Disposal Well Gas Operator 
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.
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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Oil and Gas Lawyer
MARCH 10, 2025
The Delaware Mountain Group is a group of formations including the Bell Canyon, Cherry Canyon and Brushy Canyon formations, deposits in ancient canyons filled in over the ages, and are productive of oil and gas. These disposal wells have caused water to migrate to producing wells in the Delaware Mountain Group, killing those wells.
The Energy Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Last week, the Livingston Parish Council introduced a proposed ordinance that would place a moratorium on “the construction of disposal wells and injection wells in the Parish of Livingston.” [1] 2] The EPA regulations relating to Class VI wells can be found at 40 CFR §146.81 Ordinance No. Tammany Parish Government v.
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 This brackish mixture of formation water, injected fluids, and various compounds presents one of the industry's most persistent operational challenges.
Oilfield Technology
JUNE 27, 2025
Every year billions of barrels of Produced Water (PW) are generated from oil and gas production around the world. There are two primary destinations for PW from onshore operations. Most of this water goes back into the producing formations via injection wells as part of IOR and EOR programs to get more production from ageing fields.
The Energy Law
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
By Jillian Marullo Senate Bill 514, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes saltwater pipeline operators in Texas “to install, maintain, and operate” saltwater pipelines “through, under, along, across, or over a public road” in order to transport the wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing operations to disposal sites.
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