Patent ID: 11933155

Abstract:
A method of receiving a plurality of oilfield brine feedstocks from one or more producing wells producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation is provided. The method includes detecting, using one or more sensors, one or more properties of the plurality of oilfield brine feedstocks, selecting two or more oilfield brine feedstocks from the plurality based at least in part on the one or more properties of the plurality of oilfield brine feedstocks, blending the two or more oilfield brine feedstocks into a blended oilfield brine prior to desalinating and crystallizing a portion of the blended oilfield brine, desalinating and crystallizing the portion of the blended oilfield brine to produce desalinated water and a salt slurry suspension, selecting one or more candidate wells for reinjection of the salt slurry suspension into the one or more candidate wells, and reinjecting the salt slurry suspension into the one or more candidate wells.