Produced water disposal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8540023
APP PUB NO 20110011584A1
SERIAL NO

12802079

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Offshore hydrocarbon (e.g. oil) production units that produce considerable contaminated water (produced water), are able to repeatedly dispose of the produced water so each production unit requires only a moderate-sized tank to hold the produced water, and most of the tank storage capacity of the production unit can store hydrocarbons. A mobile water-treatment plant is provided on a converted tanker that sails from one production unit to another one, transferring produced water from the oil production units and separating out contaminants as by settling, to leave clean water that can be dumped into the sea and contaminants that cannot be dumped into the sea. The mobile plant occasionally sails to an on-shore facility where it is allowed to dump contaminants.

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SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INCSWISS MAJERLE MARLY FRIBOURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alary, Vincent Roquebrune Cap Martin, FR 1 3
Bernays, Adam Menton, FR 2 12
Le, Cotty Antoine Nice, FR 2 3

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