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TREATMENT OF SHALE GAS PRODUCEDWATER FOR DISCHARGE
Technical Workshops for the Hydraulic
Fracturing Study
Water Resources Management March 29-30, 2011
David Alleman, ALL Consulting, LLC
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Much of the information is derived
from a project that was funded by
DOE’s National Energy Technology
Laboratory (NETL)
• Part of NETL’s program to promote
domestic natural gas production by
providing technologies to overcome
the technical and environmental
challenges associated with
unconventional resources.
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INTRODUCTION
• Managing produced water from shale gas wells can be a challenge
• Management and treatment decisions depend on many variables and are inter-related
• Treatment can alleviate some disposal issues
• Treatment options are limited by cost, treatment capabilities, and availability
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PW MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
• Three Basic Options
– Injection
– Surface Discharge/Beneficial use
– Reuse in HVHF
• All options have challenges
• All options may require some level of treatment
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TREATMENT GOALS
• Three pri
TDS
mary treatment goals
– Reduce (desalination) for discharge/beneficial use
– Reduce volume for disposal
– Reduce TDS, scaling, and/or bio-fouling for reuse or UIC
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TREATMENT CHALLENGES
• Shale gas produced water quality varies– Between plays– Within plays– Over time
• High Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) concentrations limit treatment options
• All treatment processes result in a waste stream – may be liquid, solid, or both
• Treatment in the field is very different than the lab
• All of the PW management options and treatment goals may be inter-related
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Play
HALE GAS PW QUALITY/VARIATION
Range of TDS (mg/L)*
Barnett 500 – 200,000
Fayetteville 3,000 – 80,000
Haynesville 500 – 250,000
Marcellus 10,000 – 300,000
* TDS Concentrations gathered from a combination of various published reports and personal conversations with operators.
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LOGISTICS/PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Sources of PW change over time as new wells are drilled and development expands over an operator’s lease-holdings
• Treatment facility location:– Mobile?
– Permanent?
– Semi-permanent? - Most common
• Treatment facility ownership:– Commercial?
– Owned and run by operator?
– Contracted by operator? - Most common
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MANAGEMENT/TREATMENT DRIVERS• Social/Community
• Environmental
– Conservation of Resources
– Aquatic Impacts
• Regulatory
• Economic
– Cost of withdrawals
– Cost of transportation
• Technical
– Lack of injection capacity
– Treatment limitations
– Treatment availability
• Company policies
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INJECTION
Benefits:
• Can be a low-cost option
• Well-established and (mostly) widely accepted disposal method
• Several States encourage as the preferred option
Challenges
• Limited UIC well capacity/locations in some shale plays
• Lack of near-by wells creates transportation issues
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DISCHARGE/BENEFICIAL USE BENEFITS
• Returns water to the local ecosystem
• Reduces disposal volume
• Can help community relations
• Can be a cost-effective management option
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DISCHARGE/BENEFICIAL USE CHALLENGES
• Treatment required
• Shale gas produced water not conducive to most beneficial uses
– Small volume/well with scattered sources
– Water production is episodic and moves over time
• Disposal of treatment concentrate
• Changing regulatory requirements
• Potential environmental/liability issues
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REUSE
Benefits:
• Reduced withdrawals (and associated concerns)
• Reduced Disposal needs
• Reduced environmental concerns
Challenges
• Blended water must be suitable for fracture fluid
• May require treatment for TDS, scale, microbes
• Not necessarily a “no-treatment” option
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MIXING AND SCALE AFFINITY MODEL
• Predicts chemical composition of mixed waters, allowing the user to see how waters will react when mixed
• Analyzes the mixing of multiple source waters, identifies the affinity for scale formation and the potential species of scale that will be formed
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• Identify the most favorable mix ratio of available waters to meet specified targets for quality parameters – create an engineered water
• www.all-llc.com/projects/produced_water_tool/
September 2010
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TREATMENT FOR DISCHARGE
Available Technologies
• Thermal Distillation
• Reverse Osmosis
• Will also briefly mention
Thermal Evaporation
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Pre-Treatment/Conditioning
• Remove suspended solids and organics, adjust pH, etc.
• Each of these technologies require some pre-treatment
– Handled by vendors as part of their system
– Discussed in other presentations
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THERMAL DISTILLATION
• Mechanical Vapor
Recompression (MVR)
• Condenses steam for reuse
• Corrosion/scale can be
problems
• TDS up to about 200,000
mg/L
• Fresh water recovery rates
of 50 – 90 %
• Costs range from$3.00 to
$5.00/Bbl
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REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO)
• Force water through an
osmotic membrane
• Pre-treatment to prevent
premature membrane fouling
is critical
• Membrane replacement costly
• TDS up to about 50,000 mg/L
• Fresh water recovery rates of
40 – 90%
• Costs range from $0.42 to
$3.50/Bbl
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VENDOR COSTS AND CAPABILITIES
• Vendors have limited operating experience/data for shale
gas produced water
• Cost and capability data developed in the lab or in other
industries may not be valid
– Produced water quality variability
– High TDS
– Field Conditions
• Even when there is no intent to deceive, lack of consistent
information on what is included in a quoted cost makes
cost comparisons difficult
– CAPEX/OPEX, Transportation, Disposal of reject water, etc.
• Vendors are constantly improving their processes as they
gain experience
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VOLUME REDUCTION
May want to reduce the volume that must be transported to UIC wells• Thermal Distillation• Reverse Osmosis• Thermal Evaporation
– Reduce liquid volume– Dispose of concentrate
• Crystallization– No limit on TDS– Zero Liquid Discharge– Dispose of solids
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TREATMENT AVAILABILITY
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• Availability varies by basin• New vendors entering the market
almost daily• Several pilots underway/planned
• Treatment for shale gas PW remains in it’s infancy
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THERMAL AVAILABILITY
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RO AVAILABILITY
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KEY POINTS
• The decision to treat shale gas produced water for surface discharge is based on many inter-related considerations
• Shale gas PW has high TDS concentrations that require desalination prior to discharge
• Treatment for discharge options are effectively limited to Thermal Distillation and Reverse Osmosis.
• Cost data for many vendors is limited/unproven
• Technology Availability is limited/unproven
• Treatment technologies are advancing and changing
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Contact Information
David Alleman dalleman@all‐llc.com
ALL Consulting1718 S. Cheyenne Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
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To cite this presentation:Alleman, David (ALL Consulting). “Treatment of Shale Gas Produced Water for Discharge.” Presentation at the EPA Technical Workshops for the Hydraulic Fracturing Study - Water Resources Management, Washington, D.C., March 29-30, 2011.
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THERMAL DISTILLATION
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PrePretreatment
Produced
Water
Heat and Pressure
Steam
Concentrate
Distilled Water
Concentrate
Clean Brine
UIC
Disposal
Discharge
Or
Reuse
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REVERSE OSMOSIS (RO)
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Produced
Water
PrePretreatment
M
E
M
B
R
A
N
E
Clean
Water
Concentrate to
UIC
Disposal
Discharge
Or
Reuse
Clean Brine