Select Water Solutions today announced that as of year-end 2025, it has surpassed one billion barrels of produced water recycled since 2021, marking a significant operational milestone in the company’s ongoing build-out of the largest commercial water recycling network in North America.
The milestone reflects the scale and significant produced water management capabilities of Select’s recycling-first approach across its produced water infrastructure network that now spans over 1,000 miles of pipeline, 2.8 million barrels per day of fixed recycling capacity, an additional ~500,000 barrels per day of mobile recycling capacity, and 41+ million barrels of storage across more than 2.5 million dedicated or ROFR acres. In 2025, Select recycled 332 million barrels of produced water — an 18% increase year-over-year and its highest annual volume to date.
“Reaching one billion barrels recycled is a direct result of the infrastructure investments and long-term operator partnerships we’ve built since 2021,” said John Schmitz, Chief Executive Officer of Select Water Solutions. “Our recycling-first strategy isn’t just an environmental commitment; it’s a proven operational model that changes the economics of water management in the Permian.”
Select’s flagship Permian facilities have been central to reaching this threshold:
- Single Facility record — in May 2025, a Select facility delivered 500,000 barrels of recycled produced water to a Permian operator in a single day.
- South Curtis Ranch Facility (Midland Basin) — operational since March 2021 in partnership with Occidental Petroleum, reached 97 million barrels recycled as of Q1 2026.
- Lost Tank Facility (Delaware Basin) — launched in 2022 in partnership with Occidental Petroleum, reached 97 million barrels processed as of Q1 2026.
- Network-wide milestones — in Q1 2026, Select surpassed one million barrels in a single day of raw produced water intake into its network, and later, one million barrels of recycled water supply out of its network in a single day, each a standalone record achieved within the same quarter.
Select’s recycling infrastructure continues to grow, with several contracts awarded in 2025 now operational or planned for completion in 2026. In 2025, Select added approximately one million dedicated and right-of-first-refusal acres, supported by expansive dual-lined piped infrastructure, recycling facilities, disposal facilities, and water storage assets.
Looking ahead, Select is advancing produced water as a resource beyond completions reuse, with beneficial reuse and lithium extraction projects in development at existing produced water facilities — positioning the company at the intersection of energy production, water stewardship, and critical mineral recovery.