Produced water characteristics, treatment and reuse: A review

MA Al-Ghouti, MA Al-Kaabi, MY Ashfaq… - Journal of Water Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
In oil and gas industry, produced water is considered as the largest waste stream, which
contains relatively higher concentration of hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other pollutants …

State of the art of produced water treatment

SM Jiménez, MM Micó, M Arnaldos, F Medina… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Produced water (PW) is the wastewater generated when water from underground reservoirs
is brought to the surface during oil or gas extraction. PW is generated in large amounts and …

Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment

A Fakhru'l-Razi, A Pendashteh, LC Abdullah… - Journal of hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
Produced water is the largest waste stream generated in oil and gas industries. It is a
mixture of different organic and inorganic compounds. Due to the increasing volume of …

Oilfield-produced water treatment using conventional and membrane-based technologies for beneficial reuse: A critical review

O Samuel, MHD Othman, R Kamaludin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oilfield produced water (OPW) is one of the most important by-products, resulting from oil
and gas exploration. The water contains a complex mixture of organic and inorganic …

Direct contact membrane distillation for treatment of oilfield produced water

F Macedonio, A Ali, T Poerio, E El-Sayed… - Separation and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) process was investigated to treat oil produced
water. Polymeric membranes were used in this investigation. The tested polymeric …

State of the art treatment of produced water

RT Duraisamy, AH Beni, A Henni - Water Treatment, 2013 - books.google.com
Produced water is water trapped during subsurface formations which is brought to the
surface along with oil or gas. It contributes the largest volume of waste stream associated …

Adsorptive batch and biological treatments of produced water: Recent progresses, challenges, and potentials

MA Al-Kaabi, N Zouari, DA Da'na… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Produced water is responsible for the largest contribution in terms of waste stream volume
associated with the production of oil and gas. Characterization of produced water is very …

Treatment of oilfield produced water by anaerobic process coupled with micro-electrolysis

G Li, S Guo, F Li - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
Treatment of oilfield produced water was investigated using an anaerobic process coupled
with micro-electrolysis (ME), focusing on changes in chemical oxygen demand (COD) and …

Biological treatment of produced water in a sequencing batch reactor by a consortium of isolated halophilic microorganisms

AR Pendashteh, A Fakhru'l‐Razi… - Environmental …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Produced water or oilfield wastewater is the largest volume of a waste stream associated
with oil and gas production. The aim of this study was to investigate the biological …

Treatment of synthetic hypersaline produced water employing electrocoagulation-membrane bioreactor (EC-MBR) process and halophilic bacteria

MH Al-Malack, WK Al-Nowaiser - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of hypersaline oilfield produced water using a combined
electrocoagulation-membrane bioreactor (EC-MBR) process was investigated using …