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Permian oil producers face higher costs with new saltwater rules

Oil & Gas 360º

(Oil Price) – As if WTI oil prices in the low $60s per barrel aren’t enough to slow production growth at America’s top producing shale basin, the Permian, new guidelines for permitting saltwater disposal wells could raise the costs for operators, especially smaller producers with limited resources.

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Drowning in Liability: Court Extends "Waste" Liability to SWD Operator; but preserves the RPO defense

Producer's Edge

For every barrel of oil extracted in the Permian Basin, one report estimates that operators typically generate between 4-10 barrels of produced water—resulting in an estimated 3.9 billion barrels of produced water annually in Texas alone. —El Paso Dec. 27, 2024, no pet. Basic filed this appeal.

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Reusing produced water

Oilfield Technology

Every year billions of barrels of Produced Water (PW) are generated from oil and gas production around the world. In some mature fields, 10 barrels of water are generated for every barrel of oil produced. In recent years these higher disposal volumes have led to seismic events in several states.

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The Produced Water Challenge

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The Permian Basin alone produces approximately 15 millions of barrels of water a day. Applying the standard rate of 44 gallons to the barrel, a total of 15 million barrels equals about 660,000,000 gallons of water a day. If that water cannot be injected back into the disposal wells, where is it all going to go?

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New Texas Law Encourages Recycling of Wastewater From Oil and Gas Operations by Clarifying Ownership and Limiting Tort Liability

The Energy Law

On average, over 83,000 barrels (or 3.5 million gallons) of water is required to frack one horizontal well, many of which are fracked multiple times. In addition, for every barrel of oil or gas produced by a well, it is estimated that 7-9 barrels of wastewater are generated. In 2011, 3.5

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Eighty-Ninth Texas Legislature: One Month Countdown

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

Texas has the potential to unlock millions of barrels of safe, treated produced water, but we must diligently build the legal frameworks that incentivize operators to invest private capital in these initiatives. As of press time, this bill had passed the Senate and was in the House Energy Resources Committee.

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