Petrochemicals
Danat Saudia has become the partner of choice for petrochemical facilities in Jubail and across the Eastern Province, delivering comprehensive water treatment systems tailored to complex industrial challenges. We have supported full-site turnaround operations with mobile treatment plants capable of handling high volumes of highly contaminated wastewater, including quench water, stormwater, and process effluent. Our systems are designed to adapt in real time to fluctuating conditions, and in a recent project, Danat reduced time needed to treat turnaround water by 30% while cutting disposal costs by up to 75%. Our in-field analytical capabilities and 24/7 operations ensure that even during major outages, petrochemical producers remain compliant and operational. We have enabled customers who are facing commissioning difficulties and generating large volumes of contaminated water to manage this risk and focus on getting the plant up and running.
Our capabilities extend across the full spectrum of petrochemical wastewater challenges. Danat has delivered permanent and temporary VOC and BTEX removal systems, ammonia treatment solutions during emergency and planned operations, and point-source oil recovery technologies that convert contaminated byproducts into valuable recycled product streams. Our solutions are field-tested, third-party verified, and capable of handling excursions sometimes 100x higher than design. In all cases, we maintain consistent compliance with RCER 2015 standards while enhancing sustainability and operational reliability, and providing cost savings on treatment.
Our latest focus addresses the challenge of Spent Caustic - Danat Saudia provides the region’s most cost-effective and reliable solution for the treatment of all spent caustics, one of the most difficult wastewater streams in the petrochemical and refining industry. Through our exclusive partnership with a leading European technology provider, we offer a best-in-class treatment system capable of removing sulfides, phenols, and other toxic compounds to meet discharge or reuse standards. This high-performance technology is now available within the Kingdom as part of our commitment to enabling safer, cleaner and more circular petrochemical operations in line with Vision 2030.
Applications & Case Studies
-
Deployed in 3 plants in Jubail and internationally
Ability to remove oil and other contamination from cooling water loops
Able to trace the source of leaks into the cooling loop based on the recovered oil
<img>
-
Deployed in 6 facilities in Jubail to handle removal (and recovery) of Oil from Petrochemical plants
Ability to recover 95+% of the oil from contaminated water
Potential to turn waste into worth – by then selling on the recovered oil
Ability to reach target specs for the end user down to <1ppm if required
Flow rates have ranged from batch treatment to 5m3/hr to 250m3/hr
-
Deployed in over 10 different petrochemical plants in Jubail over the last 15 years
Achieved perfect BTEX removal, despite inlets sometimes being 5x design
Treatment of both Water and Air to consistently meet RCER specifications
Danat VOC Removal System is mobile and modular
Ability to handle >60,000 ppm VOC and still meet spec
-
Deployed for over 10 years at one of the world’s largest Olefins Plants
Replaced conventional DOX system and improved system’s robustness
Extended reboiler run-time from 25 days to 365 days, reduced DSG blowdown wastewater by 56%
Significant cost savings and production enhancement worth >$100m a year
Smaller footprint – easy to retrofit
-
4 successful deployments in Jubail, as well as TAMs in Kuwait (Equate) and Qatar (Qchem)
Faced with 60,000ppm VOC, 40,000ppm COD and percentage levels of oil and managed to meet discharge limits for each
Treat faster than vacuum trucks can haul off – cheaper and potential to reduce overall TAM schedule
-
8 successful projects in both petrochemical and waste management facilities
Currently undertaking trials on upstream applications for TOC with Oil Majors
Have successfully reduced TOC levels from 5000ppm down to <40ppm
-
Successfully implemented at one of the world’s largest Olefins Plants as well as at waste management sites in Saudi
Ensured safe removal of EDC and VCM from water and air – meeting RCER 2015 specs
Ability to handle significant loading conditions safely and quickly
-
Deployed throughout SABIC and other companies in Saudi Arabia.
Ability to handle reduction down to Table 3B or Table 3C levels
Loading conditions can be greater than 10,000ppm and we can meet spec
For longer term solutions we can use cutting edge technologies to reduce waste generated from processes and lower cost of treatment
-
Danat is able to bolster existing WAO systems by treating for Red Oil or can offer an alternative treatment methodology to replace WAO and reduce haul off
System can be deployed at site and is quicker and cheaper than haul off
Danat Saudia already has a global contract with SABIC for Spent Caustic treatment that can be used to expedite the solution
-
We can offer any of these applications on a rapid response basis n Jubail by utilising our rental equipment fleet based in Jubail
Mobilisation will be same day as Purchase Order
Deployment and start up within 72 hours of installation team being granted access to site
-
Ground water can be extremely complex due to cross contamination underground between neighbouring facilities
Danat Saudia’s ability to treat multiple types of contamination in a sequential and cost effective manner has been highly effective at 4 sites in Jubail where we have successfully treated ground water
Treatment can be at any desired flowrate upto 150m3/hr but geotechnical analysis should be done before requesting flowrates about 10-15m3/hr to protect for any subsidence
-
Danat Saudia is able to ensure compliance with air emissions due to hazardous gas releases from processes or upsets
Variety of options based on the contamination type and the duration of the project
Solutions include cutting edge technology from Europe and Australia