Oilfield wastewater disposal volumes are expected to double in the Permian Basin within the next two to three years, a new analysis from global energy intelligence firm Wood Mackenzie shows. As drilling activity continues to expand in the arid region between West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, hydraulic fracturing has resulted in growing challenges in sourcing water and what to do with wastewater...
Houston -- Post Oak Energy Capital, LP and Genesis Park, LLC, through investment partnerships each company separately manages, has announced that they have led a $200 million equity commitment to Layne Water Midstream Holdings, LLC (LWM). Post Oak and Genesis Park acquired LWM from Granite Construction Incorporated with an additional commitment to continue to fund the company’s growth. The LWM...
Whether for disposal or water recycle, help is available for specifying the right pump for the job. New trends have emerged in the world of water management for domestic oil and gas production as more companies look for ways to recycle produced water in lieu of injection into salt water disposal (SWD) wells. For recycling to make economic sense, a consumer of treated produced water is needed. Typically,...
BuySWD.com is creating a new investment platform to provide qualified investors with the opportunity to purchase fractional interest in profitable saltwater disposal properties. The new platform will "cherry-pick" high quality assets from the BuySWD.com inventory. Select SWD's must meet strict investment criteria before being accepted into the SWDInvest.com portfolio. The first property we will be opening...
MIDSTREAM UPDATE AUGUST 24 2018 Diamondback said they would conduct an IPO to raise $100 million for its subsidiary, Rattler Midstream, which provides oil, gas and water gathering services to Diamondback. In addition to the money raised in the IPO, Diamondback is contributing 248 miles for conveyance of flowback and produced water and 80 miles of pipeline for fresh water. This gives Rattler Midstream the...
In 2015, after selling our interest in a South Texas saltwater disposal company we decided to form BuySWD.com as a platform to help connect buyers and sellers in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Our goals are simple: Help sellers cast a wider net when marketing their SWD properties to prospective buyers Help qualified buyers access a wide variety of SWD properties for potential...
PetroGuardian (www.PetroGuardian.com) provides specialty engineered lightning protection system and designs, installs and maintains custom lightning protection, surge suppression, grounding and bonding systems for oil and gas assets and saltwater disposal (SWD) facilities. PetroGuardian is the only independent lightning protection EPC company worldwide with extensive experience in all three lightning...
Amplisine’s “all-in-one” cloud-based SCADA and field automation solution targets the needs of the SWD facility from remote control, ticketing, transactions and video security. Cloud based technology allows access to data from anywhere Transaction based software to manage tickets, print tickets, track & interface to accounting for invoicing Industrial PC-based field installation allows...
The ELIMINATOR™ Offload System (OS) was designed to save saltwater disposal (SWD) operators time and money by automating and simplifying the offload of both produced and flowback water through an SWD facility. The ELIMINATOR™-OS is a dual-lane, self-contained patent pending water filtration unit that, with proper permissives, also allows complete 24/7 SWD automation, including control of...
Vertical gun barrel separators, standard in the industry for the last century, are proving to be inevitably inefficient. Solids buildup, settling times and droplet rise distance continually leads to poor oil/water separation. That’s why National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has introduced a game-changer for the disposal industry. The newly designed Horizontal Gun Barrel’s orientation results in a significant...