Oil & Gas Water Treatment Study

Industry Companies Begin Study to Explore the Application of Sustainable Water Treatment Technologies Used in the Production of Oil & Gas

ConocoPhillips(COP), in collaboration with industry Partners under the Petroleum Environment Research Forum (PERF), formulated a study out of its Water Centre in Doha, to identify and explore the application of new and more sustainable, cost-efficient water treatment technologies used in theproductionofoil and gas. CH2M HILL, who has been at the forefront of water treatment innovation for more than 50 years, is leading The Cost-Effective Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment and Brine Management Study.

The study, to be completed in December 2014, will evaluate and compare applicable treatment technologies for making produced water available for beneficial reuse. Following detailed analysis, including life cycle cost estimation, CH2M HILL will provide a list of recommendations that industry can implement in the near term and over a longer time horizon to improve water discharge management.

Water plays an integral role in the oil and gas industry, and as global oil production increases, volumes of produced water also increases. Presently, a gap exists in the industry to cost-effectively treat produced water for reuse. COP and its Partners developed this study as a way to identify and implement new technologies that will improve total water management within the industry.

"Our research experience, as well as our engineering and design experience, for the oil and gas industries has given us an understanding of the unique challenges faced in implementing new technologies within the construction, operations and maintenance constraints of the oil and gas field environment," said Jim Lozier, CH2M HILL Vice President and Global Technology Leader for Desalination and Study Manager. "We are excited to leverage our experience in water treatment innovation to help ConocoPhillips and its Partners identify cost-effective strategies for treating produced water."

Source: PennEnergy

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   THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY The oil and gas industry is one of the largest users of water. This industry also generates large amounts of contaminated water ( Flowback and Produced Water), which needs to be processed and treated for recycling and reuse back into the operations. Oftentimes, a fresh water source can be scarce and/or expensive furthermore, ever evolving and maturing environmental discharge standards and regulations will begin to drive the use of advanced technologies to keep producers competitive. As a result, Clear Water Plasma offers innovative technology solutions using Pulsed Plasma Fusion Reactors to recycle flowback and produced water. As a low energy user, Fusion technology has edge over nearest competitors, can offer cost effective on site treatment solution at a high flow rate.

   1. Bacterial Disinfection: Bacterial Disinfection: Flow back and produced water contains sulfur reducing and acid producing bacteria, which are notorious for causing corrosion and clogging wellbores.

   2. Scale-Causing Mineral Precipitation: Depending on the shale play, flow back and produced water vary in their mineral content, which can result in scaling, plugged pipes and a reduction in the oil or gas production.

   3. Heavy Metal Oxidation: The presence of heavy metals like iron, magnesium, etc. in the flow back water makes it unfit for recycling in hydraulic-fracturing as they interfere with the chemicals used in the process. Clear Water Plasma offers the Fusion Reactor Cabinet unit for recycling and reusing the flow back and produced water for hydraulic-fracturing. In the treatment process, water is disinfected, scale-causing minerals are precipitated, and heavy metals are oxidized irrespective of the salinity of the water. Waters processed with fusion technology can be safely used in hydraulic fracturing. Similarly, Hydrogen Sulfide gas contaminated water held in storage ponds create a foul, rotten egg smell.

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