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Produced water trucking cost calculator
Rough estimate of your per-barrel, daily, and monthly produced water trucking spend. Use it to sanity-check quotes from water haulers or to evaluate whether a pipeline gathering option pencils out versus trucking.
Estimated result
Cost per barrel
$0.40
Loaded-miles only. Excludes demurrage, disposal fee, overhead.
Daily trucking cost
$1,010
19.2 loads / day
Monthly trucking cost
$30,288
30-day basis
Formula: loads = volume / capacity · cost/load = distance · rate · daily = loads · cost/load
Estimates only. Actual rates vary by carrier, market conditions, wait time, fuel surcharges, and producer-specific contracts. Verify with active quotes before operational or financial decisions.
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How this calculator works
Produced water trucking cost is driven by four levers: volume, haul distance, rate per loaded mile, and truck capacity. Most Permian vac trucks run 120–140 bbl capacity. Haul rates commonly land in the $3.00–$4.50 per loaded mile range as of 2026, with wide variation by market and availability.
This calculator only models the loaded-mile cost component. It does not include disposal fees (usually $0.25–$0.75 / bbl at the SWD), demurrage, fuel surcharges, producer-side pit handling, or overhead. Real contract economics should layer those in.