Electro Water Separation™ High-Efficiency Water Treatment for Oil & Gas Markets
History & Applications • Founded in 2007 to develop algae growth and harvesting technology • Developed Electro Water Separation - a patented proprietary OriginClear technology for the removal of non-soluble contaminants from large quantities of water • Applications in algae harvesting, wastewater treatment and oil & gas flowback & produced water treatment • Long term strategy is licensing while commercializing the technology 1Q2015
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A Technology & A Process • Electro Water Separation™ (EWS) • • •
A first stage technology for all O&G water Removes essentially all TPH, TSS, and bacteria EWS is a patented licensable technology
• EWS PRIME • • • •
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A commercial process incorporating EWS Suitable for most water treatment applications Precursor to downstream desalination processes. To be manufactured by licensees with other processes to achieve beneficial use © 2015 OriginClear, Inc.
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One Technology, Many Solutions Water Flooding
New Frack Water
Clean Brine
Irrigation Water Aquifer Recharge Potable Water
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EWS The Technology
EWS PRIME EWS Custom Solutions © 2015 OriginClear, Inc.
Steam Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery
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Potential Process Road Map Heavy Brine for drilling fluid, completions and work overs.
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Electro Water Separation •
Process Flow Diagram – –
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The Essentials – – –
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Post upfront oil-water separator Integrated single equipment Continuous & very low energy No chemical addition Mobile or centralized facility
Function – – – –
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Targets dispersed 1 to 25 micron size oil droplets and suspended solids Coalesces to 25 micron plus Disinfects bacteria Oxidizes and co-precipitates specific dissolved ions
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EWS PRIME P1000 With Electro-Coagulation Reactors on Right
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Basic EWS Technologies •
Proprietary electro-coagulation – – – –
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Proprietary electro-oxidation – – – –
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Breaks the oil-water emulsion Neutralizes charge on droplets & particles Coalesces 1 to 25 micron droplets & particles Coalesces to 25 plus for gravity separation
Creates oxidizing agents Disinfects bacteria Oxidizes heavy metals Breaks up dissolved organics
Proprietary electro-flotation – –
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Creates cloud of micron-sized gas bubbles Lifts oil & solids into a surface mat
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Differentiation - EC • Proprietary Electro-Coagulation – Unique electrode configuration for minimum power and maintenance – Unique choice of donating and non-donating anode & cathode materials – High mass transfer & pressurized reactor to keep gas in solution – Pressure released in flotation chamber for immediate dispersion of gas – In-line flocculation of oil & suspended solids
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Differentiation - EF • Proprietary Electro-Flotation – 100% of water exposed to micron gas bubbles – Unique non-sacrificial anode/ cathode configuration for low power – Four-chambered flotation chamber
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Differentiation – EO, SCADA • Proprietary Electro-Oxidation – Generation of oxidizing agents for bacteria disinfection – Low energy, chemical free process
• Proprietary SCADA process control – Touch screen control – PLC algorithms for real time control and off site monitoring and control
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Best Value-Added Process
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Field Case Studies • Three Unique Produced & Flowback Water Trials – Gas wells from western slope of Colorado – Niobrara – West Texas Intermediate oil wells of west Texas – Permian – Heavy oil CSG wells of Bakersfield – Monterey basin
• EWS PRIME used for all three trials – – – – 1Q2015
System throughput 1000 barrels per day Spiral Water self cleaning filter for BS&W EWS for 90% removal of all non-soluble contaminants & bacteria Ultra-filtration polishing to achieve non-detectable levels © 2015 OriginClear, Inc.
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Turbidity / TSS / Oil in Water (NTU, mg/l, mg/l)
Niobrara Performance Feed
500
EWS
EWS Prime
450 400
380
370
350 300 250 176
200
Feed water for testing: Produced & frac flowback from Colorado Western Slope disposal well facility
150 100 50 0
28
0.1
Turbidity (NTU)
20
0.0
TSS (mg/l)
7
1.5
Oil (mg/l)
Better than 99% removal of Turbidity, TSS and Oil observed 1Q2015
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Permian Robustness Extended EWS Prime Performance
Parsley Energy Raw SWD
EWS Prime Effluent
EWS Turbidity (FNU)
1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600
Recovered Oil
400 200 0
Operation Date Wide variations in feed from many different truckloads and tank mixing over two weeks of operation in the Permian
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Monterey Clarity Vaquero FWKO Feed Turbidity
EWS Prime Effluent Turbidity
Beneficial Re-use
1200
Turbisity (NTU)
1000 800 600 400 200 0
Water Samples 0
100
200 Run Time (Hours)
300
400
Field operations to treat CSS produced water to steam boiler make-up and irrigation quality
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High Energy Efficiency UF Specific Flux
35
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10 5
5
0
0
0
50
100
150 200 Run Time (Hours)
250
300
350
Specific Flux (gfd/psi)
Module Flux (gfd)
UF System Flux
Vaquero Site in Monterey Formation
No observable membrane fouling even at high production capacity due to complete produced water pre-treatment
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Independent Lab Data Parameter (ppm)
Vaquero Feed
EWS PRIME Effluent
EWS Custom Effluent
BOD
20
7.2
5.9
COD
530
110
41
TSS
100
64
3*
TRPH (HEM)*
142
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