Environmental
- For over a hundred years humans have been adding carbon to the atmosphere through the burning and refining of fossil fuels to provide energy, goods and services. This has increased human quality of life, but at a cost. It is now time to take inventory of our impact or face the resulting environmental consequences.
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- With the vision of emission-free geothermal energy production, our founder partnered with Middle East Technical University (METU) to create a Carbon Dioxide Reinjection system. This system allows for complete reinjection of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Additionally, by reinjecting the gas, production from the field improved in our pilot plant. Read more about the research and technology here-1 and here-2
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- Our Environmental focus in three areas sets us apart from Competitors in the following ways:
Competitors | Middle East Well Services (ME-WS) | |
Solids | Dig mud pits to store cutting waste | Dry-location units fully dry cuttings. No mud pits needed. |
Liquids | Dump high temperature (95°C) wastewater to waterways | 500ton/hr Brine Cooling system. Water release doesn’t affect aquatic life. |
Gases | Release CO2 and other greenhouse gases to atmosphere | Patented CO2 Reinjection system to make geothermal energy production emission-free. |
Solids:
We have replaced the need for conventional pits which require heavy earthmoving equipment, liners which can tear and risk leaking toxic liquids into surface and groundwater, and the need to refill pits after use. Our Dry Location Units use a flocculation, centrifugation, and filtration system to cleanly dispose dried solids into a half-moon tank which can be neatly emptied
ME-WS Dry Location Unit Setup
Conventional Mud Pit
Liquids:
While other companies dump high temperature wastewater after geothermal energy extraction, ME-WS uses advanced cooling systems to release safe water back to the environment. Our method protects aquatic life from scalding wastewater.
- Silencer
- Weir
- Pump-1
- Reservoir
- Cooling Tower-1
- Control Unit
- Pump-2
- Cooling Tower-2
Cooling System Schematic
Cooling System in Use
Gases:
Geothermal energy production generally releases CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Through ME-WS patented NCG Reinjection system, we have achieved emission-free energy production. A special thanks goes to KARKEY and METU Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department for their collaboration on the reinjection project.
ME-WS Collaborative Reinjection project with METU and KARKEY
Injector Head