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TechnologyTrendsinUpstreamProducedWaterManagement
BrentHalldorson,P.Eng.ChiefTechnologyOfficer,FountainQuailEnergyServicesChairman,TexasWaterRecyclingAssociationBoardMember,ProducedWaterSociety
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Agenda
1. In-FieldManagement2. CentralizedTreatment3. Call-OutService(“On-the-Fly”Service)4. Trends
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MAG(ModularAboveGround)TankWinklerCounty,TX
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In-FieldorCentralized?
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In-Field Centralized
ü WaterDEFICIT– needPWaspartofthefracsupply.
ü Easiest,lowestcost,mostflexible.ü Requiresahomefortherecycledwater.ü Goalistocuttransport/handlingcostby
treatingnearsource.× Hardertoregulate(decentralized).
ü WaterSURPLUS– needtogetridofexcessPW.
ü Maybefavoredbyregulators.ü Offersanalternativetodisposal(i.e.:treat
forenvironmentaldischarge).× Highercost,longpermittimes.
CommodityPriceDrops
CannotUseTreatedWater
CommodityPriceRises
NeedMyTreatedWater
In-FieldManagement
• SuccesspredicatedonhavingBOTHa(1)needfordisposal,coupledwith(2)aneedforfracwater.Ifeitherismissingthismodelcollapses.• Lowpricewins.Oftenmodular,ruggedsystems.• ProducedwaterbecomesanASSETandisapartofthesupplyequation.• Typicallyhaveserviceprovidermanagetransferandcontainment.• CaseStudies:• ROVER• NOMAD
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Goals:• Turbidity <10NTU• Keep solidsoutof
pits(removeasdrycake)
• Removenutrient/bacteria,monitorpitbacterialevels
Location:• DelawareNM
TechnologyBasis:• Chemical
flocculation• pHadjustmentto
neutral
Chemistryisadaptedon-the-flyaswaterchanges.24/7operation,hourlylogreports.
2men/shiftforsafety.
Coinatbottomof40,000bblASTfullofcleanbrine.
ROVERCleanBrine
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Results:• BeganAugust
2015• Upto4ROVERs
runningsimultaneously(40,000bpwcapacity)
• Metorexceededtreatmenttargets
Treatedtodate:• 4.2Mbbls and
counting Ø Cleanbrinestoredinpits.Nutrientremovedtoinhibitbacteriagrowth.
Ø Solidsremovedasdrycake.Ø FQESmanagesin-fieldwaterlogisticsto
meetcustomer’sneeds.
ROVERCleanBrine
NOMADDistilledWater
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Goals:• Fracwith
freshwater• AllowexistingFW
pit/transfernetworktobeutilized
Location:• BarnettShale(14
differentsites)
TechnologyBasis:• PatentedMVR
MechanicalVaporRecompressiondesignedforoilfieldoperation
Thesesitesallowedpilotingofmultiplepretreatmentsystems(EC,DAF,RVDF,membranes)– resultwasdevelopmentofROVERsystem.
NOMADDistilledWater
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Results:• Almostadecade
ofcontinuoustreatmentinBarnettShalealone
• PerfecttrackrecordwithRRCand TCEQ
TreatedVolume:• 25M+bbls topure
distilledwater
Ø SubsequentlyNOMADshaveoperatedinthePermian,Delaware,MarcellusandEagleFord.
Above:2-NOMADSitewith3NearbyFracs
Right:2-NOMADSiteinPermianBasin
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CentralizedTreatment
• TruealternativetoSWDs.• Typicallytreatfordischargequality(i.e.:re-useorre-selltreatedwaterifneeded,howeverifnodrillingthencanstillusethismodel).• Hybridmodel:CombinerecycleatSWD.• Oftencreatesvalue-addproducts:NaCl,CaCl2 brine,etc.• Capitalintensive.• CaseStudies:• EurekaStandingStone(nearTowandaPA)• AnteroWV
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CentralizedTreatment
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EurekaResourcesinWilliamsportPAandTowandaPAarewellestablishedintheMarcellusShale.
Ø Centralizedtreatmentinvolveslargecapitalinvestmentandalong-termapproach(i.e.:AnteroZLDSystem- $275Mfacility+gathering+landfill…).
Ø Largercentralizedfacilitiesareeasierforregulatorstomonitorthandecentralized“infield”systems.
EurekaStandingStoneCrystallizer–makeshighqualityfoodgradesalt.
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Call-OutService
• Anewtrendbasedonlow-pricecommoditypricingandmarketuncertainty.• Typicalscope:singlefrac,pittreatment.• Shortdeployment:1frac,remediate1pit,etc.• Quickandnimble(deploywithsingletruck).• Examples:• SCOUT• MAVREX(“On-the-Fly”Service)
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“Someday,andthatdaymaynevercome,I’llcalluponyoutodoaserviceforme…”
SCOUTCleanBrine
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Ø Highvolume(10,000bpd)/smallfootprint.Ø Fullycontainerizedandmobile.Ø Fullyautomatedandfailsafe.
§ UponsystemalarmFQESoperatorwillbesentnotification.
Ø Designedforunmannedoperationinharshenvironments.
Ø Nobagfiltersormessycleanup.Wetsludgeisdirectedtoafractankfor(1)thickening/dewatering,or(2)disposal.
HVACUnit,PowerJB(connecttogenset orlinepower)
FeedPump
ControlPanel
Tools/Parts
RemovableCover
SCOUTdesignedtobetowedbya3/4tonorlargerpickuptruck.
MAVREXDisinfection
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ØDualtreatment:§ On-the-fly,plus…§ Workingtanksrecirculated,monitoredandtreated
ØPatentedsystemadjustsdosagereal-timeØAccommodateshighflowrates(140bpm)ØAutomatedproducedwaterblendingØThreeprecursorsmixedwithvacuumeductorØMobile,rigup/downinonedayØFractanklevelmonitoringincludedØTabletsprovidedtowatertransferandfraccrew:
§ Fractanklevels§ Waterflowrates§ Waterqualityintanks:pH,Cl02,chloride,etc.
ØMeetsEPAstandardsas“green”biocide
Above:Appalachia2017MAVREXOperationwith
redundantgenerator
MAVREXDisinfection
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Howitworks:Ø TheMAVREXtrailerisawatertreatment
plantinsideamobiletrailerØ Waterenterstheunit(1) througheither
two10”lines(fresh)orone6”line(produced)intothemanifoldroom(2)
Ø Waterqualityischeckedandaportionofthewater(slipstream)issenttotheClO2generatorroom (3) whereClO2 isadded,then…
Ø Checkedinstage(4),andreturnedtothemanifoldroombeforebeing…Discharged(5) touptoeighttanks.Thereareadditional2”suctionanddischargelinestoeachtanktomonitorresidualClO2 andensurewaterqualityKPIsaremaintained
Goals:• SafelyuseClO2 for
on-the-flybacteriakill
• Stable pHwithguaranteedresidual
Location:• Marcellus/Utica
2017ResultstoDate:• 53wells• 2,786stages• 13,063,000bbls• ZEROsafety
incidents
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Trends
A. Thereisno“right”model.Weneedablendofsolutions.B. Combiningrecycle+disposal.C. Logisticsandvolatilecommoditypricesremaindominant
challenges.D. Bye-byeblackboxes.Realproventechnologywins.E. Smallerlow-cost(oftenun-manned)solutions.F. Long-termthinkinglendstocentralizedtreatment.
Short-termneedsdrivein-field/modulartreatment.G. FQESbelievesinbuildinglong-termrelationshipsandworking
withE+Pstodevelopthesolutionstheyneed.
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