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Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
produces 550,000 m3/day of saline process water
along with its oil production. This process water is
not readily usable as it contains oil and heavy
metal contaminants and is being disposed through
injection in deep water aquifers through a costly
and energy intensive process. In an attempt to
reduce production costs,
PDO
decided to test the use of inexpensive biological
treatment systems and
biosaline
agriculture for developing an environment-friendly
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In collaboration with
PDO
a series of investigations were conducted to develop
guidelines for design and operation of biological
treatment systems for oil process water.
Subsequently, a biological treatment system capable
of treating polluted process water was designed and
implemented. This system treated oil process water
to unsurpassed levels with inflow Oil-In-Water (OIW)
averaging over 100
ppm
and outflow OIW
close to zero
ppm.
In the year 2003, a
biosaline
agriculture pilot project was completed and various
forestry species were growing. The work
conducted and results achieved formed the basis for
commercialization of the project. Lead Consult
is officially the consultant providing technical
support for this effort.
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