Patent ID: 11945741
Assignee: SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 24:
25. A method for treating wastewater arising from a plurality of oilfield well pads, comprising:
identifying a first well pad having a man camp with one or more septic tanks to be serviced by a centralized treatment facility;
identifying a second well pad having a man camp with one or more septic tanks to be serviced by the centralized treatment facility, wherein the second well pad is spaced apart from the first well pad;
analyzing infrastructure related to each of the first and second well pads;
determining a central location for the centralized treatment facility based on the analyzed infrastructure related to each of the first and second well pads,
wherein the infrastructure is existing or potential roads leading to each of the first and second well pads, and
wherein the central location is spaced apart from the first well pad and the second well pad;

treating, at the centralized treatment facility, wastewater collected from the one or more septic tanks of each of the first well pad and the second well pad, wherein treating the wastewater comprises performing solid settlement and influent equalization;
identifying a new well pad having a man camp with one or more septic tanks to be serviced by the centralized treatment facility;
analyzing infrastructure related to the new well pad;
determining a new central location for the centralized treatment facility based on the analyzed infrastructure related to each of the first well pad, the second well pad, and the new well pad; and
relocating the centralized treatment facility from the central location to the new central location.