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Water treatment for oil and gas: where reliability is not negotiable
Prosep runs robust programmes for the process water, utility systems and wastewater of oil and gas operations, designed for applications where reliability is non-negotiable.
Oil and gas operations run in an environment where a water system failure is never just a water problem. Process water, utility systems and wastewater all sit inside a facility where safety and reliability are the governing requirements, and where the consequences of a failure are measured in more than maintenance cost.
The water treatment that supports these operations has to be as dependable as the rest of the plant. Prosep runs robust programmes for the process water, utility systems and wastewater of oil and gas operations, designed for applications where reliability is non-negotiable.
The facility
Utilities, process water and wastewater
Three water demands inside a facility where reliability is the governing requirement.
Utility systems
Boiler and cooling circuits that have to hold — feedwater, internal chemistry and blowdown on the steam side, and scale, corrosion and microbiological control on the cooling side, run to stated targets and monitored.
Process water
Treated to the quality the operation requires, from filtration through reverse osmosis where high-purity water is needed. The emphasis is consistency: water that meets the spec every time.
Wastewater
Oily and complex wastewater designed against the discharge obligations under DWS requirements, with characterisation first and the coagulation, flocculation and separation stages it needs.
Built for the consequence
A standard set by what failure costs
The reliability of the utilities, the consistency of the process water and the compliance of the discharge are all raised by the consequence of getting them wrong. Prosep’s answer is to assess, design to stated targets, implement, then monitor with written reporting — run with the dependability the environment demands.
The programmes
What the facility runs on
Industrial effluent treatment
Oily, complex wastewater to discharge standards.
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Coagulation and separation stages the stream needs.
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Reliable steam on a critical facility.
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Consistent high-purity process water.
View serviceStandards we work to
Where dissolved metals feature, the EPSE heavy metals capability applies. Boiler chemistry, cooling water treatment, process and wastewater come from one accountable supplier, on the method set out on how we work.
FAQ
Oil & gas water treatment questions
Can your programmes meet the reliability standards of an oil and gas facility?
They are designed to. In this environment water treatment is a reliability measure first, so the utilities and process water are run to stated targets and monitored on site, with the dependability the facility requires. The method is built around catching drift before it becomes failure.
Do you treat oily and complex wastewater?
Yes. Oily, complex wastewater is characterised first, then treated against the discharge obligations that govern it, using the coagulation, flocculation and separation stages the stream needs. Where dissolved metals are present, the EPSE heavy metals capability applies.
Can you supply high-purity process water where it is needed?
Yes, through filtration and reverse osmosis within the process water programme. The emphasis is consistency: water that meets the specification every time, because the process cannot absorb variability.
Do you cover the whole facility’s water needs?
Yes. Prosep covers four water systems on an oil and gas facility from one accountable supplier: boiler water (feedwater, internal chemistry and blowdown), cooling water (scale, corrosion and microbiological control), process water (filtration through reverse osmosis where high purity is needed), and oily, complex wastewater treated against DWS discharge obligations. One supplier matters where the systems interact.
A utility system, process water, or a wastewater stream?
Tell us which one. We design for the dependability the environment demands and report against stated targets.