Oil & Gas 360º

JUNE 10, 2025

(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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Disposal Well Oil E&P Basin 130

Oilfield Technology

JUNE 27, 2025

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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Midstream BBL Exploration and Production Operator 52

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

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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Basin Exploration and Production Disposal Well Barrel 96