Upgrading the water treatment installations in Gabon

A major improvement program has been launched by the Exploration-Production to enable every subsidiary to reduce the hydrocarbon content of wastewater and to achieve a content of less than 40mg/l in 2005.
Spectacular progress was made in 2003 on the Grondin platform, offshore Gabon. Thanks to the installation of a plate-type precipitator and hydrocyclones, the platform has made the transition from barely treated effluent (bottle on the left) to effective removal of residual hydrocarbons and the release of water containing less than 40mg/l of hydrocarbons (bottles on the right).