Advanced Technologies for Produced Water Management, Treatment, and Reuse

Dear Colleagues,

Substantial volumes of wastewater are produced every day during oil and natural gas production operations. Produced water is typically disposed of via deep-well injection in oil- and gas-producing regions. Meanwhile, a large amount of fresh water is used for hydraulic fracturing. The reuse of produced water can reduce the volume of water that requires disposal and provide a new source of water for beneficial uses.

This Special Issue is designed to collect original research and review articles focusing on advanced technologies for produced water management, treatment, and use. This Special Issue brings together emerging approaches, challenges, and opportunities related to produced water with the ultimate aim to accelerate the development of innovative technologies, combinations or enhancements of existing technologies, and technological and economic assessment of produced water treatment and reuse. Subject areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Innovative technologies for the treatment of produced water and fracturing flowback water, such as pretreatment, desalination, advanced oxidation processes, natural treatment systems, etc.;
• Methods and case studies for produced water management and reuse;
• Characterization methods for produced water analysis, monitoring, and assessment;
• Concentrate and waste management;
• Technologies for resource recovery from produced water;
• Techno-economic analyses of technologies;

Decision support tools for produced water management.

Dr. Pei Xu
Dr. Yanyan Zhang
Guest Editors

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