Oil & Gas Produced Water Management
Hoek, Eric M. V. / Wang, Jingbo / Jassby, David / Edalat, Arian / Bhattacharjee, Subir / Hancock, Tony D.
Produced water contributes to the largest volume waste stream associated with oil and gas (O&G, ) exploration and production (E&P, ) operations. It is usually a complex mixture of inorganics and organics that is formed underground and brought to the surface during O&G, production. Traditionally, produced water has been considered as a waste to the O&G, industry. The conventional management strategies include disposal (typically by injection in...