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. In an AOR, operators are required to assess old or unplugged wells to ensure produced water would not escape through those wellbores.
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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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]
Oil and Gas Lawyer
MARCH 10, 2025
Disposal of produced water in the Permian has become a big problem, and the Texas Railroad Commission has granted permits for disposal wells that inject produce water into depths within the Delaware Mountain Group. PPC settled with all disposal well operators except Basic. PPC Energy , No. Basic appealed.
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
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. This could force operators to stop production in previously profitable 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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