Project PARETO – The Produced Water Optimization Initiative

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), in cooperation with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), has launched a three-year, $5 million produced water optimization initiative to develop, demonstrate and deploy a novel optimization framework.

Our Framework


The Produced Water Application for Beneficial Reuse, Environmental Impact and Treatment Optimization (PARETO) is specifically designed for produced water management and beneficial reuse. The major deliverable of this project will be an open-source, optimization-based, downloadable and executable produced water decision-support application, PARETO, that can be run by upstream operators, midstream companies, technology providers, water end users, research organizations and regulators.

Barrels of produced water that come to the surface in the US per day

Produced Water
Management

Produced Water
Treatment

Produced Water
Beneficial Reuse

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