Western Midstream starts second produced-water treatment pilot in Permian Basin

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Western Midstream Partners and its Joint Industry Project collaborators Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon, and ExxonMobil have started up a second produced-water treatment pilot facility near Red Bluff Reservoir in Reeves County, Texas. The facility is designed to receive 2,000 barrels per day of produced water and produce approximately 1,000 barrels per day of reclaimed freshwater, roughly ten times the output of the first pilot. The project builds on a 24-month initial pilot that collected over 50,000 water quality data points to demonstrate treatment suitable for industrial cooling, irrigation, and surface discharge. The new facility will serve as a demonstration site to optimize operations and validate consistent reclaimed freshwater production, guiding the next phase of commercial-scale desalination facilities. Western Midstream already handles about 3.0 million barrels per day of produced water across its Permian operations and views beneficial reuse as the next major solution to the region's water challenges.

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