Deepwater production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and other regions periodically experience short intense upsets of their produced water treatment. These upsets are due to many factors inherent in their geological formation and physical location:

  1. Hydrate formation and associated chemical dosing procedures (LDHI, Methanol, etc.)

  2. Frequent startup/shutdown of production wells due to weather threats, new wells, tiebacks etc.

  3. Large motions on board the platform from adverse weather conditions

  4. Frequent rate changes in fluid production (slugging, debottlenecking)

Keywords:
Upstream Oil & Gas, maintenance, mycelx deployment period, produced water discharge, MyCelx Polisher, operation, platform, flow capacity, footprint, tertiary treatment
Subjects:
Environment, Water use, produced water discharge and disposal
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