Dan Hughes, Jr., one of the biggest landowners in the U.S. and owner of the Dan A. Hughes oil company, has applied to the Culberson County Groundwater Conservation District to export 6,000 acre-feet of water a year, or about 130,000 barrels per day, to feed hydraulic fracturing operations in the Delaware Basin..

Source: Oil man, rancher Dan Hughes looks to start frac water business in West Texas – Houston Chronicle