Amanda Brock: the African Immigrant Who Runs Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (ARIS)

March 8, 2022
Amanda Brock is the CEO and President of Aris Water Solutions (ARIS)

Amanda Brock, CEO & President, Aris Water Solutions (ARIS)

Amanda Brock is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), a leading produced water infrastructure and recycling company primarily focused on the Permian Basin which went public in October 2021.

Ms. Brock has been with Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) and its predecessor Solaris Water Midstream since 2017.

She has spent her career focused on the global oil and gas, power, and water sectors. Prior to joining Solaris, Ms. Brock was CEO of Water Standard, a water treatment company focused on desalination, produced water treatment and recycling for both the upstream and downstream energy sectors.

Previously, Ms. Brock was President of the Americas for Azurix, responsible for developing water infrastructure and related services, and prior to that was President of Enron Joint Venture Management, managing Enron’s global power assets and partnerships.

Ms. Brock serves on the public boards of Coterra Energy, Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, and is the current Chair of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.

She previously served on the Board of Trustees of LSU Law School and Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico.

She was named one of the Top 10 Women in Energy by the Houston Chronicle and in 2016 was recognized both as one of the Top 25 Leaders in Water globally and as a Texas Honoree for Women in Energy. She also facilitated a White House delegation to Abu Dhabi as part of the Obama Administration’s Moonshot for Water Initiative.

In 2017, Ms. Brock was inducted into the Houston Women’s Business Hall of Fame and in 2020 was named one of the 25 Influential Women in Energy by Hart Energy Oil and Gas Investor magazine.

Ms. Brock is originally from Mbabane, Swaziland, and grew up in Zimbabwe. She completed her bachelor’s undergraduate degree at the University of Natal in South Africa and earned her Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University, where she was a member of the Law Review.

She is dedicated to responsible conservation and passionate about elephants, water and energy security.

In her 1,776 word interview, exlusively in the Wall Street Transcript, Ms. Brock details her strategy for maximizing returns for her shareholders in Aris Water Solutions (ARIS):

“Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) was founded in late 2016 and was originally backed by two private equity groups.

We are a growth-oriented environmental infrastructure company with a demonstrated ESG record that delivers full-cycle water handling and recycling solutions to our customers.

Our asset footprint is primarily located in the Northern Delaware Basin in southern New Mexico, with additional assets in the Midland Basin in Texas. Our infrastructure and service offerings help our customers mitigate their environmental impact and water footprints by maximizing the recycling of produced water and minimizing the use of fresh and groundwater.

We are a leader in recycling operations in the Permian Basin.

While we have a diversified customer base, ConocoPhillips is our largest shareholder.

We had a prior relationship and long-term, large acreage dedication with Concho Resources who was purchased by ConocoPhillips in 2021. Since ConocoPhillips inherited this position, we’ve been able to expand our relationship with additional contracts and recycling services.”

Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) provides a vital service to the oil and gas producers in the Permian:

“The Permian Basin is an arid area and every barrel of water we recycle is a barrel of groundwater or fresh water that is not extracted from local water resources.

Our recycling activity has an immediate and long-term benefit for our customers, the communities in which we operate, the environment, and our investors and stakeholders.

In addition, we are very active working with universities, the DOE, private technology companies, our customers, and others focused on identifying and adapting technologies for beneficial reuse of treated produced water outside of the oil and gas industry.

Regulators in both Texas and New Mexico are looking at promulgating regulations governing the treatment and use of this water oiutside of the oil and gas industry, and anticipating these regulations, we’re engaged in several pilot projects.

For example, we are working with Texas A&M University evaluating the use of treated produced water for irrigation of cotton — a non-consumptive crop — which looks promising.

We are also looking at other alternatives which include irrigation of rangeland grass for carbon sequestration. These are all extremely important initiatives, and you will see us continuing to proactively look for other uses for this water.”

Get the complete interview with Amanda Brock of Aris Water Solutions by reading the entire 1,776 word interview, exlusively in the Wall Street Transcript.

Amanda Brock, President & CEO

Aris Water Solutions, Inc.

www.ariswater.com

email: contact@ariswater.com