{"id":3222,"date":"2026-08-06T03:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energycitdev.wpengine.com\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2026-08-06T03:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T03:53:18","slug":"putting-produced-water-to-beneficial-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energycitizens.org\/es\/energy-101\/putting-produced-water-to-beneficial-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Aprovechamiento beneficioso del agua de producci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el agua producida?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profession.americangeosciences.org\/collections\/geoscience-faq\/what-produced-water\/\">El agua producida se extrae a la superficie durante la extracci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas. Incluye el agua de formaci\u00f3n que existe de forma natural en el yacimiento y, en algunos pozos, los fluidos inyectados.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El agua de producci\u00f3n suele contener altas concentraciones de sales disueltas. Tambi\u00e9n puede contener hidrocarburos, productos qu\u00edmicos utilizados en la producci\u00f3n petrolera y s\u00f3lidos suspendidos totales presentes de forma natural en el yacimiento. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1nta agua producida proviene de la explotaci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El volumen total puede variar significativamente seg\u00fan la regi\u00f3n y el pozo.<a href=\"https:\/\/trerc.tamu.edu\/blog\/the-future-of-produced-water-recycling-in-texas\/\">Los operadores de la Cuenca P\u00e9rmica, ubicados principalmente en Texas y con algunas zonas en Nuevo M\u00e9xico, producen actualmente m\u00e1s de 20 millones de barriles de agua residual al d\u00eda, y se prev\u00e9 que ese volumen aumente progresivamente hasta 2030.<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo gestiona hoy en d\u00eda la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas las aguas residuales producidas?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mayor parte del agua producida se deposita en formaciones subterr\u00e1neas. Sin embargo, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, esta opci\u00f3n se ha visto m\u00e1s limitada debido a la disminuci\u00f3n de la capacidad de disposici\u00f3n disponible en las formaciones a medida que las cuencas maduran.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2211339823000771\">Actualmente, los productores est\u00e1n reutilizando vol\u00famenes significativos de agua producida para la fracturaci\u00f3n hidr\u00e1ulica y la recuperaci\u00f3n mejorada de petr\u00f3leo.<\/a>.En lugar de obtener agua dulce, los operadores tratan el agua producida y la reciclan para su uso en las operaciones en curso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El uso de estas estrategias de gesti\u00f3n resulta insuficiente para controlar el volumen de agua que se produce a diario.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo beneficia a los estadounidenses de a pie encontrar una soluci\u00f3n para la gesti\u00f3n del agua residual producida?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin alternativas viables para su eliminaci\u00f3n, la producci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas podr\u00eda verse limitada prematuramente en algunas regiones clave (por ejemplo, la Cuenca P\u00e9rmica), lo que podr\u00eda imponer costes adicionales al desarrollo energ\u00e9tico y reducir los ingresos estatales y locales asociados a la producci\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wrp.beg.utexas.edu\/episode\/assessing-potential-for-beneficial-use-of-produced-water-in-the-texas-permian-basin\">Las regiones \u00e1ridas est\u00e1n experimentando una importante escasez de agua dulce debido al aumento de la demanda b\u00e1sica, al tiempo que gestionan la eliminaci\u00f3n de grandes vol\u00famenes de aguas residuales producidas.<\/a> Las jurisdicciones con suministros insuficientes de agua dulce pueden enfrentarse a decisiones dif\u00edciles sobre restricciones o asignaciones del uso del agua, adem\u00e1s de un aumento en las facturas de agua.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Encontrar soluciones para tratar y reutilizar el agua producida para fines beneficiosos no potables representa una oportunidad para aprovechar al m\u00e1ximo la producci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas, al tiempo que se compensa la demanda de agua dulce en las regiones \u00e1ridas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 se necesita para promover la reutilizaci\u00f3n beneficiosa del agua producida?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La reutilizaci\u00f3n beneficiosa de las aguas residuales tratadas requiere la participaci\u00f3n de actores p\u00fablicos y privados, as\u00ed como el apoyo de las autoridades estatales. Numerosas investigaciones universitarias han demostrado que estas aguas pueden tratarse eficazmente mediante procesos como el pretratamiento, la desalinizaci\u00f3n y el pulido, para eliminar la sal y otras impurezas org\u00e1nicas. La industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas est\u00e1 desarrollando aplicaciones que permitan utilizar las aguas residuales tratadas a gran escala para el desarrollo econ\u00f3mico, como su aplicaci\u00f3n en tierras agr\u00edcolas (por ejemplo, riego de cultivos no alimentarios, restauraci\u00f3n de pastizales) y su reutilizaci\u00f3n industrial (por ejemplo, centros de datos y generaci\u00f3n de energ\u00eda).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para lograr los objetivos positivos de la reutilizaci\u00f3n beneficiosa, los esquemas regulatorios estatales deben adaptarse para permitir la capacidad de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2211339823000771\">Tratar y utilizar el agua producida de manera coherente con las necesidades energ\u00e9ticas e h\u00eddricas del pa\u00eds y con los objetivos medioambientales establecidos por la Ley de Agua Limpia.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El agua producida se extrae a la superficie durante la extracci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":3219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-101"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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