Includes bibliography.

Part One: Basic considerations Chapter One: Pre-treatment considerations Chapter Two: Upstream equipment considerations Chapter Three: Process considerations Part Two: Water treating equipment Chapter Four: API Separators Chapter Five: Skimmer Tanks and Vessels Chapter Six: Plate Separators (Downflow/Upflow/Crossflow) Chapter Seven: Free-flow Turbulent Coalescers Chapter Eight: Induced Gas Flotation Units (Mechanical/Hydraulic) Chapter Nine: Sparger Units Chapter Ten: Hydrocyclones Chapter Eleven: Combination Units Part Three: Information required for design Part Four: Influent water quality Part Five: Equipment selection and performance Part Six: Filtration Chapter Twelve: Solids removal principles Chapter Thirteen: Water injection system treatment steps: Part Seven: Solids removal equipment Chapter Fourteen: Multimedia Filtration Chapter Fifteen:Deep-bed Upflow Filters Chapter Sixteen: Deep-bed Downflow Filters Chapter Seventeen: Deep-bed Nutshell Filters

Produced water is mainly salty water trapped in the reservoir rock and brought up along with oil or gas during production. Suitable for those who are involved in the design, operation, maintenance and sizing of produced water treatment systems, this book deals with the technology, management, treatment, and handling practices.