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Crystal Clearwater Resources Appoints Mark Berg as Chairman of the Board
FRISCO, TX โ April 1, 2025 โ Crystal Clearwater Resources (CCR), a wastewater solutions technology leader, today announced the appointment of Mark Berg as its Chairman of the Board of Directors. Berg is a senior energy industry executive with extensive commercial and operational experience. He formerly served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations at Pioneer Natural Resources where he played a key role in transforming the company into a major U.S. shale oil and g

CCR Team
Apr 1, 2025


CCR Named a Top 10 Innovator in Sustainability for 2024
HOUSTON, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Darcy Partners ("Darcy"), a leading provider of technology-focused market intelligence to the energy sector, recently announced awards for the Top Innovators across four key areas in the upstream oil and gas value chain. Each year, Darcy Partners evaluates top innovators; selection is based on customer feedback from pilots and deployments, along with insights from the Darcy Connect platform about which technologies are gaining the mo

CCR Team
Mar 31, 2025


Crystal Clearwater Resources Completes Successful Produced Water Treatment Pilot in the Delaware Basin with Devon Energy
FRISCO, TX September 10th, 2024 - Crystal Clearwater Resources (CCR) announces the successful completion of its produced water treatment pilot in the Delaware Basin. CCR was pleased to work with Devon Energy, a leading oil and natural gas producer in the U.S., on this collaboration to treat produced water in New Mexico. Highlights from the pilot include: 29 days of 24/7 stable operations 97% uptime Treated raw produced water and clean brine (100,000 - 130,000 ppm TDS) Ov

CCR Team
Sep 10, 2024


Crystal Clearwater Resources (CCR) Achieves Significant Advancement in Desalination with their Spontaneous Evaporation and Condensation (SPEC) Technology Pilot in the Midland Basin
๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ? 101 days of 24/7 stable operations 98% uptime Zero pretreatment Treated raw produced water and clean brine (~135,000 ppm TDS) Over 50% recovery of freshwater ready for beneficial reuse Achieved stable brine concentrate of 290,000+ ppm TDS Performance unaffected by variable heat and feed quality fluctuations Remotely operated Cost effective Waste-heat capable C rystal Clearwater Resources (CCR) is an innovative water technology comp

CCR Team
May 30, 2024


CCR Series-A Funding Announcement
Big News! CCR just secured significant Series-A funding thanks to Elk Mountain, Ltd.

CCR Team
Oct 26, 2023


CCRโs Technology
The American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize is a four-stage, $9 million prize competition, providing an additional $1 million in support, designed to accelerate the development of low-cost desalination systems that use solar-thermal power to produce clean water from salt water. Competitors will receive cash prizes as they advance through each stage of the competition, culminating in a $1 million grand prize for the successful testing and demonstration of a promisin

CCR Team
Nov 19, 2020


CCR Receives- Water Resource Recovery Prize: Advancing Transformational Water Treatment Technologies
Through this prize competition, DOE is seeking novel, systems-based solutions from multidisciplinary teams to implement resource recovery at small- to medium-sized water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs). By presenting cost-effective and innovative facility engineering solutions, WRRFs can progress toward the goal of doubling resource recovery and accelerate the transition from conventional wastewater treatment to a model of resource recovery from municipal wastewater acro

CCR Team
Nov 18, 2020


Recipient of 2019 Chevron Tech Challenge
The Chevron Tech Challenge program is focused on identifying breakthrough technologies that can address business needs and further Chevronโs commitment to providing safe, affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy.

CCR Team
Nov 12, 2020
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