Sorbwater Technology is uniquely placed to seize opportunities within demanding Produced Water treatment applications. By combining Sorbwater`s unique alginate based flocculant, Sorbfloc®, with innovative hardware, we are able to put together and optimise systems that can deliver zero discharge solutions where needed. Other rapidly developing markets for our technologies are pre-treatment of produced water for desalination, water softening and evaporation processes. To achieve this, the hydrocarbon levels need to be reduced from several hundred ppm to 1 ppm or lower. Some of these applications also require the removal of dissolved hydrocarbons.
In many areas around the globe, the use of aquifers and fresh water reserves is necessary to facilitate oil & gas production. The technology is now available and capable of treating traditionally difficult waters. Sorbwater have so far delivered several systems for traditionally Produced Water applications. These systems fulfils the traditional requirement for OiW (Oil in Water) treatment to levels below 20 – 40ppm, respectively. This means that we sometime can use our innovative hardware only, or in other cases a combination of our chemistry and hardware.
In many areas around the globe, the use of aquifers and fresh water reserves is necessary to facilitate oil & gas production. The technology is now available and capable of treating traditionally difficult waters. Sorbwater have so far delivered several systems for traditionally Produced Water applications. These systems fulfils the traditional requirement for OiW (Oil in Water) treatment to levels below 20 – 40ppm, respectively. This means that we sometime can use our innovative hardware only, or in other cases a combination of our chemistry and hardware.
Slop Water is the water collected from the various drains onboard a rig. This is a mixture of rain water, water containing oil or water-based drilling mud from the drains at the drill floor, soap and dope from cleaning of pipe threads at deck, mud and chemical residuals from the mud pump room and mud mix room, or even water mixed with hydraulic oil from any leakage. In all cases the Slop Water is collected at a tank – or several tanks, and shipped onshore at a very high expense for the oil company. For decades there have been attempts to treat this water offshore at site, but as the chemical composition of the water changes from hour to hour no such applicable, successful method has yet been developed. All slop water - in Norway alone several hundred thousand m3, with the exception of the rigs that inject such water to dedicated wells - is being sent onshore for final treatment. It is accounted for as special waste in environmental reports. For operators, large volumes of slop water result in several hundred million NOK annually in disposal costs which can be avoided if treated at site offshore with proper technology. Prior to Sorbwater’s innovative, environmentally friendly solution to the problem, such technology has not been available. Sorbwater Technology AS has developed proprietary state of the art robust solutions meeting real Zero Discharge limits. Our systems can be implemented as module based or containerized packages. Read more >>
The Sorbwater Technology AS products and processes has through the development of Sorbfloc shown potential universal use in general waste water treatment. It can be used for removal of oil, fat and grease as well as particulate matter in water for most waste waters. It splits chemical as well as mechanical emulsions, works in most pH ranges and in most temperatures. Being approved for drinking water treatment it is accordingly well suited for use in food processing water, industrial and municipal waste water.
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