tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post5971523314183090248..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Hydraulic fracturing wastewater and #chemjobsChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-79047554114189219322012-10-21T02:29:46.440-04:002012-10-21T02:29:46.440-04:00Don't forget about products needed to separate...Don't forget about products needed to separate the water from the hydrocarbons once the hydrocarbons have been separated from the water! (Cue Elton John's "Circle of Life.")O+G Chemistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-5423018821607673032012-10-19T13:07:12.437-04:002012-10-19T13:07:12.437-04:00There has already been more news on this topic - E...There has already been more news on this topic - Ecolab (now home to Nalco) has snapped up another specialty chemicals firm focused on upstream oil & gas markets. Champion Technologies also has water treatment chemistry. Two areas seem likely to grow in their need for chemists - separating hydrocarbons from water, and treating water that has other contaminants. <br />Additionally, new chemistries for fracking fluids are sought - especially ones that are more benign and won't show up where they shouldn't. Here's the C&EN story:<br />http://www.cen-online.org/articles/90/i43/Ecolab-Pay-22-Billion-Oil.htmlMelody Bomgardnerhttp://cenblog.org/cleantech-chemistry/2012/10/testing-green-fracking-fluids/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-74660819289053232672012-10-18T01:39:48.616-04:002012-10-18T01:39:48.616-04:00There are production methods for oil that also pla...There are production methods for oil that also place significant priority on waste-water treatment: SAGD, ASP/SP flooding (and other CEOR methods), and mining are notable examples.<br /><br />Reduced trucking costs, reduced oil loss to reinjection, lower footprint or faster reclamation of tailings ponds, and reduced dependence on freshwater all count among the reasons it makes sense for a producer to treat their produced water.<br /><br />With more and more tertiary recovery mechanisms being investigated for the sake of improved production, I doubt this part of the energy industry will be disappearing any time soon.<br /><br />(It's also quite an interesting field; water chemistry has a rather mature knowledge base, but crude oil still has many shadowy corners.)O+G Chemistnoreply@blogger.com