FULL AGENDA

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Check-In & Breakfast begin at Midland County Horseshoe Arena

8:30 AM: Welcome

  • Sandy Woodley, Ph.D., President, The University of Texas Permian Basin
  • Richard Brantley, Senior Vice President of Operations, University Lands; and 2023 Board Chairman
  • Enrique Garcia, Production Manager, XTO Energy
  • Shelby Landgraf, Director of Community Engagement, The University of Texas Permian Basin

9:00 AM: “Don’t Mess with Texas: Water Edition” (0:45 length)

  • Brooke Paup, Chairwoman, Texas Water Development Board

9: 45 AM: “Partnerships in the Permian: The Evolution of Water Technology & Future Pathways to Commercialization” (1:00 length)

  • Moderator: Zacariah Hildenbrand, Ph.D., Research Professor, The University of Texas El Paso
  • Michael Dyson, CEO, Infinity Water Solutions
  • Mark Phan, Permian Commercial Manager, ExxonMobil
  • Jon Moeller, Operations Project Manager, Chevron
  • Whitney Dobson, Vice President of Beneficial Reuse, Aris
  • Jason G. Herman, Program Manager for Ground Water Quality Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department

10:45 AM: Break

11:00 AM: “Academia, Regulators & Industry Working Together to Address Water Injection Challenges in the Permian Basin” (1:00 length)

  • Moderator: Robert Crain, Executive Vice President, Texas Pacific Water Resources
  • Katie Smye, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator at Center for Injection and Seismicity Research, UT Bureau of Economic Geology
  • Paul Dubois, Assistant Director of Technical Permitting of Oil & Gas Division, Railroad Commission of Texas
  • Stefan Hussenoeder, Geoscience Technology Advisor, ExxonMobil

12:00 PM – LUNCH: “Water Policy Opportunities & Challenges – State Land Initiatives & Insights from Produced Water Research Consortia of Texas & New Mexico”

  • Moderator: Ben Shepperd, President, Permian Basin Petroleum Association
  • Richard Brantley, Senior Vice President of Operations, University Lands, and 2023 Board Chairman
  • Rusty Smith, Executive Director, Texas Produced Water Consortium
  • Mike Hightower, Director, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium

1:30 PM: “Advanced Treatment of Produced Water for Beneficial Reuse Outside the Oil & Gas Industry” (0:45 length)

  • Ryan Hall, Director of Technical Operations, NGL Energy Partners
  • Philip Gleckman, Ph.D., CEO, Sunvapor
  • Mike Hightower, Director, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium
  • James Rosenblum, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines

2:15 PM: “Opportunities & Challenges: Lithium & Other Critical Mineral Extraction from Permian Produced Water” (0:45 length)

  • Moderator: Jake Hendricks, Senior Director of Business Development, Renovo Resources
  • Brady Murphy, President & CEO, TETRA Technologies
  • Scott Conley, Senior Vice President of Commercialization, EnergyX
  • Chris Harich, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, XRI

3:00 PM: Break

3:15 PM: “Project PARETO: A Free & Open-Source Produced Water Optimization Framework for Practitioners, Researchers & Students” (0:45 length)

  • Miguel A. Zamarripa-Perez, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer & PARETO Development Lead, National Energy Technology Laboratory

4:00 PM: “Continuing Education: Ethics in a Changing World” (1:00 length)

  • Max Wright, Attorney, Shafer, Davis, O’Leary & Stoker, P.C.
  • Michele Harmon, Ed.D., Senior HR Compliance Consultant, The Energy People Group; and Business Lecturer, The University of Texas Permian Basin

5:00 PM: Break / Travel time to Petroleum Club of Midland

6:00 PM: Cocktail Hour at Petroleum Club of Midland

7:00 PM: Keynote Dinner at Petroleum Club of Midland “A Washington Course Correction is Needed for America’s Energy Security”

  • Mike Sommers, President & CEO, American Petroleum Institute

Thursday, March 2, 2023

7:30 AM: Check-In & Breakfast begin at Midland County Horseshoe Arena

8:30 AM: Student Research Poster Competition Awards

  • Becky Spurlock, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, The University of Texas Permian Basin
  • Steven H. Pruett, President & CEO, Elevation Resources; and 2023 Board Vice Chair
  • Steve Beach, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business, The University of Texas Permian Basin
  • Richard Brantley, Senior Vice President of Operations, University Lands; and 2023 Board Chairman
  • Shelby Landgraf, Director of Community Engagement, The University of Texas Permian Basin

9:00 AM: “Environmental Stewardship & Staying Ahead of the Coming EPA Regulations” (0:45 length)

  • Moderator: Steve Beach, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business, The University of Texas Permian Basin
  • Sam Sledge, CEO & Director, ProPetro Services
  • John Durand, Vice Chairman, XRI
  • Trevor Gleisner, Supervisor Emissions Control, Diamondback Energy
  • Lee Fuller, Officer of Environment and General Strategy, Independent Petroleum Association of America

9: 45 AM: “Land Application of Produced Water in the Western U.S.” (0:45 length)

  • Mike Hightower, Director, New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium

10:30 AM: Break

10:45 AM: “Development of Human Health & Environmental Risk Assessment Framework for Beneficial Reuse of Treated Produced Water” (0:45 length)

  • Azivy Aziz, Ph.D., Environmental Associate, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.

11:30 AM: “Use of Treated Produced Water for Agriculture Production” (0:30 length)

  • Katie Lewis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Texas A&M Agrilife Research

12:00 PM – LUNCH: “TCEQ’s 2023 Outlook on the EPA, the 88th Legislative Session, the Texas Energy Sector & Everything in Between”

  • Emily Lindley, Commissioner, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

1:30 PM: “Looking Over the Horizon: Exploring Potential Outcomes of Non-Oilfield Beneficial Reuse & its Role in Today’s Decision Making” (0:45 length)

  • Moderator: Kelly Bennett, CEO, B3 Insight
  • Rick McCurdy, Vice President of Innovation and Sustainability, Select Energy Services
  • Ben Warden, Water Management Supervisor, Diamondback Energy
  • Alan Van Reet, Senior Operations Manager for Water Management, Pioneer Natural Resources

2:15 PM: “Water Management R&D at the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management” (0:45 length)

  • Hichem Hadjeres, Produced Water Program Manager, U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

3:00 PM: Break

3:15 PM: “Federal Water Case Law Update” (0:30 length)

  • Natasha Martin, Shareholder, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody

3:45 PM: “Seismicity and Water Liability Update” (0:45 length)

  • Paul Tough, Partner, McElroy, Sullivan, Miller & Weber, LLP.
  • Adam Friedman, Partner, McElroy, Sullivan, Miller & Weber, LLP.

4:30 PM: “Closing”