Choosing the right high-performance solution, designed specifically for your industry’s operational focus and constantly evolving nature, can substantially improve your competitiveness, while protecting the environment, Degrémont’s marketing manager for Southern Africa, Francine Dubreuil, tells Chantelle van Schalkwyk.

Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement, has a number of offerings designed to support specific industry needs, most notably for the power industry, upstream oil and gas industry, petrochemical industry, metal and steel industry, and the pulp and paper industry.

“Water is a raw material used and treated in large quantities by the oil industry.” The quality and ‘mix’ of wastewater to be treated also depends on the quality of the crude oil, the process for treating the oil and the applications planned for its by-products. Faced with major changes to environmental legislation (new regulations) and under increasing pressure to curb costs while cutting back on investments, the oil and petrochemicals industry needs the help of experts who can inject greater efficiency into the management of the industrial water cycle.

An industry-specific example of available solutions, Degrémont’s water treatment solutions on offer for the oil and petrochemical industry are born of continuous research and development initiatives at the Degrémont Ondeo IS Oil & Petrochem Centre of Excellence. The centres pecialises in water treatment for this industry, developing cutting-edge technologies for risk control and the ongoing quest for reduced operating costs for the entire water cycle.

All of Degrémont’s water treatment solutions serve to address not only the industry-specific challenges, such as the constantly evolving and growing environmental opposition and constraints faced in the pulp and paper industry, but also the standard industry operational challenges. These include guaranteeing the continuity of industrial production, controlling risks, costs and investments, and increasing productivity, optimising water and energy consumption, and reducing environmental impacts.

“It is important that you view Degrémont as your partner in sustainable, efficient and cost-effective water management for industry,” concludes Dubreuil.