Salinity and scaling
Reservoir water carries dissolved salts and high conductivity, increasing mineral scale and osmotic pressure during desalination.
Oil & Gas
Treatment for hydrocarbon-rich, saline and chemically demanding wastewater.
THE OPERATING CONTEXT
Complex water. A considered response.
Produced water, drilling fluids and refinery effluent combine free and emulsified oil with dissolved salts, metals and difficult organic contaminants. Treatment needs change from wellhead operations to downstream refining.
Nitaneer combines hydrocarbon separation, biological treatment, contaminant removal and desalination in modular containerized or skid-mounted systems. The treatment train is configured for the site, the stream and the required reuse or discharge pathway.
UNDERSTAND THE STREAM
The wastewater challenge
Persistent hydrocarbon chemistry
Aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, metals and additives such as biocides and corrosion inhibitors can inhibit conventional biodegradation.
Heat and corrosive media
Hot formation water, sour gases and chlorides call for thermally stable, corrosion-resistant materials throughout wet treatment stages.
Key treatment requirements
- Free and emulsified hydrocarbon separation
- Materials suited to heat, chlorides and corrosive media
- Protection against organic shock and membrane scaling
- Compact deployment for remote sites and refinery plots
NITANEER / TREATMENT APPROACH
An integrated treatment train.
Configured around the incoming stream, operating conditions and intended water use.
Multi-stage oil separation
API gravity separators, hydrocyclones, CAF or DAF and chemical demulsifiers remove free oils and dispersed emulsions.
Biological and contaminant removal
Membrane bioreactors address organic loading and difficult sludge settling. Coagulation, precipitation and adsorption target metals and dissolved contaminants.
Saline-water conditioning
UF, ion exchange and multi-stage RO are configured around chlorides, sulfates and the water quality required for reuse.
Skid deployment and control
Prefabricated modular systems fit drilling pads and remote sites. Monitoring of transmembrane pressure, turbidity, pH and flow protects operation.
CIRCULAR WATER / REUSEA useful next life
A useful next life
for treated water.
Condition treated water for the selected operational pathway, including reinjection or utility reuse where the required water quality is met.
- Well reinjection and re-flooding
- Drilling mud formulation
- Cooling tower make-up
- Plant utility reuse
EXPLORE / NITANEER SEGMENTS
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