Produced Water Middle East 2019 had its 3rd annual conference in Muscat, Oman on October 23-24.
Explore the event’s agenda below.
Tuesday 22nd October | Wednesday 23rd October | Thursday 24th October
| Tuesday 22nd October | |
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| 18.00 – 20:00 |
Welcome Reception and Networking Activities  |
| Wednesday 23rd October | |
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| 7.30am – 8.45am | Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 8.45am – 9.05am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Hani Al Khalifa, President of PWS Middle East Chapter |
| 9.05am – 9.15am |
Opening Keynote Address Sami Al Lawati, Technical Director, Petroleum Development Oman |
| 9.15am – 9.45am |
Keynote Address Fahad Mohammad Al-Abdul Kareem, Southern Area Oil Operations General Manager, Saudi Aramco |
| 9.45am – 10.15am |
Exhibition Opening & Networking |
| 10.15am – 11.45am |
Session 1: Produced Water Reuse and Recycling Moderator: Saada Al Shukaili, Head of Water Management, PDO Presentation 1: Utilizing Produced Water in Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges – Dr. Hamdan Al Wahaibi, Director of Soil and Water Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Oman Presentation 2: The Oasis Solution – Ana Hasrinatullina, Petronas Presentation 3: Characterization and Possible Reuse of Nonconventional Gas Produced Water – Fatimah Alfadel, Saudi Aramco |
| 11.45am – 12.15am | Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition |
| 12.15pm – 13.30pm |
Round Table Networking Session 1 Membrane Distillation for Produced Water Treatment
Moza Al Salmi, Sultan Qaboos University
Water and Polymer Flooding Produced Water Reuse by UF Ceramic Membranes
Diego Carrasco Torrecilla, Veolia
Forward Osmosis
Jaffer Al-Tamimi, PDO
The Pros and Cons of Non-oxidizing and Oxidizing Biocides for Biological Control of Waterflood and Saltwater Disposal Well Water Injection Systems
Zack Li, Pureline
Photocatalytic Degradation of HPAM Polymer in Produced Water Using Zinc Oxide Nanorods
Dr Jamal Al-Sabahi, Sultan Qaboos University
Modular and Portable Novel technology for dissolved volatile and semivolatile organics removal from water and gas phase
Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, WP&E Technologies
Mohammed Al Ghawi, WP&E Technologies Innovative Process to Conserve Groundwater in Crude Oil Processing Facilities
Majid Jeshi, Saudi Aramco
A Novel Solution to Improve Water Injection Supporting Reservoir Pressure Maintenance
Thomas Swanson, Solugen Inc.
Optimising a Produced Water Treatment Process: A Case Study
Rick Gaskin, Jorin
An Overview of Produced Water Treatment in California
Dr Arian Edalat, Pacifica Water Solutions
Get Inline: Continuous, Instant Three Phase Separation
Walid Labaky, Schlumberger
Latest Developments of Turnkey Modular Systems for Produced Water
Werner Wieseneder, Sonnek Group
Fate of radium on discharge of produced water to the marine environment
Faraaz Ahmad, Manchester University
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| 13.30pm-14.30pm | Networking Lunch and Exhibition |
| 14.30pm – 15.30pm | Middle East Operators Panel (Water Management Strategy and Best Practices) |
| 15.30pm – 15.45pm | Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition |
| 15.45pm – 17.30pm |
Session 2 – Produced Water Technologies Moderator: Dr John Walsh, Senior Principal Technologist, Worley Inc. Presentation 1: Desalination of viscosified produced water by Electrodialysis Reversal (EDR) for environmental impact and cost reduction – Matthieu Jacob, TOTAL Presentation 2: Membrane Distillation (MD): A new approach to produced water desalination – Prakhar Prakash, Chevron Presentation 3: Limits and Strengths of the NSF Technology Revealed by Long Term Field Test – Martin Datler and Roland Albustin, OMV Presentation 4: Produced water treatment using nanofiber membranes incorporating advanced nanomaterials – Dr Mohammed Al-Abri, Sultan Qaboos University |
| 19.00pm – 20.00pm | Networking Drinks |
