Produced Water Services

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Separation & Filtration Specialists

We started our business offering services centred around the treatment and conditioning of drilling mud for the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.

Through a process of diversification and evolution, whilst still very much involved with solids control, we now carry out the processing of hazardous industrial waste streams and wastewater for a growing range of energy and industrial customers.

Our expertise and technologies are currently deployed across geographic and industrial borders where we have become the industrial separation & filtration partners of choice for some of the world's biggest organisations.

This diversification has seen our company evolve from Solids Control Services into Separo. Throughout our journey, we have remained an independently owned business.

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Produced Water Services (1)

9 Jun 2021

Produced Water Management

Amy Black

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Section 1 Sub Title We have a dedicated team of
Section 1 Title Expert Engineers
Section 1 Content
who design, build, install, support and maintain filtration systems which can be tailored to your individual requirements. We will also train and advise your offshore personnel so that they can look after the system on a day-to-day basis.
Section 2 Sub Title Remove contaminants at source
Section 2 Title Oil In Water Filtration
Section 2 Content
Oil and gas assets often experience oil in water levels in excess of disposal limitations, particularly at startups and shutdowns, which can mean costly transportation of the produced water to onshore facilities where it can be safely treated.

Scalable Filtration That Delivers Results

Our systems can filter produced water with oil in water levels over 1000ppm and reduce it to below 30ppm to allow it to be disposed of on the seabed.

The residual waste will be captured in the filter media in our vessels which absorb all the contaminants. The filter media are sent back to shore to be cleaned and reactivated.

With typical use of four cubic metres per hour the filtration vessels will operate for up to four months before they need to be replaced, making them a very cost-effective solution over the long-term.
Section 2 Stats

From over
1000ppm
to below
30ppm

Up to
20m3
of water
per hour

Filter media
has a
3-4month
lifespan
Section 2 Video
Section 2 Video Caption Separo SepSORB®
Section 3 Sub Title Cost-effective, plug and play
Section 3 Title SepSORB® Filtration System
Section 3 Content
Our range of SepSORB® vessels provides the flexibility to handle any flow rate. Our smaller vessel is capable of handling 12 cubic metres an hour, and our larger model can handle 20 cubic metres an hour. However, we can also combine vessels and run them in parallel to handle higher flow rates as required.

Purpose-Built For Offshore Platforms

The smaller units measure 1.2m2 and the next size up are 1.6m2. When combined on site the vessels require a remarkably small footprint of just 15m2 in total.

The saturation weight of each small unit is approximately 2.5 tonnes. A typical installation of two SepSORB® units, plus a pump and pre-screening units would weigh 7-10 tonnes in total. The larger units weigh 4.7 tonnes when saturated and in use, so installed weight is around 50 tonnes in total.
Section 3 Stats

Normally
installed in
1-2
days

Average
installation
takes up
15m2
of space

From
10 to 50
tonnes total
weight
Case Study Title A Case Study
Case Study Sub Title Filtering produced water for an E&P company in the North Sea
Case Study Intro
Learn how the SepSORB® filtration system was installed on a North Sea oil rig, and used to reduce the hydrocarbon content of produced water to below 30ppm.

Read more
Case Study Image
Section 4 Sub Title We'll send out dedicated
Section 4 Title Offshore Personnel
Section 4 Content
Our engineer will install the plug and play equipment on your site and train your local personnel to operate it. We supply you with method statements, risk assessments and lifting procedures so that your team have everything they need for normal day-to-day operation.

Straightforward Set-Up And Maintenance

As it is a closed system, there is a very small risk of any leakage or other issues requiring specialist attention. The entire system is protected by pressure relief valves which will release automatically if needed. Regular checks are normally all that will be required.

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Meet the team
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Section 5 Sub Title Avoid hefty fines
Section 5 Title OSPAR Compliance
Section 5 Logo
Section 5 Content
Using our SepSORB® filtration system you can confidently meet the regulatory limitation of 30ppm for disposing of produced water at source. By doing so you not only avoid potential hefty fines and bad publicity but you also reduce the costly and time consuming need to fly in samples for checking on a daily or weekly basis.
Section 5 Video
Section 5 Video Caption What is OSPAR?

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Our Track Record & Experience

For over 30 years Separo's three divisions have been providing innovative and effective solutions to clients across the globe. We have worked with a broad range of well known, blue-chip customers, including most major oil and gas producing companies, drilling contractors, refinery operators, steel producers, port authorities and international waste management contractors.

30 years on we remain true to our roots in the North Sea where our highly regarded Solids Control Sevices (SCS) division first provided services to drilling contractors operating in one of the most challenging industries and environments in the world.

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