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BMP ID: 6208
Title: Use physical separators to remove organic compounds from produced water
Text: API gravity separators, advanced separators, hydrocyclones, filtration, and centrifuges increasingly remove more and more organic particles.
Source Publication Name: Produced Water Management Information System
Citation Section: Technology Descriptions: Fact Sheet - Physical Separators
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Argonne National Laboratory
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Alternate Contact: National Energy Technology Laboratory
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Categories: Water Quantity and Rights
Water Quality and Pollution
Location: General / Federal
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BMP Efficacy: "Though API gravity separators remove the bulk of organic particles from produced water, advanced separators, hydrocyclones, filtration, and centrifuges may be needed to remove dispersed and dissolved oil."
Date Entered: 2009-08-19 15:25 UTC
Last Updated: 2010-02-21 11:53 UTC