Oil and BTEX Removal from Produced Water for CO2 Reinjection, Onshore WA

Sector: Oil & Gas
Location: Western Australia

Three 10 m3/h stainless steel trains with no rotating equipment reduced TPH from 467.8 to 22.1 mg/L and recovered oil at above 95% purity.

Client: international oil and gas exporter.

Duty: up to 10 m3/h per train, three trains, oil in water up to 5% as free, dispersed and soluble hydrocarbon plus BTEX, EPA limit below 50 ppm.

Plant: 8,250 mm x 2,600 mm package per train in 316L and 304L stainless steel to ASME B31.3, AS1210, ASME VIII and AS4100 with full PMI; MyCelx Advanced Coalescer first stage with no pumps and no rotating equipment, then duty and standby MyCelx polishing filters changeable without tools; designed, built and delivered in six months.

Results: TPH 467.8 to 22.1 mg/L across the skid; oil and grease 837.7 to 59.3 mg/L; above 99% free oil recovery; recovered oil above 95% purity; efficiency increases at turn-down.

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