Our Agenda
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
February 10th – Welcome Reception and Exhibitor Setup | |||
4:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Registration | |
6:00 pm | 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception Happy Hour, Sponsored by Benchmark | |
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
Day 1A – Injection for Disposal and CCUS; Solids Management | Day 1B – Critical Minerals and Resource Recovery | ||
8:00 am | 8:10 am | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 am | 8:40 am | Keynote 1 – Brady Murphy, TETRA Technologies | |
8:40 am | 9:10 am | Keynote 2 – Belgin Baser, SLB | |
9:10 am | 9:15 am | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 am | 10:25 am | Session 1A – SWD Well Management: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges | Session 1B – Unlocking Value from Produced Water: Critical Minerals and Resource Recovery |
Session Chairs: Gerardo Rivera CCE Consulting | |||
Navigating the landscape: What We figured out in 2024,and Changes we Anticipate going Forward for 2025 Energy Makers Advisory Group SWD Site Selection and Permitting Procedures, a Retrospective Look Back and a Challenging Path Forward GeoATX Managing Subsurface Risks Associated with Water Injection in the Permian Basin ExxonMobil | V for Valorization Infinity Water Characterizing Produced Water for Critical Minerals, Rare Earths, and other Elements of Interest Murray GeoConsulting, LLC Pilot Study for Produced Water Refining: Efforts against Water Scarcity, Global Warming, and Critical Mineral Shortages Texas A&M University | ||
10:25 am | 11:00 am | Networking Break | |
11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Panel 1A – Seismicity and Water Purges: What Does the Future Hold for SWD Operators? | Panel 1B – Critical Minerals from Produced Water: Is it Hype or Reality? |
Moderator: Blue Darter Energy Panelists: Energy Makers Advisory Group Oliver Seekins Trinity Consultants Cody Comiskey Chevron Reed Davis ALL Consulting | Moderator: Oxy Panelists: Jay Keener Altillion Jason Lalli 2GL Ryan Hall NGL Texas Tech | ||
12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Panel 2A – Energy Expansion: Produced Water, Oil & Gas, and the Role of CCUS | Panel 2B – Critical Minerals and Produced Water: Who Owns What? |
Moderator: Badwater Alchemy Panelists: Hydrozonix Milestone Carbon NOV TES OLI Systems, Inc. | Moderator: Jay Keener Altillion Panelists: Select Water Mark Kidder ALL Consulting The Sebree Law Firm PLLC James Carroll Coghlan Crowson, LLP | ||
2:00 pm | 2:05 pm | Transition to Roundtables | |
2:05 pm | 3:15 pm | Roundtables | |
3:15 pm | 3:45 pm | Networking Break | |
3:45 pm | 4:55 pm | Session 2A – Innovations in Solids Management for Oil & Gas Wastewater | Session 2B – Innovative Approaches to Produced Water Management and Resource Recovery |
Session Chairs Jeff Wilmon BP Shanna Wimbush Enerflex | |||
A Novel Laboratory System for Enhanced Measurement of Oil-in-Water and Total Suspended Solids Using Dynamic Imaging Technology JM Canty, Inc. Ceramic Technology Economics For Water Repurposing APATEQ, Inc. Online Solids Management for Water Midstream Facilities Wolf Process Technology | Management Strategies for Controlling Emissions from Produced Water Hydrozonix From Waste to Profit: Sustainable Lithium Extraction from Produced Water Lithium Harvest Supercritical water oxidation as a catch-all technology for treating organic contaminants in produced water 374Water | ||
4:55 pm | 5:05 pm | Closing Remarks | |
5:05 pm | 7:00 pm | Cocktail Reception, Sponsored by Milford | |
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
Day 2A – Beneficial Water Management and Reuse Technologies | Day 2B – Offshore Water Management | ||
8:00 am | 8:10 am | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 am | 8:40 am | Keynote 3 – Scott Mitchell, Deep Blue | |
8:40 am | 9:10 am | Keynote 4 – Silvio Weschenfelder, Petrobras | |
9:10 am | 9:15 am | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 am | 10:25 am | Session 3A – The Evolving Landscape of Produced Water Management: Regional and Sustainable Perspectives | Session 3B – Offshore Session 1 (WSOs) |
Oil Field Co-Produced Waters – Where we have been and where we are going former OXY | |||
Driving Sustainable Water Management through the Water Positive Initiative and Blue Premiums Reduction Strategies in the Permian Basin Robert Hultz Water Positive Think Tank | Holistic Approach on WSO Diagnosis and Solutions João Maia CETCO | ||
10:25 am | 11:00 am | Networking Break | |
11:00 am | 12:00 pm | Panel 3A – Collaborating with Consortiums and Reading the Regulations | Panel 3B – Offshore Panel 1 (WSOs) |
TxPWC | BP | ||
Hope Dalton CoPWC | João Maia CETCO | ||
Matthias Sayer WATR Alliance | John Builes Eurofins | ||
12:00 pm | 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00 pm | 2:10 pm | Session 4A – Advancing Produced Water Reuse: Treatment Innovations and Practical Insights | Session 4B – Offshore Session 2 (Technology Tackles Produced Water Management 1) |
Session Chairs James Cunningham Chevron Morris Hoagland Jade Dragon | |||
