Shake, Rattle and Roll - Produced Water Volumes, Regulation and Innovation in the Permian

22/07/2025 10 min
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Produced Water Volumes, Regulation and Innovation in the Permian

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Episode Synopsis

There’s a lot going on in the Permian produced water space lately. Crude-oil-focused production in the prolific shale play is generating vast and increasing volumes of produced water that needs to be recycled or injected into disposal wells. State regulators, concerned about injection-related seismic activity, are tightening their rules, ramping up oversight and cracking down. Produced water gathering systems are being expanded and long-distance pipelines are being planned and built. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the latest developments and where things are heading.

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