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Produced W8ts' Treatment Catalog Elld Decisioo Tool: Shale Gas Produced Warer Trealmenl: Catalog 

Shale Gas Produced Water Treatment Catalog 

Selecting a suitable water treatment technology for produced water in 

the shale gas industry is a complex and dynall'ic consideration that is 

contingent upon a full understanding of interrelated parameters such 

as, location, water quality and quantity, costs, and treatment 

technology capabilities. The Produced Water Treatment Catalog has 

been designed to help facilitate the treatment technology ~selectionw 

process by providing a characterization and assessment of existing and 

emerging technologies that are either being applied in shale gas arena, 

or have the capability for application. The catalog also provides 

information on various water treatment companies who are capable of 

providing such technologies and in which basin they are active. It is 

anticipated the information provided will help operators evaluate 

potential treatment options and even more so, help facilitate the 

pairing of treatment technologies to their specific water conditions, as 

well as to their operational needs and approaches. 

The modem approach of shale gas production and the associated 

volume of water that Is required and/or generated can present 

operators with a unique set of operational circumstances and 

challenges. Furthermore, the composition of produced water is typically 

low in quality and may require specific treatment considerations before 

appropriate water management objectives (i.e., re-use, discharge, 

disposal, etc.) can be implemented. The water treatment technologies 

detailed in this catalog have been selected because of their technical 

capabilities to treat produced water that is generated in the shale gas 

industry. Although, many water treatment technologies are corrrronly 

applied in other oil & gas industries, many would lack the technical 

capability to efficiently treat shale gas produced water since in many 

cases, for example, high TDS concentrations exist. For this reason, 

the nun-ber of applicable technologies that are capable of efficiently 

treating produced water generated from the shale gas industry is 

llrrlted. 

In most circumstances, the successful treatment of produced water in 

the shale gas industry will require the application of a pre-treatment 

step to remove or reduce corrrron constituents that perpetuate 

scaling, corrosion, and fouling of equipment. As such, pre-treatment 

technologies (i.e., carbon filter, flocculation, ion exchange, etc.) are 

often packaged together with a vendor specific desalination technology 

that collectively, functions as a multi-technology treatment process. 

Because operators do not choose pre-treatment technologies for their 

water treatment needs, but instead rely on the service vendor to apply 

appropriate pre-treatment steps to efficiently operate their process, 

pre-treatment technologies were assessed on a llrrlted basis. 

The water treatment catalog provides ~Technology Fact Sheetsw on 

treatment processes that are being applied In the shale gas Industry 

such as, thermal evaporation, reverse osmosis and crystallization, as 

well as ·vendor Profiles• for treatment companies who offer associated 

proprietary technologies for each treatment category. The Technology 

Fact Sheets are accessible on the main web page of the Catalog and 

include process descriptions, capabilities, lill'itations and costs. The 

Technology Fact Sheets also include a breakdown of treatment 

companies who offer the technology and to date, in which major shale 

basins each vendor is currently active. The Vendor Profiles are 

accessible from associated technoloav fact sheets or from the Vendor 

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catalog on the left menu. The vendor Proftles provide a brief overview 

of the COI'I1Jany's approach to the general technology, corrpany 

contact lnfomatlon and profile, costs, and a link to the vendor's 

website. Please note this infomation was collected in the past and 

changes ITIIY have been made to either the technology or vendor 

profile, please check with the vendor for updates. 

U.lng the Shale Gas Water Treatment Catalog 

1. Select Treatment Type- A PDF Fact Sheet of the treatment 

technology will open up with an overview of the technology. 

2. Select Vendor(s)- A PDF of the Vendor's Profile will open up. Use 

the Shale GasNendor Matrix to decide which vendors are active in your 

basin. 

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See the vendor catalog for Profile Sheets on each by Clickjng Here. 

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