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Produced water treatment technologies

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  • Ebenezer T. Igunnu
  • George Z. Chen

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Produced water is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic compounds and the largest volume of by-product generated during oil and gas recovery operations. The potential of oilfield produced water to be a source of fresh water for water-stressed oil-producing countries and the increasing environmental concerns in addition to stringent legislations on produced water discharge into the environment have made produced water management a significant part of the oil and gas business. This article reviews current technologies for the management of produced water, examines how electrochemical techniques may be used in these areas and compares the prospects for future development. It suggests that treatment technologies based on electrochemistry could be the future of produced water management, since produced water is a potential electrolyte because it has a relatively good conductivity. It also explains that by applying photoelectrochemistry, water electrolysis, fuel cell and electrodeposition, electrochemical engineering could achieve energy storage, production of clean water and recovery of valuable metals from produced water with minimal or no negative impact on the environment.

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  • Ebenezer T. Igunnu & George Z. Chen, 2014. "Produced water treatment technologies," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 9(3), pages 157-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ijlctc:v:9:y:2014:i:3:p:157-177.
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    1. Echchelh, Alban & Hess, Tim & Sakrabani, Ruben & de Paz, José Miguel & Visconti, Fernando, 2019. "Assessing the environmental sustainability of irrigation with oil and gas produced water in drylands," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 1-1.
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    3. Echchelh, Alban & Hess, Tim & Sakrabani, Ruben, 2018. "Reusing oil and gas produced water for irrigation of food crops in drylands," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 206(C), pages 124-134.
    4. Roustazadeh Sheikhyousefi, P. & Nasr Esfahany, M. & Colombo, A. & Franzetti, A. & Trasatti, S.P. & Cristiani, P., 2017. "Investigation of different configurations of microbial fuel cells for the treatment of oilfield produced water," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 192(C), pages 457-465.
    5. Piotr Jakubowicz & Teresa Steliga & Katarzyna Wojtowicz, 2022. "Analysis of Temperature Influence on Precipitation of Secondary Sediments during Water Injection into an Absorptive Well," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-17, December.
    6. Yafei Zhao & Ken-ichi Itakura, 2023. "A State-of-the-Art Review on Technology for Carbon Utilization and Storage," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-22, May.
    7. Echchelh, Alban & Hess, Tim & Sakrabani, Ruben, 2020. "Agro-environmental sustainability and financial cost of reusing gasfield-produced water for agricultural irrigation," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
    8. Marwa M. Waly & Slobodan B. Mickovski & Craig Thomson, 2023. "Application of Circular Economy in Oil and Gas Produced Water Treatment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-19, January.
    9. Dimitrios Koutsonikolas & George Karagiannakis & Konstantinos Plakas & Vasileios Chatzis & George Skevis & Paola Giudicianni & Davide Amato & Pino Sabia & Nikolaos Boukis & Katharina Stoll, 2022. "Membrane and Electrochemical Based Technologies for the Decontamination of Exploitable Streams Produced by Thermochemical Processing of Contaminated Biomass," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-35, April.
    10. Ramon Sanchez-Rosario & Zacariah L. Hildenbrand, 2022. "Produced Water Treatment and Valorization: A Techno-Economical Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-18, June.

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