Tag: Oil & Gas
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STW joins HFEIS developer to target power/desalination
STW Resources Holding Corp of Texas, USA, announced on 18 September 2013 a mutual strategic relationship with Colorado‑based Tat‑Tech Inc to remediate oil-sands waste, brackish groundwater and seawater via the construction and operation of proprietary systems developed by Tat‑Tech.
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Woongjin backs Californian FO membrane‑maker
Korean membrane company Woongjin Chemical Company has signed an agreement with California startup Porifera Inc providing investment for the Silicon Valley company to develop, manufacture and commercialize forward osmosis (FO) membranes at high volume.
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IDE/Clean Harbours tie-up aims at oil sands clean-up
Desalination designer and constructor IDE Technologies Ltd and US waste and wastewater specialist Clean Harbors today announced a joint research and development (R&D) program to increase the availability and reliability of mechanical vapor compression (MVC) evaporators for treating oil sands produced water in Alberta, Canada.
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Alabama institute to research fracking water treatment
Alabama-based Southern Research Institute is to develop, and demonstrate the performance of technologies that will advance shale‑gas hydraulic‑fracturing water treatment in order to produce National Pollution Discharge Elimination System quality water.
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ASTM to develop standard for fracking water quality
The US standards body ASTM International is to develop standards to be used by contract laboratories, water utilities and other requiring or developing methods for hydraulic fracturing in the oil & gas industry.
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Desalination units in Degrémont offshore contract in Brazil
Desalination and sulphate-removal systems are to be supplied by Degrémont to two Brazilian floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels under an order placed by Tupi BV, a subsidiary of Petrobras.
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Nuverra/Haliburton accord on produced-water treatment
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc, which until mid-May 2013 was known as Heckmann Corporation, announced on 15 July 2013 that it has entered into an agreement with Halliburton to advance the treatment and recycling of produced water to be reused in the hydraulic fracturing process.
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North Sea gas RO package supplied by UK company
A containerised reverse‑osmosis (RO) desalination package is to be supplied for an unmanned gas platform in the North Sea by Salt Separation Services of Rochdale, UK.
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New produced-water treatment aims to eliminate scale
Water treatment technology for treating produced water from oil sands thermal processes such as steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) was introduced by Aquatech on 11 May 2013.
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Oil and Water – Can We Make Them Mix?
On 12-14 May 2013, the International Desalination Association presented its first conference devoted to water reuse and desalination specifically for the oil & gas industry. Held right next to the heart of the oil sands in Banff, Alberta, Canada, Water Recycling and Desalination for the Oil & Gas Industry included sessions that explain the challenges…