Demonstration of a decision
support system for a novel integrated solution
aimed at water reuse in the Oil&Gas
industry.
anamaria.jimenez.banzo@acciona.com
Background and scope
Water is vital for the operation of many
industrial processes, including the Oil&Gas
industry. This sector requires high volumes
of water in oil extraction and refining,
thus generating large amounts of wastewater.
Since water is a finite resource, technologies
associated with the reuse of industrial
wastewater will become an essential part
of sustainable economic growth and profitability
mainly because they enable turning low quality
wastewater into water that can be reused
for extraction and refinery processes.
INTEGROIL project will bring a new solution
for treating water flows generated in the
upstream and downstream activities of the
Oil&Gas industry, making them of suitable
quality for reuse and reducing its dependency
on water availability.
The main feature of these waters is their
extreme high variability which makes them
difficult to be treated by standard treatment
options but make the Oil&Gas sector
an excellent industry to test the technology.
However, this solution is expected to be
easily suitable to treat other industrial
complex waters as those generated by the
iron&steel, petrochemical and pharmaceutical
industries.
OBJECTIVE
To develop and demonstrate a robust but
flexible integrated solution for treating
water flows with variable compositions to
provide reclaimed water. This new solution
will be comprised by innovative treatment
technologies ranging from physical-chemical
process solutions to biological treatment
effectively operated and optimized through
a novel Decision Support System (DSS) which
can generate water of enough quality to
be reused in the extraction and refining
processes. The DSS will allow the system
to be operated with minimal process understanding
and also ensuring both the optimal system
operation and the safety of the operational
staff at the extraction and refining sites.
Demonstration activities
Two sites for long-term demonstration activities:
Upstream simulated scenario at La Tordera
desalination plant facilities (Spain).
Downstream scenario at TUPRAS refinery in
Izmit (Turkey).
The proposed solution and
its added value
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This project has received funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under grant agreement
No 688989.
www.integroil.eu
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