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IN OIL AND GAS
WHY
AQUATECH.
TECHNOLOGIES
• Pretreatment
• Ion exchange
• Membrane processes
• Electrodeionization
• Wastewater recycle / reuse
• Desalination
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
• Evaporative processes
KEY APPLICATIONS
• Heavy oil
• Oil sands
• Shale gas
• Refineries
• Integrated Coal Gasification
Wastewater Treatment (IGCC)
• Coal / Gas to Liquid Wastewater
Treatment (CTL) / (GTL)
• Spent caustic treatment
TOTAL WATER SOLUTIONS
OUr CAPAbILITIES
With a proven track record of technology leadership and
performance excellence in desalination, water reuse, wastewater
treatment and zero liquid discharge, Aquatech supplies cutting edge,
sustainable water purification systems and technologies to solve the
world’s water scarcity challenges. No other company can offer turnkey
EPC/design-build capabilities that provide design and engineering,
modular field-proven products, project management, installation
and start-up. We leverage these capabilities to develop standard and
customized total water solutions that work together seamlessly world-
wide to minimize life cycle costs and your environmental footprint.
But we don’t stop with system supply and installation.
Our Industrial Services Division offers water management
support that ranges from spare parts supply and equipment
leasing to maintenance, troubleshooting and plant upgrades.
Need more hands-on support? Whether help is needed with
daily plant operation, staffing, documentation or training, our
customized build, own and operate (BOO) programs combine
with operation and management (O&M) services to solve problems
for individual customers.
OUr ADvANTAGES
Working with a company of our size
and scope has many advantages.
They include:
• Greater operational efficiency
• A global supply chain from a
single source
• Customized solutions
• On-site service and support
World-Class Water Treatment, reuse and Management. Worldwide.
Whether to meet regulations – address difficult-to-treat produced and process
waters – or when scarcity of feed water demands stringent water recovery –
our technology leadership and performance excellence provide you with total
water solutions. With the broadest technology portfolio available for oil and gas,
no one offers you more options than Aquatech.
INNOVATION ON THE MOVE
MoSuiteTM – Mobile Units for Shale Gas Flowback
and Produced Water Treatment
Consisting of specific
process units (MoTreat®,
MoMix®, MoPress®, and
MoVap®), the MoSuiteTM
family of mobile water
treatment units has been
designed for on-site
and satellite coal seam
methane gas recovery
water treatment. The
various units work in
tangent to optimize the
water treatment process, yielding water that can be recycled and reused
without the need for costly trucking to off-site treatment facilities.
SmartMODTM – Modularized Water Evaporation System
SmartMODTM is a produced water evaporation system that is fully
modularized and self-contained, specifically designed to minimize
construction and field labor requirements for in-situ thermal oil recovery
processes like Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Cyclic Steam
Stimulation (CSS). The technology has been proven in the Canadian Oil
Sands processes to
produce 6,800 m3 / day
of distillate suitable for
use as feed water for
high-pressure drum
boilers, achieving
greater than 99%
process availability.
NEEDED EXPERTISE ON
A LOCAL LEVEL
Proven Systems Experience
For more than three decades,
Aquatech has provided oil
and gas companies with proven
water and wastewater
treatment systems worldwide.
• More than 1,700 installed
systems worldwide
• 150 installations using evapora-
tive processes, including
recovery of produced water in
steam flooding applications
• 28 ZLD projects in various power
and process industries
Global reach
With more than 600 employees
and worldwide offices in key areas,
Aquatech is there – no matter
where you explore, drill or refine.
Stone & Webster
bechtel
reliance Industries
Ltd.
Duke / Fluor Daniel
Foster Wheeler
Saudi Aramco
ConocoPhillips
raytheon
bP
Methanex
The Japan Gas
Association
Shell
PDvSA
valero Energy
Corporation
Phillips 66
Exxon
Advanced recovery
technologies have
drastically increased
water use during oil
and gas exploration.
Recovering one barrel
of oil or gas now
requires approximately
four barrels of water.
