Water hauling software that turns a signed run ticket into an invoice the operator will pay
Oilfield water hauling is the trucking of produced water and flowback from the wellsite to a disposal, recycling or injection facility, measured in barrels and evidenced by a run ticket. National produced water volumes are estimated at 15 to 20 billion barrels a year, 8 states each reported more than 1,000,000,000 barrels in 2021, and roughly 180,000 Class II injection wells receive it. Neurobird captures the gauge reading, the standby clock and the manifest as one billable record.
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Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield in short
- Dispatch a load with the lease, tank, destination facility and expected barrels attached
- Capture gauge in, gauge out, barrels, standby minutes and a signature on the pad, offline
- Rate each load against the right operator rate sheet by barrel, by hour or by mile
- 15 to 20 billion Estimated barrels of produced water generated in the United States each year, the largest volume by product of oil and gas production. In 2021 there were 8 states that each reported more than 1,000,000,000 barrels. Ground Water Protection Council, produced water volumes
- 180,000 Approximate number of Class II injection wells in operation in the United States, the wells that receive most of the water your trucks haul. US EPA, Class II oil and gas injection wells
- Pricing runs 65 to 210 US dollars per month across 3 tiers. Early access is free.
What oilfield water hauling companies actually deal with
Why it stays broken
Produced water is the largest volume by product in the oil patch, estimated at 15 to 20 billion barrels a year, and it still moves on paper. The ticket is written at the tank, carried in a cab for a week, then keyed into an accounting system that has no idea where the truck actually went.
A 3 hour standby nobody wrote down is unbillable, and across 400 loads a month that gap is bigger than the fuel bill.
These standards prohibit discharges of wastewater pollutants from onshore unconventional oil and gas (UOG) extraction facilities to publicly owned treatment works.
How does Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield work?
Dispatch the order, not a phone call
Every job carries the lease, the tank, the destination facility and the expected barrels before the truck rolls.
Capture the ticket at the tank
Gauge in, gauge out, barrels, standby minutes, manifest number and a signature, on a phone, offline when the pad has no service.
Invoice from the ticket
Rate the load by barrel, by hour or by mile against that operator's sheet, then bill it. No retyping and no lost standby.
Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield Dispatch Platform
Capture the load where it happens, at the tank, with the gauge reading, the destination facility and the clock attached. Everything downstream becomes arithmetic.
- 1Dispatch a load with the lease, tank, destination facility and expected barrels attached
- 2Capture gauge in, gauge out, barrels, standby minutes and a signature on the pad, offline
- 3Rate each load against the right operator rate sheet by barrel, by hour or by mile
- 4Keep the disposal manifest number with the load so the trail survives an audit
What changes with Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield?
The same work, read left to right: how it runs today, and how it runs once the record is in one place.
| Today | With Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield |
|---|---|
| The run ticket is written at the tank, rides in the cab until Friday, then gets retyped by somebody who was not there | Dispatch a load with the lease, tank, destination facility and expected barrels attached |
| Standby and wait time are the most disputed lines on the invoice and the least documented ones | Capture gauge in, gauge out, barrels, standby minutes and a signature on the pad, offline |
| Every operator has a different rate sheet, and nobody rates a load correctly from a photo of a ticket | Rate each load against the right operator rate sheet by barrel, by hour or by mile |
Who is this for?
Same load, three different exposures.
You run 3 to 6 trucks
You dispatch from your phone and bill from a shoebox. You need the ticket captured once so Friday night stops being data entry.
You run a yard
Your drivers work 4 operators with 4 rate sheets. Standby, wait time and barrel counts have to rate correctly without a person reading every ticket.
You cross county lines
Different disposal facilities, different state manifests, different weight limits. You need one record that satisfies the operator and the regulator.
What actually governs water leaving the lease
Useful if you are scoping the work or arguing a deduction. Each source links out.
