Cleanova has helped a major Gulf of Mexico operator boost seawater injection capacity by almost 50% without interrupting offshore production.
Faced with rising production demands, the operator needed to increase injection rates far beyond the platform’s original design capacity.
At the same time, increasingly challenging seawater conditions – including elevated biofouling and suspended solids – threatened filtration efficiency and long term reliability. Cleanova assessed the existing system to identify a low disruption route to higher throughput.
The platform’s filtration system had been designed for 75,000 BPD at 20 µm. However, new production targets required 110,000 BPD.
Traditionally, achieving this uplift would demand major equipment replacement, causing significant offshore downtime. Instead, Cleanova recommended upgrading the existing elements to its CleanMax High Flow Cartridge Filters, engineered to handle higher solids loading and increased flow rates.
This upgrade enabled the operator to increase injection capacity, improve dirt holding performance, maintain continuous offshore operations, and avoid structural modifications. The approach is fully scalable, allowing operators to expand capacity as production evolves.
Jason Wettstaedt, Senior VP of Sales, Americas & Global Marketing at Cleanova, said the project demonstrates how targeted filtration upgrades can unlock substantial performance gains while extending the value of existing assets.
Cleanova enables seawater injection increase on Gulf of Mexico platform
