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Unpacking Proximate Cause in SWD Failure

Producer's Edge

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. Investigation revealed that there was severe degradation of the well’s tubing and casing.

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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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