Heckmann begins fresh water pipeline operation in the US

Heckmann has started operations of its new fresh water pipeline in the Haynesville Shale area, in the south of the US, planning to deliver about 16,000 barrels of water a day.

Heckmann Water Resources’ (HWR) fresh water pipeline will initially transport water from HWR’s Red River and the Sabine River and the pipeline is expected to be fully operational next year with a capacity of about 60,000 barrels per day.

O, the 40-mile long upgraded PVC pipeline will represent the largest fresh water pipeline system in the Haynesville Shale area, the company said.

The combination of the 40ml pipeline with multiple sources of fresh water as well as strategically placed reservoirs, provides a cost-effective and reliable solution for HWR customers’ frac water needs in the Haynesville Shale area.

Company chairman and CEO Richard Heckmann said the pipeline will allow the company to provide improved efficiency and reliability of its total water solutions for HWR customers in the Haynesville Shale area.

"In the first half of the next year, we plan to complete the extension and expansion of our adjacent produced water pipeline. As we bring both pipelines into service, we will be able to give our customers a full service option of fresh water, storage, temporary piping, and produced water transfer through either trucks or pipes, to final disposal, recycle, or treatment," Heckmann added.

On average, 6.3 million gallons of fresh water are needed for each drilled frac well in the Haynesville Shale area.

HWR is a water solutions segment of Heckmann, a services-based company focused on total water solutions for shale or unconventional oil and gas exploration.

 

Caption: Heckmann’s fresh pipeline will have an initial capacity of 16,000 barrels of water a day. Image courtesy of Henley Quadling