WARRENDALE, PA, Mar. 8, 2011 -- Siemens Water Technologies is providing Hydro Recovery LP with a wastewater treatment system to treat natural gas hydraulic fracturing wastewater (flowback) from Marcellus Shale drilling as well as produced water from operating wells in Tioga and surrounding counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. This flowback and produced water waste treatment system will be part of a new wastewater treatment plant in Tioga County and include continuous precipitation and sludge dewatering. By using the Siemens system, the wastewaters will be treated to produce a Hydraulic Stimulation Fluid (HSF) product for reuse, reducing the demand on fresh water sources. The plant is scheduled to go online in April 2011.
Tioga County's system will be comprised of staged precipitation and dewatering technologies to treat 288,000 gpd (1,090 m³/d) of waters generated from the drilling of natural gas wells. The HSF product produced from the system will reduce hardness by 97%, remove barium by 99% and iron and other metals to less than 1 ppm, reduce hydro fracturing chemical usage, optimize pH for friction reduction, and remove total suspended solids to less than 100 ppm.
The recycled, customized product is used in fracturing shale. Shale gas is natural gas produced from shale rock fields. This gas has become an increasingly important source of natural gas in the United States over the past decade, with interest also spreading to potential gas shales in Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Gas production in commercial quantities in these fields requires fractures to provide well permeability, and modern technology in hydraulic fracturing allows the creation of extensive artificial fractures around well bores. Hydraulic fracturing, however, results in the production of wastewater that must be treated.
HSF is a trademark of Hydro Recovery LP.The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the worldwide leading supplier of environmentally friendly production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. With integrated automation technologies and comprehensive industry-specific solutions, Siemens increases the productivity, efficiency and flexibility of its customers in the fields of industry and infrastructure. The Sector consists of six divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 204,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry achieved in fiscal year 2010 total sales of approximately €34.9 billion. http://www.siemens.com/industry
The Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities comprising the business activities of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, Water Technologies and Industrial Technologies. Activities include engineering and installation, operation and service for the entire life cycle. A wide-ranging portfolio of environmental solutions helps industrial companies to use energy, water and equipment efficiently, reduce emissions and comply with environmental guidelines. With around 29,000 employees worldwide (September 30), Siemens Industry Solutions posted sales of €6.0 billion in fiscal year 2010.
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