AmericaCNG selects OriginOil’s water treatment technology

AmericaCNG has selected OriginOil’s Electro Water Separation (EWS) chemical-free technology for the treatment of frack flowback and produced water.

The technology will be used for AmericaCNG’s W-grade gas processing ACNG system, which helps exploration and production (E&P) companies cut down their development cost.

By leveraging OriginOil’s Throughput Program, AmericaCNG plans to market EWS to its liquefied natural gas equipment customers at shale plays across the US.

AmericaCNG global business development director Joseph Farley said that in its discussions with E&P operators, the company realised it should also provide equipment and services for water treatment.

"After much research, we found that a water treatment system based on OriginOil’s EWS technology is the best solution, and we intend to offer it alongside our own systems," Farley added.

OriginOil’s EWS technology is used in a continuous process to eliminate oils, suspended solids, insoluble organics and bacteria from produced and frack flowback water in well operations.

In the process, water can be recycled for future fracking operations or disposed of safely.

OriginOil CEO Riggs Eckelberry said: "In many regions, there is a limited amount of fresh water, and those water resources need to be conserved to supply many types of users."

The EWS process cleans up produced water and recycles frack flowback water, reducing harm to the environment.