Produced Water Treatment

Produced Water Treatment

The objectives of produced water treatment are to remove / separate the oil and sediment ( mainly sand) from the produced water which is a component of any oil and gas well.

• The oil can be recycled and used
• The sediment must be disposed of
• The water can be further treated for discharge or reinjection
• Technologies and strategies applied to produced water comprise

Many unit operations available used in combinations to achieve the effluent discharge standard required

• Skim tanks
• Corrugated plate interceptor
• Oil removal hydrocyclone
• Sand removal hydrocyclone
• Degassing vessels
• Flotation cells
• Dual media filters
• Nutshell filters
• Cartridge filters
• Coalescers

Hydrocyclone and IGF