Oil & Gas

The traditional extraction of oil and gas involve large amounts of water usage and the water is contaminated from contact with hydrocarbons, drilling fluids and other contaminants naturally present in the substrate. This contaminated water is known as produced water. If treated properly produced water can be used for livestock watering, aquifer storage, irrigation, steam-flow augmentation, municipal and industrial uses.

Fracking uses pressurized water, chemicals, and sand to extract shale oil and natural gas from deep underground resulting in produced water that needs treatment prior to reintegration into the watershed. A Clean-Flo International aeration system can restore water to approved regulation levels for gas & oil companies.

Another beneficial attribute of a Clean-Flo aeration system is constant water turnover. Because the aeration system is constantly turning over the water, sludge build-up and surface matting do not occur. The columns of fine-bubbles that drive the water turnover work to aid in increased evaporation. The fine bubbles emerging at the surface aids in the removal of humid air at the water’s surface. This increases the evaporation rate.

Bioaugmentation such as enzymatic formulas to help reduce hydrocarbons is often used in symbiosis with the mechanical introduction of oxygen into the water to produce greater and faster results.