Tag: Produced Water
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Rice University team demonstrates one-pass membrane for fracking reuse
Researchers at Rice University have created a superhydrophilic ceramic membrane that can remove 90 per cent of contaminants from the wastewater produced by fracking.
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California water board to fund $4.5 million of reuse research
Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF) is to receive $4.5 million from California State Water Resources Control Board to research potable and non-potable water reuse.
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US nanoparticle researchers explore new ways to clean oily water
Researchers at the Cockerel School of Engineering at the University of Texas have published a new study on the use of nanoparticles to separate oil from water using electrostatic force and a magnet.
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Chile project envisions multiple mining clients for solar-powered SWRO
Energias y Aguas del Pacifico (ENAPAC), a proposed solar-powered seawater desalination plant and water transport project aims to support expansion of mining operations in Chile’s Atacama region.
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Abengoa to develop Shoaiba III, its largest desal project yet
ACWA Power has signed Abengoa in consortium with Fisia Italimpianti to develop a large scale reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant at Shoaiba III power and desalination complex on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.
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How we delivered Az Zour North phase one
"With hindsight we were very lucky to get everything through on time and that our construction partner Hyundai Heavy Industries was on time. Fortunately we escaped a lot of those little wrinkles that need sorting out during construction, and can drag on and on, and so we kept to time," says Andy Biffen, chief executive…
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Software checks produced water treatment for farm use
Artificial intelligence-based software developed by Water Planet is being used to evaluate the performance and economics of treating produced water for agricultural reuse in a pilot project in Wasco, California.
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Water Planet wins produced water contracts
Water treatment technology firm, Water Planet, has won a contact to provide industrial wastewater treatment and reuse systems for two recycling centres in California, USA that could recycle oil and gas industry produced water at nearly 20 Ml/d.
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Wind damage prompts Sydney desalination critics to renew calls for closure
Winds topping 200km/h have ripped roofs off Sydney’s dormant Kurnell desalination plant. Critics of the plant have called for it to be closed completely but New South Wales’ water minister, Niall Blair, said abandonment would break the state’s contract obligations.
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Venezuelan oil firm ups desalination to offset drought
Amid a persistent severe drought, Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA’s Paraguaná refinery has upgraded its desalination facility to increase output by a third following investment in plant of some US$ 250 million.
