The last growing market of US land services, water disposal, is set for an all-time high in the Permian. Water disposal in the Permian Basin is likely to hit a new all-time high in the fourth quarter of 2020, exceeding 1.3 billion bbl for the period for the first time in history, potentially further expanding Texas’ total water market which had already recovered close to its pre-COVID record in...
Pilot Water Solutions has expanded its position as a major disposal player in the Delaware Basin of west Texas with its acquisition of Felix Water. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pilot Water is a majority-owned subsidiary of Pilot Company, a supplier of gasoline and the largest operator of travel centers in North America. The addition of the Felix assets will bring Pilot Water’s...
Oil and gas wastewater operations in the Permian Basin continued to grow alongside and upswing in production as the nation and world recovered from COVID-19. The health crisis brought on an historical collapse in demand for fossil fuels, meaning production of crude oil and natural declined. But as the market recovered, so did production and the installation and expansion of produced water facilities...
After a brutal 2020, the oil and gas industry outlook is positive and increasing activity levels are increasing demand for water management services and solutions. IHS Markit estimates the U.S. oilfield water management to be valued at around $37 billion in 2019, representing a 12% year-on-year (y/y) market growth from 2018; this is mainly driven by water disposal and water logistics. The Permian...
Oilfield water midstream companies are the fastest-growing segment of the oil and gas sector today. An industry that is projected to grow significantly over the next few years. IHS Markit, Woods Mackenzie, Rystad Energy and Raymond James all predict big growth for produced water management. And with that growth, we’ve already seen big investments in the water midstream sector. We’ve seen Goodnight...
The resource abundance in the US of the past decade came from the relentless drive to perfect the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques. Operators and service companies now have a very good handle on these upfront inputs, but it still seems that no one truly understands how to manage all the outputs. Water can be considered a waste stream of the oil production process,...
As much as $9 billion will be needed over the next decade just to throw away dirty water in the world’s busiest shale field, according to Raymond James & Associates Inc. The scale of the challenge is mind-boggling: drillers typically pump 30 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water into an oil well to fracture the surrounding rocks. In return, as much as 10 barrels come rushing back out for every...
Finding commercially viable solutions for handling produced water has become an urgent challenge for operators in the Permian Basin. As production ramps up and the saltwater disposal (SWD) well capacity gets strained to its limit, there is a greater need for operators and service companies to develop collaborative water management methods that may ensure a secure long-term future in the region. The...
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bison, Oklahoma's largest water infrastructure, logistics and solutions provider, today announced its acquisition of Cobalt Environmental Solutions ("Cobalt"), a leading water disposal business in the SCOOP and Merge plays of Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin. Bison anticipates all Cobalt employees will remain with the company, including Patrick Brandt, CEO...
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...