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ProFrac’s 2025 Outlook: Next-Generation Frac Technology & Livewire Power

Oil Gas Leads

NASDAQ: ACDC) has set an ambitious course for 2025, leveraging next-generation hydraulic fracturing technology and its newly launched Livewire Power division to drive operational efficiency and growth. With pricing pressures easing and fleet utilization increasing, ProFrac is positioning itself for a strong year ahead.

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Livingston Parish Council Proposes Ordinance Banning Injection and Disposal Wells

The Energy Law Blog

1] Although not limited to Class VI injection wells—which are those wells utilized for the injection and permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide—the proposed ordinance is clearly aimed at prohibiting carbon capture and sequestration operations within the parish. Livingston Parish’s proposed ordinance looks eerily similar to St.

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How Natural Gas is Formed: The Origins of Our Energy Source

True Natural Gas

Some natural gas remains trapped in shale rock, requiring hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to release it. As technology advances, scientists and energy experts continue exploring new ways to extract and utilize this resource efficiently while minimizing its environmental impact.

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Texas Legislature Allows Saltwater Pipeline Operators to Build Pipelines Along Public Roadways for Disposal of Fracking and Other Drilling Wastewater

The Energy Law Blog

By Jillian Marullo Senate Bill 514, signed into law on June 14, 2013, authorizes saltwater pipeline operators in Texas “to install, maintain, and operate” saltwater pipelines “through, under, along, across, or over a public road” in order to transport the wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing operations to disposal sites.

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The Future of Texas Oil and Gas

Texron Operating

Key points illustrating the industry’s technological transformation include: Enhanced Drilling and Production Technologies: Technological advancements have increased oil and gas extraction efficiency and reduced the environmental footprint from horizontal drilling to hydraulic fracturing.

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Unlocking the power of data for sustainable water management with AWS

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

Focus on water-intensive industries: Certain industries, such as power generation, oil and gas extraction, and utility operations, are particularly water-intensive. Similarly, hydraulic fracturing in the oil and gas sector requires significant water volumes. In the U.S. in 2020, the electric power sector used 47.5

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law Blog

Many oil and gas properties have (a) unconventional shale formations that may be exploited with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing and (b) conventional formations that may be exploited with traditional vertical wells. The Five Lessons 1. Take advantage of the geology.