UK HQ Your time

Industry Overview

Water Management for E&P Operations

Upstream oil and gas operations generate significant wastewater streams from drilling, well completion, and production activities. Our treatment solutions address produced water management, drilling waste handling, and enhanced oil recovery water treatment with mobile and fixed systems engineered for remote locations and harsh environments. Produced-water treatment, drilling-waste handling and enhanced-oil-recovery water conditioning are delivered in mobile and fixed packages built for harsh, remote service. We engineer each system to the field’s specific chemistry and logistics for reliable, low-attendance operation.

Produced Water

Treatment of formation water for discharge compliance or reinjection with oil removal and solids separation.

Drilling Waste

Solids control and fluid recovery from drilling muds and cuttings for reduced disposal requirements.

EOR Water

Treatment of water for polymer flooding, steam injection, and other enhanced recovery processes.

Mobile Systems

Containerised and skid-mounted equipment for rapid deployment to remote drilling and production sites.

Applications

Upstream Operations We Support

Onshore Production

Produced water treatment for conventional and unconventional oil fields including shale operations.

Offshore Platforms

Compact treatment systems for oil and gas production platforms with space and weight constraints.

Drilling Rigs

Solids control and waste management for land and offshore drilling operations.

Workover Operations

Treatment of completion fluids and well service wastewater.

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Water treatment for polymer flooding, steam-assisted gravity drainage, and chemical EOR.

CBM Operations

Specialised treatment for coal bed methane produced water with high salinity.

Treatment Process

Upstream Water Management

1

Solids Control

Shale shakers and hydrocyclones remove drill cuttings from drilling fluids.

2

Oil Separation

API separators and DAF remove oil from produced water.

3

Clarification

LAMELLA clarifiers settle suspended solids for water polishing.

4

Filtration

Self-cleaning filters provide final polishing for discharge or reinjection.

5

Sludge Handling

Dewatering equipment reduces sludge volume for disposal.

Recommended Equipment

Products for Upstream Operations

DAF Systems

Oil removal from produced water with high efficiency and compact design.

Benefit: 95%+ oil removal

Shale Shakers

Primary solids control for drilling mud circulation systems.

Benefit: Cuttings removal

Centrifuges

High-speed separation for fine solids and barite recovery.

Benefit: Fluid recovery

LAMELLA Clarifiers

Compact clarification for produced water and wash water treatment.

Benefit: Small footprint

Self-Cleaning Filters

Automated filtration for continuous operation with minimal maintenance.

Benefit: 24/7 operation

Mobile Plants

Containerised systems for rapid deployment to remote locations.

Benefit: Rapid deployment

Key Benefits

Why Choose Reynolds & Bauhm

Meet discharge limits for produced water
Recover drilling fluids reducing costs
Mobile systems for remote locations
ATEX-certified for hazardous areas
Compact offshore platform designs
Robust construction for harsh environments
Automated operation reducing labour
Global oilon-site field service network

Related Applications

Explore Other Oil & Gas Solutions

Produced Water

Formation water treatment for discharge or reinjection.

Explore Produced Water

Drilling Waste

Solids control and drilling fluid recovery systems.

Explore Oilgas Drilling

Offshore Platforms

Compact treatment for marine oil and gas production.

Explore Oilgas Offshore

Containerised Systems

Mobile treatment plants for rapid field deployment.

Explore Containerised Systems

Related Pages

Chemical Atex

Chemical industry wastewater treatment for atex-certified equipment.

View Page

Global Standards Reference

Directory of international wastewater treatment regulations and equipment compliance standards Organised by country and region.

View Page

Oil Water Separation

Oil and gas wastewater treatment for oil-water separation systems.

View Page

Oilgas Atex

ATEX-certified wastewater treatment equipment for explosive atmospheres in oil, gas and petrochemical facilities.

View Page

Oilgas Downstream

Refinery wastewater treatment including API separators, DAF, advanced biological treatment and polishing for strict discharge.

View Page

Oilgas Drilling

Treat drilling muds, cuttings wash water and site runoff.

View Page

API Separators — Engineering Deep-Dive

Stokes’-law sizing, API Publication 421 design methodology, rectangular API / CPI / TPI configurations and refinery-train integration.

Site Off the Map?

Packaged, containerised, skid-mounted and research-station families engineered for sites with no road, no grid, no operator and no local supply chain.

Need Upstream Water Treatment Solutions?

Contact our experts for oilfield water management systems.

Containerised Water Treatment for Hot Remote Sites

Deploying containerised plants in 50 °C ambient, dust-storm zones or solar-powered off-grid sites changes almost every engineering assumption. Our hot-climate technical library covers thermal balance, solar shading, dust ingress, power systems, brackish water chemistry and the full deployment checklist:

Industries We Serve

Our expertise spans multiple industries with sector-specific water treatment solutions.