据Rigzone网4月18日消息 从水源到处理，水正成为二叠纪盆地油田开发面临的最大挑战。

根据能源研究和咨询公司Wood Mackenzie（WoodMac）的说法，该公司最近在其网站上发表了这一声明。在这篇文章中，WoodMac表示，如果不能解决这些问题，可能会增加成本，即潜在后果同样严重，并且会严重关闭。

WoodMac在声明中称:“二叠纪完井数量继续增加，预计到2022年，水处理量将翻一番。”

“这会产生越来越多的水。即使100%的水再使用完成，这是不可能的，目前的盐水处理基础设施预计在不久的将来会达到产能。此外，越来越多的水运造成了交通堵塞和道路受损.”他补充道。

在二叠纪，水处理成本可能占总租赁运营成本的三分之一。生产商根本无法承担水管理方面的责任。

水中游空间对于兼并和收购来说已经“成熟”，并且透露它预计二叠纪的与水有关的基础设施交易的速度将在2019年“大幅增加”。

在二叠纪，中水空间迫切需要资金。基础设施业务正处于早期发展阶段，提供了许多收入来源的可能性。

早在今年1月，莱斯塔德能源公司就曾披露，二叠纪地区对压裂水的需求超过了美国2016年的总需求。该公司当时预测，到2020年，二叠纪的水资源需求可能会超过25亿桶。

本周早些时间，美国能源信息署预测，5月份二叠纪地区石油和天然气日产量将分别达到413万桶和141.1亿立方英尺/天。

吴慧丹   摘译自   Rigzone

原文如下：

The Largest Challenge to Permian Field Development

From sourcing to disposal, water is becoming the largest challenge to field development in the Permian Basin.

That’s according to energy research and consultancy company Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac), which made the statement in a recent post published on its website. In the post, WoodMac said failure to address these issues could increase costs, “with potential consequences as severe as well shut-ins”.

“The number of completed Permian wells continues to increase, and water disposal volumes are forecast to double by 2022,” WoodMac said in the statement.

“This produces increasingly large volumes of water. Even with 100 percent water re-use for completions, which is unlikely, the current salt water disposal infrastructure is expected to hit capacity in the near future. Additionally, increased water trucking has created traffic jams and damaged roads,” WoodMac added.

“Water disposal costs can account for a third of total lease operating expenses in the Permian. Producers simply cannot afford to cut corners on water management,” WoodMac continued.

In the post, WoodMac stated that the water midstream space is “ripe” for mergers and acquisitions and revealed that it expects the pace of water-related infrastructure deals in the Permian to “pick up considerably” in 2019.

The water midstream space is screaming out for capital in the Permian. The infrastructure business is in its early stages of development and offers numerous possibilities for revenue streams.

Back in January, Rystad Energy revealed that demand for frac water in the Permian exceeded the total U.S. demand of 2016. The company forecasted at the time that water demand in the Permian will likely surpass 2.5 billion barrels by 2020.

Earlier this week the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasted that oil and gas production in the Permian would hit 4.13 million barrels and 14.11 billion cubic feet per day in May, respectively.