Aquatech’s total water
approach provides
sustainable water
solutions based on end
usage applications –
solutions that work to
increase safety, reduce
risk, improve economics,
and are in sync with
both community and
regulatory requirements.
UPSTrEAM WATEr TrEATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
WATEr INTAKE PrOCESS WATEr
Sedimentation / clarification
Precipitation
Media filtration
Ultrafiltration (UF)
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO)
Sludge handling
Media filtration
Softening
Ultrafiltration (UF)
BWRO
Ion exchange
Electrodeionization (EDI)
Condensate polishing
Oil Sands – Produced Water Treatment
(Technologies: Warm Lime Softening (WLS), Anthracite Filter, Ion Exchange,
Evaporation, Crystallization, Blowdown Management)
Oil sands, or tar sands, are naturally occurring mixtures of bitumen (extremely
heavy crude oil, sand and water). Estimates indicate that the oil sands contain
1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen, only 10% of which is recoverable with current
technology. Most oil sand recovery is accomplished with in-situ
thermal processes like Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
(SAGD) and Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS), where
steam and chemicals are injected to the liquefy
the bitumen. The treatment and recycling of the
produced water used in this process has a direct
impact on the cost of oil production.
UPSTrEAM WATEr TrEATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
PrODUCED WATEr
Physical
Chemical
Precipitation
Evaporation
Aqua-EMBR
UPSTREAM
Enhanced Oil recovery for Heavy Oil
(Technologies: WLS, Anthracite Filter, Ion Exchange,
Evaporation, Crystallization)
In a Steamflood Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process, steam is
injected in the wells, lowering the viscosity of heavy oil suitable for
extraction through the production wells. The fluid from the wells is
a mixture of oil, water and gas and goes through a separation system
to separate the three. The separated produced water is heavily
contaminated with dissolved solids and hydrocarbons.
Our depth and breadth of technologies offers a wealth of integrated
solutions for the treatment of EOR produced water, generating a
purified product that can be reused for the production and injection
of steam. Our turnkey approach to treatment includes coordinating
the logistics of wastewater removal off-site and any sludge disposal.
Coal Seam Gas / Coal bed Methane
(Technologies: UF, Nanofiltration (NF),
Reverse Osmosis (RO), Evaporation,
Crystallization)
Coal seams store both gas (commonly
methane) and water, which holds the gas
in place due to pressure from the weight
of overlying rock. Once a well has been
drilled into a coal seam, the well becomes
the only conduit for gas and water to reach
the surface.
Coal seam gas (CSG) water contains
anywhere from 100 to 10,000 mg/L of total
dissolved solids and a high bicarbonate
content, making it unsuitable for many
uses without treatment. Aquatech has
developed sustainable water treatment
processes for CSG water that both protect
the environment and add value to local
communities. By using a combination of
filtration, reverse osmosis, evaporation
and crystallization, we produce ultra clean
water for recycling, reuse or disposal. We
carefully manage the brine produced from
the desalinated water, storing it in con-
tainment ponds or tanks at the CSG fields.
Shale Gas
(Technologies: MoSuiteTM for pretreat-
ment; Evaporation and Crystallization,
both mobile and fixed)
Managing produced water from shale
gas wells is challenging, but Aquatech
offers both mobile and fixed solutions
that get the job done right. Our wide
range of treatment technologies are
adaptable, customizable, multi-tier and
capable of handling wide variations in
water chemistry.
Aquatech solutions ensure a consistent
water composition. This enables con-
sistent hydro fracturing and minimal
down-hole scaling. Whether you choose
to handle produced water through well
injection, local discharge, or fracture
reuse, our water treatment solutions
enable greater utilization, thereby
reducing the number of trucks required
for off-site disposal. What’s more, they
provide a positive environmental impact,
with less noise and dust, fewer carbon
emissions and reduced road damage.
