In order to reduce the amount of water used in the production of oil, and to reduce the need to deliver water to the facility, Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has adopted GE's mobile water solutions. The company is currently working on a project with Saudi Arabian Oil Company, which will see it install two new desalination plants at its Ras Isa field near Manama that are expected to be operational by 2020. GE’s mobile water technology produces 136 m3/h of water for the facility, allowing "Bapco to desalinate the water on-site and immediately use it for oil refining”, according to Kevin Cassidy, global leader of engineered systems at GE Water & Process Technologies.
In order to reduce the amount of water used in the production of oil, and to reduce the need to deliver water to the facility, Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has adopted GE's mobile water solutions. Bapco had previously delivered fresh water using tanker trucks as its in-house distillate water production was too slow. GE’s mobile water technology produces 136 m3/h of water for the facility, allowing "Bapco to desalinate the water on-site and immediately use it for oil refining”, according to Kevin Cassidy, global leader of engineered systems at GE Water & Process Technologies.