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 …
Read More »A Seismic Investigation Of Last Week’s 5.0 Magnitude Permian Earthquake [Guest Post]
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, …
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