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A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Oil Field Produced Water by Adsorption and Membrane Intervention

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Abstract

Produced water (PW) is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic compounds and the largest volume of by-product generated during oil and gas recovery operations. Large volumes of water are produced from various oil fields of Upper Assam Basin. The potential of oilfield PW to be a source of fresh water for water-stressed oil-producing countries and the increasing environmental concerns in addition to stringent legislations on PW water discharge into the environment have made PW management a significant part of the oil and gas business. PW contains different toxic compounds that adversely affect the environment such petroleum contaminants and impurities are oil, naturally occurring radioactive minerals (NORM), oil & grease (O&G), hydrocarbons (HC), production chemicals and various metals. This paper deals with the characterization of PW generated from different depths and horizons of Upper Assam, India oil fields. PW separated from oil and gas is either injected into the reservoir for pressure maintenance or discharged to the environment. The evaluation and characterization of PW contaminants is targeted in this study. This will be done with the help of adsorption by powdered activated charcoal and membrane treatment technology by using hollow fibre membranes, which will enable for the safe disposal to the environment and reservoir pressure maintenance for improved oil recovery. The evaluation included the analysis of pH, conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, O&G, hardness, alkalinity and inorganics. The results are validated in Lenntech software to determine the corrosion forming tendency of PW on the basis of Ryznar stability index and Langelier saturation index.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge the following:

1. Indo-Tunisia Project no. DST/INT/TUNISIA/P-02/2017 entitled, “Characterisation of oil field water to mitigate a major environmental hazard with recovery of usable water”.

2. Indo-US Project F. No. 194-1/2009(IC) dated February, 2015 entitled, “Foam-assisted CO2 Flooding for the depleted Reservoirs of Upper Assam Basin and in Candidate Reservoirs in Louisiana” of 21st century knowledge initiative program under University Grants Commission.

3. DBT Twinning Project No. BT/485/NE/TBP/2013 entitled “Remediation of produced water from NE oil field by microbial and membrane intervention with modeling of an effluent unit for the recovery of usable water”.

4. Dibrugarh University for the laboratory facilities.

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  1. Department of Petroleum Technology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

    Debasish Konwar, Subrata Borgohain Gogoi, Joyshree Barman & Bwhwithi Machahary

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Nomenclature

AAS

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

BOD

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Ca

Calcium

CaCO3

Calcium Carbonate

Cr

Chromium

Cu

Copper

DO

Dissolved Oxygen

EC

Electrical Conductivity

EDTA

Ethylene Di-Amine Tetraacetic acid

Fe

Iron

HCO3

Bicarbonate

HCl

Hydrochloric Acid

HFM

Hollow fibre membrane

KCl

Potassium Chloride

K

Potassium

KOH

Potassium Hydroxide

Li

Lithium

Li2CO3

Lithium Carbonate

MF

Microfiltration

Mn

Manganese

Na

Sodium

NaCl

Sodium Chloride

PAC

Powdered Activated Charcoal

TDS

Total Dissolved Solids

TMP

Transmembrane Pressure

UF

Ultrafiltration

WHO

World Health Organization

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Konwar, D., Gogoi, S.B., Barman, J., Machahary, B. (2019). A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Oil Field Produced Water by Adsorption and Membrane Intervention. In: Shehata, H., Poulos, H. (eds) Latest Thoughts on Ground Improvement Techniques. GeoMEast 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01917-4_19

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