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Under a 10-year acreage dedication,
a public independent operator in the
northern Delaware Basin has agreed to
buy water from a $10 million facility
under construction in Lea County consisting
of 100,000 bbl/d of recycling capacity
and 1.5 MMbbl of treated produced
water storage. The facility's modular
construction design makes it easily expandable
to accommodate future growth,
Skarke concludes.
Select Water Solutions is a full water cycle service provider in the Midland and Delaware
basins with fixed infrastructure for water distribution, storage and treatment; water
chemistry; and last-mile mobile logistics, including 12-inch lay flat hose and high-capacity
electric pumps to connect its fixed system to frac sites.
nationally includes 100 active disposal
wells, more than 1,000 miles of pipe,
and 11 recycling facilities capable of providing
1.2 million bbl/d. Mobile assets
more than double Select's daily recycling
capacity, Schmitz points out.
A Select plant outside Midland manufactures
polymer material used as friction
reducer in slickwater. The company invests
heavily in research, development and automation
and continues to evaluate reuse
and recycling technology to expand produced
water use outside oil and gas,
Skarke relates.
In November 2022, Select acquired
Breakwater Energy Partners and that company's
Howard County, Tx., recycling facility
connecting to 10 Midland Basin operators.
Included are disposal wells in a
less seismically sensitive area, Skarke
says. With the addition of four Breakwater
recycling facilities, Select now has seven
in the Midland Basin. The company also
bought 35 miles of gathering and distribution
pipelines, 3.5 million barrels of
water storage, 120 brackish source water
wells, and 25,000 bbl/d of permitted disposal
capacity. A pipeline under construction
will connect the system to existing Select
facilities in the basin, Schmitz points out.
Natural Consolidator
Houston-based Aris Water Solutions
continues to assess prospects for organic
growth, bolt-ons, and mergers and acquisitions
as it serves the likes of ConocoPhillips,
XTO, Oxy and Mewbourne
in the northern part of the Delaware
Basin, says Chief Executive Officer Amanda
Brock. Established in 2017, Aris went
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privately held water infrastructure companies, "
Brock says. " We will be patient
and if there are deals that make sense,
we will try and complete those deals.
There have been a lot of deals that came
to market. We have looked at most of
them, but they have to make sense to us.
We are going to be very disciplined when
we look at mergers and acquisitions. "
The company continues to expand
primarily through organic growth on
650,000 contracted acres, mostly in
Eddy and Lea counties, she says. The
company has eight years remaining on
the average long-term contract there,
Brock points out.
Aris's infrastructure includes over 700
miles of water gathering pipeline, 1.7
MMbbl/d of produced water handling capacity,
and 1.2 MMbbl/d of water recycling
capacity. The company has over 50 water
handling sites and 17 permitted recycling
sites with ponds for both produced and
brackish water.
Operations are directed from a central
control room that tracks water movement,
recycling and disposal operations, Brock
explains. Automation all along the system
improves efficiency and safety.
" This market has evolved very rapidly, "
Brock remarks. " When you look at the
volume of water that was moved in the
Permian only eight years ago versus
today, the volume of water being produced
is unprecedented. You have to deal with
it effectively. There are challenges, but I
think operators are beginning to understand
the increasing importance of effective
water management. "
Aris will continue to focus on technological
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