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Breaking Into The Industry
Breaking Into The Industry
So just how do you break into the Produced Water Industry?
The produced Water Society is always looking for new products to introduce into our industry but before trying to find a breakthrough one should realize that produced water is a unique fluid.

Produced water is a fluid that has no direct commercial value but in our industry has an indirect value in some instances as it is re-injected into producing formations to enhance production. It is a fluid that is cleaned to less than I mg/l with removals of particulate to 95% of 2 microns. In looking at it, it looks like drinking water but can be 100 times cleaner. But the main point in claiming it is a unique fluid is in the make up of the water. It is normally full of soluble iron and barium to name a few solids, it is three to ten times saltier than sea water and cannot be removed from it's environment or it changes. All tests have to be carried out in line as it cannot be transported as a fluid without change. For instance if a sample is taken and oxygen or air is allowed to mix with the sample, the iron combines with the oxygen to form iron oxide and hence the sample is flawed. Also, in many cases, the fluid contains gas and bacteria that will change the composition of the fluid when trying to take a sample to a lab to carry out tests.

So it can be seen that only rudimentary tests can be carried out in laboratories and test facilities away from the source of the produced fluid results from these tests cannot be accepted as fact that the tests can be repeated in line at a production facility.

The society however, once convinced that the equipment is feasible for use in the industry, will endeavor to find a facility where tests can be carried out to prove the efficiency of the unit or chemicals on test. Arrangements can also be made for independent overseeing of the tests and commenting on the results.

It is also suggested that a paper can be given at the seminar and it will be fully debated at the "Round Table" at the end of the day the paper is given.




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The Produced Water Society is a collection of engineers and industry professionals with the common purpose to study and improve the separation, treatment, and analysis of Offshore and Onshore Produced Water with the goal to meet the discharge and reinjection requirements of the industry and the environment.   Click here to learn about the latest happenings in the world of Produced Water. We are always looking for information on Filtration, Separation, Water Chemistry, Chemicals, and Regulations that effect our industry. If you have a news item you would like to contribute, please send it to us at: cctyrie@comcast.net   Have an open position you want to fill? Are you looking for a job in the industry? Click more below to see who is hiring and who is available? If you would like to post an open position or your resume, visit the Contact Us Page.
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