US 12,281,556 B2
Pond water (gas plant discharge) based fracturing fluid
Mustafa Alkhowaildi, Dhahran (SA); Saad Hejji Al-Ruwayshid, Dhahran (SA); Fahd Ibrahim Alghunaimi, Khobar (SA); Norah W. Aljuryyed, Dhahran (SA); Arif Al-Zawwadi, Dhahran (SA); Mohammed Abdullah Bataweel, Dhahran (SA); and Eyad Ali Alali, Dammam (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,355.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328294 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); B01F 35/83 (2022.01); B01F 101/49 (2022.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [B01D 53/26 (2013.01); B01F 35/83 (2022.01); B01D 2256/245 (2013.01); B01D 2257/102 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01); B01F 2101/49 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for producing a pond water, comprising:
a rainwater collection system configured to capture rainwater;
a water purification system configured to receive and purify a source water to produce a purified water and a reject water;
a natural gas processing system comprising:
a boiler configured to receive and vaporize the purified water to produce steam;
one or more energy conversion systems for converting the steam to condensate;
a condensate collection system configured to receive condensate from each of the one or more energy conversion systems;
a mixing tank configured to receive and mix the rainwater from the rainwater collection system, the reject water from the water purification system, and the condensate from the condensate collection system to form a pond water; and
a control system coupled to the rainwater collection system, the water purification system, the natural gas processing system, and the mixing tank, wherein the control system is configured to adjust a flow rate of one or more of the rainwater, the reject water, the condensate, a process water, and a produced water to maintain a concentration of dissolved solids in the pond water in a range from about 5 ppm to about 5000 ppm.