摘要 |
Water contaminated with crude oil and/or hydraulic fracturing fluids from oil reservoirs or gas/oil fracturing wells is stripped of these contaminating products with a specialized gas sparged hydrocyclone apparatus in conjunction with the method of the present invention. Various products are recovered with the present invention, including water, petroleum products, hydraulic fracturing fluids, and other hydrocarbon compounds. These products can be returned to the source, stored, transported, sold, or otherwise reused. |