In this special section, E&P highlights some of the latest products and technologies for shale development and looks at how they will benefit companies in their ongoing search for improved production and more effective operating techniques.
Tests validate a fouling-resistant degasification technology that eliminates dissolved gas species from produced water.
The market’s biggest challenges—scale and consolidation—are also its biggest necessities, according to B3 Insight’s Kelly Bennett.
WaterBridge’s private-equity backer sold a stake that implied a $2.8 billion enterprise value for the water midstream company that has a growing position in the Permian Basin.
NGL Energy Partners agreed to acquire privately held Mesquite for $890 million, which the company claims will create the largest water transportation and disposal company in the Delaware Basin.
The sale of Permian midstream assets in the Delaware Basin by PDC Energy helped the Denver-based oil and gas company offset a first-quarter miss, analyst says.
At DUG Permian Basin, Brent Halldorson, chief technology officer for Fountain Quail Water Management, and Michael Dunkel, vice president for water with Jacobs Engineering Group, did a wide-ranging a panel discussion on water economics in the big play. But both focused in particular on costs and operations.
Companies operating in the Permian Basin are working to get a better handle on water-related issues as production increases.
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.
The acquisition of Fountain Qual Water Treatment is expected to strengthen XRI Holdings’ network of water midstream systems in the Permian Basin.