The Rattler Midstream IPO didn't just perform well, price well, and get upsized. It also posted a double-digit gain on its first day - a day when crude was down 3% and O&G equities were down more than that in the broader market...

The Midland, Texas-based pipeline company sold 38 million shares at $17.50 each, pricing an increased number of shares in the middle of its targeted range...

In a quality piece of investigative journalism, Bloomberg uncovered a $450 million bid to acquire the Hanging H Ranch in the Delaware Basin. While many folks reading this newsletter were likely already familiar with this deal process, this article is the first time it has come to light in the business press... And Oilfield Water Connection insights are cited as well...

Check out this brief, impactful video from the Sourcewater team that touches on how pore space availability in the subsurface and new disposal permitting will be the hot topic of the coming year...

A boom to build new saltwater disposal wells is underway in the Permian Basin. Permian growth is happening faster than companies can build landfills for oilfield waste and disposal wells to inject wastewater deep underground...

The Texas Oil & Gas Association commented after HB 3246 became law on May 24: "Recycling produced water is becoming more common thanks to the oil and natural gas industry's commitment to innovation and technological advances..."

The US Geological Survey has confirmed that four low-magnitude earthquakes have taken place in recent weeks in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas...

Our friends at World Oil published a great discussion with Clay Maugans of Select Energy Services... Give it a listen here...

Jason Spiess talked to Oilfield Water Connection co-founder Joseph Triepke about the origins of our first industry conference on June 21 in Houston, the speaker lineup, and oilfield water industry trends.... Give it a listen here...

The counter-claims seek a declaratory judgment that the vote conducted at the May 22 shareholder meeting was valid and effective, and that Mr. Eric Oliver has been overwhelmingly elected as TPL's third trustee. The Investor Group is also pursuing damages from the incumbent trustees for their alleged "wrongful acts" as trustees, including alledging the more than 5,000% raise in salary given to themselves and the recent undisclosed purchase of a private plane....

Texas Pacific Land Trust filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Eric L. Oliver for violations of federal securities laws in connection with the proxy contest Mr. Oliver initiated to be elected as a trustee of TPL...

Five months into her tenure as governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham vowed to continue to work with the oil and gas industry even as her administration rolled out an agenda to prioritize renewable energy amid a boom in oil and gas development in the southeast corner of the state...

The lawsuit, filed in Oklahoma City federal court in 2016, said ConocoPhillips didn't sufficiently dispose of saltwater overflow from the West Edmond Oil Field. ConocoPhillips reached a confidential settlement with residents of more than 30 homes in the nearby Clifford Farms subdivision last week, The Oklahoman reported...

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office is investigating the disposal of contaminated water from a landfill that accepts frac waste to a sewage treatment plant in Fayette County....

A century ago on Huntington Beach, waste from hundreds of wells was piped into the ocean. We’ve come a long ways since those days to protect the environment and operate in a safe and responsible manner....

Solids-particle damage depends on particle size of the solids, oil present in the injected water, and the average pore-throat diameter of the formation. If the particles are larger than the average pore-throat diameter of the formation, then the particles cannot penetrate the pores....

"I think private equity plays an important role in the market, whether it's acquiring leases or providing capital for developing leases or providing capital for secondary operations like water disposal," Meghan Dawson McElvy said.

A 20-year-old Bakken worker rescued a water hauling driver who had gotten pinned under the driver’s side door of his semi-truck after a rollover accident in the oilfield...

Peter Bowden, Global Head of Energy at Jefferies investment bank, is the keynote speaker and will address "The Water Opportunity" before 18 other experts take the stage to talk about oilfield water's evolving business model and market structure...

Wyoming regulators are considering a permit revision that would increase the amount of oil and gas wastewater that is discharged into Boysen Reservoir...

Produced water—the subject of a new EPA draft study—is a multifaceted environmental issue that presents golden opportunities and prompts difficult human health and ecological questions...

As it weighs giving states, tribes, and fossil fuel companies more leeway in how they handle rising volumes of oilfield wastewater, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will have to balance regulatory flexibility with the potential for harm to the environment and human health...

Connate Water Solutions LLC has opened a branch office in San Antonio...

Colombia‘s government hinted last week that it will permit fracking by foreign oil companies, despite the comptroller’s office warning this would have “catastrophic and irreversible” consequences...

Some of the waste flowback fluid from Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire was taken to a treatment centre in Leeds, the UK's Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed....