Water is co-produced with hydrocarbons during the recovery of oil & gas from reservoirs throughout the world. Shale resources in the Americas are an example of this phenomenon where the water-to-oil volume ratio can exceed 4:1. Options for using this produced water are limited. Current remediation practices include injecting the produced water back into the ground using disposal wells that are approved by regulatory authorities for such use. Some operators are also investigating options for reusing this water as a resource within their own operations. Applications such as drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and completions activities can use this water provided it is adequately treated for a specific purpose. This presentation will describe a recent project involving the treatment of produced water using a catalytic process that generates peroxides from organic acids. These oxidants are used to kill problematic bacteria and to oxidize iron sulfides in route to repurposing the water for use in hydraulic fracturing.

Fishing for greener methods to treat produced water using organic peroxides

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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