This week, we attended and participated in the only in-person produced water / water midstream conference held so far in the pandemic era – The Oilfield Water Markets 2021 Conference. And it was awesome to be back out there mingling with so many great industry folks. As the first event …
Read More »Join Us For Face-To-Face Networking & Learning At The Biggest Produced Water Event Of The Year This May!
Here in about 3 weeks (May 12-13 in Frisco TX), the produced water industry will once again gather in-person to discuss market trends. Hosted by our friends at the Oilfield Water Connection, the fast approaching Oilfield Water Markets 2021 Conference is the first in-person oilfield water event in more than a …
Read More »Surging Midland Basin Seismicity Is An Underappreciated Oilfield Trend To Watch
80% of Midland Basin seismic activity recorded in the past three years occurred in the last three quarters. Despite a recent seismic surge, we haven’t heard very much talk about the consequences or mitigation. This matters because… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… …
Read More »Quick Takes On Produced Water Impacts In The Wake Of The Freeze
Proactive steps and production curtailment are both helping to… 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 member. If you are new to Infill Thinking, or your membership has expired, please email …
Read More »In Other News… Water Midstream Deals, 2021 E&P Capex Anxiety, Last Mile Contests & A Big Win? Hat Tip To One Of Our Own, & More…
In addition to the in-depth updates published during another interesting week in the frac life, these quick hits also crossed our desk and are worthy of a mention… There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this update and receive our research newsletters, …
Read More »Can The Federal Government Help Lessen Oil & Gas Volatility? Do We Want Them To? [Friday Guest Post]
I consider myself fortunate to have gotten to know Brent Halldorson, a tenured oilfield water expert, over the past couple of years. He’s a passionate student of our industry. About this time last year, I was in a conference hall listening to him speak on the history of the produced …
Read More »Delaware Basin City Running Out Of Water – An Underappreciated Story With Big Implications
In today’s bizarre world, so called “social media influencers” get millions of views for videos containing meaningless blather. On the other hand, we dug up a video posted about a week ago which everyone in the Permian oilfield should watch with rapt attention; however, it only had 25 views as …
Read More »Oilfield Water M&A Charts Suddenly Awash In White Space [Charts Of The Day]
Like with most sectors of the US economy in the Covid-19 world, dealmaking has gone silent in the oilfield water sector. There are three reasons that the recent lack of transactions in this oilfield niche is especially noteworthy: … There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the …
Read More »Is The Water Deal Pipe Going Dry? What WaterBridge Walking Away Says About E&P H2O System M&A
On Friday, WaterBridge left $10mm on the table to walk away from an E&P water system acquisition agreed to before the oil price crash that would have cost them another $215mm. What does it mean for E&P water system divestitures? Is the deal pipeline going dry? In this climate, we …
Read More »Turbulent Waters: A Commercial Landscape Update For Water Midstream
We checked in with some of our friends at Winston & Strawn last week to get a read on commercial conditions in oilfield water. Since this team is plugged-in to water deal flow, we asked what issues their water midstream clients are seeking help with these days. What they shared …
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