Produced Water as an Industrial Water Resource in the Permian Basin: Forecasting, Water-Quality Constraints, and Reuse Screening for West Texas
Produced-water management in the Permian Basin is increasingly shaped by three linked pressures: growing unconventional-water volumes, tightening saltwater-disposal constraints, and severe regional water scarcity in West Texas. The herein-used approach shows that these issues cannot be discussed separately. Historica...