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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Paul David Lord, Cypress, TX (US);
Jimmie D. Weaver, Duncan, OK (US);
Daniel Edward Shannon, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Electrocoagulation may be used to reduce the concentration of hydrate inhibitors in produced water. For example, a method may include producing a fluid from a subterranean formation, the fluid comprising petroleum hydrocarbons and water, the water having an organic material that includes hydrate inhibitors dispersed therein, wherein the hydrate inhibitors are at a concentration of about 30 ppm or greater in the water; separating the petroleum hydrocarbons from the water and the organic material; and separating at least some of the organic material from the water via electrocoagulation to yield an effluent water and a coagulated organic material.