The Permian Challenge
The Old Playbook No Longer Works
Competition for pore space is increasing, and DWC's are over pressurizing formations, causing huge liabilities in the form of earthquakes, polluted aquifers, and revived zombie wells.
Tightening Regulations
The Texas Railroad Commission is limiting DWC's across the permian, with multiple disposal zones in the Delaware and the Permian facing new curtailments.
Desalination is Too Expensive
Desalination requires enormous costs in energy, capex, and still leaves a highly concentrated brine that needs disposal, yet this is where the entire industry thinks it needs to go as a solution.
