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The Growing Pressures of Produced Water Disposal
Reading Time: 8 minutesA version of this article appeared in the Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT). Permian Basin Water Disposal 35 billion barrels. 1.5 trillion gallons. 1 Toledo

Agua es Vida
Reading Time: 3 minutesAgua es vida. Water is life. I recently re-watched a Western Landowners Alliance short film by this title (you can watch it HERE) and it

Where’s Water?
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast month, I had the privilege of participating in the Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum at the Aspen Institute. These dialogues, a partnership between the Aspen Institute

Permian Basin CO2-EOR: Unpacking Low Well Utilization
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the prolific oil fields of the Permian Basin, a question emerges – why are so few wells injecting CO2? There are more than 9,000

Measuring to Manage: The Water Data Transparency-Risk Balancing Act
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last year, the B3 Insight team has been engaged in some really exciting projects intended to advance water management far outside of the

Carbon, Capture, and Sequestration: The Pressures of Selecting the Perfect Site
Reading Time: 8 minutesDecades of experience injecting fluids into the ground has revealed a fundamental truth: No two injection sites are the same. A thorough understanding of site-specific

Permian Embraces Produced Water Recycling
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe following article was originally published in The American Oil & Gas Reporter (AOGR) Once a significant challenge for producers, Permian Basin wells’ high water

Water is the Nexus
Reading Time: 3 minutesWater resides at the convergence of so many matters: human health and economic output, environmental health and stability, energy production, and energy transition; the list

Is the Permian “Glass” Half-Full of Produced Water?
Reading Time: 7 minutesWATER MANAGEMENT Proper water management is fundamental to Permian Basin oil and gas production. The production-water management equation has two parts: providing water to drill