One week ago, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the state-line area of Texas / New Mexico. The strongest in the area since 2017, it was reportedly felt by thousands as far away as Odessa. Quakes often lead to hasty and uninformed conclusions about causes involving oilfield activity. Today’s guest post …
Read More »What’s New On 6 E&P Water System Sale Processes, Plus A Handful Of Other Oilfield Water Market Datapoints
From the datapoint deluge this week, we’ve extracted these critical pieces of oilfield water market intelligence. 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, …
Read More »WaterBridge’s Buying Spree Extends Into 2020 As Another Large E&P System Is Divested
We take a look at WaterBridge’s acquisition history and comment on their latest deal in this update… 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 …
Read More »Graphing Oilfield Water M&A While Waiting For Deal Flow To Pick Up Again [H2O Chart Of The Day]
While waiting for deal flow to pick back up, we dusted off our water M&A database 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 must be a member. If you are new to …
Read More »Oilfield Water M&A Deal News Slows In Early-2020. Why & What’s Next…
2019 was a record year for M&A deals in oilfield water. Will 2020 be able to keep up the pace? 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 …
Read More »Rolling Stone Blasted By O&G Trade Group After Hit Piece On “Hot” Oilfield Water
Sustainable business models in oilfield water management will be a hot topic at The Oilfield Water Markets 2020 Conference coming up this May in Dallas. We’ll be there and hope to see many of you there… The Rolling Stone feature story on oilfield water that we flagged for our readers …
Read More »Oilfield Water Deal Flurry As 2019 Winds Down Solidifies A Historic Year For Water Midstream M&A
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 »Positive Read-Through For Both Felix Water And WPX 2020 Capex From Monday’s Big E&P M&A Deal
The dust is settling on another big E&P M&A announcement in 2019, and this one has implications for related water and midstream deal processes as well as 2020 E&P capex spending in the Permian. There’s a lot more to this story… Login to see the full update… To read this …
Read More »The Oilfield Water Tax Men – What Does It Mean To Be Water Midstream?
The phrase “water midstream” has without doubt been the hottest buzzword of 2019 in shale. Last week, we collaborated with Oilfield Water Connection on an executive survey about “what qualifies a water management firm as water midstream?” Today, new insights from the survey of leading CEOs and bankers and investors …
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 …
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