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Studies on the use of metakaolin geopolymer for produced water treatment
(2019-12)
The looming crisis of drinking water scarcity and rapidly depleting fresh water resources in the world mandate that we minimize waste and maximize reuse of water. In the oil and gas (O&G) industry, produced water is a ...
Removal of oil hydrocarbons from petroleum produced water by indigenous methanogenic oil degrading microbial communities
(2022-12)
Plugging of membrane filters by oil (mostly n-alkanes) constitutes one of the main barriers to treating produced water (PW) for its integration into industrial and agricultural uses. Based on a previous study showing that ...
Genomic and metagenomic characterization of halophilic microorganisms with insights into the bioremediation of produced water
(2020-05)
Produced water is an extremely toxic environmental wastewater source derived from oil-production. Produced water is typically a highly saline waste water containing a litany of hydrocarbon and heavy metal pollution. It is ...
Qualifying classes of organic compounds within unprocessed produced water using ¹H-NMR analysis
(2022-12)
Produced water (PW) is defined as any ground- or flowback water recovered during the process of petroleum extraction. This water is highly heterogeneous, containing many different organic compounds associated with petroleum ...
Carbonate Evolution of Groundwater Contaminated by Highly Saline Produced Water and Hydrocarbons
(Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)
The physical properties and the major ionic concentration and stable carbon isotope composition ( δ13CDIC) of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) was measured in groundwater at an abandoned oil production site near Lake ...
Feasibilty study of elemental recovery from Oklahoma produced waters using advanced membrane technologies
(2022-07)
Hundreds of millions of barrels of wastewater are produced by the oil and natural gas industry every year. The disposal practices associated with these produced waters (PW) are unsustainable and linked to lowered standards ...
Laboratory toxicity and field effects of a complex mixture: Oil-field produced water
(2010-07)
This dissertation investigated how organisms in the field and the laboratory responded to complex mixtures or combinations of stressors. Organisms are continually exposed to natural and anthropogenic stressors in the ...