Sustainable management of produced water supply chain system: the validation of model-independent parameters for Kuwait oil company case study

Erfani, Tohid; AlEdan, Afrah

doi:10.1080/19397038.2024.2324006

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

2024

DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2024.2324006

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Sustainable management of produced water supply chain system: the validation of model-independent parameters for Kuwait oil company case study

Tohid Erfani,

Afrah AlEdan

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Testing a novel life cycle assessment based framework for produced water management from offshore oilfield operations

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El Fadel

2024

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Testing a novel life cycle assessment based framework for produced water management from offshore oilfield operations

Al Zarkani,

El Fadel

2024

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Produced Water from the Oil and Gas Industry as a Resource—South Kuwait as a Case Study

Alsalem,

Thiemann

2024

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Produced Water (PW) represents the largest waste stream in the oil and gas industry. As a water resource and as a source of valuable minerals such as alkali salts, it is has been highly under-valued, especially in hyper-arid regions. The beneficial use of PW ranges from water reinjection to elevated oil recovery from reservoirs with almost instantaneous returns, to the extraction of minerals from PW, which involves a number of different processes and setups. The economic value of PW-derived end products offers alternative revenue sources, with market fluctuations and conditions different from those of the hydrocarbon market. The end products of water and industrial salt support local industries such as agriculture, reflecting positively on the gross domestic product (GDP). Furthermore, resource extraction from PW of the oil and gas industry helps countries augment their circular economy. In this regard, the economic feasibility of three scenarios—the use of PW for oil recovery, the use of PW as an alternate source of water and industrial salt, and a hybrid process of both—is explored. The results show that there is great potential for water reuse in Enhanced Oil Recovery operations, as well as in the reduction in freshwater consumption for oil- and gas-extraction operations in the state of Kuwait by up to 4.8 percent when PW generated by SK oilfields is considered, and by 42 percent if PW from all oilfields in Kuwait is reused in the same manner.

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Sustainable management of produced water supply chain system: the validation of model-independent parameters for Kuwait oil company case study

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Testing a novel life cycle assessment based framework for produced water management from offshore oilfield operations

Testing a novel life cycle assessment based framework for produced water management from offshore oilfield operations

Produced Water from the Oil and Gas Industry as a Resource—South Kuwait as a Case Study

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