PERF TWM Cooperative Project

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PERF TWM Cooperative Project
65th PERF Quarterly Meeting
John B. Wilkinson Meredith B. Gustafsson July
21-22, 2004
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Why Water Management?Global View of Water
Availability vs. Population
Source UN World Water Development Report, 2003
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Why Water Management?Competing Water Consumers
By 2025, industrial water usage will represent 24
percent of all water abstractions.
Source UN World Water Development Report, 2003
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PERF Water Management Cooperative

• Sharing Project Objective
• - To exchange research, technology, and
  experience in the area of water usage
  minimization, optimization, and reuse at
  operating facilities and in exploration and
  production.
• - Potential areas for sharing may include water
  reuse solutions in practice, rejected reuse
  solutions, case studies in the area of water
  reuse / minimization / optimization, produced
  water reclamation, wastewater recovery, or tools
  used to develop these solutions.
• Participation Requirements
• 2002 Revenues gt 10 Billion US dollars minimum
  of 150,000 in-kind research
• 2002 Revenues lt 10 Billion US dollars minimum
  of 75,000 in-kind research

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PERF Water Management Cooperative

• Current Participants and Research Contributions
• Argonne National Laboratory (250k)
• - Feasibility Evaluation of Downhole Oil/Water
  Separator (DOWS) Technology
• ConocoPhillips (150k)
• - Handling of Filter Backwash Water in Offshore
  Operations
• - Solid Phase Extraction as a Sample Preparation
  Technique for Analyzing Chemical Additives in
  Produced Water, Refinery Waste Water, and Oil
• University of North Dakota Energy and
  Environmental Research Center (150k)
• - Anaerobic Treatment of Dakota Gasification
  Company Stripped Gas Liquor

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PERF Water Management Cooperative

• Current Participants and Research Contributions
• Unocal (75k)
• - Arsenic and Mercury Issues Associated with
  Produced Water
• ExxonMobil (150k)
• - Refinery Wastewater Resuse Case Studies (2)
• - Comparison of Water Balance and Optimization
  Software
• Total Value of Contributions 775k

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PERF Water Management Cooperative

• Status
• Contracts have been approved and executed by
  current participants final details are being
  wrapped up
• Timeline and Next Steps
• Late Participation Date April 30, 2004
• Document release sharing anticipated 3 - 4Q04
• Review discussion anticipated 4Q04

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PERF Water Management Cooperative

• For Additional Information, Contact
• Meredith B. Gustafsson
• ExxonMobil Research Engineering
• 3225 Gallows Rd., Room 3A0613
• Fairfax, VA 22037
• (703) 846 - 4062