Contaminated Water into a Valuable Resource.
CLAW™ Technology™ turns oilfield produced water into clean water and commercially valuable by-products.
Oilfield Water Recovery • Zero Liquid Discharge • Critical Mineral Extraction • CO₂ Utilization
The Challenge
Produced Water Is the Oil and Gas Industry's Largest Waste Problem
For every barrel of oil produced, operators generate multiple barrels of produced water. That water is contaminated and has to be managed, treated, or disposed of at real cost.
Traditional disposal methods like injection wells, evaporation ponds, and off-site treatment are expensive, carry environmental risk, and face growing regulatory restrictions. In oil-producing regions, that pressure is getting worse.
CLAW™ Technology™ changes what produced water can be. Instead of a liability, it becomes a source of clean water and commercially useful materials.
Billions of barrels of produced water generated annually in the US alone
Disposal costs represent a major operational expense for producers
Injection well restrictions tightening across key producing states
Water scarcity in producing regions creating demand for recovered water
CO₂ emissions from wellhead gas adding regulatory pressure
What CLAW™ Produces
Every input becomes an output. CLAW™ converts contaminated water and CO₂ into four categories of value.
Reusable Water
Contaminated oilfield produced water is processed into clean, reusable water, returning a critical resource to productive use.
Critical Mineral Carbonates
The CLAW™ process extracts critical mineral carbonates from the water stream, commercially valuable materials with established industrial demand.
Industrial By-Products
Additional commercially valuable industrial products are generated as part of the CLAW™ recovery process.
CO₂ Utilization
Wellhead CO₂ is incorporated into the CLAW™ process rather than released, converting an environmental liability into a process input.
The CLAW™ Process
Produced Water Intake
Contaminated oilfield produced water is collected at the wellhead or production facility, water that would otherwise require costly disposal or create environmental liability.
CLAW™ Processing
ECO's proprietary CLAW™ Technology™ processes the produced water through a multi-stage recovery system, incorporating wellhead CO₂ as part of the treatment mechanism.
Water Recovery
Clean, reusable water is extracted from the processed stream, meeting regulatory standards and enabling reuse in operations, agriculture, or other applications.
By-Product Capture
Critical mineral carbonates and industrial by-products are captured and prepared for commercial sale, creating a new revenue stream from what was previously a waste stream.
Performance Target
True Zero-Liquid-Discharge
CLAW™ Technology™ is engineered to achieve zero liquid discharge, no liquid waste leaves the system. Every input is converted, recovered, or reused.
Frequently Asked Questions
Technical Overview
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