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U.S. Midstream Water for Hydraulic Fracturing: Market Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts, 2025–2030

U.S. Midstream Water for Hydraulic Fracturing: Market Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts, 2025–2030

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Over the last decade, hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has transformed the U.S. energy landscape, establishing the country as the world’s largest producer of oil and gas. By tapping into shale reserves across regions from Pennsylvania to Texas, fracking has become a cornerstone of global energy security. The U.S. now contributes nearly 40% of global oil production and 37% of natural gas production.

Midstream water management, which involves the supply, treatment, recycling, reuse, and disposal of water, is critical to this transformation. Horizontal well completions can extend up to five miles and require over 12 million gallons of water, resulting in unprecedented volumes of produced water. By 2030, the volume of produced water at wellheads is projected to reach 50 million barrels (2.1 billion gallons) per day, placing additional stress on disposal facilities and fueling regulatory scrutiny, particularly in high-activity regions like the Permian Basin, which spans Texas and New Mexico.

In this evolving context, exploration and production companies and midstream water management players are pursuing more integrated water solutions. Water supply and produced water pipelines are becoming viable alternatives to trucking and produced water recycling is on track to meet over 77% of fracking water demand by 2030. These shifts, accompanied by consolidation efforts such as mergers and acquisitions and partnerships across the water value chain, are reshaping the competitive landscape.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of U.S. midstream water management, encompassing market drivers and forecasts, basin-level dynamics, and the strategies of leading players that are influencing the future of oilfield water management.

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