Process Water for refineries
(Technologies: API Separator, Corrugated Plate Interceptor (CPI),
Tilted Plate Interceptor (TPI), Free Water Knockout Drum (FWKO),
Induced Air Flotation (IAF), Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) / Desalination)
Downstream refineries and petrochemical plants have demanding
environmental management challenges. Significant quantities of
water – primarily for processing and cooling – are needed to produce
fuel. Refineries use approximately 1 to 2.5 gallons of water for every
gallon of fuel produced. Aquatech’s efficient process water treatment
and water recycling technologies offer tremendous water-saving
opportunities for these companies.
recycling / Advanced recycling / reuse
(Technologies: HEROTM and ZLD)
Today, the quality of industrial effluent is deteriorating, water costs
are escalating rapidly and the supply of potable water is limited,
which makes high quality reuse water increasingly attractive.
Aquatech’s advanced recycling and reuse techniques provide a recovery
rate of greater than 90% on challenging wastewater applications.
DOWNSTrEAM WATEr TrEATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
WATEr INTAKE
PrOCESS WATEr
COOLING TOWEr
WASTEWATEr AND rECYCLE
Sedimentation / clarification
Precipitation
Media filtration
Ultrafiltration (UF)
SWRO
Sludge handling
Media filtration
Softening
Ultrafiltration (UF)
BWRO
Ion exchange
Electrodeionization (EDI)
Condensate polishing
Makeup water
Blowdown
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
DOWNSTREAM
Physical
Chemical
Precipitation
Biological treatment
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
Aqua-EMBR
Moving Bed Bioreactor (MBBR)
DOWNSTREAM
Offering conventional as well as custom
treatments make Aquatech a one-stop
solution for industrial water and waste-
water treatment.
refinery Wastewater Treatment
(Technologies: Biological, Chemical,
Mechanical Treatment)
With rising crude oil prices and the
depleting quality of crude, the level
of refinery wastewater pollutants has
reached a new high. Aquatech’s more
advanced water treatment / recovery
methods and robust processes work well
under a variety of conditions
and handle constantly
changing flow rates.
Integrated Coal Gasification
Wastewater Treatment (IGCC)
(Technologies: HEROTM and ZLD)
The wastewater stream generated
through gasification processes produces
effluent containing high levels of dis-
solved solids and other impurities such
as sulphide, chloride, ammonia and
cyanide. This highly polluted effluent
requires the application of an advanced
water treatment prior to discharge in
order to meet mandated regulations.
Aquatech offers a solution that recycles
the maximum amount of water inte-
grated with our Zero Liquid Discharge
technology to preserve the
environmental integrity of
the adjacent fresh water
resources.
Coal / Gas to Liquid Wastewater
Treatment (CTL / GTL)
(Technologies: HEROTM and ZLD)
Wastewater in CTL / GTL plants comes
from domestic wastewater, storm
water runoff, coal, slag storage, facility
effluent, cooling blowdown, industrial
processes and reverse osmosis brine.
These effluents typically contain salts,
minerals, sulfides, chlorides, ammonia,
oil and grease, and cyanides, requiring
advanced and complex treatment.
To meet strict environmental discharge
guidelines and provide effective treat-
ment with the lowest possible life cycle
costs, Aquatech offers integrated, site-
specific RO and hybrid ZLD solutions.
Spent Caustic Treatment
(Technologies: Humid Oxidation with
Peroxide (OHP))
Spent caustic streams consist of very
high chemical oxygen demand (COD)
levels as well as hazardous sulfides,
mercaptans, sodium salts and more.
Traditionally, various disposal tech-
niques were adopted for spent caustics
such as deepwell injection, incinera-
tion, wet air oxidation or transport and
dispose. Aquatech’s spent caustic treat-
ment system offers the best alternative
to conventional disposal practices and is
an environmentally friendly solution.
© 2013 Aquatech International MK 1/13
Aquatech International Corporation
One Four Coins Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317 USA
Phone: (724) 746-5300
Fax: (724) 746-5359
www.aquatech.com
Industrial Process Water • Membrane Desalination • Thermal Desalination •
Wastewater Recycle and Reuse • Zero Liquid Discharge • Total Water ManagementFrom Innovation Flows Leadership
