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

Oil & Gas 360º

MAY 19, 2025

(World Oil) – Utilizing scientific and engineering analysis, the Railroad Commission of Texas has issued new guidelines that further strengthen permitting of disposal wells in the Permian basin. Produced water is a byproduct of oil and gas production and is injected into SWDs.

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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

You are probably aware that the water problem in the Permian Basin is direit is the desert, after all. This leads to a bifurcated situation: what is the sustainability of current methodologies for disposal, and what are the infrastructures and processes in place to take a product once regarded as waste and turn it into an asset?

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Producer's Edge

APRIL 22, 2025

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 However, when injection operations impact nearby productive formations, the legal consequences can be substantial and the lawsuits complex.

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