Estimated barrels of produced water generated in the United States each year, the largest volume by product of oil and gas production. In 2021 there were 8 states that each reported more than 1,000,000,000 barrels.
Ground Water Protection Council, produced water volumesApproximate number of Class II injection wells in operation in the United States, the wells that receive most of the water your trucks haul.
US EPA, Class II oil and gas injection wellsThe federal effluent guidelines for oil and gas extraction set what may be discharged, which in practice decides what has to be trucked instead.
US EPA, oil and gas extraction effluent guidelinesMaximum gross vehicle weight in pounds on the Interstate system before the bridge formula lowers it further, which is why a full vacuum trailer is a calculation rather than a guess.
eCFR, 23 CFR 658.17Texas requires a permit and periodic reporting to haul oil and gas waste, so the manifest trail is a licence condition and not just paperwork.
Texas Railroad Commission, Form H-8Water hauling oilfield software questions, answered
Key terms
- What is oilfield water hauling?
- Oilfield water hauling is the trucking of produced water and flowback from the wellsite to a disposal, recycling or injection facility. It is measured in barrels and documented on a run ticket. National produced water volumes are estimated at 15 to 20 billion barrels a year, and in 2021 there were 8 states that each reported more than 1,000,000,000 barrels.
What goes on a run ticket?
Lease and tank identification, gauge readings before and after, barrels hauled, the destination facility and its manifest number, arrival and departure times, standby or wait minutes, and a signature. Miss any one of those and the load becomes an argument instead of an invoice.
Why do water hauling invoices get disputed?
Because the billable events happen where nobody is watching. Standby at a busy pad, a short load caused by a tank that was not full, an extra 30 miles to a different disposal well. If the truck is the only witness and the ticket is on paper, the operator wins the argument by default.
Do drivers need signal on the pad?
No. Capture works offline and syncs when the truck has service again. Most pads that matter have poor coverage, which is exactly why paper survived this long.
Does this replace our accounting system?
No. It produces rated, approved tickets and pushes them out as invoices or as a file your accounting system can take. The dispatch board, the ticket and the rate sheets live here.
Why we are building this
Water hauling is a measurement business run on paper. The barrels are real, the hours are real, the miles are real, and the only record of any of it is a carbon copy in a truck.
That is why standby gets written off, why short loads get argued about, and why a hauler doing 400 loads a month cannot tell you which operator is actually profitable.
We would rather build this with people who have gauged a tank at 2 in the morning. Tell us how your tickets work, and where we have got it wrong.
Where the requirement comes from
Public sources on what has to be documented when water leaves the lease.
- US EPA, oil and gas extraction effluent guidelines The federal discharge limits that decide which water can be released and which has to move by truck.
- US EPA, Class II injection wells How the roughly 180,000 disposal and enhanced recovery wells your trucks feed are permitted and monitored.
- Texas Railroad Commission, Form H-8 Waste hauler permitting and reporting in the biggest producing state, and the manifest expectations that come with it.
- eCFR, 49 CFR Part 395 hours of service Driver hours rules that apply to water trucks like any other commercial motor vehicle, exceptions included.
How much does Neurobird Water Hauling Oilfield cost?
Priced per truck because the truck is what generates tickets. Unlimited dispatchers, leases and disposal facilities on every tier.
- Digital run tickets
- Gauge in and gauge out
- Offline capture on the pad
- Ticket PDF export
- Email support
- Everything in Single yard
- Dispatch board
- Standby and wait time rating
- Rate sheet per operator
- Named contact
- Everything in Fleet
- Disposal manifest tracking
- Operator ticket approval portal
- Mileage export for IFTA
- Onboarding included
Get free early access
If you haul produced water, tell us how a ticket gets from the pad to the invoice today and where it goes missing.
Straight answer on where this is: In development. Early access gets the working preview, a say in what ships first, and early access pricing. It does not get you a login today.
Prefer email? Write to office@neurobird.com and a person will reply. No autoresponder.