Disposal Well Exploration and Production Gas 
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.
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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Producer's Edge
APRIL 22, 2025
While the industry continues to explore recycling technologies and beneficial reuse applications, economic and technical barriers have limited widespread adoption. Consequently, over 80% of Texas produced water still finds its way into saltwater disposal wells—a critical infrastructure network that enables continued production.
Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine
APRIL 14, 2025
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.
Producer's Edge
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Saltwater disposal wells rarely fail, but when they do, a complex web of legal issues can arise, such as potential regulatory matters, and potential claims for surface or subsurface damages, among other related operational concerns. Operating LLC , No. 03-22-00063-CV, 2024 WL 847222 (Tex.App—Austin Feb. 29, 2024, no pet.),
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