Oasys Water, a global leader in developing innovative and
sustainable solutions for transforming abused wastewater in industrial markets
around the world, recently opened a new office in Dubai to foster industrial
water treatment innovations in the Middle East.
The new office launch is
considered a decisive move by the company to support its oil and gas, power
generation and inland, high-recovery desalination water reuse and
transformation projects.
“Oasys Water focuses on an area in the Middle East where new
solutions, incorporating energy savings, capital cost and performance
improvement are in high demand,” John Tracy, director of marketing at Oasys
Water, recently told Gulf News Journal. “With the
strong drivers of water scarcity and rapid industrial expansion in the Middle
East, it makes perfect sense for Oasys to expand our presence in the region.”
As part of Oasys Water’s expansion plan, a veteran in the
water industry Sada Krishnan has been appointed director of Middle Eastern business development and general manager for the company’s Dubai office. His appointment is expected to be
instrumental in executing the growth strategy for the company in the region.
“Mr. Krishnan’s 20-plus years of experience in the water
industry, and, in particular, his previous experience in the Middle East, have
helped him develop a strong network of partners and potential customers in the
region,” Tracy said.
Oasys Water realizes
that the current industrial water treatment sector in the MENA region is
undergoing strong growth in a number of industrial sectors where water usage
and wastewater generation are important factors. These include upstream and downstream oil and
gas, power generation, petrochemical manufacturing and brackish/seawater
reverse osmosis (RO) reject management.
Tracy said that due to water scarcity, together with
industrial expansion, the MENA region will be among the leaders in investment
in water treatment technology over the next ten years. Oasys Water plays a
major role in tackling the biggest challenges that aggravate the water crisis
in this region. The company focuses on high-salinity industrial wastewater
streams and typically recovers 90 percent or more of water for reuse from these
sources. By doing this, it can limit fresh water intake by industrial plants — and
also minimize the volume of wastewater they generate.
Tracy said that the company’s technology allows high-recovery water
reuse to be considered in more cases, by reducing the overall cost of these
processes. It is well documented that,
in most of the GCC, oil extraction operations coproduce three to eight barrels
of water per barrel of oil, or more. The ability
to reuse a higher percentage of the coproduced water helps to decrease cost
per barrel in what is currently a very cost-sensitive environment.
Oasys Water’s mission is to help solve the most challenging
water issues by providing a more efficient means to recover and reuse
industrial effluents. It is committed to treating the world’s most toxic
industrial waste waters and commissioning treatment plants across the globe by
bringing its innovative technology to new markets. With the opening a new
office opening in Dubai, Oasys Water aims to substantially improve the
industrial water reuse in the region.
“Having a direct presence in the region allows us to be more
responsive to our partners and potential customers, integrating our design into
new projects earlier in the process, and to directly contribute to the level of
industrial water reuse in the region,” Tracy said.
