Operation & Maintenance Mar 2021 – Mar 2023 Saudi Aramco R&D

Containerized Water Treatment Pilot Plant — JTTF R&D I

Operating a containerised pilot plant for Saudi Aramco R&D at Juaymah, trialling multiple produced-water technologies in parallel to inform full-scale selection. This is a pilot programme, not a production plant.

Containerized Water Treatment Pilot Plant — JTTF R&D I
Capacity
25 m³/day
Technology
Nano-Filtration · DAF · RSL Membrane · Cyclone OWS · Constructed Wetland (parallel streams)
Timeline
Mar 2021 – Mar 2023
Project type
Pilot plant — operation & maintenance
Executive summary

A containerized pilot plant operated to test multiple produced-water treatment technologies in parallel under real field conditions, supporting selection and optimization of the best full-scale solution for JTTF evaporation-pond water.

FK & Partner Co. operated and maintained the 25 m³/day pilot — installing, commissioning, and running each technology under real field conditions so R&D could compare performance objectively.

The challenge

R&D needed to evaluate several produced-water treatment technologies side by side under real field conditions before committing to a full-scale design.

Site & process constraints
  • Multiple technologies tested in parallel
  • Real evaporation-pond produced water
  • Pilot scale — 25 m³/day
Engineering approach

A treatment train sequenced to the contaminants.

Nano-Filtration · DAF · RSL Membrane · Cyclone OWS · Constructed Wetland (parallel streams)

The pilot ran nano-filtration (sulfate removal), constructed wetland (heavy-metal removal), DAF, cyclone oil-water separation, de-oiler, and RSL membranes (TSS removal) as a controlled comparison platform.

Honest scope: a pilot to de-risk technology choice — outcomes feed the full-scale design, not a production claim.
Technical specifications
Equipment & key parameters (from the project scope)
Equipment / parameterApplication / value
Nano-FiltrationSulphate removal
Constructed WetlandHeavy-metal removal
Cyclone OWSOil-water separation
Pilot capacity25 m³/day
Capacity25 m³/day
Project typePilot plant — operation & maintenance
Implementation
Mar 2021
Pilot installed and commissioned.
Mar 2023
Technology trials completed.
Results & outcomes

Multiple technologies tested in parallel

Nano-filtration for sulphate removal

Constructed wetland for heavy-metal removal

Verified post-commissioning performance figures (achieved effluent, throughput, uptime) to be confirmed — see CONTENT_GAPS.

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