Moving water forward with Keystone Clearwater Solutions
In 2009, Keystone Clearwater Solutions began with a vision to provide water treatment services for the natural gas industry in the Marcellus shale region, as the industry was in its infancy. Today, Keystone Clearwater provides a full range of water transfer services to the oil and natural gas industry in Appalachia and the Permian Basin in West Texas, as well as equipment, water management and environmental services for municipal, construction, and industrial clients across the mid-Atlantic region.
The company established its roots through its management’s extensive experience in environmental engineering. From its beginnings providing filtration services, the company focus changed early on to the movement of water, providing flowback water management services for operators such as Rex Energy. Back then, well completions had longer stages, less water, and the water was mostly trucked.
“The industry changes very dynamically,” said Tom Stabley, chief executive officer. “Today, well completion stages are shorter, the amount of water has increased, and the quality of water changed. The company has evolved over the years very similarly to how the Marcellus and Utica shale has evolved.”
Realizing there was a need to supply water from Susquehanna River Basin sources to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, Keystone Clearwater first expanded to provide intakes, and soon after to provide on-pad and off-pad water transfer services.
“We had the opportunity to show that we are a better water transfer services company than our competition,” said Dalton. “We were able to stand out by executing operations during the winter months, in extreme temperatures. What really sets you apart is being able to transfer water when you have below-zero conditions and you must keep the water moving so you do not freeze the line and shut down the frac. We put forth a rigorous set of standard operating procedures to prevent freeze up and to keep that water moving, so we could continue to meet our customers’ needs.”
Water transfer automation
As the industry has grown and advanced rapidly, field-based water management services were ripe for deployment of industrial automation. Taking advantage of the efficiencies of automation, Keystone Clearwater developed WaterForce™, our proprietary water transfer automation system, to enhance performance, efficiency, and safety. Using advanced water transfer technology, WaterForce is scalable and modular, cybersecure, and capable of maintaining stable communications across the remote and difficult terrain common to oil and gas production sites.
In Appalachia, WaterForce automation has been leading with innovation. WaterForce is integrated with regulatory data websites and the USGS river gauge system to automatically shut down pumps to ensure regulatory standards for that area are not violated, eliminating the need for a worker to be present to monitor the situation. Keystone Clearwater was also the first water transfer services company in the Marcellus region to execute a completely autonomous water transfer system on a customer’s well site.
Keystone Clearwater Solutions within and beyond the oil and gas industry
Today, Keystone Clearwater Solutions not only provides water transfer services to the oil and gas industry in Appalachia and the Permian Basin in Texas, but also has expanded its service lines and client base to other operating areas. This includes solar solutions with strategic partner Coral Reef Partners, general construction services for oil and natural gas operators with our Construction Services Group, and equipment (including Atlas Copco pumps, generators, and compressors) and services (including temporary pumping, dewatering, bypass temporary storage, filtration, and other construction-related rapid response services) for the construction, municipal, and industrial sectors through our FieldForce division.
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