Brackish Water and Produced Water in New Mexico Western Governor’s Association

September 19, 2014, Norman, Oklahoma

David Martin, Secretary New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources

Dr. Jeri Sullivan Graham

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Unclassified LA-UR-14-25017

New Mexico Recoverable Water Initiative

NM Drought Task Force

Chair, State Engineer Scott Verhines

Recoverable Water Initiative Chair, Secretary EMNRD, David Martin

Brackish Water Subcommittee

Produced Water Subcommittee

Work Group Work Group

Dr. Jeri Sullivan Graham, Work Group Coordinator

2004 Recommendations…still valid today

The Water Development Work Group will:

Identify ways to develop new sources of water, including treating brackish water

reserves and wastewater to extend the life of existing water supplies. Identify water-related infrastructure, management, and investment needs and

opportunities to leverage federal and other funding.

Promote collaboration with and strategic focusing of the research and development

of the state’s national laboratories and research institutions to address the state’s

water challenges and to bring to the state … technical approaches to enhancing water

supply and management.

*NM Brackish Groundwater Assessment Program Workshop, January 15, 2004; New Mexico State Water Plan (2003)

Key Challenges to Use of PW

Availability-right place, right time, right volume

Treatment-NORM, throughput, solids, filtration, organics

Costs to transport and treat

Infrastructure investment

Risk perception and use acceptance Industrial Uses-within the oil and gas industry

Other Human Uses-irrigation, industry, drinking

Environmental sustainability Handling salty water and waste from treatment (concentrate)

Non-impingement on fresh water resource-surface and subsurface

Policies-new uses for former wastes

Regulations-for use outside of oil and gas industry

Partnerships with Industry and Localities

Technology to Reduce Fresh Water Consumption in Oil and Gas Production

NM Legislative Committees and Produced Water Work Group

Reduce Use/Inventory Control

Development & Management of Water Resources-Company Initiatives • Fresh Water Baseline • Obtained water analysis for all fresh water wells utilized • Populating database • Will monitor fresh water quality and fluid levels on semi-annual basis

• Corporate-wide Water Management Team • Richard Crawford – NM Basins – Water Project Coordinator

• Develop Water Reclamation “Best Practices” manual • Outreach to Municipal and individual Fresh Water Stakeholders • Bench Marking (Permian Basin Water Management Council Member)

Fresh Water Management Team

Technology to Reduce Fresh Water Consumption-Treatment

• Traditional Treatment Methods – Devon Energy

– Treatment goal: reduce biological load, remove iron and mineral scale

– Macrofiltration, aeration/mixing, biocide, microfiltration, Dionex

– Up to 350,000,000 gal fresh water saved per year by 2016 (projected)

– Water reused for frac jobs

Technology to Reduce Fresh Water Consumption-Treatment

• Traditional Treatment Methods – Bopco Petroleum

– Treatment goal: 100% PW reuse; retain cross-link gel efficiency

– Economics make sense for a water-limited region and contiguously developed land units

Information courtesy of Kent Adams, VP, Bopco LP

Technology to Reduce Fresh Water Consumption-Treatment

• Traditional Treatment Methods • Mack Energy Corporation

– H2S, Iron Sulfide, TSS removal goals

– In-pit coagulation (AcroClear), mixing, filtration

– Outside validation/verification of environmental benefits for system

– 950,000 gallons FW saved per frac job

– Goal is to use 100% produced water, 4,000,000 gallons/month.

– Cut truck traffic by 95%-336,000 miles/year

Image Courtesy of Lee Livingston, Mack Energy

Technology to Reduce Fresh Water Consumption-Treatment

• Innovative Treatment Methods – ThermoEnergy Demonstration with Concho Resources

– Multiple-Effect Distillation with Thermal Vapor Compression

– A desalination process using thermal treatment methods

• Maximum water recovery (ZLD)

• Oil and grease removal

• TDS <500 mg/l

• Boron <1 mg/l

• Concentrated Brine reuse

• Economic-Treatment below $3/barrel

• 5,000 BBL/day to 100,000 BBL/day systems

• Process high influent TDS (> 150,000 mg/l) >> than other evaporation methods

• Energy Efficient multiple effect design

• 60-90% water recovery

Energy-Water Nexus at DOE DOE Water Energy Tech Team

Over 20 participants from all major DOE offices have worked for over a year and a half to develop a Water Energy Program Plan

Water Energy Program Plan • Seven sections, 250 pages, June, 2014 • Very detailed and comprehensive report

that includes: • Landscape for regional and national

decision making • Sections on RD&D needs • Water for energy: generation, exploration • Energy for water: transport, treatment • Policy issues and considerations • Stakeholder engagement

“Dramatic Progress in the Water-Energy Nexus Is Required and Attainable”-DOE WETT

http://energy.gov/articles/ensuring-resiliency-our-future-water-and-energy-systems

Objective:

PROTECTION

REDUCTION

INNOVATION

CONSERVATION

Offset 100% of the volume of fresh water used:

SALINE AQUIFER TREATMENT

- Remove SO4 & Reduce TDS - Treat Large volumes

PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT

- Reduce disposal well use - Recycle of well field fluids for reuse - Decrease withdraw from aquifers

- Create beneficial use well field brines

Saline Aquifer

Well Field Flowback

& Produced

Waters

POWER GENERATION

- Provide reliable, low cost, power to well field

operations

- Provide power to integrated treatment facility

- Eliminate high cost power

congestion charges

- Monetize stranded well field gas

Well Field Gas

POWER OUT

FRESH WATER

- Low TDS Water - Low SO4 Water

- Blending Stock for SG Water

SG (Specified Grade) Water

- Low SO4 Water in

TDS Ranges of 1,000 – 50,000 mg/L

10 # Clean Brines

- Well hold in Brines - Formation Stabilizer

- Drilling Mud Viscosifier

LOGISTICS WRAP - Storage

- Pipelines - Well Field Delivery

GE Integrated Water Management Facility For Oil & Gas Well Field Operations

Integrated Project Operational Sections

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