Veolia Water Technologies Launches ToroJet™, a Revolutionary Nutshell Filter for the Oil and Gas Industry

• ToroJet™ offers a revolutionary approach to meet the toughest produced water polishing needs in the oil and gas industry.
   
• The innovative design eliminates the need for individual backwash equipment, optimizing asset utilization.
   
• ToroJet's modular system enables easy expansion and maintenance, enhancing operational efficiency.

[Brea, CA] – Veolia Water Technologies, a global leader in produced water treatment, today announced the launch of ToroJet™, a groundbreaking nutshell filtration system designed to meet the toughest produced water polishing needs in the oil and gas industry. This new solution offers a unique evolution of Veolia’s proven nutshell filtration technology, making produced water cost-effective for reinjection, reuse or discharge. ToroJet contributes to safeguarding the receiving environment through its impressive 98% solids removal efficiency and reduces hydrocarbon concentrations to less than 2 milligrams per liter. This innovative system is perfectly aligned with Veolia's commitment to provide solutions that ensure that both performance and sustainability goals are met without compromise.

ToroJet introduces a media cleaning system at grade level, eliminating the need for top-mounted backwash equipment at each individual filter. This innovation significantly reduces capital expenses and maximizes asset utilization, allowing plant operators to clean nutshell media with lower operational costs and minimal media losses. The system's design enhances safety by providing easy access for maintenance, making it a game-changer in the industry.

The ToroJet system is designed with scalability in mind, offering modular components that facilitate staged project expansions. This flexibility ensures that existing operators can adapt to future needs without significant disruptions. The system's shared cleaning skid enables efficient media cleaning across multiple vessels, minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.
 

Core to the cleaning skid is a fluidization pump that complies with API or ASME-ANSI standards ensuring that ToroJet meets the highest industry requirements, providing consistent media cleaning every cycle.
 

Veolia's commitment to driving operators' success is evident in the ToroJet design, which simplifies handling, shipment and installation. ToroJet eliminates bulky platforms and ladders, allowing for a lower profile design that reduces building size and costs while improving safety and ergonomics for operators and technicians.
 

“ToroJet is the result of our extensive research and development program aimed at optimizing nutshell media filtration to meet the evolving demands of our clients. We are proud to offer a solution that improves the current technology and sets a new standard for produced water polishing. ToroJet revolutionizes traditional nutshell filtration by offering a simpler, safe, and more cost-effective solution," said Oscar Velastegui, Veolia Water Technologies North America Vice President in charge of Filtration Technology.