OriginClear Effectively Eliminates Bacteria and Hydrogen Sulfide in Produced Water Without Chemicals
OriginClear
Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL),
a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced
OriginClear’s proprietary electro-oxidation technology effectively
removes 96 percent of bacteria and 97 percent of hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
from produced water, without chemicals. Results were reported after lab
and field testing on produced water from the Eagle Ford shale using
OriginClear’s new Electro-Oxidation
(EO) Toolkit.
Cost and water scarcity are driving operators to reinject produced and
frack flowback water into wells. If this water goes untreated, bacteria
can grow and can create health and safety issues. It can also generate H2S
that “sours” well formations. Crude oil can lose 10 percent of its value
if it sours.
“We’ve found that certain components of our multi-stage EWS process can
address specific water treatment requirements out on the oilfield,” said Lee
Portillo, OriginClear’s VP of Engineering. “In this case, we used
our final electro-oxidation stage to target bacteria and hydrogen
sulfide reduction in produced water.
“This is normally a chemically-intensive process and we achieved a
significant elimination of contaminants without any chemicals. We
believe our technology offers a pathway for reducing the cost of
treating produced water.”
“I believe OriginClear’s recent results in treating produced water for
bacteria and hydrogen sulfide are a significant step in cost reduction,”
said R.
Gerald Bailey, PhD, CEO of MCW Energy Group and former President of
Exxon for the Arabian Gulf. “The effect of bacteria and hydrogen sulfide
has long been an expensive nuisance in oil field operations. They have
been costly to remove and it has caused severe loss of revenue by
reduced production. The OriginClear Toolkit technology is a welcome
improvement.”
OriginClear’s Electro-Oxidation (EO) Toolkit is available for licensing
and to end-users interested in showcase applications. Inquiries should
be made at www.originclear.com/contact.
According to research paper Controlling
Bacteria in Recycled Production Water for Completion and Workover
Operations, “Reusing flowback water and produced water from active
wells becomes more and more important… to keep surface water disposal
costs… to a minimum… However, reusing untreated produced and flowback
water… can promote bacteria growth both above and below ground…[and]
will not only lead to Health and Safety (H&S) concerns due to increased
sour gas or hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production but also to a slow souring
of the formation.”
About OriginClear, Inc.
OriginClear is a leading provider of water treatment solutions and the
developer of a breakthrough water cleanup technology serving the rapidly
growing $500 billion world market. Through its wholly owned
subsidiaries, OriginClear provides systems and services to treat water
in a wide range of industries, such as municipal, pharmaceutical,
semiconductors, industrial, and oil & gas. To rapidly grow this segment
of the business, we strategically acquire profitable and well-managed
water treatment companies, which allow us to expand our global market
presence and technical expertise. To enable a new era of clean and
socially responsible water treatment solutions, we invented Electro
Water Separation™, a breakthrough high-speed water cleanup technology
using multi-stage electrolysis, that we license worldwide to water
treatment equipment manufacturers. Water is our most valuable resource,
and the mission of the “Family of OriginClear Companies” is to improve
the quality of water and help return it to its original and clear
condition. To learn more about OriginClear®, please visit our website at www.originclear.com.
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Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These
include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with
our history of losses and our need to raise additional financing, the
acceptance of our products and technology in the marketplace, our
ability to demonstrate the commercial viability of our products and
technology and our need to increase the size of our organization.
Further information on the Company's risk factors is contained in the
Company's quarterly and annual reports as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or
update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
Abstract:
OriginClear effectively eliminates bacteria and hydrogen sulfide in
produced water without chemicals; new toolkit could help eliminate
contamination which can cut value of crude oil by 10%.
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