Experts at this week’s Produced Water Summit discussed what to do with the 15-18 billion barrels per day of water that’s produced in the fracking of oil and natural gas wells in the Permian Basin. The ...

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Wastewater from many industries, restaurants, and households, contains stable oil-water emulsions that are challenging to break apart. Membranes can do this separation without using chemicals or large ...

Mixtures of oil and water can be efficiently separated by pumping them into thin channels between semipermeable membranes, paving the way to cheaper and cleaner ways to deal with industrial waste.