cost-efficient process to clean produced water at offshore production facilities by injecting liquid gas into the water stream. 14 August 1998 Norwegian and PCT patent application for this process has been filed. ... The process is a cost-efficient backup or alternative to produced water re-injection. ... These treatments are for dispersed oil in produced water - capable of treating water to levels of oil and grease concentrations that should be below levels of any significant environmental impact. ... One emerging technology for treating produced water is the freeze-thaw/evaporation process,...

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The sources we obtain fossil fuels from are often very dangerous and do not put a price on other natural capitals used in the process such as air and water. ... Fracking is the process of fracturing rock using high pressure water, sand and deadly chemicals. ... Cost such as not having fresh water, fracking operations in their backyards, and the loss of trees which are Carbon sinks. ... Poverty is a great motivator for individuals to accept large amounts of money at the cost of their health and potential loss of drinking water. ... As a result of fracking we now see families near fracking oper...

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Global air and water pollution, resource depletion, and species extinction are examples of these problems, which we must recognize and find realistic solutions for. ... One way would be through growing up and being raises in an environmentally conciseness community that stressed the importance of recycling, reusing, and breathing fresh air. ... To begin curbing water pollution the EPA should severely restrict any harmful output discharged by any industry, even those outside us boarders. I believe the United States has the power and influence to help control global water pollution, but firs...

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He started off as a trash man but, realized there could be a better way that people could recycle other than putting water bottles in a certain bin. ... There was an incident a few years after the war where the Fresh Kill landfill in Staten Island, New York grew so large with trash it could be seen from outer space. ...

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