De Nora Neptune has been selected as the preferred partner for a new Martin Water Midstream venture in the Permian Basin, the hub of onshore US oil and gas production, as the oil and gas industry struggles with a glut of bulk water.
The partnership will overcome a volatile bulk bleach market with an endless supply of sodium hypochlorite produced on-site through a network of mobile and stationary recycle centers using De Nora ClorTec® technology.
This will enable the onshore operations to continue in an uncertain period while advancing environmentally friendly mid- and upstream practices.
According to Matt Morgan, CEO of Martin Water Midstream, “Our goal was to discover a solution that recovered produced water and also suited our environmental agenda.”
The market’s greenest and safest technology, De Nora Neptune does away with the need for toxic or dangerous chemicals on-site.
Utilizing this oxidant not only protects our workers and the community from harm but also helps us save money in other areas.
There will be reduced truck traffic, less corrosion of our recycling equipment and infrastructure, and better NPT field time.
De Nora Neptune combines stable, US-sourced salt, water and power to produce a sodium hypochlorite oxidant with a concentration of 0.8 percent.
The resulting mixture has been shown to kill 99.9% of all microorganisms, including hydrogen sulfide, the most prevalent contaminant in the oil and gas industry, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (H2S).
When all other factors are held constant, the cost of using Neptune technology to treat one gallon of generated water can be as little as 25% of the cost of using bulk bleach.
A number of 1 million barrel (MM bbls) holding pits will be built as part of the project, which is expected to be finished in early November and be dispersed around Martin County.
Water Midstream will be able to recycle water for upcoming drills by treating the produced water locally with sodium hypochlorite.
By doing so, they will be able to conserve a valuable resource and do away with the need for saltwater disposal (SWD) sites, which many people believe to be the reason for the seismic activity in the area.
The American Petroleum Institute estimates that each well requires about 4 million gallons of water for the normal fracking procedure.
This water has traditionally been obtained from freshwater sources, but as many regions experience unprecedented drought conditions, the sector is looking into alternate options.
The long-term objective of this project, according to Morgan, is to recycle more than 300,000 barrels per day utilizing Neptune technology.
It will contain 20 miles of pipeline.
We are eager to lead the way in implementing this ground-breaking technology on a big scale since it has the potential to have a substantial influence on the industry.
We also hope that the KPIs that are produced will encourage others to switch to replacing freshwater usage.
Globally, more than 3,000 ClorTec systems are in use by De Nora.
The company achieved aspirational generated water rates above 140,000 barrels per day in 2021 at its Delaware Basin Wastewater Recycling Project, resulting in a total of more than 5 million barrels during a 30-day period.
About De Nora
Industrie De Nora is a multinational Italian business that is traded on the Euronext Milan stock exchange.
It is a leader in sustainable technologies and plays a significant part in the industrial green hydrogen production chain.
The company offers a variety of water treatment products and solutions as well as systems and equipment to maximize the energy efficiency of important industrial electrochemical processes.
Source: De Nora
