Seawater Sulphate Reduction Package used Offshore in Brazil

VWS Westgarth (UK), a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SBM Atlantia for their FPSO to be installed in the Baleia Azul field, Campos Basin, offshore Espirito Santo state, Brazil.

The award is for the design, supply and delivery of a single lift module seawater sulphate reduction package (SRP) system with a capacity of 20,060 m3/day (126,000 BWPD).

The SRP is designed to remove sulphates and other divalent ions from injection water to enhance oil recovery using Dow Filmtec membranes. The removal of these ions reduces the tendency of barium sulphate and strontium sulphate scale to form in the reservoir.