GE P&W SAGD Water Evaporators - Manual (Page 2)

Page 2 Capability Profile
Total Canada Joslyn Phase 2,
Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada,
Approx. 900 gpm feed, 2005
Suncor Firebag Stage 2,
Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada,
Approx. 3,000 gpm feed, 2005
Installation of a modular system at Connacher
Oil & Gas Great Divide Project
Fourth Generation Module Design
Maximizes Project Certainty and
Minimizes Total Installed Cost
Understanding that cost and schedule certainty are of
the utmost importance for heavy oil producers, GE of-
fers completely modularized evaporator and crystalliz-
er systems.
The fourth Generation Module Design leverages expe-
rience and optimizations from the design and supply
of 14 modularized evaporators and crystallizers on
seven Oil Sands projects. GE scope includes everything
from the anchor bolts up with tight-spooled piping and
easy-to-install bolt connections. Equipment modules
are pre-assembled to the fullest extent possible and
pre-fitted prior to shipment, thereby reducing fieldwork
and maximizing project certainty. The owners of the
two most recently installed projects reported total in-
stalled cost factors of 2.0 and 1.8, indicating $0.80 to
$1.00 in installation costs for every $1.00 in equipment
costs. These total installed cost factors are among the
lowest in the industry and include all applicable cost
components, such as:
• Complete installation of the evaporator/crystallizer
system, including civils, site grading, gravel, foun-
dations, piles, mechanical, electrical, I&C, etc.
• A proportional fraction of indirect costs such as
camps, accommodations, subsistence, shop in-
spections, field inspections, programming, freight,
cranes, start-up assistance, fencing, start-up
equipment, communications hardware, offices,
buildings, warehouse, and back-up generators
• A proportional fraction of engineering, manage-
ment, and drafting.
Produced Water Evaporator
Blowdown Solutions
There are two common methods to treat or dispose
of produced water evaporator blowdown:
1. Deep well injection — The recent optimizations
to the high pH produced water evaporation pro-
cess result in a safe and straightforward post-
treatment process prior to disposal.
2. Zero Liquid Discharge — Crystallization of high
pH evaporator blowdown results in waste slurry
of mixed salts, silica, and organics. This waste
slurry is unique to produced water applications.
GE has five crystallizers operating or under con-
struction in the Alberta Oil Sands and is highly
experienced in handling this unique waste
stream. A drying or solidification/stabilization
process treats the waste slurry for final disposal
in a landfill.
a. Drying—A proven method of waste slurry
treatment that results in a dry, free-flowing
solid residual for disposal in a lined landfill.
b. Solidification / Stabilization—An alternate to
drying, S/S is a simple and environmentally
friendly way to treat crystallizer waste as it
produces a stable, non-leachable solid for dis-
posal in standard landfills, which addresses
the concerns associated with long-term liabil-
ity of residuals disposal.