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Oil & Gas

High-Recovery Produced Water Desalination

Advanced membrane and thermal systems for minimizing disposal, enabling recycle and reuse, and managing challenging produced water chemistries.

Meeting Today’s Produced Water Challenges

Produced water volumes continue to rise as fields mature, while disposal wells face increasing pressure from seismicity, over‑pressurization, and escalating trucking costs.

Chemistry adds another layer of complexity: high TDS, scaling ions, oil and grease, and organics demand robust, carefully engineered treatment. 

Saltworks designs solutions that address these constraints directly, enabling operators to recycle more and inject less.

Complete Treatment Platform

Saltworks delivers treatment trains that integrate ceramic ultrafiltration, ultra-high recovery membrane, and thermal concentration to meet project‑specific needs.

XtremeUF‑C is a robust ceramic ultrafiltration solution that produces clean filtrate by removing suspended solids, oil and grease, bacteria, and other suspended contaminants.

 

FusionRO is a hybrid ultra-high-pressure RO/NF system that concentrates high‑TDS brines at elevated recoveries to reduce disposal volume and generate high-quality permeate.

 

For the most challenging chemistries or strict disposal limits, SaltMaker MVR evaporator crystallizer can provide MLD or full ZLD treatment with proven reliability.

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Applications Across O&G Operations

Saltworks supports shale, tight oil, EOR, and conventional operations seeking to cut disposal volumes and improve reuse economics.

In shale plays, our systems manage accumulating water where reuse declines or logistics are constrained. For heavy‑oil and SAGD operations, membrane‑thermal flowsheets treat produced water and blowdown to enable recycle, reduce steam‑makeup freshwater demand, and lower disposal costs.

For polymer flood EOR, we reduce salinity and hardness to lower polymer consumption and improve injection water quality. Where required, treatment trains produce reinjection‑quality water that supports sustained reservoir performance.
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Engineered for Reliability and Uptime

Saltworks’ plants are designed for straightforward operation, consistent output, and predictable maintenance. 

Our intelligent control platform continuously interprets chemistry, flow, scaling indicators, and membrane health to maintain stable recovery under varying feed conditions. Predictive intervention replaces reactive downtime, enabled by remote diagnostics and automated safeguards for high‑TDS waters.

Our team objectively evaluates membrane and thermal pathways to determine the most technically and commercially suitable approach for each site. Systems are delivered as standardized, factory‑commissioned modules for rapid deployment, simple operation, and reduced total installed cost.
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Built for the Field, Backed by Deep Expertise

Saltworks brings proven experience treating produced water across multiple basins and chemistries. Our chemistry‑first design approach ensures each system is tailored to the specific contaminants and operating conditions at hand. With robust engineering, modular construction, and full lifecycle support, we help operators shift from costly disposal to a more stable, resilient water strategy.

Contact our expert engineering team to determine the right membrane–thermal flowsheet for your produced water chemistry, operational goals, and disposal constraints.

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