Three earthquakes that struck west Texas on Monday – including a magnitude 4.9 quake – are all linked to local oil production.
The problem
The Solution
The Aquafortus ABX™ system is a novel solvent exchange process that treats high salinity brines.
Our patented process absorbs water from brine by solvent extraction and then produces clean water through membrane filtration.
less energy intensive
lower opex
Capex compared to thermal alternatives
INDUSTRIES
For example, the Permian Basin alone produces more than 20 million barrels of wastewater every day.
The current practice of injecting this water back underground is causing significant seismic activity. Regulatory pressures have increased, and more stringent regulation is widely expected. Reduction in the capacity to dispose will force industry to treat the excess water to an acceptable standard or result in reduced production
Mining requires the use of water to facilitate separation of ore from rock. Reduced production due to water scarcity is increasingly common. Wastewater from mining is stored in hazardous tailings ponds.
Regulations typically require a mine owner to monitor these sites long after the mine has ceased operations. Increasingly, the financial burden of cleaning up spillage from the ponds is shifting from the public to mine owners. This creates a massive financial liability for mining companies.
This is typically done by scrubbing the gas with a sorbent to transfer the contaminants into a liquid waste stream.
The wastewater stream itself faces regulatory restrictions. Significant treatment is required before the water can be discharged.
The fabrication process of silicon semiconductor devices require significant use of ultra-pure water for cleaning and rinsing operations to maintain the integrity and quality of the circuitry.
A large semiconductor fabrication facility could consume up to 4.8 million gallons of water daily. This is equivalent to the water consumption of 60,000 people.
The transition to water recycling is already underway and demand for treatment continues to rise.
News
Three earthquakes that struck west Texas on Monday – including a magnitude 4.9 quake – are all linked to local oil production.
After being hit by a third major earthquake that was felt around West Texas this week, the Scurry County judge has issued a disaster declaration.
Aquafortus is seeing genuine efforts in the industry, led by numerous forward-looking oil & gas companies, to explore produced water treatment. The time is right for a novel and sustainable technology solution to disrupt the market.