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

Claim 0:
1. A system for treating wastewater arising from a plurality of oilfield well pads, comprising:
an oilfield having a plurality of hydrocarbon wells disposed therein, a first oilfield well pad having at least one of the plurality of hydrocarbon wells, and a second oilfield well pad having at least one of the plurality of hydrocarbon wells;
a plurality of sensors;
a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver in wireless communication with a central transceiver disposed at a centralized treatment facility;
the first oilfield well pad at a first remote location, the first oilfield well pad comprising:
a first man camp;
a first septic tank having a total wastewater capacity and containing wastewater collected from the first man camp;
a first transceiver of the plurality of distributed transceivers; and
a first sensor of the plurality of sensors, the first sensor of the plurality of sensors associated with the first septic tank and electrically coupled with the first distributed transceiver, the first distributed transceiver adapted to transmit to the central transceiver first data associated with a volume of wastewater contained in the first septic tank;

the second oilfield well pad at a second remote location, the second oilfield well pad comprising:
a second man camp;
a second septic tank having a total wastewater capacity and containing wastewater collected from the second man camp, wherein the first oilfield well pad is spaced apart from the second oilfield well pad;
a second transceiver of the plurality of distributed transceivers; and
a second sensor of the plurality of sensors, the second sensor of the plurality of sensors associated with the second septic tank and electrically coupled with the second distributed transceiver, the second distributed transceiver adapted to transmit to the central transceiver second data associated with a volume of wastewater contained in the second septic tank; and

the centralized treatment facility at a central location determined based on the first remote location and the second remote location and spaced apart from each of the oilfield well pads a distance of at least 0.5 miles and no more than 50 miles, the centralized treatment facility being adapted to receive and treat wastewater from each of the oilfield well pads and comprising:
a primary treatment system at the central location, the primary treatment system comprising a solid settlement tank and an equalization tank in fluid communication with the solid settlement tank, the primary treatment system being adapted to receive and treat wastewater from the first septic tank and the second septic tank simultaneously;
a secondary treatment system at the central location and in fluid communication with the primary treatment system; and
the central transceiver, wherein the central transceiver is adapted to receive the first data and the second data from the first sensor and the second sensor, respectively.