Guidance on Sampling, Treatment, and Fate, Risk and Toxicity Analysis of Produced Water for Reuse NMPWRC | |||
Efficiently Recovering Clean Water from Permian Basin Produced Water: Pilot Results of a Novel Solvent-Based Desalination Process Richard Brunton Aquafortus | |||
Field Pilot Study of an Integrated Treatment System for Beneficial Reuse of Produced Water Aris Water | Case Study – Increased Produced Water Treatment Capacity by Retrofitting of an Existing DGF Stauper Water Technology | ||
2:10 pm | 2:15 pm | Panel 4A – Transforming Produced Water: The Role of Technology and Investment | |
2:15 pm | 3:10 pm | Session 5B – Offshore Session 3 (Technology Tackles Produced Water Management 2) | |
Doug Lee Flathead Forge | Revolutionizing Produced Water Treatment Systems for Unmatched Production Excellence – (two offshore assets) RADIX | ||
Saltworks Technologies | Connecting the dots for a holistic approach for innovation: Produced Water, Carbon and 3D Digital Twins Corva | ||
Jay Ayrer Coterra | |||
3:10 pm | 3:30 pm | Networking Break | |
3:30 pm | 3:45 pm | Networking Break | |
3:45 pm | 4:00 pm | Session 5A – Cutting-Edge Technologies for Produced Water Desalination and Brine Management | |
4:00 pm | 4:55 pm | Panel 4B – Offshore Panel 2 (Flowback Water Treatment) | |
Permian Basin Membrane-Based Pilot Evaluation: Water Quality, Toxicological Assessment, and Agriculture Study Colorado School of Mines | |||
A Smart Approach to Convert an Industrial Water Treatment Process, with Effluent Discharge, to a Zero Liquid Discharge State: A Case Study in Alberta, Canada EXEN Pro Ltd | |||
Jarid Hugonin Baleen | |||
Solar Powered Pressurized Forward Osmosis Brine Concentration Plant for Produced Oil and Gas Wastewaters in Oman John Webley Trevi Systems | Murphy Oil | ||
Joshua Ho Hess | |||
ChampionX | |||
4:55 pm | 5:00 pm | Transition to Special Session | |
5:00 pm | 5:30 pm | PWS Turns 35… A look back at Its inception and Influencers along the way! | |
5:30 pm | 7:30 pm | Cocktail Reception, Sponsored by Bechtel | |
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
Day 3A – Beneficial Reuse Technologies and Applications | Day 3B – AI and Machine Learning; Offshore Water | ||
8:00 am | 8:10 am | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 am | 8:40 am | Keynote 5 – Amanda Brock, Aris Water | |
8:40 am | 9:10 am | Keynote 6 – Snehal Desai, Xylem | |
9:10 am | 9:15 am | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 am | 10:25 am | Session 6A – Innovative Desalination and Evaporation Technologies as an Alternative for PW Disposal | Session 6B – Offshore Session 4 (Seawater Treatment for Injection) |
Efficient Industrial Scale Desalination and Economization of Permian Basin Produced Water Circle Water Verde | |||
The potential of variable power electrodialysis for produced water desalination MIT | |||
Maximizing Efficiency in Water Injection Systems: Innovative Solutions for Increasing Productivity & Environmental Sustainability RADIX | |||
10:25 am | 10:45 am | Networking Break | Networking Break |
10:45 am | 11:00 am | Session 6B – Offshore Session 4 (Seawater Treatment for Injection), Continued | |
11:00 am | 11:10 am | Panel 5A – Treat, Discharge, Recharge: Mitigating Risks and Maximizing Benefits of Surface Discharge | Offshore SRU Holistic Approaches to Membrane Design and Fouling Management for Operation Stability Optimization Hydranautics – Nitto |
11:10 am | 12:00 pm | Panel 5B – Offshore Panel 3 (Seawater Treatment for Injection) | |
Tetra Tech | |||
Eric Bernard TxPWC | |||
Friends of the Pecos | RADIX | ||
NMPWRC | Veolia | ||
12:00 pm | 12:10 pm | Lunch | Hydranautics – Nitto |
12:10 pm | 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
1:00 pm | 2:00 pm | Panel 6A – Who Wants the Water? | Session 7B – Advancing Produced Water Solutions: Digital Tools, Data, and Commercialization |
An Update on Project PARETO and Ongoing Commercialization Efforts U.S. Department of Energy | |||
Texas Hydrogen Alliance | Sarah Tamilarasan SOTAOG | ||
Cotter Ranch Ltd. | OLI Systems, Inc. | ||
National Energy Water Treatment & Speciation (NEWTS): A Water & Critical Minerals Database and Dashboard U.S. Department of Energy | |||
Commercializing the PARETO tool: Improved functionality through in-depth brine composition analysis OLI Systems, Inc. | |||
2:00 pm | 2:10 pm | Panel 7A – Energy Expansion: Produced Water’s Role in Hydrogen, Geothermal, & Nuclear Power | |
2:10 pm | 3:00 pm | Panel 6B – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Latest Tools for Midstream Operators | |
NOV | |||
Xylem | Ben Figard C3 AI | ||
Natura Resources | OLI Systems, Inc. | ||
The Sebree Law Firm PLLC | Umberto Cabarrocas Keco Systems | ||
Parsolvo | |||
3:00 pm | 3:10 pm | Networking Break | |
3:10 pm | 3:30 pm | Networking Break | |
3:30 pm | 5:00 pm | Produced Water Society’s Technology Pitch Competition | |
Participants: Active Membranes, Inc. Geolithium LLC Altillion Aquafortus Inc. | |||
Burnt Island Ventures | |||
Energy Innovation Capital | |||
5:00 pm | 5:10 pm | Closing Remarks | |
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Thank You To Our Silver Sponsor
Thank You To Our Supporting Organizations
