Disposal Well Operator Utilities 
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. They apply to new and amended permit applications for deep and shallow disposal 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]
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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.
Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine
APRIL 14, 2025
If that water cannot be injected back into the disposal wells, where is it all going to go? Well, hold your literal and metaphorical horses. Ira Yates, president and Founder of Friends of the Pecos River (more at: friendsofthepecosriver.org) recently said during an interview, Well, the water has to be clean.
Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine
MAY 1, 2025
Once again, lawmakers have prioritized water, and industry experts remain committed to expanding the use of treated produced water in industrial and agricultural applications, as well as for land discharge, Robertson stated. In their 2024 report, the Railroad Commission estimated nearly 9,000 such wells exist in Texas.
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