Clearlake-backed Gravity Oilfield Services bought "certain water disposal assets" from Pyote Water Systems yesterday. These assets are predominantly piped gathering and disposal capacity, scaling up Gravity's footprint in both the Midland and Delaware Basins...

Analysis on oilfield water infrastructure M&A including a review of 16 different operators' strategies for whether or not to own water management in house...

Our oilfield water conference on M&A, finance, business model, and market trends is now just around the corner - June 21 in downtown Houston. Sponsorships sold out last week, but we still have a handful of passes left to attend. It's not too late to register...

Bloomberg reported last week that NGP Energy Capital Management, an energy-focused private equity firm, is considering options including a sale for Oilfield Water Logistics...

Oilfield Water Connection's Managing Partner Joseph Triepke talked with the Texas O&G Podcast team this week. This interview starts at the 23-minute mark in the podcast. Our conversation touched on trends, problem solving and M&A in oilfield water. We also previewed our June 21 conference for listeners...

“'Take care of your water. One day it will be worth more than all that oil and gas,' Michael Moore's grandfather-in-law, a long-time Permian Basin rancher, told him before he died 12 years ago." This long-form article on the Permian boom is worth a read (or at least scan if you are short on time - it is really really long)...

Construction is underway on an RCRA-exempt oilfield waste landfill in Orla, Texas. The facility, which was permitted in March, will have capacity for approximately 6 million cubic yards and is scheduled to open 4Q19...

The predicted increasing water use, and flowback and produced water production in the Permian and Eagle Ford, are alarming given the extreme water scarcity in these regions...

Although the Texas Pacific Land Trust delayed the shareholder vote originally scheduled for May 22 twice (first to June 6 and then indefinitely with a lawsuit against the activist investor for alleged securities law violations), the activists held their vote anyway. And they claimed victory. In return, the incumbent Trustees declared the vote illegitimate, alleging in part that it occurred in a “secretly booked conference room.”...

JP Services has added a new Water Management Division to provide cradle-to-grave water services in coordination with JP Services midstream offering suite. The Water Management Division will fulfill water needs both in and out of service pipelines for intrastate, interstate and gathering system networks nationwide.

A fire broke out Monday night at a Hydro Clear Saltwater Disposal Plant after an explosion at the site. The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Office says the explosion was caused by a lightning strike....

As of May 15, there have already been over 220 permit applications for wells submitted in 2019, of which, 200 are for new wells as opposed to amendments to existing permits. This is a 150% increase in frequency of submitted applications (YTD) as compared to 2018. Most of the submitted permit applications fall in Reeves County, with 160 new well applications in all of 2018 and just over 80 as of May 15, 2019 alone.

These ventures involve a long, intensive permitting process and answering to a different regulatory body with demanding rules...

Over the past few years oilfield water assets have become increasingly a part of the energy landscape. This is especially true in the drought prone areas of the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Oklahoma and Wyoming Basins. This gallery features oilfield water assets centered around frac water, produced water and water recycling...

The two storage pools shown here, with a combined capacity of 1.5 million barrels, hold treated produced water until it's needed for the hydraulic fracturing of future wells.

Exterran secured a significant produced water treatment contract with a major operator in the Midland Basin involving a 30,000bpd water treatment system offered as a turnkey package...

Danos has recently entered into a contract with an independent land company based out of Dallas, Texas, to transition 50-60 crew members in a variety of positions. The transition will take place over the coming weeks to support water transfer at water treatment facilities in Midland and Orla, Texas. Additionally, Danos has been awarded a contract to construct two saltwater disposal facilities near Carlsbad, New Mexico...

Pioneer Natural Resources recently laid off a quarter of its workforce but continues to drill in the Permian Basin of West Texas...

With the growing demand for frac water in Permian Basin shale plays, the need for greater capacity in produced water treatment also grows. If left untreated or improperly treated in frac ponds, produced water is susceptible to invasions of bacteria that feed on the iron and total suspended solids common to produced water...

The order is the first to return to a state court of 42 lawsuits charging that the historic operation of oil and gas companies in six parishes along Louisiana’s coastline -- including the construction of service canals, the improper disposal of hazardous wastes and saltwater, and other operations -- caused damage to wetlands that state law requires the companies to either pay compensation for or repair...