builds, injectivity declines, and regulatory restrictions on injection continue to tighten across portions of Texas and New Mexico.
Dry New Mexico Actually Has Lots of Water. Unfortunately, It’s Toxic — So Far.
The glut of wastewater is so massive industry execs fear it will soon throttle production in the nation’s largest oil field.
Water contamination case near Fayetteville takes new turn
The plaintiffs are property owners near the Fayetteville Works facility, where DuPont and Chemours released forever chemicals, known as PFAS, since the 1980s. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or forever chemicals, are reused in the manufacture of consumer and commercial products such as nonstick cookware and firefighting foam.
Avant Natural Resources Closes Oversubscribed Fundraise With Over $1 Billion of Aggregate Commitments
Fund II will continue Avant's focus on aggregating and developing upstream assets and related infrastructure projects in the Permian Basin...
Is the Data Center Water Problem Fake?
Bluefield's water experts examine the data center market through a water lens. The conversation covers what the numbers actually show, where they fall short, and what water companies stand to gain on both sides of the Atlantic.
PA lawmaker wants to protect water supply from data centers
A state Representative plans to introduce legislation that would ensure the safety of water supplies affected by data center operations in the state.
New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
One-year construction ban will apply to data centers using 50 megawatts or more...
Texas energy infrastructure could get a boost under new federal proposal
New industries and data centers continue expanding across the state of Texas. With rising power demand, energy infrastructure, this demand could be provided at a federal level due to a new federal proposal.
Are deep reservoirs the next frontier in the US shale revolution?
Deeper wells had long been seen as uneconomic because of the difficulty and cost of drilling and completing wells at higher temperatures and pressures. But technological advancements have reduced both technical and cost challenges, making them increasingly competitive with shallower wells.
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