Oil Water Separation Technology

Oil Water Separation

Klean Water provides world-class commercially proven water treatment technologies & solutions for the oil & gas, mining and municipal sectors. Separation is the foundation of that capability: our units separate hydrocarbons from industrial wastewater, and everything downstream depends on how well that single step is done.

Why separation comes first

Residual hydrocarbon is the most common cause of failure in the stages that follow it. It fouls membranes, blinds media, coats surfaces and degrades the performance of any purification or desalination step placed behind it. Removing oil properly at the front end protects the whole train, extends consumable life and keeps treated-water quality stable instead of drifting between maintenance interventions.

Recovery, not just removal

Hydrocarbon taken out of a wastewater stream is hydrocarbon that is no longer lost. Effective separation turns a disposal cost into a recovered stream and reduces the volume and hazard classification of the residue that still has to be handled. The water side benefits in parallel: once oil is removed, the stream becomes a realistic candidate for purification so it can be recycled and reused in-process rather than simply discharged.

• Hydrocarbon recovered instead of lost to effluent
• Downstream purification and desalination protected from fouling
• Smaller, simpler residue stream to manage

Matched to the stream, proven on the stream

Free, dispersed and emulsified oil behave differently, and the right configuration depends on droplet size, solids content, temperature and chemistry. Pilot testing & verification resolves this by processing the client's actual water and measuring what the separation stage achieves before anything is specified at full scale.

Modular, monitored, serviceable

Modular technology allows separation capacity to be installed quickly, expanded as volumes grow and redeployed when a site changes. Remote monitoring keeps separation performance visible in service, which matters most where the inlet quality varies day to day. Klean Water is wholly owned by Klean Industries.

Where separation earns its place

The same separation duty recurs across every sector we serve, in different forms. On an onshore wellsite it is produced water and flowback carrying entrained crude. Offshore it is a fixed oil-in-water obligation against a water cut that climbs for the life of the field. At a saltwater disposal facility it is the hydrocarbon that would otherwise foul the injection formation and erode accepted rate. At a mine it is contact water contaminated by workshops, fuelling areas and the mobile fleet. In a refinery or petrochemical plant it is desalter brine, condensate and bunded-area drainage. One capability, five very different operating contexts, which is exactly why configuration is settled by measurement on the actual stream rather than by sector convention.