Houston-based Palisade Pipeline said recently it will build Rail Runner, produced water pipeline system, in the Watco Railroad right-of-way from Lea County, N.M., to Winkler County, Texas, along SH 18. Rail Runner will transport produced water from northern Delaware Basin to saltwater disposal well systems in Winkler County. Palisade said Aug. 30 its infrastructure also “can serve as a water distribution system for beneficial reuse in the fields along the right-of-way route.”
Rail Runner is comprised of 97 miles of easements approved to move 500,000 barrels per day of produced water from Hobbs, N.M., to Monahans. Currently Rail Runner has 150,000 b/d of available disposal volume with plans to expand.
