US Patent Issued to TETRA Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Integrated method and apparatus for treatment of produced water" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,727, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TETRA Technologies Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Integrated method and apparatus for treatment of produced water" was invented by Deepak A Musale (The Woodlands, Texas), Adam Calvin (The Woodlands, Texas), Yannick Harvey (The Woodlands, Texas), Arthur Mack (The Woodlands, Texas) and Stanley Gunawan (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated processes for the treatment of produced water, including for example treatment in connection with hydrocarbon production operations using bulk solid-liquid separation, organics removal, and desalination by osmotically assisted reverse os...