2026 AGENDA

2026 Permian basin water in energy conference

The Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference is a program of The University of Texas Permian Basin and dedicated to advancing water management in the energy industry, The Conference’s mission is to lead the conversation on water management within the energy industry, facilitating collaboration and knowledge-sharing to drive sustainable solutions.

2026 Conference Schedule

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Conference Day 2 (includes breakfast & lunch)

8:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Bush Convention Center

105 N. Main St., Midland, TX 79701

2026 Conference Agenda

The 2026 Permian Basin Water In Energy Conference will convene an unmatched mix of executives, innovators, engineers, capital partners, policy experts, lawmakers, and regulators who are driving the next era of water and infrastructure solutions. The agenda incorporates two full days of sessions that will balance practical, current insights with long-range perspectives. Some of the planned conference sessions include:

• Legal Ownership, Liability, & Reuse Agreements for Produced Water 
• Water Quality & Permitting: What’s Changing, What’s Coming, and What to Watch 
• Injection & Seismicity – From Pilot Data to Operational Decisions 
• Monitoring Technologies and Tools for Reservoir Management and Risk Forecasting 
• Midstream Infrastructure – Balancing Regional Volumes, Costs and Value 
• Balancing the Load: Power and Produced Water Challenges in the Permian 
• Investor Perspectives – What Capital Wants in 2026 
• From Waste to Worth: Unlocking Value in Permian Produced Water 
• End Users – exploring downstream end users of treated produced water 

The program also plans to features three networking hours — including the Welcome Reception on Tuesday, and then a happy hour on Wednesday and on Thursday — to foster additional relationship-building opportunities in a curated setting with high-caliber energy professionals.