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As a water transfer company, Keystone Clearwater is well versed in engineering solutions for water transfer and management for the natural gas and oil industries. We also bring our expertise and experience to municipal and industrial applications through our FieldForce Pumping & Power Solutions division. The work of a water transfer company doesn’t start or...

The Permian Basin covers 75,000 square miles, stretching from eastern New Mexico across most of West Texas to the Rio Grande Valley. This part of the U.S. is rugged, astonishing, home to a booming oil and natural gas industry (thanks to hydraulic fracking) and…big. Very big. The use of 16-inch layflat hose for water transfer...

Keystone Clearwater Solutions provides water transfer services for natural gas production and other general water management, and dewatering and bypass services through FieldForce, a division of Keystone Clearwater. Often, the projects require a lot of water (literally millions of gallons) to be moved quickly. In order to do this the best possible pumps need to...

Atlas Copco high head pumps are engineered to last while reducing maintenance time and expense High head pumps are expected to move significant amounts of water often uphill for long periods of time. The Atlas Copco PAC H series of pumps are rated for max flow of 6400 GPM, max head up to 508 feet,...

Temporary Pipeline Construction Projects: It’s Time to Winterize In some parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio temperatures are dipping into near-freezing at night, especially at higher elevations. Winter will be here before long. With temporary pipeline construction projects, anytime there is potential for temperatures to fall below 32oF it’s time to winterize. Waiting until...

Keystone Clearwater Solutions automates water transfer systems at scale via our award-winning platform, WaterForce®. Recently, an energy operator in Southwestern Pa. contracted Keystone Clearwater Solutions to operate a large, approximately 20-mile temporary water line to supply produced water to their water-dependent well completions site. This mission-critical temporary water line consisted of a main trunk line...

Historically, unconventional oil and gas extraction has relied on a large workforce and a fleet of trucks to transfer produced water from individual pad site to storage, disposal, or the next frac. While effective, it has drawbacks – inefficiency, high labor costs, and risk to worker safety and to the environment from spills or overflows....

Training has always been integral to Keystone Clearwater Solutions providing best-in-class water transfer services for the oil and gas industry. With employment growing—the number of people employed in hydraulic fracturing services in the US increased 2.9% on average over the five years between 2018 and 2023—the need for comprehensive training is vital for safety and...

Roustabouts are the backbone of shale oil and gas extraction. Nationally, an estimated 43,000 men and women are employed as these manual laborers, concentrating in the mining, oil and gas, and utility construction industries. Roustabouts are an integral part of the success of Keystone Clearwater Solutions. What do roustabouts do? Working outdoors in all weather...

Shale oil and gas extraction requires a significant amount of water, about 4 million gallons per well. During the process, high-salinity water is produced in large quantities, also known as “produced water.” It can range in salinity from brackish to saline to brine and includes other contaminants, making it challenging to reuse for potable consumption....