Advanced Waste Reduction

The production and refining of Oil and Gas generates waste that on-site systems cannot handle. This often includes stubborn emulsions of hydrocarbons, water, and solids that resist fast, cost-effective separation. As a result, the waste is trucked off-site for costly, carbon-heavy disposal, increasing safety risks inherent in road transport.

WSG Advanced Waste Reduction services provides a solution to minimise waste disposal.

Our solution uses the WSG Emulsion Buster to mechanically break emulsions at high flowrates without adding heat or chemicals, enabling clean phase separation and further downstream filtration through the WSG’s Advanced Filtration Media.

KEY FEATURES

• “Lost” Hydrocarbons recovered from emulsion
• Water phase captured following emulsion break
• Water phase treated with WSG advanced filtration media to produce water suitable for re-use or disposal
• Waste volume reduced by more than 75%
• Zero chemicals or heat required

WASTE DISPOSAL BENEFITS

• Hydrocarbons recovered with suitable BS&W and returned to production stream – Recover both oil and condensate from waste streams
• Water phase reclaimed
• Offsite waste transportation and disposal volume reduced by over 75%
• Wear and corrosion to plant assets decreased
• Carbon footprint significantly reduced
• Tank sludge treatment and product recovery

 PROCESS IMPROVEMENT BENEFITS

• Treat RAG layers within Skim Tanks and Separators to break this rag layer resulting in more efficient facility performance and throughputs
• Treat incoming product prior to process equipment to break emulsions present to improve the performance of process equipment
• Dynamic off-spec product enhancement
• Boosting facility tri-canter performance through pre-treatment
• Online tank desludging capability

WSG ADVANCED FILTRATION MEDIA – Water Phase Treatment

Our unique specialist WSG filtration media systems can selectively remove forever / PFAS chemicals, heavy metals and norms from process water, such as:

• Mercury can be treated to be Non-Detectable. (ND)
• Cyanide
• Chromium VI
• Arsenic
• Hydrocarbons
• PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) can be treated to ND.
• PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon)
• BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene)
• Barium
• Strontium