2019 Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation

An expert panel of judges has selected the top 18 industry projects that open new and better avenues to the complicated process of fi nding and producing hydrocarbons around the world.

XRI Holdings Adds Fountain Quail’s Permian Basin Water Business

The acquisition of Fountain Qual Water Treatment is expected to strengthen XRI Holdings’ network of water midstream systems in the Permian Basin.

WaterBridge Takes Form In Permian Basin’s Wild West

WaterBridge was among the first companies to carve out a niche in the ‘wild west’ water midstream business of the Permian Basin.

Kendra II, De Nora Near Completion Of Marcellus Shale Produced Water Recycling Facility

The facility is set to commence operations in late May 2019.

De Nora Acquires Neptune Enterprises Forming De Nora Neptune LLC

Frac water disinfection experts become De Nora service arm in the unconventional oil and gas market.

Technology Reduces Produced Water By 50%

Proppant-bonded technology reduces formation water without hindering oil and gas production.

Full Immersion Industry Gets Religion On Produced Water

Volumes could reach 50 MMbbl/d in just the Permian; all options are on the table.

‘Scale And Quality’ In Produced Water Drove TPG Acquisition Of Goodnight

Big private-equity house is keen to build out from base of 1.4 million bbl/d disposal.

Wastewater: Private Equity’s New Black Gold In US Shale

Once managed individually by energy producers, the job of supplying, collecting and disposing of water is a rising cost, and has spawned a $34 billion a year business in the U.S. that has lured investors.

Water Slides Into The Spotlight

New technologies and approaches are bringing balance to the production of oil, gas and water.