Reusing produced water
Oilfield Technology
JUNE 27, 2025
It was costing up to US$10/bbl to ship PW to out of state SWDs because Pennsylvania had only nine permitted SWDs. In some mature fields, 10 barrels of water are generated for every barrel of oil produced. This is not a problem offshore where oil can be recovered from the PW so that it can be discharged overboard.
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