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

Producer's Edge

In the vast expanse of Texas oil fields, a critical but often overlooked challenge lies beneath the surface: produced water management. While the industry continues to explore recycling technologies and beneficial reuse applications, economic and technical barriers have limited widespread adoption.   Basic Energy Services, LP v.

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The Produced Water Challenge

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

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? Through normal drilling, completions, and production, the numbers are staggering. Not even on eBay.

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