Produced water characteristics, treatment and reuse: A review

MA Al-Ghouti, MA Al-Kaabi, MY Ashfaq… - Journal of Water Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
In oil and gas industry, produced water is considered as the largest waste stream, which
contains relatively higher concentration of hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other pollutants …

Current advances in membrane technologies for saline wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review

NNR Ahmad, WL Ang, CP Leo, AW Mohammad… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
The saline wastewater from various sources including agriculture and industrial activities,
appears to have high salt concentration, organic content and other pollutants which can …

[HTML][HTML] Review of oilfield produced water treatment technologies

KT Amakiri, AR Canon, M Molinari, A Angelis-Dimakis - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Produced water is the wastewater formed when water is brought from subsurface reservoirs
during oil or gas extraction. Currently, produced water is mainly treated using conventional …

Potential and implemented membrane-based technologies for the treatment and reuse of flowback and produced water from shale gas and oil plays: A review

H Chang, T Li, B Liu, RD Vidic, M Elimelech… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Recovery of natural gas and oil from unconventional (shale) reservoirs relies on horizontal
drilling and hydraulic fracturing to make it economical. Hydraulic fracturing generates vast …

An overview on the progress in produced water desalination by membrane-based technology

NM Abounahia, AMA El-Sayed, H Saleem… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water sources has become a global concern in the present-day society.
This has driven to the extraction of fresh water from produced water (PW), from the oil and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on the treatment technology of oil and gas produced water for sustainable energy industry-mechanistic aspects and process chemistry …

AA Olajire - Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Produced water (PW) is the largest volume of wastewater generated during oil and gas
recovery operations. It is a complex mixture of dissolved and particulate inorganic and …

Oilfield-produced water treatment using conventional and membrane-based technologies for beneficial reuse: A critical review

O Samuel, MHD Othman, R Kamaludin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oilfield produced water (OPW) is one of the most important by-products, resulting from oil
and gas exploration. The water contains a complex mixture of organic and inorganic …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of pre-and post-treatment approaches to achieve sustainable desalination for different water streams

K Poirier, M Lotfi, K Garg, K Patchigolla, EJ Anthony… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Desalination is an energy intensive process requiring adequate pre-and post-treatment. The
novelty of this paper is that it jointly reviews the technologies for pre-treatment, desalination …

Comparison of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle in China and North America: a critical review

C Zhong, A Zolfaghari, D Hou, GG Goss… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is considerable debate about the sustainability of the hydraulic fracturing (HF) water
cycle in North America. Recently, this debate has expanded to China, where HF activities …

[HTML][HTML] Progresses of advanced anti-fouling membrane and membrane processes for high salinity wastewater treatment

S Du, P Zhao, L Wang, G He, X Jiang - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane fouling during the high salinity wastewater treatment is a critical bottleneck
restricting the sustainable application of membrane technologies. Develo** advanced anti …