Oil and Gas

Tailoring solutions to specific

refining challenges

Understanding what's
important to you
Water is an important utility in many day-to-day refinery activities. As in all sectors, key water and wastewater management
objectives are:
Safety
Compliance

Reliability
Guarantees

Quality service
Efficiency

and aligning our resources

to meet your needs
With numerous references
in the Oil and Gas industry
and a dedicated pool
of design, construction
and operations experts,
Veolia Water develops
water and wastewater
treatment solutions worldwide.
Specialists from the
refining business
Dedicated process
expertise group
Over 300 research and
development staff
Proprietary technologies
(2, 500 patents)
Operations in over
55 countries
NPRA Safety Excellence
Award
Wastewater

Process water

Residuals management
Veolia Water

Oil and Gas

Process water

Typical Process Water Treatment

Water is an important agent

in many of the day-to-day refinery
activities. As such, it is critical that
the delivery of this agent be reliable,
high in quality and consistent
timeliness.

Whether it is potable water for

human consumption, in-process
water for production, or utility water
for boiler feed or cooling tower makeup, Veolia Water can help.

Whether the water comes from

a well, a river, a lake, the sea or
an ocean, Veolia Water can offer
the most appropriate technology
for the application - frequently a
proprietary technology.

Sea water desalination

Demineralization

Cooling water treatment

Thermal technologies:
Multi-Stage Flash (MSF)
Multi-Effect Distillation (MED)
Mechanical Vapor Compression (MVC)

Ion Exchange technology with

counter-current regeneration
Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems
Condensate mixed-bed polishers
Chemical dosing systems for boiler
feed water
Deaerators

Flocculation/sedimentation
Media filtration
Activated carbon
Hardness removal
Chemical treatment systems
and chemical supply

For example: Actiflo

The pre-engineered Actiflo system is
a compact standard package plant for
drinking water, process water and
wastewater treatment. The process is a
highly efficient and proven clarification
technology, which uses a microsand
ballast that functions as a seed,
enhancing floc formation and settling.
A process video is available at:
www.krugerusa.com

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Oil and Gas

Wastewater

Typical Wastewater Treatment

The processing of crude oil, from the desalter

to the hydrotreater and most steps in between
generates wastewater. Wastewater must be treated
prior to discharge or reuse. In either case, the
treated wastewater must meet specially prescribed
criteria either regulatory driven or process
mandated.

Veolia Water has numerous technologies

available for the treatment of crude processing
wastewater, ranging from simple oil / water separation
to biological treatment and polishing prior to final
discharge.

For example: Bio-DeniphoTM

A/O System Process Schematic

The Bio-DeniphoTM technology is the application of the Anaerobic/Oxic (A/O) process in an oxidation ditch
layout and consists of a staged Block and Hong Anaerobic Selector followed by single or multiple oxidation
ditches. The anaerobic selector performs two functions for effective treatment: filament control and
biological phosphorus removal.
Upon expansion, nitrogen removal can be incorporated into the treatment scheme by adding anoxic tanks
and operating as an A2/O ditch.

Oily wastewater treatment

Reuse / recycling

Zero liquid discharge

TiPSS (Tilted Plate Separator Systems)

for oil/water separation
Coagulation and flocculation
Flotation systems (induced air/gas,
dissolved air/gas)
Walnut shell and media filtration
Warm lime softening
Biological treatment (activated sludge,
bio-filters, membrane bioreactors)
VOC removal (activated carbon treatment)
Sludge management (dewatering, incineration)

Coagulation, flocculation,
sedimentation
Membrane technologies:
continuous micro/ultra
filtration, nano filtration,
reverse osmosis
Sand filtration

Evaporation and
crystallization
(Fluorides and salts)

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Oil and Gas

Residuals management

Veolia Water has proprietary and licensed technologies and processes that do more than simply treat for disposal:
these technologies allow you to convert waste to product that may be reused or injected into the coker.
For example: HARDTAC

Veolia Water maintains an exclusive worldwide crystallization technology license from DuPont. The recovery and reuse of
KOH from HF alkylation processes is accomplished by this equation: 2KF + Ca (OH)2
CaF2 + 2 KOH
The use of this licensed crystallization process:
Allows recovery and repurchase of regenerated KOH
Avoids the expense associated with hazardous waste disposal

For example: Sludge treatment

duct
cooling water

flue gas

freeboard

refractory lining

fuel

sand fluid bed

arch

wet sludge

wind box

fluidization
air

Pre-treatment (two-phase or three-phase centrifuge)

Filter press, belt filter
Fluidilized bed incineration
Slops, bottom oil: separation

For example: Coker injection

The movement and management of slop oil in a refinery is frequently inefficient and costly. Veolia Water has an efficient
model incorporating a patented process that:
Provides a "process owner"
Inventories and monitors tank solids content
Establishes "tank specific" solids content limits

Implements three-phase separation of slop oil

Allows injection of solids to coker

Veolia Water

Oil and Gas

Flexibility creates simplicity

in solution definition, selection
and implementation
Technological Solutions
Actiflo
Hardtac
Evaporation and Crystallization
Multiflo
TiPPS
Biofix
BiostyrTM
Hydrex
Mobile services
Bio-DeniphoTM
Design and Build
Access to engineering expertise
Access to process expertise
Most appropriate technology
Access to proprietary technologies
Process guarantee
Mechanical guarantee
Operate and Maintain
Access to operating expertise
Potential operating costs reduction
Operations and maintenance risk transfer
"Get Comfortable" period
Flexible term selection
Design, Build, Operate and Maintain
Access to process engineering and operation expertise
Most appropriate technology
Access to proprietary technologies
Process guarantee
Performance guarantee
Life cycle cost optimization
Complete risk transfer
Flexible term selection

A menu of alternatives to fit

your specific needs, desires and plans
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Oil and Gas

Our know-how,
our capabilities
Turnkey Installations
Process audits
Effluent characteristics validation
Assessment of the needs
Bench scale and full pilot studies
Design evaluation
System design and engineering
Construction management
Commissioning
Training

Standardized Solutions
Water production systems:
- purified, softened, demineralized water,
- potable water

Complete treatment solutions:

- wastewater purification
- sludge treatment
- odor control

Mobile and modular units

After sales services
Chemical treatment of water

Outsourcing, a source
of competitiveness
Key phases
Evaluation of the installation and operating practices
Joint determination of the services to be outsourced
Joint definition of the partnership and responsibilities
Transfer of operating and maintenance responsibilities
Management of the partnership
Ongoing evaluation of performance
Reciprocal information exchanges
Commitment to achieving technical, economic and
environmental progress
Integration into your HQSE initiatives

Associated with guaranteed results, outsourcing is

based on a long-term transfer of the responsibility of
the operation and maintenance of a new or existing
water or wastewater plant.

Utilizing the latest technologies

Focusing on the core manufacturing
and optimizing the performance
business and transferring the
of the treatment process
responsibility for water
treatment functions to
a specialized provider
Controlling all the costs related
to the production of water and
the treatment of wastewater and sludge
Maintaining environmental
compliance

Managing the Total Water Cycle

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Oil and Gas

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies

North America
14950 Heathrow Forest Parkway, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77032
Tel.: 281-449-1500
Fax: 281-985-5626
vws.info@veoliawater.com
oilandgas.veoliawater.com
Veolia Water Systems Argentina S.A.
Herrera 2121 . C1295ACO . Buenos Aires . Argentina
Tel: (5411) 4302-7181
Fax: (5411) 4302-7180
www.veoliawaterst.com.ar
vwsa@veoliawater.com

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