A workplace safety trends report issued recently by Texas Mutual Insurance shows declines in serious injuries in 2024 in several industries in the state, including 24 percent fewer injuries in the mining industry that includes oil and gas operations.  The construction industry remains at the top of Texas Mutual’s list but reported 20 percent fewer […]

Bakersfield, Calif.-based Tyrion Integration Services developed a SCADA platform (supervisory control and data acquisition) and brought it to the Permian Basin.  Tyrion’s Nucleus platform has built-in communications, including fiber, and serves as an all-in-one platform.  Mark Goehring, general manager, told Midland Reporter Telegram that Tyrion came to the Permian five years ago and now has […]

Gainesville-based Select Water Solutions and Occidental Petroleum said recently they expanded capacity of their Lost Tank recycling facility in Lea County, N.M., in northern Delaware Basin.  Initial capacity in 2022 was 60,000 barrels per day with new expansion to 180,000 b/d supported by 1.9 million barrels of storage.  Their joint initiative has recycled more than […]

Partners in the Belvieu Alternative NGL pipeline recently sanctioned its expansion to 300,000 barrels per day.  BANGL currently transports 250,000 b/d from Permian Basin to Sweeny after initial capacity of 125,000 b/d.  Expansion by partners WhiteWater Midstream, MPLX and Rattler Midstream is designed to support increased production and deliver more liquids to MPLX’s Gulf Coast […]

The 2025 Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference is scheduled March 4-6 in Midland and Odessa with featured sessions on beneficial reuse pilot projects, legal and regulatory updates from Texas and New Mexico, injection capacity, and full cycle water management. Speakers include Dan Pickering, CIO of Pickering Energy Partners; Colin P. Fenton, senior managing director […]

Baker Hughes’ count of active drilling rigs increased for the fourth consecutive week in U.S. As of Feb. 21 there were 592 rigs in U.S. (up 4 from 588 week ago, down 34 from 626 year ago). That’s the most since June 2024. Oil directed rigs also have increased in four straight weeks from 472 […]

Houston-based Halliburton Labs said it recently added five companies to its collaborative system to help advance commercialization with support from Halliburton’s practitioners and business network. The five include Espiku, a Bend, Oregon-based company that develops solutions to help operators reuse produced water and extract minerals from brines and industrial-produced water. Espiku is scouting locations in […]

Houston-based Renegade Infrastructure announced recently an inaugural equity commitment from management and Dallas-based Energy Spectrum Partners VIII. Established in late 2024, Renegade is an independent energy company focused on acquisition and development of midstream infrastructure for oil and gas operators in various basins. Renegade’s founder and CEO, Drew Ward, most recently co-led the successful development […]