Last week, TETRA Technologies, Inc. (“TETRA”) (NYSE: TTI) announced a pilot project with EOG Resources, Inc. (“EOG”) using TETRA Oasis Total Desalination Solution (“TDS”), an end-to-end water treatment and desalination solution for re-use and mineral extraction applications for produced water from oil and gas wells.
TETRA’s solution includes a proprietary treatment process integrated with TETRA’s exclusive membrane technologies, including KMX Technologies’ Vacuum Membrane Distillation (“VMD”) technology, to address the wide range of produced water quality from different oil and gas basins. TETRA Oasis TDS has successfully demonstrated in the field the ability to deliver a water quality that achieves or exceeds relevant regulatory requirements in a cost-effective manner for multiple re-use applications, including surface irrigation and industrial uses.
Brady Murphy, TETRA’s President and Chief Executive Officer said, “For the past few years we have been working closely with EOG Resources, including our first field pilot program over two years ago, where we successfully treated produced water in South Texas. We achieved 92% recovery rate of desalinated water with total dissolved solids levels ranging from 40 parts per million (“ppm”) to 200 ppm, which are better than the average municipal drinking water standards. We are very pleased with our collaboration and the ability to bring such an important solution to the industry.”
As a result of the continued collaboration, TETRA and EOG are commencing a pilot project where TETRA Oasis TDS will be used to process produced water from the Permian Basin. The pilot project will start in the first half of 2025 and includes a rangeland grass growth study in a greenhouse using TETRA Oasis TDS processed water.
The collaboration announcement follows the successful completion of a commercial pilot project for the desalination of Delaware Basin produced water for a separate major North America oil and gas operator. The desalinated water was tested against published Texas Railroad Commission (“TRRC”) standards for beneficial re-use water at both TETRA’s laboratory and an independent third-party laboratory. Subsequently, the treated water was sent to a third party for Whole Effluent Toxicity (“WET”) testing where it successfully passed all test parameters.
As shown in the illustration below, KMX’s VMD technology plays a central role in the desalination of produced water within the TETRA Oasis TDS (see “Desalination” section in the illustration), following TETRA’s proprietary pre-treatment process.
Zachary Sadow, KMX CEO, said, “KMX congratulates the TETRA and EOG teams and is proud to support this innovative partnership.”
TETRA Oasis-TDS – Overview
Source: TETRA Technologies, Inc.
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