Water

With 54% of the natural gas and 82% of the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) coming from wells drilled in 1,000 feet (305 meters) of water or more, offshore operators are honing their techniques in the deepwater, according to an analysis by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) on Thursday released its final review of EPA’s landmark study published last year on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water resources.

Water Midstream Partners LLC has completed the southern extension to its Midland County, TX, commercial pipeline system, connecting new oil and gas wells inside and adjacent to the city of Midland to its saltwater disposal well (SWD) on SH 158, north of the Nadine and Tom Craddick Highway.

TPH Partners, the private equity arm of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., has formed multi-service water management company EnWater Solutions LLC to serve oil and gas operators in the Permian Basin. The Midland, TX-based company combined the partnership’s existing water business in the Permian and assets from Pelagic Water Systems LLC. Services range from high-volume saltwater disposal facilities to permanent and temporary water pipelines. Micky Thacker, a former Flint Energy Services executive, was named CEO.

In addition to better exploiting the value of natural gas and natural gas liquids, the next chapter of Bakken Shale development in North Dakota will be written about water, according to Lynn Helms, the state’s chief oil/gas regulator.

Four young companies took home a combined $80,000 this month at the fifth annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest for technology breakthroughs that could be applied to the midstream, compressed natural gas (CNG), water treatment and environmental management sectors.

In a 72-page report released on Monday, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission concluded that the billions of gallons of water withdrawn by the oil and natural gas industry in Northeast Pennsylvania have had no significant impacts on the quality of the basin’s water resources.

In a 72-page report released on Monday, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission concluded that the billions of gallons of water withdrawn by the oil and natural gas industry in Northeast Pennsylvania have had no significant impacts on the quality of the basin’s water resources.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has asked the courts to set aside a jury’s recent verdict awarding more than $4 million to four plaintiffs for alleged water well contamination in rural Dimock Township, PA.