Produced water must be treated to remove oil and solids and to control corrosion. Treating plants to do this consist of one or more processes such as skimming/settling, flotation, filtration, coalescence, and chemical treating. Design considerations and problems with these processes are discussed. Data from several sources are used to illustrate the performance of several treating plants.

Keywords:
corrosion, separation and treating, oil droplet, reference 1, skimmer settler, flotation cell, oil concentration, operation, united states, residence time
Subjects:
Production Chemistry, Metallurgy and Biology, Processing Systems and Design, Environment, Separation and treating, Water use, produced water discharge and disposal, Well Operations and Optimization
Copyright 1982, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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