Plenty of water deal news continues to cross the wires as 2019 draws to a close. And what a year it’s been for water midstream M&A. This week deals announced by three buyers take the deal count we track up to X significant water midstream transactions in 2019 vs. only …
Read More »Blue Is The New Green. Why Water Midstream Is A Great ESG Investment [Guest Post]
For water midstream, which is still in the early phases of market evolution, the opportunity to make a positive difference in the water supply/demand balance is enormous. Once permanent infrastructure is in place and multiple systems become interconnected, the stage will be set to move excess produced water to… There’s …
Read More »Permian Operator Pieces Together A Produced Water Deal Puzzle. This One Is Complicated By E&P M&A…
This E&P company is one of those operators that has been actively (and publicly) evaluating strategic alternatives for their water business for much of the year. We wrote about their thinking on the process in May 2019 and again last month. This week we got the latest on management’s thinking …
Read More »A Big Permian Operator’s Thinking On Monetizing Water Assets Changes; Warming Up To A Near-Term Sale
Another E&P is warming up to handing off their in-house water assets and could divest their water infrastructure to the third-party water midstream industry in the near-term… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
Read More »Vizualizing West Texas 2019 SWD Leaders [Chart Flip-Book]
Company by company timeline charts for the top injection well permitters. These charts tell us a lot and also provoke some interesting questions… Consolidation ahead? There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be …
Read More »Water You Doing On October 4?
In three weeks from now, on October 4 in Downtown Houston, US oil industry leaders and investors will gather to discuss oilfield water’s evolving business model, market structure, and latest trends. Oilfield Water: Industry Update delivers the most exciting produced water business topic agenda of any conference this fall season. …
Read More »E&P Consolidation Is A Catalyst For More Oilfield Water Divestitures & Recycling
Towards the end of the press release on Callon’s acquisition of Carrizo this week, a comment on oilfield water caught our eye. It signals… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you must be a …
Read More »As WaterBridge Pulls The Plug On IPO… More Oilfield Water Finance Conference Takeaways
In this update, we talk about why the withdrawal of the WaterBridge IPO isn’t a big surprise followed by takeaways from the afternoon sessions of the Oilfield Water Finance conference – an event that provides context and a framework for processing headlines like WaterBridge’s… The inaugural Oilfield Water Connection event …
Read More »Marcia, Marcia, Marcia… Hot Takes From The Oilfield Water Connection’s Morning Sessions Last Week
Last Friday, the who’s who of oilfield water management gathered at the Oilfield Water Connection’s inaugural event at the Houston Petroleum Club. This executive event happened at a defining moment in oilfield wastewater management – for this sector is undergoing rapid, transactionally-driven change. From highly informative panel discussions to unrivaled …
Read More »Buzz Builds Around WPX’s Water Infrastructure
WPX has talked about oilfield water assets strategy on investor conference calls times earlier this year. Their tone has progressively evolved in our view, and this week… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, you …
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