Directa Plus PLC New concept for produced water decontamination
June 22 2023 - 1:00AM
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22 June 2023
Directa Plus plc
("Directa Plus", the "Group" or the "Company")
Directa Plus pilots new concept for produced water
decontamination using Grafysorber(R)
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a leading producer and supplier of
graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and
industrial markets, has launched a pilot for a new concept for
produced water treatment using Grafysorber(R), through its
subsidiary Setcar, which was showcased at the Setcar Braila
location in Romania. Produced water is water that comes out of the
well with the crude oil during crude oil production. Today produced
water is disposed without being treated however industry
regulations are becoming more stringent. This new development has
the potential to open new markets for Directa Plus' Environmental
division and is in line with the Group's strategy to adopt new
technologies that can decontaminate and limit the waste of precious
elements such as a water.
The testing concept includes a new Romanian Grafysorber(R)
production unit with a produced water treatment solution that is
flexible, modular, transportable, and cost-effective. Following the
successful treatment of crude oil containing emulsion from the
upstream process using Grafysorber technology, which in 2021-2022
recovered more than 11,000 tonnes of crude oil with a purity higher
than 99%, Directa Plus and Setcar have now developed a new plant
design solution for produced water treatment in a continuous flow.
The aim is to achieve a continuous (ca. 50 cubic meters/hour) flow
with concentrations of up to 300 ppm of hydrocarbons.
The new decontamination solution was demonstrated on a pilot
scale to Romanian local authorities and key players across the oil
& gas and steel industries at Setcar's Braila location,
resulting in processed water with less than 5 ppm total petroleum
hydrocarbon content. Directa Plus is now working with an existing
major customer in Romania to transport this new solution for
treating produced water inside one of their oil production areas,
starting to operate as soon as possible, before rolling out the
solution to customers globally.
Directa Plus's patented Grafysorber(R) technology is a
graphene-based solution for treating water sludges and emulsions
containing hydrocarbons and is at least five times more effective
than current technologies. In addition, Grafysorber(R) is
sustainably produced, non-flammable and reusable, with the adsorbed
hydrocarbons recoverable.
Commenting, Giulio Cesareo, Founder and CEO of Directa Plus,
said : "Working with Setcar to test a new concept for produced
water treatment using Grafysorber(R) is another exciting step
forward for Directa Plus as it offers the potential to open us to
new market opportunities and is in line with our environmental
strategy that aims to help our customers achieve their
sustainability targets more easily, cheaply and at a faster rate.
It is also a reflection of our continued investment to improve our
performance and to broaden the range of potential applications for
our Grafysorber technology, to limit the waste of precious
commodities, in this case, water."
For further information please visit
http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:
Directa Plus plc +39 02 36714458
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
Giorgio Bonfanti, CFO
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker) +44 131 220 6939
Neil McDonald
Adam Rae
Singer Capital Markets Securities Limited
(Joint Broker) +44 20 7496 3069
Rick Thompson
Phil Davies
Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser) +44 20 3405 0205
Justine James directaplus@almapr.co.uk
Hannah Campbell
Kinvara Verdon
Notes to Editors
Directa Plus (www.directa-plus.com) is one of the largest
producers and suppliers of graphene-based products for use in
consumer and industrial markets. The Company's graphene
manufacturing capability uses proprietary patented technology based
on a plasma super expansion process. Starting from natural
graphite, each step of Directa Plus' production process -
expansion, exfoliation and drying - creates graphene-based
materials and hybrid graphene materials ready for a variety of uses
and available in various forms such as powder, liquid and
paste.
This proprietary production process uses a physical process,
rather than a chemical process, to process graphite into pristine
graphene nanoplatelets, which enables Directa Plus to offer a
sustainable, non-toxic product, without unwanted by-products.
Directa Plus' products are made of hybrid graphene materials and
graphene nano-platelets. The products (marketed as G+(R)) have
multiple applications due to its properties. These G+(R) products
can be categorised into various families, with different products
being suitable for specific practical applications.
Directa Plus was established in 2005 and is based in Lomazzo
(Como, Italy) and has been listed on the AIM market of the London
Stock Exchange since May 2016. Directa Plus holds the Green Economy
Mark from London Stock Exchange which recognises companies that
contribute to the global green economy.
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