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Produced Water | FiltrationImproving Operational Performance andReducing Costs With Innovative CleanWater TechnologyBy Hari Parthasarathy, MyCelx Technologies CorporationIn the age of heightened environmentalconcern and regulation, the oil andgas industry is charged with meetingnew, stringent operational challenges.Meanwhile, industrial operations are alsosteadily increasing, thus adding to the risingdemand for sustainable water treatmenttechnology, especially in growingwater scarce regions. These operationalchallenges will only increase over time,and in order to achieve cost-effective andsustainable operations engineers neednew innovative technologies for watertreatment that is economical and robust.MyCelx Technologies has an awardwinning clean water technology for oiland gas applications that is gaining recognitionworldwide for its ability to removeoils and hydrocarbons to critically lowlevels. The technology operates on thenovel principal of chemical cohesion,which is a clean break from other existingtechnologies, and this enables MyCelx toremove free, emulsified and dissolved oilsand hydrocarbons in water.With installations worldwide withflow capacities up to 1,300 m3/h,MyCelx specializes in the recycle andreuse of industrial wastewater and producedwater, and is deployed in variousprocess water and wastewater treatmentapplications such as:• Produced water treatment foroverboard discharge and reinjection• Side stream process cooling watertreatment• Process wastewater recycle and reuse• Desalination RO membrane foulingprotection• Sour water stripper and re-boilerfouling protectionwww.filtnews.com • October 2011 • 37