From sourcing to disposal, water is slowly becoming the largest challenge to field development in the Permian Basin, Wood Mackenzie says. In fact, failure to mitigate these issues could increase costs, with possible consequences as severe as well shut-ins.
The number of completed Permian wells is rising, and water disposal volumes are expected to double by 2022, WoodMac says. This generates increasingly large volumes of water. Even with 100% water reuse for completions, the current salt water...
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