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US 2006/0150814 A1Published application
Method and plant for the purification of produced water
AssigneeMinox Technology AS
InventorsHans Goksoyr, Norolf Henriksen
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AssigneeMinox Technology AS
InventorsHans Goksoyr, Norolf Henriksen
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A method and a system for removing dispersed and dissolved hydrocarbons from produced water in connection with the extraction of oil and gas from geological formations beneath the sea bed or the ground. The produced water first undergoes mechanical or electromechanical treatment in a sub-process “A” to remove the dispersed hydrocarbons from the water and is subsequently treated in a sub-process “B” by stripping with a circulating inert gas in one or more stages (1, 2) to remove the dissolved hydrocarbons. The inert gas consists expediently of N2 containing 02 and the subsequent removal of the hydrocarbons is carried out in a catalytic converter (5) by catalytic combustion of the stripped hydrocarbons.
A method for removing dissolved hydrocarbons from produced water in connection with the extraction of oil and gas from geological formations beneath the sea bed or the ground, where dispersed hydrocarbons have been removed from the water in a preceding process, based on mechanical, electromechanical or chemical treatment,
A system for removing dissolved hydrocarbons from produced water in connection with the extraction of oil and gas from geological formations beneath the sea bed or the ground, where dispersed hydrocarbons have been removed from the water in a preceding process (A), based on mechanical, electromechanical or chemical treatment,
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