Safe reuse of treated produced water outside oil and gas fields? A review of current practices, challenges, opportunities, and a risk-based pathway for produced water …

HMK Delanka-Pedige, Y Zhang, RB Young… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Current applications of PW treatment and reuse in the United States are
studied.•Opportunities for broad PW reuse inside and outside O&G fields are emphasized.• …

Economic feasibility of developing alternative water supplies for agricultural irrigation

EMNT Edirisooriya, H Wang, S Banerjee… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Economy of alternative water application for agricultural irrigation was
studied.•Challenges impeding alternative water application in agriculture were …

Revolutionizing water treatment: Enhanced flux and selectivity in polyethersulfone mixed matrix membrane through magnetic CuO-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles …

AK El-Sawaf, M Hemdan, H Selim, AA Nassar… - Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, we present a novel CuO@ Fe 3 O 4/PES nanocomposite membrane
designed to address the complex challenge of separating oil from synthetic oily produced …

Electrocoagulation of high-salinity produced water: lessons learned from its early applications in unconventional reservoir plays

K Seth, M Busse, G Jang, S Joag, K Kim… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ample research has demonstrated that electrocoagulation is a versatile technology capable
of facilitating the removal of a wide range of physical, biological, organic, and inorganic …

Spatial and temporal variation in toxicity and inorganic composition of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water

CB Stewart, HM Lowes, WT Mehler, KN Snihur… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction produces large volumes of wastewater, termed
flowback and produced water (FPW), that are highly saline and contain a variety of organic …

Safety and technical feasibility of sustainable reuse of shale gas flowback and produced water after advanced treatment aimed at wheat irrigation

Y Yang, L Tian, T Borch, H Tariq, T Li… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Treatment and reuse of flowback and produced water (FPW) from shale gas extraction for
agricultural irrigation has often been proposed as a sustainable alternative to disposal via …

Efficacy of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis for the treatment of oil-field produced water intended for beneficial reuse

N Jeong, ME Wiltse, A Boyd, T Blewett… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Treatment and reuse of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) produced water are important
strategies that address the dual challenges of water scarcity and pollution posed by UOG …

Inverse design of pore wall chemistry to control solute transport and selectivity

S Jiao, LE Katz, MS Shell - ACS Central Science, 2022 - ACS Publications
Next-generation membranes for purification and reuse of highly contaminated water require
materials with precisely tuned functionality to address key challenges, including the removal …

Critical mineral source potential from oil & gas produced waters in the United States

KH Smith, JE Mackey, M Wenzlick, B Thomas… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The volume of produced water, a by-product of oil & gas operations and other energy
processes, has been growing across the United States (US) along with the need to manage …

Estimates of lithium mass yields from produced water sourced from the Devonian-aged Marcellus Shale

J Mackey, DJ Bain, G Lackey, J Gardiner, D Gulliver… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Decarbonatization initiatives have rapidly increased the demand for lithium. This study uses
public waste compliance reports and Monte Carlo approaches to estimate total lithium mass …