DENVER, CO – B3 Insight, the leading provider of water intelligence for the energy industry, has announced a new technical partnership with the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research (CISR) at the University of Texas at Austin to advance scientific understanding and operational strategies related to water injection in the Permian Basin.
This collaboration brings together B3’s unmatched injection data and CISR’s cutting-edge geoscience research to offer new insight into one of the most critical operational and environmental challenges in U.S. oil and gas production. The Permian Basin currently accounts for nearly half of all U.S. oil output and produced water management has become a top concern for operators, regulators, and surrounding communities.
“This partnership represents a major step forward in understanding how injection affects subsurface pressure, seismicity, and containment,” said David Hicks, President, B3 Insight. “By combining our industry-leading data with CISR’s advanced modeling and research, we’re helping to shape the future of sustainable water management in the Permian Basin.”
CISR’s research focuses on understanding the reservoir dynamics of large-scale injection, which is closely linked to operational issues such as induced seismicity and near-surface containment losses. Access to the most accurate, timely injection data is critical to improving the predictive accuracy of these models—and that’s where B3 Insight brings unique value.
“The high-quality data made available from B3 for CISR research and application is absolutely essential to our ability to interpret and quantitatively model subsurface behavior”, said Dr. Katie Smye, CISR Principal Investigator. “It’s foundational to the breadth of our goals.”
Together, B3 and CISR will provide new levels of transparency and technical insight to industry stakeholders, regulators, and the scientific community—all working toward the shared goal of safe, efficient, and sustainable energy production.
About B3 Insight
B3 Insight delivers the most comprehensive data, analytics, and insights for water-related energy operations across the U.S., helping clients manage risk, optimize operations, and make informed decisions.
About the Center for Injection and Seismicity Research (CISR)
CISR is a leading research consortium sponsored by the upstream and midstream energy industry and regulatory entities, and is focused on understanding the dynamic impact of large scale subsurface fluid injection with a mission to enable safer and more sustainable energy practices.