| 20:00pm – 22:30pm |
Gala Dinner  |
| Thursday 24th October | |
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| 7.00am – 8.30am | Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome Back |
| 8.45am – 9.15am |
EJAAD Presentation: Technology Transfer and Commercialisation Treatment of industrial pollution using eco-technolgoies: Fifteen years of German experience – Dr. Eng. Khaja Zillur Rahman, Senior Research Scientist Department: Environmental and Biotechnology Center – UBZ and Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ Supporting transfer of research results into practice at the UFZ – Dr. Joachim Nöller, Head of Department Department of Knowledge and Technology Transfer Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ |
| 9.15am – 10.45pm | Session 3: Increased Produced Water Challenges Moderator: Dr Reda Akdim, Director, TechnipFMC Presentation 1: A Review of Solids in Produced Water Systems – where they come from, consequences, and how to handle – Dr. John Walsh, Worley Presentation 2: Exploring the removal of scale and corrosion inhibitors in produced water and seawater: photodegradation and bioremoval – Dr. Laura Ferrando-Climent, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway, Christian Dye, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway Presentation 3: Qarn Alam Low Pressure Condensate Recovery and Recycle – Husam Sulaimani, PDO |
| 10.45am – 11.15am | Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition |
| 11.15pm – 12.30pm | Round Table Networking Session 2 Show Round Table presentations Membrane Distillation for Produced Water Treatment
Moza Al Salmi, Sultan Qaboos University
Water and Polymer Flooding Produced Water Reuse by UF Ceramic Membranes
Diego Carrasco Torrecilla, Veolia
Modular and Portable Novel technology for dissolved volatile and semivolatile organics removal from water and gas phase
Harikrishnan Parthasarathy, WP&E Technologies
Mohammed Al Ghawi, WP&E Technologies Mixed Flow Hydrocyclone to Debottleneck Water Handling Challenges at Gas/Oil Separation Plant
Faris Abusittah, Saudi Aramco
A Novel Solution to Improve Water Injection Supporting Reservoir Pressure Maintenance
Thomas Swanson, Solugen Inc.
Optimising a Produced Water Treatment Process: A Case Study
Rick Gaskin, Jorin
An Overview of Produced Water Treatment in California
Dr Arian Edalat, Pacifica Water Solutions
High yield improvement of produced water quality without additional treatment
Andy Little, Mokveld
Benefits of CEOR
Phil Tuckett, Suez
Modification of polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes with functionalized carbon nanotubes
Muna Al-Hinai, Nanotechnology Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University
Produced Water Challenges Simplified
Todd Kirk, Exterran
Desalination and Reuse of Produced Water as Agricultural Irrigation Water by Basin Solar Still
Prof. Karim Ghasemipanah, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Iran
Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
Dr. Joachim Nöller , Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ
Dr. Eng. Khaja Zillur Rahman , Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ
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| 12.30pm – 14.00pm | Lunch |
| 14.00pm – 15.30pm | Session 4: Best Practices Moderator: Graeme Smith, Senior Process Engineer, Suez Presentation 1: Optimization of Produced Water Reinjection System in Southern Area Oil Operations – Rohit Aswani, Saudi Aramco Presentation 2: Boosting sustainability in the oil & gas industry: treatment of produced water in a large Constructed Wetland in Oman, environmental benefits and reuse options – Dr Alexandros Stefanakis, Bauer Nimr Presentation 3: Regulating Produced Water Management and Reuse in the Sultanate of Oman – Hilal Hammad Al-Qassabi, Head of Soil & Water Pollution Control Section, Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, Oman Presentation 4: Joined at the Impoundment – Ridha Abbas, Saudi Aramco |
| 15.30pm – 16.00pm | Close of Conference and Concluding Remarks |
