Undesert Corporation | Application Preview
Undesert Corporation is seeking government grants to expand its water cleaning technology from a demo-scale of 5 barrels per day to a full capacity of 200 barrels per day, targeting the treatment of highly contaminated water (100,000 PPM TDS) for agricultural use. The company has already showcased its technology to Shell Corporation through their GameChanger accelerator and participated in the Techstars accelerator.
The business plan centers on addressing a critical challenge in the oil industry: for every gallon of oil extracted, six gallons of hazardous wastewater known as produced water are generated. This wastewater is often pumped underground, leading to environmental issues like earthquakes, or discharged into the ocean, causing pollution. Undesert offers a solution that not only cleans this wastewater but does so more cost-effectively than current disposal methods. The cleaned water can be used to rehabilitate desertified land near oil pipelines, providing environmental benefits and potentially reducing the $1 billion spent annually on produced water disposal in the Permian Basin.
The company boasts two issued U.S. patents, two international patents, and two patents pending, which underpin its technological innovations. Undesert's technology is characterized by low manufacturing costs, minimal energy requirements, a compact footprint, and the ability to handle high salt concentrations. This positions it well in a world where water scarcity is becoming a pressing issue.
Competition comes primarily from three sources: Reverse Osmosis, which struggles with oil and gas wastewater; barrel storage and chemical treatments that lack scalability; and underground disposal methods that contribute to seismic and pollution problems. Undesert’s competitive edge lies in its SWAP device, capable of converting various wastewater sources, including oil and gas byproducts, into clean water and dry salt with zero liquid discharge. This technology has been successfully demonstrated, marking a significant advancement in water treatment solutions.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: Undesert Corporation
Location: Los Alamos, NM, United States
Length of Operation: 1-5
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k
Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k
Open to Loans: YES
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Funding Usage
Scaling our current 5 barrel (~200 gallons per day) demo-scale water cleaning unit to a 200-barrel (~8,500 gallons) per day processing capacity, taking the world's dirtiest water (100,000 PPM TDS) down to water suitable for agriculture. We have demonstrate our tech to Shell Corporation as part of their GameChanger accelerator and participated in the Techstars accelerator as well.
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Business Plan
For each gallon of oil that comes out of the ground, 6 gallons of hazardous wastewater come with it. This water, called produced water, is pumped underground causing earthquakes or dumped into the ocean polluting water. A produced water disposal company in the Permian Basin pumps hundreds of thousands of gallons of this wastewater underground and is under pressure from authorities to find an alternate solution. We can clean this wastewater for less than it costs to dispose and use that to forest desertified land surrounding oil pipelines providing offsets for each member of the supply chain. This model scales well to displacing the $1 billion spent disposing of produced water in the Permian basin each year. 2 issued US patents, 2 issued international patents, 2 pending patents Aside from IP, our low manufacturing cost, low energy requirements, small footprint, high salt tolerance open tremendous sized markets from oil and gas to ocean water and municipal water desalination. In a warming world, water will only become more significant a resource.
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Self Identified Competition
1. Reverse Osmosis - cannot handle oil & gas produced water 2. Storing in barrels/chemical treatment - not scalable 3. Underground Disposal - causes earthquakes! and underground water pollution Existing water cleaning technologies like RO cannot process contaminates much beyond seawater, eliminating it from most industrial applications, it is also more energy intensive and generates 20% concentrated waste bring. The Undesert SWAP device can take any source of wastewater, including oil & gas produced water, to deionized water and dry salt (zero liquid discharge). We have demonstrated this chemically.
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