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Category: Water Valuation

Texas map overlays rainfall bands, major reservoirs, and Central Texas counties alongside population growth from 1990 to 2020, illustrating rising water demand in a region with limited reservoirs.
May 19, 2023 Groundwater Management / Water Valuation

Central Texas Groundwater Market Conditions Update: Spring 2023

A periodic market conditions update for the vital groundwater market in Central Texas and the I-35 corridor.

June 11, 2020 Food-Water-Energy nexus / Frac water / Groundwater Management / produced water / Water Valuation

Produced Water in Texas: No Dedication Without Compensation.

Recommended citation: Collins G. 2020. Produced Water in Texas: No Dedication Without Compensation. Texas Water Intelligence. 11 June 2020. Download

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Title page of Gabriel Collins's 2020 Texas Water Journal article, Oilfield Water Infrastructure Connectivity: The Case for a 'Hydrovascular' Network in the Permian Basin, with its abstract.
February 25, 2020 Food-Water-Energy nexus / Frac water / produced water / Water Valuation

Oilfield Water Infrastructure Connectivity: The Case for a ‘Hydrovascular’ Network in the Permian Basin

Citation:  Collins G. 2020. Oilfield Water Infrastructure Connectivity: The Case for a ‘Hydrovascular’ Network in the Permian Basin. Texas Water

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October 23, 2019 Frac water / produced water / Water Valuation

How Produced Water’s Economic Value is Evolving in the Permian Basin

Presented at the Shale Water Expo 2019, 22 October 2019, Houston, TX Full presentation available here: Gabriel Collins, “Collins_How Produced

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June 24, 2019 Food-Water-Energy nexus / Frac water / produced water / Water Valuation

How To Value Oilfield Water Assets as Big Institutional Money Flows Into The Space

Thank you to Oilfield Water Connection for putting on a superb conference! Gabriel Collins, “How To Value Oilfield Water Assets

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May 9, 2019 Groundwater Management / Water Valuation

The Brazos Valley Region: What’s Your Groundwater Potentially Worth?

Thank you to the Texas Farm Bureau for hosting me in Franklin on 7 May 2019 for a groundwater valuation

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Texas map comparing groundwater sales, leases, and court valuations by county, with prices expressed per acre-foot, saturated foot, or surface acre.
May 3, 2019 Frac water / Groundwater Management / produced water / Water Valuation

Economic Valuation of Water in the Permian Basin

Many thanks to the American Society of Appraisers for giving me the chance to speak at a great event this

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Slide compares frac-water demand for three- to ten-rig programs with monthly produced-water output from seven Lea County wells, showing why integrated water services need substantial scale.
February 28, 2019 Frac water / produced water / Water Valuation

Permian Oilfield Water Midstream Moves Toward Consolidation and Integration Phase

Biggest thanks to the Permian Basin Water in Energy 2019 conference organizers for including me in a stellar event!  Looking

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Charts show Texas reservoir storage below capacity and a sharp rise in groundwater demand during the 2011 drought, illustrating groundwater's role in buffering surface-water shortages.
September 20, 2018 Food-Water-Energy nexus / Frac water / Groundwater Management / Water Valuation

Economic Valuation of Groundwater in Texas

Presentation to Texas Water Research Network Conference, 14 September 2018, Austin, TX. Thank you to TWRN for giving me the

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Texas map comparing groundwater sales, leases, and court valuations by county, with prices expressed per acre-foot, saturated foot, or surface acre.
May 21, 2018 Groundwater Management / Water Valuation

Economic valuation of groundwater in Texas

Gabriel Collins, “Economic valuation of groundwater in Texas,” Texas Water Journal Volume 9, Number 1, May 21, 2018, https://journals.tdl.org/twj/index.php/twj/article/view/7068/pdf, (50-68) Groundwater

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Texas map comparing groundwater sales, leases, and court valuations by county, with prices expressed per acre-foot, saturated foot, or surface acre.
March 21, 2018 Frac water / Groundwater Management / Water Valuation

Groundwater Valuation in Texas: The Comparable Transactions Method

Full Analysis available at: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/media/files/files/6268119b/bi-report-032018-ces-groundwatervalue.pdf Synopsis: Multiple methods can be used to value groundwater, with some more applicable in certain situations

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