Systems and methods of separating and isolating water and other desired constituents from oilfield produced brines for reuse

摘要

An integrated, membrane-based process to produce purified water and conversion of salt to high value chemicals from oil and gas well produced water is described. A liquid stream including water and dissolved salt is flowed through pretreatment units and one or more desalination and concentration units which remove at least a portion of the water to form a brine enriched in dissolved salt. The purified high-density brine may be subjected to electrically- enforced salt dissociation techniques to produce chemicals from oil and gas produced water.