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The Changing Landscape of Leasing and Minerals

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The elephant in the room right now involves those questions about who owns beneficially-useful produced water and the minerals in the waste flow, such as lithium and others. Plus, Phelan pointed out, new technology is increasing production levels for new Permian well, and drillers are pushing into new fields with some good success.

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Making the Invisible Visible – Delivering Clarity

Drillers

This can take the form of contract discounts or more practically it could mean requiring less charged-for backup equipment in the field. However, over the life of the field, the small annual saving will become significant. Operator planning processes and documentation are the elephants in the room.