Houston-based Select Energy Services, provider of water management and chemical solutions to the unconventional oil and gas industry, said June 16 it was awarded contracts for construction of three produced-water recycling facilities in Permian Basin (two in Midland Basin, one in Delaware Basin) that will decrease freshwater usage and waste disposal. The announcement said, “These state-of-the-art facilities will allow Select to leverage its expertise in frac chemistry and fluid optimization and provide customers with sustainable recycling solutions that deliver a consistent water quality standard for use in completion activities.”
Also, Select acquired infrastructure from a customer that provides one million barrels of storage capacity, and the company is in the process of upgrading its previously announced Midland Basin produced-water recycling facility to meet additional commercial demand.
Select began construction on the two new Midland Basin facilities during 2021Q2. Both projects are supported by long-term contracts with private operators for the purchase and delivery of recycled produced-water. Each facility will support the recycling of up to 40,000 barrels of water per day while providing about 1.4 million barrels of adjacent recycled water storage capacity. The company expects these facilities to be fully operational by the end of 2021Q3.
The third facility will be a produced-water recycling facility for a major integrated operator in Delaware Basin. This facility is designed to recycle up to 30,000 barrels of produced-water per day and will be supported by one million barrels of adjacent recycled water storage capacity. Select expects to start construction by the end of Q2 and be fully operational by the end of Q3.
Also, Select is expanding its previously announced Midland Basin produced-water recycling facility serving Martin and Midland counties by 30 percent to 65,000 barrels of produced-water per day and the nearby recycled water storage capacity by 40 percent to 2.8 million barrels. And Select soon will begin installing bi-directional pipeline infrastructure to connect the facility to nearby operators.