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Odessa · Midland · Permian Basin, Texas

Frac tank rental in Odessa and Midland, Texas

Need 500-barrel steel frac tanks on a lease, a pipeline right-of-way or a plant pad somewhere in the Permian? Write down the job once. It goes to one tank rental firm working out of the Odessa and Midland area, and that firm quotes you directly.

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  • Frac water, flowback, produced water, hydrotest, spill jobs
  • Odessa, Midland, Monahans, Andrews, Big Spring, Pecos, Kermit, Seminole
  • No charge to the person asking
Side view of a 500-barrel steel frac tank with rough dimensions about 43 to 45 ft 10 to 11 ft 500 bbl 21,000 US gallons
Drawn for this site. Sizes are the range on two maker listings; the firm's own tanks may differ.

What one 500-barrel frac tank amounts to

Capacity
500 barrels. An oilfield barrel is 42 US gallons, so that is 21,000 gallons.
Footprint
Roughly 43 to 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide, going by two makers' listings. Plan pad space for the truck that sets it, too.
Empty weight
About 29,500 lb on both listings checked.
Filled with fresh water
Around 175,000 lb of water on top of the steel (21,000 gal × 8.34 lb). Brine weighs more. Soft caliche or a wet pad matters.
Fittings
Typically 4-inch valves and a front or side manifold. Tell the firm what your hoses and pumps connect with.

Full detail and sources: frac tank types and sizes.

Jobs people rent Permian frac tanks for

Frac water stagingFresh or recycled water held at the pad ahead of a completion. FlowbackFluid and sand coming back up after the frac, held before disposal or recycling. Produced waterOverflow storage when a battery or SWD line can't keep up. Pipeline hydrotestFill and discharge water for a pressure test on new or repaired pipe. Spill clean-upSomewhere to put recovered liquid while the site is cleaned. Plants and turnaroundsTemporary storage while a vessel or line is emptied for work.

Three things that move the quote most

  1. How far and how rough the drive is. Delivery and pickup are usually charged on their own. A lease 60 miles up a ranch road costs more to reach than a yard off I-20.
  2. How long the tanks stay. Rent normally runs per tank per day, so a two-week flowback and a three-month storage job price very differently.
  3. What goes in them. Fresh water rinses out; oily flowback or produced water means a washout and possibly disposal before the tank goes back.

One public 2017 bid (Louisiana, not a Permian price) showed delivery, pickup and washouts costing more than the month's rent. See the quote checklist.

Permian towns and leases this covers

Requests from anywhere in the oil patch around Odessa and Midland are welcome: Ector, Midland, Ward, Andrews, Howard, Reeves, Winkler and Gaines counties and the leases in between. Each town's notes are on the Permian towns page.

  • Odessa
  • Midland
  • Monahans
  • Andrews
  • Big Spring
  • Pecos
  • Kermit
  • Seminole

Send one tank request

Odessa, Midland and the surrounding Permian. A few lines is plenty; the rental firm will ask for anything else it needs.

Town or county plus lease name, yard or nearest road, e.g. "Ward County, lease off FM 1219" or "Midland yard, I-20 service road".
Number and type of tanks, start date, rough rental length, and what will go in them.

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Short answers

Who replies to my request?

One tank rental firm that works the Odessa and Midland area. They contact you directly with prices, availability and terms. If no firm can cover your location or dates, we email to say so.

Can I ask for open-top, weir or poly tanks as well?

Yes. Put it in the request. Whether the firm stocks them is their answer to give; the tank types page explains what each one is for.

Does it cost anything to send a request?

No. The firm that receives requests may pay this site for passing them on. The footer of every page explains who runs it.

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