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Why Produced Water Is Becoming the Permian’s Most Important Planning Variable
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy Produced Water Is Becoming the Permian’s Most Important Planning Variable Oil production numbers used to be the main signal operators and investors watched in

B3 Insight and SatSense Bring Satellite Ground-Motion Intelligence to the Railroad Commission of Texas
Reading Time: 2 minutesSatSense InSAR data in B3 Insight’s OilfieldH2O platform will support the RRC’s Underground Injection Control program across the Permian Basin Denver, CO and Leeds, UK –

The Haynesville Uses More Frac Water Per Well Than Any Major U.S. Shale Play
Reading Time: 4 minutesMost coverage of the Haynesville focuses on gas fundamentals such as completions activity, Henry Hub pricing, and LNG offtake commitments along the Gulf Coast. These

What Operator-Level Disposal Data Reveals About the Permian Water Market
Reading Time: 3 minutesFormation pressure conditions and injection efficiency are becoming material inputs in how Permian water disposal assets get valued and underwritten. B3 Insight’s 1Q 2026 Permian

The Disposal Illusion: Why Moving Water Is Not the Same as Managing It
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article is a summarized and edited version of a piece originally written by Pat Patton, published on Substack in May 2026. The Permian’s growing

Are You Underwriting Permian Permitted Capacity — or Permian Deliverable Capacity?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWater handling is now a structural cost driver, and it’s showing up in valuations. What 2H 2025 basin data tells us about SWD capacity, pore

As Reservoir Quality Declines, Water Costs Rise
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy Higher Oil Prices Don’t Guarantee More Permian Production – Part 2 of 2 By Patrick Patton, VP of Products, B3 Insight In Part 1 of this series, we examined how

B3 Insight Launches InjectIQ: Forecasting Software for Water, Injection Capacity, and Reservoir Pressure
Reading Time: 3 minutesDenver, CO – March 31, 2026 — B3 Insight today announced the launch of InjectIQ, an AI-enabled forecasting software tool designed to model produced water volumes, saltwater disposal capacity,

Permian Economics are Shifting, and Produced Water Is the Variable
Reading Time: 2 minutesDisposal constraints, rising formation pressure, produced water growth, and infrastructure concentration are beginning to influence long-term asset valuation across the basin. “Permitted capacity overstates functional
