Our Agenda
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
Day 0 – Welcome Reception and Exhibitor Setup | |||
18:00 | 21:00 | Welcome Reception Happy Hour | |
Day 1A – Injection for Disposal and CCUS; Solids Management | Day 1B – Critical Minerals and Resource Recovery | ||
8:00 | 8:10 | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 | 8:40 | Keynote 1 – Brady Murphy, TETRA Technologies | |
8:40 | 9:10 | Keynote 2 – TBD | |
9:10 | 9:15 | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 | 10:25 | Session 1A – SWD Well Management: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges | Session 1B – Unlocking Value from Produced Water: Critical Minerals and Resource Recovery |
Navigating the landscape: What We figured out in 2024,and Changes we Anticipate going Forward for 2025 Laura Capper Energy Makers Advisory Group | |||
SWD Site Selection and Permitting Procedures, a Retrospective Look Back and a Challenging Path Todd Reynolds GeoATX | Characterizing Produced Water for Critical Minerals, Rare Earths, and other Elements of Interest Kyle Murray Murray GeoConsulting, | ||
TBD Stefan Hussenoeder ExxonMobil | |||
10:25 | 11:00 | Networking Break | |
11:00 | 12:00 | 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: Crosby Shaver Blue Darter | Moderator: Vrajesh Mehta Oxy | ||
Panelists: Laura Capper Energy Makers | Panelists: Jay Keener Altillion | ||
Orlando Teran ConocoPhillips | Jason Lalli 2GL | ||
Cody Comiskey Chevron | Ryan Hall NGL | ||
Oliver Seekins Trinity | Mahdi Malmali Texas Tech | ||
12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
13:00 | 14:00 | Panel 2A – Energy Expansion: Produced Water, Oil & Gas, and the Role of CCUS | Panel 2B – Critical Minerals and Produced Water: Who Owns What? |
13:00 | 14:00 | Moderator: | Moderator: Jay Keener Altillion |
Panelists: Rick McCurdy Select Water | |||
Chris Davis Milestone Carbon | Brian Bohm Apache | ||
Mark Kidder ALL Consulting | Mark Kidder ALL Consulting | ||
14:00 | 14:05 | Transition to Roundtables | |
14:05 | 15:15 | Roundtables | |
15:15 | 15:45 | Networking Break | |
15:45 | 16:55 | Session 2A – Innovations in Solids Management for Oil & Gas Wastewater | Session 2B – Innovative Approaches to Produced Water Management and Resource Recovery |
A Novel Laboratory System for Enhanced Measurement Tod Canty JM Canty, Inc. | |||
Hydrogen Generation from Produced Water Glen Nakafuji Oceanit | |||
TBD | TBD | ||
16:55 | 17:05 | Closing Remarks | |
Time | Track A Activity | Track B Activity | |
Start | End | ||
Day 2A – Beneficial Water Management and Reuse Technologies | Day 2B – Offshore Water Management | ||
8:00 | 8:10 | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 | 8:40 | Keynote 3 – Scott Mitchell, Deep Blue | |
8:40 | 9:10 | Keynote 4 – Silvio Weschenfelder, Petrobras | |
9:10 | 9:15 | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 | 10:25 | Session 3A – The Evolving Landscape of Produced Water Management: Regional and Sustainable | Session 3B – Offshore Session 1 (WSOs 1) |
Oil Field Co-Produced Waters – Where we have been and where we are going Occidental Oil & Gas (OXY) | WSO Problem and Cause Hayden Arend BP | ||
WSO Problem Resolution Felix Pinto BP | |||
Driving Sustainable Water Management through the Water Positive Initiative and Blue Premiums Reduction Strategies in the Permian Basin Robert Hultz Water Positive Think Tank | TBD | ||
10:25 | 11:00 | Networking Break | |
11:00 | 12:00 | Panel 3A – Collaborating with Consortiums and Reading the Regulations | Panel 3B – Offshore Panel 1 (WSOs) |
Moderator: | Moderator: Vrajesh Mehta Oxy | ||
Panelists: Hayden Arend BP | |||
Shane Walker TxPWC | Felix Pinto BP | ||
Hope Dalton CoPWC | Andre Manheas CETCO | ||
John Builes Eurofins | |||
12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch Break | |
