The produced water disposal market has experienced significant volume growth over the past decade. The average disposal facility’s daily volume has significantly increased as a result. These larger disposal facilities are built to process and dispose of thousands of barrels per day from all types of wells and formations. A typical disposal will accept flowback and produced water from multiple horizontal and vertical wells across many producing zones each day. While the higher disposal volume generates more revenue, the downside of accepting such a diverse range of produced water is the creation of scale, sludge and biofilm in your gun barrel and tanks that negatively impacts your skim oil, drives up your operating costs and reduces your reliability.

It has become acceptable to perform multiple acid jobs each year to combat wellhead pressure increases. Tank cleanouts are routine, and thick tanks pads and scaling have become the norm. When the need for these remedial services arise the system must be shut down, and your reputation of reliability diminishes with your existing customer base.