Water management
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November 2025
(WO) - New Mexico’s push for a sustainable produced water program has devolved into political gridlock. In this month’s column, Mark Patton unpacks how a once-promising plan collapsed into regulatory drama—while Texas charges ahead with pilot projects that could redefine water reuse across the Permian.
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November 2025
The oil and gas industry is increasingly adopting electromagnetic flowmeters (magmeters) to improve produced water management. With superior accuracy, reliability and smarter diagnostics than mechanical meters, magmeters help operators handle rising water volumes and regulatory demands, supporting more efficient and sustainable oilfield operations.
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October 20, 2025
Kent has been awarded the FEED contract by Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) for the Khafji Desalter and Water Treatment Plant upgrade. The project will sustain 300,000 bpd of crude production and expand treatment capacity to over 500,000 bpd.
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May 22, 2025
Texas regulators are warning that wastewater from fracing in the biggest U.S. oil basin is causing a “widespread” increase in underground pressure — a development that risks hindering crude output and harming the environment.
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December 17, 2024
After extensive reviews of public comments and stakeholder input, the Railroad Commission of Texas has adopted a significant overhaul of rules regulating oil and gas waste management facilities in Texas.
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May 22, 2024
Adaptive Process Solutions (APS), a produced water treatment specialist, has completed a highly successful field trial of its new Microbubble Infusion Unit (MiFU) technology, achieving a near five-fold reduction in oil in water (OiW) levels in combination with a synergistic production chemical.
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January 10, 2024
The Commission will focus attention on the effectiveness of treatment technologies and examine proper methods for gathering, storing, treating, testing, and documenting how treated water quality evolves and is controlled in each pilot facility.
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November 17, 2023
(WO) — Abu Dhabi Sustainable Water Solutions Company (SWS), a leading provider of sustainable water solutions, announced a regional first of hitting 80% utilization of recycled water in the emirate of Abu Dhabi for the month of August.
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September 01, 2023
The main scope of this paper is to describe the possible and secure production method of huge quantities of fresh/drinkable water from subsea bottom springs, by separating this meteoric (in origin) groundwater from the saline seawater.
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June 22, 2023
The newly created SWS Holding took ownership of Abu Dhabi Sustainable Water Solutions Company (ADSWS), formerly known as Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC), the main entity behind all wastewater collection, treatment, and reuse in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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May 24, 2023
This project will replace the current high-salinity, deep aquifer water systems at the fields, thereby reducing water injection related energy consumption by up to 30%.
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May 10, 2023
The arrangement between Infinity and QRI aims to standardize, appraise and categorize water manufactured from the energy sector on a commercial scale. With robust end-to-end workflow tools, SpeedWise Water helps to streamline the drilling and exploration process with better water analytics and data.
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March 21, 2023
For use at oil and gas and other sites, the trailer provides onsite water treatment solutions that enhance safety, quality, reliability and transparency of service to customers.
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March 17, 2023
The Canadian company is looking to step up output in Colombia, which accounts for most of its production, by improving techniques such as adding so-called waterflood facilities in the main fields.
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February 13, 2023
MYCELX has secured its second REGEN sale to another National Oil Company in the Middle East for water treatment during Enhanced Oil Recovery production. In addition, the company converted an emergency response project into a longer-term deployment.
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December 05, 2022
B3 Insight has released a comprehensive water data offering for Wyoming, the company announced on Monday. This unique dataset is the first of its kind, and integrates data for injection wells, production sites, water rights and land parcels in addition to many water management layers and workflow tools.
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June 28, 2022
B3 Insight announces the completion of the data disclosure pilot for the WaterSage Certification developed in partnership with B3’s Oilfield Water Stewardship Council (OWSC) members.
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April 28, 2022
B3 Insight announced the launch of a complete produced water dataset that covers all of North Dakota including the extensive Bakken Shale Play.
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January 31, 2022
Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright notes seismologists have determined the injection of water into the deeper formations that is likely responsible for the recent earthquakes in the Permian Basin.
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September 21, 2021
Lagoon Water Midstream has closed on the acquisition of Double Drop Resources, a water management company located in the Permian basin.
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October 19, 2020
The acquired assets include approximately 65 miles of pipeline and 100,000 barrels per day of installed and permitted disposal capacity. As part of the sale, Cimarex has agreed to a 15-year acreage dedication in the Whites City area, which encompasses more than 40,000 acres, for the gathering, disposal and recycling of its produced water.
