Our Story: The Way of Water

XRI’s “Way of Water” story to date. Our numbers grow daily. More to come as we continue leading the water management industry with our expertise, science and innovation. Transcript: XRI is the leading full-cycle water management company, bringing deep expertise and industry-leading water solutions. Including: Large-scale water treatment. Produced water reuse. Recycling facilities. More details: […]
Making Safety About You

Austin Harris joins XRI as the new Director of HSE. Here’s how he plans to evolve our safety culture. SC: How long have you been in safety? Austin: I’ve been in safety for close to 10 years, with most of that time being in gas, along with construction. I worked for a company for a […]
Where Do You See The Industry of Recycling Going In The Next 5-10 Years, and Beyond?
XRI’s COO, Dr. Chris Harich, answers this industry of recycling question during his panel appearance at the 2022 Oilfield Water Markets Conference. TRANSCRIPTION: Wells in the Permian Basin over the next five years…we’re gonna go up to about 33,500 wells that we drill between now and 2025. With that, we’re gonna need about 20 billion barrels […]
How Do You Use Science and Technology To Benefit The Customer?

XRI’s COO, Dr. Chris Harich, answers this science and technology question during his panel appearance at the 2022 Oilfield Water Markets Conference. TRANSCRIPTION: [When it comes to science and technology], where are we spending the most on, are frac and FR. FR is really expensive. It’s this large molecular weight and ionic polymer, so it’s negatively […]
Are You Able To Help Operators Maximize Volumes For Recycling?

XRI’s COO, Dr. Chris Harich, answers this maximizing for recycling question during his panel appearance at the 2022 Oilfield Water Markets Conference. TRANSCRIPTION: We took a different look at it. We took a different approach to because being private-equity backed, I had to have a return on investment (ROI). So if I was sinking things into […]
Are You Tied Into ESG Reporting and Discussions With Your Customers?

XRI’s COO, Dr. Chris Harich answers this ESG reporting question during his panel appearance at the 2022 Oilfield Water Markets Conference. TRANSCRIPTION: For us at XRI, you know, ESG just kind of came out of COVID right. We, we won last year, a Hart award for being the largest private midstream operator that, that was […]
NGL Energy, XRI team up to boost water handling

Water transporter, recycler team up Faced with ever-growing volumes of produced water as Permian Basin operators again ramp up production, water midstream companies are increasingly working together to address the challenge. NGL Energy Partners, which has a significant produced water pipeline system in the Delaware Basin, and XRI Holdings, a major water recycling company, have […]
The Produced Water Conundrum Grows Across Unconventionals

In the recent article about the produced water conundrum growing across unconventionals, Dr. Chris Harich shared his insight as to what XRI is doing to help solve this issue. EXCERPT: XRI is a water management firm with a Permian focus. The company’s water-handling capacity is 1.8 million B/D as it heads into 2022. Those scaling […]
Listen to XRI’s Matt Gabriel on Journey to the ENERGY C-SUITE Podcast

Listen to XRI’s Matt Gabriel, CEO, share his experiences with “Journey to the ENERGY C-SUITE” host Ryan Sanford. Matt talks about his career pivot from attorney to entrepreneur. This includes putting together leadership teams, and leading XRI through a strategic shift. In addition, he talks about his early days running snow cone stands and brokering baseball […]
Patrick Watrin Honored by Hart Energy’s 2021 Impactful Veteran in Energy Program

XRI’s Patrick Watrin, SVP of Operations, was honored by Hart Energy as an Impactful Veteran in Energy due to his leadership and contributions to the energy industry. When choosing his career path, Patrick wanted something that would be an investment in his development. He stated, “With the U.S. Air Force I found that, as well as an opportunity to ensure ‘life, freedom […]