13:00 | 14:10 | Session 4A – Advancing Produced Water Reuse: Treatment Innovations and Practical Insights | Session 4B – Offshore Session 2 (Technology Tackles Produced Water Management 1) |
Guidance on Sampling, Treatment, and Fate, Risk and Toxicity Analysis of Produced Water for Reuse NMPWRC | TBD | ||
Efficiently Recovering Clean Water from Permian Basin Produced Water: Pilot Results of a Novel Solvent-Based Desalination Process Aquafortus | |||
Field Pilot Study of an Integrated Treatment System for Beneficial Reuse of Produced Water Aris Water | |||
14:10 | 14:15 | Panel 4A – Transforming Produced Water: The Role of Technology and Investment | |
14:15 | 15:10 | Moderator: Paul Barbour Devon | Session 5B – Offshore Session 3 (Technology Tackles Produced Water Management 2) |
Panelists: Jon Malone Tetra | Water treatment KPI dashboard (implemented machine learning application) Lauren Flores Martin Morles Chevron Cheng Chen | ||
Doug Lee Flathead Forge | |||
Saltworks | |||
15:10 | 15:30 | Networking Break | TBD |
15:30 | 15:45 | Networking Break | |
15:45 | 16:00 | Session 5A – Cutting-Edge Technologies for Produced Water Desalination and Brine Management | |
16:00 | 16:55 | TBD | Panel 4B – Offshore Panel 2 (Flowback Water Treatment) |
TBD | Moderator: Muhhanad Rabeh BP | ||
Solar Powered Pressurized Forward Osmosis Brine Concentration Plant for Produced Oil and Gas Wastewaters in Oman John Webley Trevi Systems | Panelists: Grace Cooling BP | ||
Randy Myers Baleen | |||
Graeme Smith Murphy Oil | |||
16:55 | 17:05 | Closing Remarks | Closing Remarks |
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 | 8:10 | Opening Remarks | |
8:10 | 8:40 | Keynote 5 – Amanda Brock, Aris Water | |
8:40 | 9:10 | Keynote 6 – TBD | |
9:10 | 9:15 | Transition to Tracks | |
9:15 | 10:25 | 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 Joseph Alexander Circle Water Verde | TBD | ||
The potential of variable power electrodialysis for produced water desalination MIT | TBD Joseph Anderson BP | ||
TBD | |||
10:25 | 10:45 | Networking Break | Networking Break |
10:45 | 11:00 | Session 6B – Offshore Session 4 (Seawater Treatment for Injection), Continued | |
11:00 | 11:10 | Panel 5A – Surface Discharge and Treatment Standards | TBD |
11:10 | 12:00 | Panel 5B – Offshore Panel 3 (Seawater Treatment for Injection) | |
Panelists: Adrianne Lopez TPWR | Moderator: Ana Melissa Vasquez NOV | ||
TBD | Panelists: Joseph Anderson BP | ||
TBD | |||
12:00 | 12:10 | Lunch | |
12:10 | 13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 | 14:00 | Panel 6A – Who Wants the Water? | Session 7B – Advancing Produced Water Solutions: Digital Tools, Data, and Commercialization |
Moderator: Jeff Braune Bechtel | An Update on Project PARETO: DOE’s Produced Water Optimization Initiative U.S. Department of Energy | ||
Panelists: Jeremy Louder 2J Farms | National Energy Water Treatment & Speciation (NEWTS): A Water & Critical Minerals Database and Dashboard U.S. Department of Energy | ||
Susan Shifflett Texas Hydrogen Alliance | Commercializing the PARETO tool: Improved functionality through in-depth brine composition analysis OLI Systems, Inc. | ||
14:00 | 14:10 | Panel 7A – Energy Expansion: Produced Water’s Role in Hydrogen | |
14:10 | 15:00 | Moderator: Rajendra Ghimire Badwater | Panel 6B – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: The Latest Tools for Midstream Operators |
Panelists: Brian Korgel UT Austin | |||
Rick McCurdy Select Water | Panelists: Vikram Jayaram Neuralix AI | ||
Kishor Nayyar Xylem | Ben Figard C3 AI | ||
15:00 | 15:10 | Networking Break | |
15:10 | 15:30 | Networking Break | |
15:30 | 17:00 | Tech Pitch Competition | Participants TBD |
Moderator: Douglas Lee Flathead Forge | |||
Panelists: Jim Sledzik Aramco Ventures | |||
Steve Kloos Burnt Island Ventures | |||
Joaquin Silva Energy Innovation Capital | |||
17:00 | 17:10 | Closing Remarks | |
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Thank You To Our Supporting Organizations
