Recycling begins for fracking water in Permian Basin

Fuel Fix:
A Houston oilfield water management company has started operations to recycle wastewater from oil and natural gas sites in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.

Solar Water Midstream LLC announced on Tuesday that the company has Pecos Star System has started recycling operations in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico and Culberson and Loving counties in Texas.

The pipeline system moves wastewater from oil and natural gas operations to recycling centers where it is treated and sent back to be used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations.

"Our large-diameter produced water pipeline system provides reliable, low-cost water disposal capacity to our customers while enabling Solaris Water to aggregate significant produced water volumes for recycling," Solaris Water Chief Operating and Commercial Officer Amanda Brock said in a statement. "We provide significant cost savings to our customers and reduce their reliance on brackish and fresh water. Our customers understand the benefits of having shared infrastructure in place to provide redundancy and lower costs."
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Another benefit is that it avoids potential problems with earthquakes caused by injection wells.  It looks like another aspect of the shale producers becoming more efficient in their operations.

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