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Too Much Water, Too Few Answers

It could be argued the Permian Basin is a water play with a side of hydrocarbons. While oil is the goal, all that water represents a significant waste stream. Unconventional shale operators fairly quickly started diverting some produced water to hydraulic fracturing, but that sti...

The Ripple Effect of Managed Pressure Drilling

Once reserved for high-end deepwater wells, managed pressure drilling (MPD) has gained a dedicated following in the US land market. Now the same managed pressure techniques that made difficult wells possible and safer to drill are cascading into other aspects of the well-construc...